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Machine Gun McCain
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<h2 id="cast">Cast</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/John_Cassavetes/rqARNufW">John Cassavetes</a> as Hank McCain</li> <li><a href="/facts/Britt_Ekland/cT3VdWcI">Britt Ekland</a> as Irene Tucker</li> <li><a href="/facts/Peter_Falk/1Iur1nvy">Peter Falk</a> as Charlie Adamo</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gabriele_Ferzetti/rW6MSwVD">Gabriele Ferzetti</a> as Don Francesco DeMarco</li> <li><a href="/facts/Luigi_Pistilli/asjLbkWt">Luigi Pistilli</a> as Duke Mazzanga</li> <li><a href="/facts/Margherita_Guzzinati/S7H8h7zQ">Margherita Guzzinati</a> as Margaret DeMarco</li> <li>Claudio Biava as Barclay</li> <li>Steffen Zacharias as Abe Stilberman</li> <li>James Morrison as Joby Cuda</li> <li><a href="/facts/Florinda_Bolkan/kbkqIPcB">Florinda Bolkan</a> as Joni Adamo</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tony_Kendall_(actor)/andkovqH">Tony Kendall</a> as Pete Zacari</li> <li><a href="/facts/Salvo_Randone/x76Hgrvm">Salvo Randone</a> as Don Salvatore</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gena_Rowlands/DnenynzN">Gena Rowlands</a> as Rosemary Scott</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dan_Gregory/c94RtHLV">Dan Gregory</a> as The Baby-Faced Killer</li></ul> <h2 id="production">Production</h2> <p><i>Machine Gun McCain</i> was shot at both Incir-De Paolis and Dear Studios in Rome, as well as <a href="/facts/Las_Vegas/DLwGjxJt">Las Vegas</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a> and <a href="/facts/Los_Angeles/pyXpYEX9">Los Angeles</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> Director Giuliano Montaldo stated that both <i>Machine Gun McCain</i> and <i><a href="/facts/Grand_Slam_(1967_film)/FbQmjYIL">Grand Slam</a></i> were made to establish him in the film industry before making the films he wanted to make.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> Montaldo stated that Cassavetes took the title role to finance his own films.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="release">Release</h2> <p><i>Machine Gun McCain</i> was entered into the <a href="/facts/1969_Cannes_Film_Festival/lt1ccXn3">1969 Cannes Film Festival</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> It was released in Italy on 1 April 1969 where it was distributed by Euro International Film.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> It grossed a total of 803,751,000 Italian lire on its theatrical run in Italy.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> On its American release, the film was cut to 96 minutes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="reception">Reception</h2> <p>In a contemporary review, the <i><a href="/facts/Monthly_Film_Bulletin/F0gkpGVn">Monthly Film Bulletin</a></i> described the film as "executed with minimal flair, and thudding rather heavily on the moralist/social documentary side of the fence" and that "apart from an over-use of the Techniscope zoom lens, there's no style to speak of."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> In a contemporary review, on reviewing the <a href="/facts/Blue_Underground/yLRHBvmo">Blue Underground</a> Blu-ray, Tom Charity described the film as "haphazardly scripted" but noted that it is "Cassavetes' participation alongside his soon-to be regular collaborator Falk and his wife Gena Rowlands that piques our curiosity" and that "Adroitly mixing stylish Roman interiors with colourful location work, fast-paced and featuring a ridiculously snappy Ennio Morricone dirge, 'The Ballad of Hank McCain', ... adds up to an attractive footnote to Cassavetes' career".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <ul><li>Curti, Roberto (2013). <i>Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980</i>. McFarland. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0786469765.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065895/"><i>Machine Gun McCain</i></a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v100774"><i>Machine Gun McCain</i></a> at <a href="/facts/AllMovie/LFmxXRB3">AllMovie</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/82242/enwp"><i>Machine Gun McCain</i></a> at the <a href="/facts/Turner_Classic_Movies/0qS5jr3H">TCM Movie Database</a></li> <li><a href="https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/23482"><i>Machine Gun McCain</i></a> at the <a href="/facts/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films/61kFwpB6">American Film Institute Catalog</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Curti 2013, p. 29. - Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Curti 2013, p. 29. - Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Charity, Tom (November 2010). "Machine Gun McCain". Sight & Sound. British Film Institute. 20 (11): 88–89. <a href="/wiki/Sight_%26_Sound" target="_blank">/wiki/Sight_%26_Sound</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Charity, Tom (November 2010). "Machine Gun McCain". Sight & Sound. British Film Institute. 20 (11): 88–89. <a href="/wiki/Sight_%26_Sound" target="_blank">/wiki/Sight_%26_Sound</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Festival de Cannes: Machine Gun McCain". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2009. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120308022814/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2536/year/1969.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120308022814/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2536/year/1969.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Curti 2013, p. 29. - Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765. <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Curti 2013, p. 29. - Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765. <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Curti 2013, p. 29. - Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765. <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Machine Gun McCain". Monthly Film Bulletin. London: British Film Institute. 37 (432): 147. 1970. <a href="/wiki/Monthly_Film_Bulletin" target="_blank">/wiki/Monthly_Film_Bulletin</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Charity, Tom (November 2010). "Machine Gun McCain". Sight & Sound. British Film Institute. 20 (11): 88–89. <a href="/wiki/Sight_%26_Sound" target="_blank">/wiki/Sight_%26_Sound</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>