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Mar 21, 2024 · A review of Duccio Tessari's 1973 gangster action film Tony Arzento, on Radiance Blu-ray, starring Alain Delon & Richard Conte.
After completing his latest assignment, mob hitman Tony Arzenta (Alain Delon) announces his intention to retire to his boss Nick Gusto (Richard Conte), due to concern about how his profession might later impact the life of his young son Carlo.
Mar 25, 2024 · Tony Arzenta is an excellent Eurocrime film, featuring an astonishing performance by Alain Delon in the title role, some brutal violence, an exciting car chase and a plot and style that subverts the genre. It is brought to UK Blu-ray on a decent disc by Radiance Films, featuring a generally strong new transfer, and around 75 minutes of very ...
- John Kirk
'Tony Arzenta' (1973) aka 'Big Guns' - Directed with real flair by Duccio Tessari. Starring: Alan Delon, Richard Conte, Marc Porel, Carla Gravina and Silvano...
- 4 min
- 14K
- Dirty Kunst Video
In the case of Duccio Tessari's 1973 film Tony Arzenta, also known as Big Guns, the idea of the great Alain Delon (of Le Samourai and Le Cercle Rouge, for example) starring in a ‘70s Eurocrime thriller is more than enough to sell the film as worth seeing. And worth seeing it certainly is.
He's world weary and genuinely shocked that the mafia have accidentally killed a woman and a child, and his whole approach to the Tony Arzenta problem is handled in a business-like, resigned manner. Conte is great here, just like he was in The Violent Professionals.
For 90% of all poliziotteschi, Euro crime authority Mike Malloy admits it's usually a cop film or a gangster film, which makes TONY ARZENTA unique in a way, as it's a hitmen film centered within just the mob world, with little need for said cops. Scenes of domestic situations and settings, that show Tony is his real element - a family man at ...
