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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Violence, Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1973 DVD Release: 05/23/2006 Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 43 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Action, Mystery, Detective Film

This was the only directorial effort of Philip D'Antoni, producer of the action classic Bullitt (1968). Roy Scheider stars as Buddy Manucci, a New York City Police Department investigator running a task force charged with taking down criminals guilty of offenses that would get them a minimum sentence of seven years in prison upon conviction. Manucci's best street informant is Vito Lucia (Tony Lo Bianco), who double-crosses Manucci by using the lawman's secret list of Mob loan sharks to kidnap the crooks on the list and hold them for ransom. When the scheme results in the death of Ansel (Ken Kercheval), one of Manucci's men, the tough cop and his team, including Barilli (Victor Arnold) and Mingo (Jerry Leon), wage war on the city's underworld. As they bend the law in whatever violent shape they see fit in order to track Lucia down, grisly deaths and a heart-stopping highway car chase along the Hudson River ensue. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Roy Scheider - Buddy
Victor Arnold - Barilli
Jerry Leon - Mingo
Ken Kercheval - Ansel
Tony Lo Bianco - Vito

Fox has issued a decent disc for a midrange price with this DVD edition of The Seven-Ups. Viewers are given the choice of a pan-and-scan or letterboxed transfer; both look fine, but the widescreen version is the obvious winner, capturing the film's gritty look and earthy color palette with plenty of crisp detail. Stereo and mono mixes are offered on the disc and both produce a solid, distortion-free soundtrack for the viewer. In terms of extras, the disc offers "Anatomy of a Chase," a vintage featurette that details how the film's chase centerpiece was staged and also offers some interesting behind-the-scenes footage. Surprisingly, the disc lacks a trailer. Fans of the film might have wanted a few more extras, but overall this is a fine disc for the price tag. As a result, The Seven-Ups can easily be recommended to fans of vintage cop movies. ~ Donald Guarisco, All Movie Guide