The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist

The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist
Directed by	Umberto Lenzi
Screenplay by	Ernesto Gastaldi Dardano Sacchetti Umberto Lenzi[1]
Story by	Sauro Scavolini[1]
Produced by	Luciano Martino[1]
Starring	Maurizio Merli John Saxon Renzo Palmer Gabriella Lepori Robert Hundar Bruno Corazzari Marco Guglielmi Gabriella Giorgelli Gianni Musy Gianfilippo Carcano Tomas Milian
Cinematography	Federico Zani[1]
Edited by	Eugenio Alabiso[1]
Music by	Franco Micalizzi[1]
Production companies	Dania Film Medusa Distribuzione[1]
Distributed by	Medusa
Release date	3 February 1977 (1977-02-03) (Italy)
Running time	100 minutes[1]
Country	Italy[1]
Box office	₤1.818 billion

The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (Italian: Il cinico, l'infame, il violento, lit. 'The Cynic, the Infamous, the Violent') is an Italian poliziotteschi film directed in 1977 by Umberto Lenzi and third entry into the Tanzi/Moretto/Monnezza shared universe^{[2][time needed]} as well as serving as a direct sequel to The Tough Ones. The film was described by Italian film critic and historian Roberto Curti as "a sequel of sorts" to Lenzi's 1976 The Tough Ones, with Maurizio Merli reprising the role of Inspector Leonardo Tanzi.^[1][3]

The title of the movie inspired the book Cinici infami e violenti (2005), written by Daniele Magni and Silvio Giobbio, a book guide about "Poliziotteschi".^[4]