Lady Dynamite () is a 1973 mafia film co-written and directed by Giuseppe Vari under the pseudonym Al Pisani.
Plot
Cast
Lydia Alfonsi as Costanza Cavallo Venantino Venantini as Tommaso Russo Anthony Steffen as Nico Barresi Mario Danieli as Saro Giarratana Umberto Raho as Vito Spezzino Orchidea De Santis as Marisa Maurice Poli as Tony Cavallo Renzo Rinaldi as Salvatore Catanese Carlo Gaddi as Tommaso's Man Luigi Antonio Guerra Manfred Freyberger as Nino Robert Hundar as Tall Mobster Giangiacomo Elia as Raf
Production The film was shot between Syracuse, Sicily and the Elios studios in Rome. During production, lead actress Lydia Alfonsi was seriously injured while performing a stunt.
Release The film was released in Italian cinemas on 23 March 1973.
Reception Film historian Roberto Curti noted how the film, attempting to outdo the level of violence shown in The Godfather, "often borders on the grotesque", and described it as having a "vaguely feminist flair" and a "very poor script and direction". Paolo Mereghetti also panned the film, describing it as just "a mediocre festival of killings and acts of brutality".
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