though undeniably enjoyable and the popular poliziottesco subgenre which proliferate in italy throughout the 1970s be also frustrating because one can never tell the quality of a specific title until one have watch it himself ( this be mainly due to the fact that this type of film have be largely dismiss by the critic and while at the same time turn into a cult by fan ) represent the thing be that a handful of title definitely merit a critical re appraisal and while many others be overrate by the aficionado . personally and during the last few year and i have sample film which fall in both these category but and thankfully and emergency squad turn out to be one of the best poliziotteschi out there . have just watch rome arm to the teeth ( 1976 ) and whose narrative be all over the place and it easy to see how emergency squad benefit from have a tight and compelling plot line . besides and i tend to find star tomas milian more interesting when play an anti hero ( a here or in his good spaghetti western ) than an out and out villain . the film be clearly inspire by both dirty harry ( 1971 ) the taciturn and iconoclastic cop hero with a dead spouse and the french connection ( 1971 ) the desire for revenge have turn milian pursuit of gang bos gastone moschin ( who and like fernando rey in that movie and also hail from marseille ) into an obsession while curiously enough and the dock finale of this film anticipate the one in french connection ii [ 1975 ] . moschin ( terrific a the anti hero hood in milano calibro 9 [ 1972 ] ) be a credible villain here and also because the script have atypically make him a victim of tuberculosis . the support cast be lead by stefania casini and who have fun with her role a a ditzy gangster moll but isn not really give a lot to do represent the actress above the title billing certainly suggest that her character will be more central to the main plot and that and perhaps and she will become involved with milian at some point but they only get to share one scene at the very end . also featured and among others and be mario carotenuto ( a milian elderly sidekick and conscience ) and ray lovelock ( a one of moschin lackey and though he exit the proceeding rather quickly in one of the film best scene ) . director or co writer massi background a a cinematographer be evident in the film stylish look ( even if there an over abundance of zoom shot ) and and equally notable be the inventive editing technique adopt throughout ( which show a definite influence from modern american film the overlapping of shot from successive scene before a full transition be borrow from easy rider [ 1969 ] and the juxtaposition in slo mo of moschin death with that of milian wife at the climax from the work of sam peckinpah ) . regular genre composer stelvio cipriani contribute an excellent and eclectic score and provide several variation on the catchy main theme throughout . the plot and meanwhile and show the gang cleverly take up various disguise to accomplish their criminal scheme ( dress up a undertaker and member of a film crew and priest during the course of the film ) while interestingly and the scene in which they hold a family hostage will be reprise in milian subsequent and good know effort in the genre and almost human ( 1974 ) where he actually play the psychotic leader of a gang of crook . also and the vulgar humor associate with the genre only make itself felt in the scene take place on the set of an erotic movie and and later and in a hippie commune while in fact and the film tone be generally quite serious but this doesn not mean that the hard boil dialogue and which so characterize the poliziotteschi and have be downplay ( thus raise the occasional chuckle and especially among those fluent in italian ) . i watch this via a record off italian tv but a the reception wasn not perfect not to mention the fact that i be surprisingly impress by the film i will have to pick up no shame reportedly solid r1 dvd release somewhere down the line .