Colt 38 Special Squad
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Colt 38 Special Squad, also known as Those of the 38 Caliber (in original Italian, Quelli della Calibro 38) is a 1976
1976 in film
The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film...

 poliziotteschi
Poliziotteschi
Poliziotteschi films constitute a sub-genre of crime and action film that emerged in Italy in the late 1960s and reached the height of their popularity in the 1970s...

film. This film by Massimo Dallamano stars Ivan Rassimov
Ivan Rassimov
Ivan Rassimov was an Italian film actor of Serbian origin who appeared in many horror and exploitation films....

 and Marcel Bozzuffi
Marcel Bozzuffi
Marcel Bozzuffi was a French film actor, perhaps best remembered for his role as a brutal hitman in the Oscar-winning US film The French Connection...

.

Plot

When his wife becomes the latest innocent victim of a merciless Marseilles crime lord (Ivan Rassimov
Ivan Rassimov
Ivan Rassimov was an Italian film actor of Serbian origin who appeared in many horror and exploitation films....

), police captain Vanni (Marcel Bozzuffi
Marcel Bozzuffi
Marcel Bozzuffi was a French film actor, perhaps best remembered for his role as a brutal hitman in the Oscar-winning US film The French Connection...

) goes beyond the law to form a secret squad of rogue cops, each armed with an unlicensed .38 Colt Diamondback
Colt Diamondback
The Colt Diamondback is a revolver manufactured by Colt's Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut, in calibers of .22 LR, .22 WMR and .38 Special....

 revolver. As Vanni and his vigilante
Vigilante
A vigilante is a private individual who legally or illegally punishes an alleged lawbreaker, or participates in a group which metes out extralegal punishment to an alleged lawbreaker....

 crew take back the night bullet by bullet, the Marseillaise joins the game by instigating a wave of violent crime that turns the city into a war zone.

Releases

The film released on Region 1 DVD by NoShame
NoShame
NoShame, or NoShame Films, was an Italian-American company specializing in releasing authoritative editions of cult Italian movies on DVD.-History:...

 films in 2006. As a bonus NoShame included the ultra rare Luciano Ercoli film La Bidonata
La Bidonata
La Bidonata, also known as The Rip-off, is a once lost 1977 Italian comedy/crime film. This was the final film directed by giallo specialist Luciano Ercoli.-Production:...

. The DVD is currently out-of-print.
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