These great songs should be re-used in good present day movies and not be half forgotten in some dusty corner of RU-vid only remembered by us old guys!
Saw this movie when it came out in America in the early seventies. Remember being bored by the movie, but liking the song, which played over the credits at the end. Didn't know until now that it was a Morricone composition.
According to DVD Savant, this movie is coming out in August 2010 in DVD or Blue Ray. I saw it when it came out and remember it as a pretty good neo-noir. But the song is what really stayed with me through the years. A classic from Morricone.
Scrolling through some of the comments, I noticed some people disparaged this movie. Personally, I liked this movie. I actually prefer this "gritty" heist film over the slick and polished "Ocean's Eleven" (both the original and the remake). This film has so much going for it, besides the score by Ennio Morricone. There's Britt Eklund as the love interest, John Cassavetes ' real life wife Gens Rowlands in a cameo, Peter Falk in what was probably his last role as a villainous tough guy before starring in the "Columbo" TV series, and Italian actors Gabriel Ferzetti and Luigi Pistilli in featured roles. And, the beginning of the movie was filmed in my home town, San Francisco. 😁
Redécouverte hier soir en regardant pour la deuxième fois Gli Intoccabili et je me demande encore comment j'ai pu passer à côté de cette merveilleuse chanson composée par le grand Morricone à la 1ère vision du film?!
@fntime Yes, neo-noir is usually an euphemism for cheap. But it was pretty compelling nonetheless, and it helped Cassavettes get some money to fund his own productions. Apparently enough people think highly enough of it to have it turned out as a Blue-Ray this month.
Cassavetes was so desperate to make his own shit that he would do anything to fund it! Whether that was acting in U.S. TV pilots or Italian action films. I personally love Italian action films. I also really appreciate Cassavetes' own films, which are soulful and NOT easy! But, the fact that John Cassevetes and Ennio Morricone once crossed paths one million years ago is amazing, and Morricone certainly made it better!