Super Bitch

Super Bitch
Italian film poster
ItalianSi può essere più bastardi dell'ispettore Cliff?
Directed byMassimo Dallamano
Screenplay by
  • Massimo Dallamano
  • Ross Mackenzie
Story byGeorge P. Breakston
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJack Hildyard
Edited byAntonio Siciliano
Music byRiz Ortolani
Production
companies
  • Clodio Cinematografica
  • Italian International Film
  • Monymusk Productions
Distributed by
  • Medusa Distribuzione (Italy)
  • Hemdale (UK)
Release date
  • 3 May 1973 (1973-05-03) (Italy)
Running time
97 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • United Kingdom
LanguagesItalian
English
Box office353 million lire

Super Bitch (Italian: Si può essere più bastardi dell'ispettore Cliff?, lit. 'Can anyone be more of a bastard than Inspector Cliff?'; also released in the UK as Blue Movie Blackmail, and in the US as Mafia Junction) is a 1973 poliziottesco film directed and co-written by Massimo Dallamano, and starring Ivan Rassimov, Stephanie Beacham, Patricia Hayes and Ettore Manni.

Plot

Undercover narcotics agent Cliff Hoyst plays double agent to takedown two different gangs. Meanwhile, his lover Joanne is part of blackmail ring targeting London's wealthy elite.

Cast

Uncredited

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Production

Super Bitch was a co-production between Italian companies Clodio Cinematografica and Italian International Film, and British company Monymusk Productions. It was shot at Rome's Safa Palatino Studios, and on-location in London, Lebanon (Beirut and Baalbek) and Syria (Palmyra).

The film's score by Riz Ortolani would later be re-used in Red Rings of Fear.

Release

Super Bitch was released in Italy on 3 May 1973 where it was distributed by Medusa. It grossed a total of 353,341,000 lire on its theatrical run in Italy. It was initially released in the United Kingdom under the title Blue Movie Blackmail where it was distributed by Hemdale. The English-language version of the film gave more emphasis to Stephanie Beacham's nude scenes than the thriller plot.

Reception

In a contemporary review, the Monthly Film Bulletin described the film as "a competently, impersonally handled thriller fantasy" and "mere competence can do little to unify this kind of mongrel co-production, or to pump much life into its derivative synthetics".

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Curti 2013, p. 101.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Si puo essere più bastardi dell'Ispettore Cliff?". BFI Collections Search. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Si può essere più bastardi dell'Ispettore Cliff? (1973)". www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  4. ↑ Curti 2013, p. 102.
  5. 1 2 Jones, Gareth (1973). "Blue Movie Blackmail "(Servizio di Scorta)"". Monthly Film Bulletin. 40 (468). London: 231–232. ISSN 0027-0407.

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