The Specialists (film)

The Specialists
Directed bySergio Corbucci
Screenplay by
  • Sergio Corbucci
  • Sabatino Ciuffini
Story bySergio Corbucci
Sabatino Ciuffini
Uncredited:
Lee Van Cleef
Starring
CinematographyDario Di Palma
Edited byElsa Armanni
Music byAngelo Francesco Lavagnino
Color processTechnicolor
Production
companies
  • Adelphia Compagnia Cinematografica
  • Les Films Marceau
  • Neue Emelka
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 26 November 1969 (1969-11-26) (Italy)
  • 10 April 1970 (1970-04-10) (Germany)
  • 22 April 1970 (1970-04-22) (France)
Running time
104 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • France
  • West Germany
LanguagesFrench
Italian
Box office
  • £309.9 million (Italy)
  • 1,252,173 admissions (France)

The Specialists (Italian: Gli specialisti, also known as Drop Them or I'll Shoot) is a 1969 Spaghetti Western co-written and directed by Sergio Corbucci. It was an international co-production between Italy, France and West Germany. Retrospective critics and scholars of Corbucci's Westerns have deemed The Specialists to be the final film in the director's "Mud and Blood" trilogy, which also includes Django (1966) and The Great Silence (1968).