Emergency Squad (1974 film)

Emergency Squad (Squadra volante) is a 1974 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Stelvio Massi.

Cast

 * Tomas Milian as Tomas Ravelli
 * Mario Carotenuto as Lavagni
 * Gastone Moschin as "The Marseilles"
 * Ray Lovelock as Rino
 * Stefania Casini as Marta Hayworth
 * Ilaria Guerini as Fede
 * Guido Leontini as Mario Berlotti aka "Cranio"
 * Enzo Andronico as Alberto
 * Giuseppe Castellano (actor) as Beppe

Release
Emergency Squad was distributed theatrically in Italy on 24 April 1974 by Jumbo Cinematografica. The film grossed a total of 985,981,000 Italian lire. Film historian and critic Roberto Curti described Emergency Squad as a "surprising commercial hit" on its initial theatrical release.

Director Stelvio Massi recalled that on the film's premiere in Rome he was deeply embarrassed by the audience's reaction to a scene where bandits shoot a police car that explodes as the audience greeted the scene with rapturous applause.