After brandishing his gun and badge too many times in front of powerful people, Maurizio Merli (Violent Naples*and*The Cynic, The Rat, and The Fist) is busted down from Homicide to Emergency Squad. Despite his demotion, he is not content with letting Rome’s criminal element run rampant and his violent nature soon finds him the target of both the press and the local mob. After a bloody attempt on his life, he is transferred to a quiet coastal town to run a local department but, never one to leave things alone, he quickly finds a dangerous smuggling ring is using the cover of the sea and darkness to run their operations in his sleepy district.*

With it’s daring stunt work, violent shoot-outs, and split storyline, featuring a Stelvio Cipriani (Colt 38 Special Squad) score with excellent performances from Olga Karlatos (Zombie, Purple Rain) Massimo Serrato (Autopsy, Don’t Look Now) and Italian cinema stalwart Mimmo Palmara (Violent Rome, Sicilian Connection)*Convoy Busters*ranks highly among the 70s Italian Crime Genre.*

Cauldron Films presents Stelvio Massi’s**(Emergency Squad,*The Last Round) high octane poliziotteschi*Convoy Busters*on Blu-ray featuring a 2K restoration from the negative with both English and Italian audio options and fully loaded with brand new and archival extras!

Details

Blu-ray

2K restoration from the negative / 1080p presentation

English audio

Optional English SDH subtitles

Italian audio w/ English subtitles

New extras

Maurizio Merli: A Lethal Hunter of Subtle Variation with tough-guy film expert Mike Malloy

My Father, the Cop: Interview with Maurizio Matteo Merli

The Massi Touch: Interview with Danilo Massi

Stelvio Massi video tribute by Danilo Massi

Stelvio Massi Image gallery

Commentary by Mike Malloy & Mike Martinez

Archival extras

Alternate “Convoy Busters” title sequence

A Star Was Born - A conversation with journalist Eolo Capacci

Bullet in the Closet - A conversation with director Ruggero Deodato

ER Prota - A conversation with director Enzo G Castellari

Merli on Merli - a conversation with actor Maurizio Matteo Merli

My Good Fella Maurizio - A conversation with actor Enio Girolami

Maurizio Merli image gallery

Trailer - Italian

Trailer - English

Poster (folded) -*limited edition only

High quality slipcase w/ artwork by Haunt Love -*limited edition only

Limited to 1500 copies

Region A

DUE TO CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS WE CAN ONLY SHIP THIS ITEM TO THE US AND CANADA. ALL ITEMS ORDERED TOGETHER WILL BE CHARGED AT THE TIME OF THE ORDER AND SHIP TOGETHER WHEN EVERYTHING IS IN STOCK. PLEASE PLACE MULTIPLE*ORDERS IF YOU WISH TO HAVE ITEMS SHIPPED AS THEY ARRIVE.*ALL DETAILS, INCLUDING RELEASE DATE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. LIMIT 2 PER CUSTOMER.

Chin Hao (Chen Lee/Myoshin Hayakawa), arrives in America looking for a better life, only to be faced with locals that don’t take kindly to outsiders. Much to their surprise, Chin is not your average drifter as he rips his way through racist bad guys with his unstoppable fighting techniques. After word of his skills spreads, he gets a job at a ranch only to find that the owner, Stanley Spencer, is a cattle smuggling slave trader who brutalizes Mexican farmers and anyone else who dares get in his way. Chin ramps up the violence as he stops at nothing to free the slaves and enact revenge on the sadistic Spencer.*

Brilliantly directed by Mario Caiano (Nightmare Castle) and influencing modern films like Quentin Tarantino’s*Django Unchained,*Shanghai Joe*is a must have for fans of fast paced, bloody, action packed Westerns and Kung Fu films of the 70s. Loaded with practical gore effects and bone breaking fight choreography,*Shanghai Joe*also features a rogues’ gallery of genre legends such as Klaus Kinski (Jack the Ripper), Gordon Mitchell (Endgame), Robert Hundar (Sabata), Giacomo Rossi Stuart (The Crimes of the Black Cat), Carla Romanelli (Gang War in Milan), Piero Lulli (My Dear Killer), and Katsutoshi Mikuriya!*

Cauldron Films presents*Shanghai Joe*on Blu-ray featuring a 2K restoration from the negative, both English and Italian audio options, CD soundtrack with music from Bruno Nicolai, and brand new extras!

Details

Blu-ray / CD set

2K restoration from the negative / 1080p presentation

English audio

Optional English SDH subtitles

Italian audio w/ English subtitles

Samurai Spirit: Interview with Master Katsutoshi Mikuriya

East Meets West: Italian Style - visual essay by film historian Eric Zaldivar

Commentary with film historian Mike Hauss from The Spaghetti Western Digest

Trailer

Poster (folded) -*limited edition only

High quality slipcase -*limited edition only

CD soundtrack -*limited edition only

Limited to 1500 copies

Region A

1973 / Italy / Western, Martial Arts / Director - Mario Caiano

A.K.A. Il mio nome č Shangai Joe, My Name is Shanghai Joe, The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe

DUE TO CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS WE CAN ONLY SHIP THIS ITEM TO THE US AND CANADA. ALL ITEMS ORDERED TOGETHER WILL BE CHARGED AT THE TIME OF THE ORDER AND SHIP TOGETHER WHEN EVERYTHING IS IN STOCK. PLEASE PLACE MULTIPLE*ORDERS IF YOU WISH TO HAVE ITEMS SHIPPED AS THEY ARRIVE.*ALL DETAILS, INCLUDING RELEASE DATE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. LIMIT 2 PER CUSTOMER.