B000QRWPAA

619543006136

1983

1983-03-15

113

1h 53min

Roberto Faenza

Ennio De Concini, Hugh Fleetwood, Roberto Faenza

Harvey Keitel, John Lydon, Nicole Garcia

Roberto Cicutto, Elda Ferri

Ennio Morricone

Giuseppe Pinori

Nino Baragli

Bonnie Timmermann

Giantito Burchiellaro

Adalgisa Favella, Franco Freda, Giancarlo Marin, Fabrizio Sforza

Michele Capozzi, Mario Di Biase, Gil Rossellini

Isabelle Kramer, Gil Rossellini, Amy Werba

Nicola Bucci, Angelo D Offizi, Dante Lazzari, Mario Rabadi, Antonia Rubeo

Fausto Ancillai, Michael Billingsley, Stuart Deutsch, Edmondo Gintili, Rolf Pardula, Alessandro Peticca

Enrico Appetito, Carlo Carnevali, Ettore Corso, Gianni Maddaleni, Mario Monti, Renato Sardini, Enrico Sasso

Mirella Rastellini

Emanuela Lucidi, Fiorenza Muller, Giovanna Ritter, Luciano Vittori

Bruce Eager

Enrico DeMelis, Sergio Marcotulli, Ennio Morricone

Cristina Bay, Serena Canevari, Filipo Gizzi, Nicole Henry

Floriana Campanozzi, Robert F. Colesberry, Giammaria Vismara

Renzo Canestrari, Stephen Caracappa, Elliot Gross, Nancy Littlefield, Jessie Paterman, Beverly Sammartino

Crime, Thriller

Aura Film, Cooperativa Jean Vigo, RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana

Italy

English

R

5.5

1005

Copkiller (Italian: Copkiller (l assassino dei poliziotti)), also released as Corrupt, Corrupt Lieutenant, and The Order of Death, is a 1983 Italian crime thriller film directed by Roberto Faenza and starring Harvey Keitel and John Lydon, the lead singer for the bands Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd. It is based on Hugh Fleetwood s 1977 novel The Order of Death, with a screenplay by Fleetwood, Faenza and Ennio de Concini. The music was composed by Ennio Morricone. The plot follows a psychological cat-and-mouse game between a corrupt police officer (Keitel) and a disturbed young man (Lydon) against the backdrop of murders committed by a serial killer who is targeting police officers.

The film was shot on-location in New York City and at Cinecittà Studios in Rome between March and April, 1982. It is Lydon s only starring role in film to date. Upon release, it received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, and has since fallen into the public domain. It has since undergone a reevaluation, and has become a cult classic due to the presence of Keitel and Lydon, while being acknowledged as a precursor to Abel Ferrara s similarly-themed Bad Lieutenant (1992).

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