From Quartet Records‘ website:
“Quartet Records presents a remastered reissue of the long-out-of-print killer soundtrack by Ennio Morricone for the 1975 police thriller IL GIUSTIZIERE (aka THE HUMAN FACTOR).
Directed by Hollywood veteran by Edward Dmytryk, the film stars George Kennedy, John Mills, Raf Vallone and Rita Tushingham. The plot is about John Kinsdale (Kennedy), a computer engineer whose family gets brutally murdered while he is working in Naples on a top secret project. Aided by fellow engineer Janice (Tushingham), Kinsdale uses a combination of his expertise as well as brute force to take revenge on the left-wing terrorists—Charles Bronson style!
Morricone’ score comes from the composer’s fertile period of poliziotteschi thrillers and “Years of Lead” dramas that he approached in a similar manner. The music features several variations on the beautiful family theme which eventually gains new meaning as Kinsdale must carry the burden on his own. The music for the terrorists features the psychedelic, percussion-heavy and often ostinato-based cues that Morricone typically reserved for the steamy chaos of his poliziottecshi titles.
The Film:
Aka: The Human Factor. Not to be confused with:
Il Giustizierre was directed by film noir legend Edward Dmytryk (Crossfire), a Canadian-born former communist filmmaker who was one of the so-called “Hollywood Ten,” who refused to testify during the McCarthy witch-hunt hearings. Dmytryk, like his fellow nine, was blacklisted and sentenced to a prison term. But after a brief abscondment to England, Dmytryk returned to Los Angeles and named names to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).
From Wikipedia:
“The “Human” Factor is a 1975 suspense-thriller film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring George Kennedy, John Mills, Raf Vallone, Rita Tushingham, Barry Sullivan, and Haydee Politoff.[1]A young Danny Huston appears in his acting debut.[2] The UK/US/Italy co-production was shot on-location in Naples. The soundtrack was by composer Ennio Morricone. It was Dmytryk’s final theatrically released film.[3][4]
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