The Last Desperate Hours

The Last Desperate Hours (Milano: il clan dei calabresi) is a 1974 Italian poliziottesco (Italian crime genre) Mafia film directed by Giorgio Stegani.

Cast

 * Antonio Sabàto: Paolo Mancuso
 * Silvia Monti: Laura Monachesi
 * Pier Paolo Capponi: Police Commissioner
 * Nicoletta Rizzi: Lidia Mancuso
 * Toni Ucci: Ugo Merenda
 * Peter Carsten: Maraschi

Production
The film was shot on location in Milan and in Incir-De Paolis Studios in Rome.

Release
The Last Desperate Hours was released in Italy on November 29, 1974, where it was distributed by the Overseas Film Company. It grossed a total of 560.728 million Italian lire on its release.

Reception
In his book Italian Crime Filmography 1968-1980, Roberto Curti noted that "the sociological ambitions end up in excruciating banalities, such as the confrontation between Mancuso and his poor but honest wife (Nicoletta Rizzi)"

The score by Gianni Marchetti was re-used partially in the films Emanuelle's Revenge by Joe D'Amato and SS Girls by Bruno Mattei.