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{{Infobox film
| name           = Cut and Run
| image          = Cut-and-run-italian-movie-poster-md.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Italian theatrical release poster
| native_name    = {{Infobox name module|it|'''Inferno in diretta'''}}
| director       = [[Ruggero Deodato]]
| producer       = Alessandro Fracassi
| writer         = {{plainlist|* Cesare Frugoni
* [[Dardano Sacchetti]]<ref name="archiv">{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG5170|title=Inferno in diretta (1985)|access-date=September 23, 2018|language=Italian|website=Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it}}</ref>}}
| based_on       = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} -->
| starring       = {{plainlist| * [[Lisa Blount]]
* [[Leonard Mann (actor)|Leonard Mann]]
* [[Willie Aames]]
* [[Richard Lynch]]}}
| music          = [[Claudio Simonetti]]<ref name="archiv" />
| cinematography = Alberto Spagnoli<ref name="archiv" />
| editing        = [[Mario Morra]]<ref name="archiv" />
| studio         = Racing Pictures<ref name="archiv" />
| distributor    = CDE Compagnia Distribuzione Europea<ref name="archiv" />
| released       = {{Film date|1985|08|08|df=yes}}
| runtime        = 
| country        = Italy<ref name="allmovie">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com:80/movie/cut-and-run-v11854|access-date=December 4, 2025|last=Brennan|first=Sandra|archive-date=June 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629030548/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/cut-and-run-v11854|website=[[AllMovie]]|title=Cut and Run (1985) - Ruggero Deodato &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
| language       = English
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}
'''''Cut and Run''''' ({{langx|it|'''Inferno in diretta'''|lit=Hell Live}}) is a 1985 Italian [[exploitation film|exploitation]] [[Adventure film|adventure]] [[thriller film]] directed by [[Ruggero Deodato]], co-written by [[Dardano Sacchetti]], and starring [[Lisa Blount]], [[Leonard Mann (actor)|Leonard Mann]], [[Willie Aames]], [[Richard Lynch]], [[Michael Berryman]], and [[Eriq La Salle]] in his film debut.<ref name="80s">{{cite book |author1=Roberto Chiti |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |publisher=Gremese, 2000 |isbn=978-8877424235}}</ref><ref name="stracult">{{cite book |last=Marco Giusti |title=Dizionario dei film italiani stracult |publisher=Sperling & Kupfer |year=1999 |isbn=978-8820029197}}</ref>

The film is the third part of Deodato's "Cannibal Trilogy" - preceded by ''[[Ultimo mondo cannibale]]'' (1977) and ''[[Cannibal Holocaust]]'' (1980), and follows a news reporter caught in a war between drug traffickers and a murderous cult in the [[Amazon jungle]].

==Plot==
News reporter Fran Hudson and her cameraman Mark Ludman investigate a war in the jungles of South America between drug cartels and the cult-like army of Colonel Brian Horne, a [[Vietnam War]] veteran and former associate of [[Jim Jones]].

== Cast ==
{{castlist|
* [[Lisa Blount]] as Fran Hudson
* [[Leonard Mann (actor)|Leonard Mann]] as Mark Ludman
* [[Willie Aames]] as Tommy Allo
* [[Richard Lynch]] as Colonel Brian Horne
* [[Richard Bright (actor)|Richard Bright]] as Bob Allo  
* [[Michael Berryman]] as Quecho 
* [[Eriq La Salle]] as Fargas
* Valentina Forte as Ana
* [[John Steiner]] as Vlado
* [[Karen Black]] as Karin 
* [[Gabriele Tinti (actor)|Gabriele Tinti]] as Manuel
* [[Barbara Magnolfi]] as Rita
* [[Luca Barbareschi]] as Bud
* Penny Brown as Lucy
* Carlos de Carvalho as Tony Martina
}}

==Production==
''Cut and Run'' was originally developed as a project by director [[Wes Craven]] with the working title ''Marimba''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gore |first=Father |date=2016-12-16 |title=Deodato Spearheads Corruption with CUT & RUN |url=https://fathersonholygore.com/2016/12/15/deodato-spearheads-corruption-with-cut-run/ |access-date=2019-01-19 |website=Father Son Holy Gore |language=en}}</ref>{{rs|date=December 2025}} It was initially going to star [[Tim McIntire]], [[Dirk Benedict]], and [[Christopher Mitchum]],{{sfn|Stine|2003|p=169}} with a screenplay written by Craven, [[Dardano Sacchetti]], and [[Luciano Vincenzoni]].{{fact|date=December 2025}}

Shooting took place in [[Venezuela]] and [[Miami, Florida]]. ''Cut and Run'' was one of the earliest Italian films to be shot with live [[sync sound]] instead of [[MOS (filmmaking)|MOS]], as most of the cast were American and all dialogue was performed in English.{{fact|date=December 2025}}

The film was produced in two separate versions, a "softer" R-rated cut intended for the North American market, and a "harder" version for theatrical release in Europe. The latter features additional, graphic kill scenes and gore not present in the former. Several key sequences were shot twice, once with a "soft" take, and a second time with a "harder" take.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mondo-digital.com/cutrun.html|title=Cut and Run|website=www.mondo-digital.com|access-date=2019-01-19}}</ref>

== Release ==
The film was released in Italy on 8 August 1985.<ref name="allmovie" /> It was released in the United States by [[New World Pictures]] on 2 May 1986.<ref name="allmovie" />

=== Home video ===
After being absent on home video for many years, the film was released on [[Blu-ray]] by [[Code Red DVD|Code Red]], with a new 2K restoration of both the R-rated and Unrated cuts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cut and Run |url=https://roninflix.com/products/cut-and-run |access-date=2019-01-19 |website=Ronin Flix |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Italian films of 1985]]

==References==
===Footnotes===
{{reflist}}

===Sources===
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite book|last=Harper|first=Jim|title=Legacy of Blood: A Comprehensive Guide to Slasher Movies|year=2004|publisher=Critical Vision|isbn=978-1-900-48639-2}}
* {{cite book
 |last=Stine
 |first=Scott Aaron
 |title=The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1980s
 |publisher=McFarland
 |isbn=978-0786415328
 |year=2003
 }}
{{Refend}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0089338}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|cut_and_run}}
{{Ruggero Deodato}}

[[Category:1985 English-language films]]
[[Category:1985 Italian films]]
[[Category:Cannibal-boom films]]
[[Category:English-language Italian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Ruggero Deodato]]
[[Category:Films scored by Claudio Simonetti]]
[[Category:Films set in Venezuela]]
[[Category:Films shot in Venezuela]]
[[Category:Italian splatter films]]
[[Category:Italian thriller films]]
[[Category:Italian adventure thriller films]]
[[Category:1985 films]]
[[Category:1985 horror films]]
[[Category:1985 thriller films]]
[[Category:Films set in Miami]]
[[Category:Films shot in Miami]]
[[Category:English-language horror films]]
[[Category:English-language thriller films]]

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