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Fighting Killer

Fighting Killer

Movie · 1974 · 14 people

Dört Hergele is a Turkish-Italian co-production, a revenge-driven crime and adventure film. It was directed by Yılmaz Atadeniz and the Italian Giulio Giuseppe Negri, credited as Jerry Manson. İrfan Film produced it, and İrfan Atasoy, Negri and Bruno Vani wrote the screenplay. The film runs about 80 minutes, with English, Turkish and Italian spoken in it. It is also known as Can Arkadaşlar and, internationally, as Fighting Killer.

The story is a man's revenge after the mafia kills his family. Mr. George (Erol Taş), head of a mafia organization, removes its other leaders and starts working for himself. Meanwhile Niko's men (Altan Günbay) raid the farm of İrfan (İrfan Atasoy), a Korean War veteran, killing his wife and child, tying İrfan up and setting the farm on fire. Oya, played by Feri Cansel, arrives at the last moment and saves him. When İrfan recovers, he calls on something his enemies do not know about, his old war comrades. Fikret (Fikret Hakan), Richard (Richard Harrison) and Gordon (Gordon Mitchell) join him in a relentless war of revenge. Atilla Ergün, Hüseyin Zan and Ata Saka also appear.

The music is by Elsio Mancuso, and the cinematography by Mustafa Yılmaz and Luigi De Maria.

DirectorGiulio Giuseppe Negri, Yılmaz Atadeniz
Production companyİrfan Film

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Ata Saka Actor · born 1937 Atilla Ergün Actor · died at 59 Erol Taş Erol Taş Actor · died at 72 Joseph Fikret Hakan Fikret Hakan Actor · died at 83 Hüseyin Zan Hüseyin Zan Actor · died at 80 İrfan Atasoy Actor · died at 85 Tony Tiger Richard Harrison Richard Harrison Film actor · 90 years old Jolando Feri Cansel Actor · died at 39 Gordon Mitchell Gordon Mitchell Actor · died at 80 Margherito Tarık Şimşek Tarık Şimşek Actor · died at 46 Süheyl Eğriboz Süheyl Eğriboz Actor · died at 86 Celal Yonat Celal Yonat Actor · 1922 – 1993 Yavuz Selekman Yavuz Selekman Actor · died at 67 Kâzım Kartal Kâzım Kartal Actor · died at 67

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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

The setup is as familiar as it gets, but it works: a Korean War veteran whose farm is burned and whose wife and child are killed, and the old war buddies he calls in. At about 80 minutes the film never drags, and the revenge plot drives straight ahead from start to finish. Seeing Fikret Hakan, Richard Harrison and Gordon Mitchell on the same team is a draw in itself for genre fans. Just don't expect the fights to hold up by today's standards.

Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

For a viewer with a soft spot for the co-produced adventure films of the seventies, Dört Hergele carries the spirit of its era. Erol Taş gives the mafia boss Mr. George a weight worthy of that period's great screen villains. It is also interesting that İrfan Atasoy is credited both as the lead and as a co-writer. Still, this is a long way from the warm, embracing stories that Yeşilçam did best; here anger speaks louder than feeling. And with English, Turkish and Italian all spoken, the storytelling can feel a little patchwork.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

This is not one to watch with children. The story opens with a man's wife and child being killed and his farm set on fire, and everything after that is revenge. Violence sits right at the centre of the film. It suits adults and older teens who enjoy old Turkish adventure films. If there are little ones at home, it is better saved for another evening.

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