title: Mark Strikes Again
text: # Mark Strikes Again
  
  Mark Strikes Again (Italian: Mark colpisce ancora, also known as The .44 Specialist) is a 1976 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Stelvio Massi. Originally planned as an original film, during the shoots and the post-production process it was turned into a second sequel of Mark of the Cop (after Mark Shoots First).
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Franco Gasparri: Mark Patti
  * John Saxon: Inspector Altman
  * Marcella Michelangeli: Olga Kuber
  * Giampiero Albertini: Inspector Mantelli
  * John Steiner: Paul Henkel
  * Paul Muller: Austrian Inspector
  * Malisa Longo: Isa
  
  ## Production
  
  Mark Strikes Again was filmed at Icet - De Paolis in Milan and on location in Rome.
  
  ## Release
  
  Mark Strikes Again was distributed theatrically in Italy by PAC on October 20, 1976. It grossed a total of 657,027,130 Italian lire domestically. The film was released as The .44 Specialist on home video in the Nederlands and Germany.
  
  