From Arrow Video & MVD Entertainment Group comes a double feature box set of Two Crime Thrillers By Enzo G. Castellari. Available on Blu-ray as of April 19, 2022.

Director Enzo G. Castellari (Keoma, The Inglorious Bastards) is known for a number of infamous poliziotteschi. These gritty and action-packed crime films we very popular in Italy throughout the 1970s.

Get ready to experience some thrilling action with these films. The seedy depiction of italian society is the cherry on top! The Big Racket and The Heroin Busters are two of Castellari's most cebrated films.

These two flicks are sure to be crowd pleasers. Gather a few friends and enjoy the ride. Lots of fun action and wit to unpack here. Lovely package from Arrow Video and beautiful presentation with fantastic new transfers of these nearly forgotten gems!

Physical Release Details

Blu-ray Case

Clear amaray cases with reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch.

Rigid Box [Limited Edition]

In original pressing.

Booklet [First Pressing]

Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the films by Roberto Curti and Barry Forshaw.

Art Cards

Twelve double-sided, postcard-sized lobby card reproduction artcards.

In-hand Photos

Contents [2-disc Limited Edition]

• Brand new 2K restorations (of both films from the original 35mm camera negatives by Arrow Films)

• Original Italian and English front and end titles

• New audio commentaries (on both films by critics Adrian J. Smith and David Flint)

• The Years of Racketeering (a new video interview with co-writer/director Enzo G. Castellari)

• Violent Times (a new video interview with actor Fabio Testi)

• Angel Face for a Tough Guy (a new video interview with actor Massimo Vanni)

• King of Movieola (a new video interview with editor Gianfranco Amicucci)

• The Great Racket (a new appreciation and career retrospective of composers Guido and Maurizio De Angelis by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon)

• Endless Pursuit (a new video interview with co-writer/director Enzo G. Castellari)

• Drug Squad (a new video interview with actor Fabio Testi)

• The Drug Dealer (a new video interview with actor Massimo Vanni)

• How They Killed Italian Cinema (a new video interview with editor Gianfranco Amicucci)

• A Cop on the Set (a new video interview with retired poliziotto and criminologist Nicola Longo)

• The Eardrum Busters (a new appreciation and career retrospective of composers Goblin by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon)

• Theatrical Trailers

• Image Galleries

Technical Specifications

Video

Brand new 2K restorations

198 min

Audio

Italian

English

Subtitles

Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks.

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks.

Discs & other contents

2 Blu-ray discs

Rigid Box, Booklet and Art Cards in original pressing

Playback

Region Free

Purchase Links

Arrow Films