Rabid Dogs

"Lock the doors, rollup the windows, and buckle up… for the ride of your life!"

1995 1h 36m IT

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★7.5TMDB · 292🍅88%Rotten Tomatoes★7.4IMDB · 5,462

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Synopsis

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Following a bungled robbery, three violent criminals take a young woman, a middle-aged man, and a child hostage and force them to drive them outside Rome to help them make a clean getaway.

“Lock the doors, rollup the windows, and buckle up… for the ride of your life!”

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Cast

Riccardo Cucciolla
Riccardo
Don Backy
Bisturi
Lea Lander
Greta Garbo
Maurice Poli
Dottore
George Eastman
Trentadue
Marisa Fabbri
Maria
Erika Dario
Marisa
Luigi Antonio Guerra
Impiegato

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mario Bava
Writers: Alessandro Parenzo, Alessandro Parenzo, Mario Bava
Languages: Italian
Countries: Italy

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ERA

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31 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mario Bava, shot by Emilio Varriano. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Stelvio Cipriani. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Carlo Reali shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Riccardo Cucciolla and Don Backy and Lea Lander carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Lock the doors, rollup the windows, and buckle up… for the ride of your life!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0071275 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mario Bava directs. Emilio Varriano behind the camera. Stelvio Cipriani scores. Carlo Reali cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in Italian.

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131 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Mario Bava, shot by Emilio Varriano. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Stelvio Cipriani. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Carlo Reali shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Riccardo Cucciolla and Don Backy and Lea Lander carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Lock the doors, rollup the windows, and buckle up… for the ride of your life!".
7IMDB entry: tt0071275 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 9 themes, including "robbery", "rape", "kidnapping", "getaway car".