Name: Day of the Cobra
Director: Enzo G. Castellari
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Released: 1980-01-01
Duration: 95 min

Day of the Cobra (1980) follows a former narcotics officer living as a private investigator who is recruited to travel to Genoa and investigate a powerful drug trafficking operation. As he reconnects with past associates and pursues a longtime enemy, he becomes entangled in overlapping criminal schemes involving murder, betrayal, and organized narcotics distribution. This Italian crime thriller centers on a personal vendetta within a criminal network, as control breaks down, with revenge, corruption, and covert investigation.

Selected disc options for Day of the Cobra

Extras	Vinegar Syndrome BD-ALL/US 2026	Cinestrange Extreme BD-B/DE/OOP 2020	FilmArt BD-ALL/DE/OOP 2014
Audio Commentary by Eugenio Ercolani, Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson	has extra
Henchman with a Heart of Gold - Interview with Actor/Stuntman Massimo Vanni (21:57)	has extra
The Director Who Looked Like a Stuntman - Interview with Director Enzo G. Castellari (24:16)	has extra
Stills Gallery (3:10)		has extra	has extra
German Theatrical Trailer (3:38)		has extra	has extra

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Notes

Vinegar Syndrome’s Blu-ray is included in the “Eurocrime Rarities, Vol. 1” box set with Destruction Force (1977) and The Iron Commissioner (1978). It includes a 44-page booklet with writing by Francesco Massaccesi (“Trash Cans and Cops: Analyzing Stelvio Massi’s ‘Dirty Gang’ and Tomas Milian’s Career”), James Oliver (“Metallic K.O.: Down the Mean Streets with ‘The Iron Commissioner’”) and Adrian Smith (“Warrior Queen: The European Adventures of Sybil Danning”).
Cinestrange Extreme’s Blu-ray is available in two MediaBook editions.
FilmArt’s Blu-ray includes a 12-page booklet. Reissued without booklet (2019/07/17).

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Henchman with a Heart of Gold (21:57)
The Director Who Looked Like a Stuntman (24:16)

Presentation	Vinegar Syndrome BD 2026 Video File 1 Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Resolution: 1080p23.976 Overall bit rate: 35.00 Mbps Aspect ratio: 1.67:1 Length:1:35:07.076 File size: 28.10 GiB Audio File 1 Language: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono Sampling rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 2087 kbps Bit depth: 24-bit File 2 Language: Italian DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono Sampling rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 2055 kbps Bit depth: 24-bit Subtitles English English SDH
	Cinestrange Extreme BD 2020 Video File 1 Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Resolution: 1080p Aspect ratio: 1.66:1 Audio File 1 Language: English LPCM 2.0 Stereo File 2 Language: German LPCM 2.0 Mono Notes: Magnetic File 3 Language: German Dolby Digital 1.0 Notes: Optical Subtitles None
	FilmArt BD 2014 Video File 1 Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Resolution: 1080p Aspect ratio: 1.66:1 Audio File 1 Language: English LPCM 2.0 Stereo File 2 Language: German LPCM 2.0 Mono Notes: Magnetic File 3 Language: German Dolby Digital 1.0 Notes: Optical Subtitles None
Extras	Audio Commentary by Eugenio Ercolani, Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson Vinegar Syndrome BD
	Henchman with a Heart of Gold - Interview with Actor/Stuntman Massimo Vanni (21:57, 1080p) Vinegar Syndrome BD
	The Director Who Looked Like a Stuntman - Interview with Director Enzo G. Castellari (24:16, 1080p) Vinegar Syndrome BD
	Stills Gallery (3:10) FilmArt BD
	German Theatrical Trailer (3:38) FilmArt BD