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Madness is a film of genre Thriller directed by Fernando Di Leo with Joe Dallesandro
Madness (1980)
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Add to a movie listMadness (Italian: Vacanze per un massacro) is a 1980 Italian crime-drama film directed by Fernando Di Leo and starring Joe Dallesandro. A low-budget film, it was shot in just twelve days. It was first supposed to be directed by Mario Gariazzo. The film was the last film Dallesandro shot in Italy before returning to United States. The Luis Bacalov's musical score is mainly recycled from his scores for Di Leo's Caliber 9 and Maurizio Lucidi's The Designated Victim.
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Joe Dallesandro
(Joe Brezzi)
Lorraine De Selle
(Paola)
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