The Man from Chicago (Le Ricain)

Belalı tatil is a Turkish-French crime and adventure film, known in France as Le Ricain and internationally as The Man from Chicago. It was made in French and Turkish, and it runs about 87 minutes. Most sources date it to 1975, while some film databases list 1977, so its release year appears in two forms.

No detailed plot synopsis is available, but the cast is well documented. Jess Hahn plays Jeff, İlker İnanoğlu is Olivier, Gordon Mitchell is Mike, and co-director Jean-Marie Pallardy appears as Serva. Filiz Akın plays Elisabeth, Jean Luisi is Gino and Jacques Insermini is Bandini, with Turgut Özatay, Hakkı Kıvanç, Hüseyin Zan and Ceyda Karahan also in the cast.

Three directors share the credit: Jean-Marie Pallardy, Sohban Koloğlu and İstepan Melikyan. The screenplay is by Pallardy, Pierre Pelot and Guy Lionel, Türker İnanoğlu produced, and Ennio Morricone composed the music. Jan Brindizi worked as assistant director. Its German title is Der Gnadenlose Vollstrecker.