Product Details

• Actors: Franco Nero, Martin Balsam, Marilù Tolo, Claudio Gora, Luciano Catenacci
• Directors: Damiano Damiani
• Writers: Damiano Damiani, Fulvio Gicca Palli, Salvatore Laurani
• Producers: Bruno Turchetto, Mario Montanari
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Bci / Eclipse
• DVD Release Date: April 24, 2001
• Run Time: 101 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005AWQE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #245,758 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Bad Cop Chronicles - Confessions of a Police Captain" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Confessions of a Police Captain is a realistic drama about a cop starring Franco Nero and Martin Balsam who is caught up in suffocating and incriminating big city "corruption." Nero tries desperately to bring an elusive criminal to justice who has been a thorn in his side for many years. This cop has a tough decision to make; does he turn in his partner or turn his head?System Requirements: Running Time 102 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: NR UPC: 787364404995 Manufacturer No: 44049-9

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars CORRUPTION--ITALIAN STYLE, September 4, 2006

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Andrew Mangravite - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bad Cop Chronicles - Confessions of a Police Captain (DVD)

This Damiano Damiani policier seems to fly beneath the radar of critical attention. It doesn't say anything new really, but it says it a very stylish way. The duel of wits between Franco Nero's straight-arrow (and slightly priggish) prosecutor and Martin Balsam's fed-up cop is entertainly presented, and although the denouement is predictable, it really couldn't happen any other way. Marilu Tolo also does a nice job as a reluctant witness who scared to death for very good reasons.
"Confessions of a Police Captain" is no masterpiece, but it's the sort of solid workman-like entry that makes the study of film genres so very entertaining.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars excellent movie - poor quality, August 26, 2008

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Hehenberger Hannes (Austria) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bad Cop Chronicles - Confessions of a Police Captain (DVD)

this movie with its magnificant cast and its thrilling story could be recommended like all films made by master-director Damiani - but I suffered when watching the story because they sent me a copy with a rather poor image-quality (like a view through strong softening lenses)...a pity..

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Euro -Thriller, December 26, 2006

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M. Brennan (Cookstown,, Tyrone. Northern Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bad Cop Chronicles - Confessions of a Police Captain (DVD)

Great Euro-Thriller with Martin Balsam in fine form as Captain Bonavira and ever reliable Franco Nero as District Attorney Traini, fighting local corruption with different methods. Great script by the film's director, Damiano Damiani and Salvatore Laurani. Music supplied by Riz Ortolani.
This Brentwood Home Video, DVD version is presented in 4:3 pan & scan. Picture quality and soundtrack are both fair to good,but a film this good deserves to be released in it's original technoscope ratio.
In all,a really good purchase at a good price.