Wake Up and Kill

Wake Up and Kill (1966, Italy) is a Italian Crime film directed by Carlo Lizzani.

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Main Details

• Released in 1966
• Color
• Running Time: 102 Min.
• Production Co: Castoro | Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA) | Sanson Film
• Distribution Co: Cinemation Industries (1970) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed) | Prima Film (1968) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Directed by Carlo Lizzani
• Written by Carlo Lizzani, Ugo Pirro
• Starring Robert Hoffmann, Gian Maria Volonté, Claudio Camaso
• Produced by Jacques Bar, Joseph Fryd, Carlo Lizzani
• Music by Ennio Morricone
• Cinematography by Armando Nannuzzi
• Film Editing by Franco Fraticelli

Plot Summary

• Luciano Lutring is a dangerous fugitive in Italy, he meets Candida, a nightclub singer and they fall in love. On their back is Candida's lover Franco Magni, a two-bit gangster. Powered by his new-found fame and reputation, Lutring increasingly becomes more and more reckless, robbing as many jewelry stores as he can and pawning them before the cops catch up with him. One of the first of many poliziesco movies of the time and based on the life of real-life criminal Luciano Lutring; the infamous jewelry thief also known as the "machine gun soloist", a name he acquired by the media by keeping his weapon in a violin case.

Also Known As

• (original title) Svegliati e uccidi
• Too Soon to Die
• Australia - Wake Up and Kill
• Brazil - Lutring Acorda e Mata
• Denmark - Lutring, international storforbryder
• Spain - Frente al amor y la muerte
• Finland - Väijytys
• France - Lutring... réveille-toi et meurs
• Greece - Lutring, o hrysodaktylos diarriktis
• Greece (video title) - O adistaktos
• Italy (reissue title) - Il solista del mitra
• Mexico - Despierta y mata
• Portugal - Lutring
• Sweden - Rån på öppen gata
• Slovenia - Vstani in streljaj
• USA - Wake Up and Die
• Germany - Feuertanz
• Germany (cut version) - Solo für zwei Maschinengewehre