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Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Constatine, Claudia Cardinale |
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Villanova is running the city with an iron fist. Roberto(Jean-Paul Belmondo) and his friend |
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Xavier (Michel Constatine) are Villanova's only rivals so they are setup for a crime and sent to |
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prison. Roberto's in love with Xavier's sister (Claudia Cardinale who plays a whorehouse |
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Madame) and all three plot escape and a way to take over Villanova's gang. There's even a |
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rival gang of Black Mobsters (Blaxploitation films were even influencing French gangster films!) |
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to contend with. There's an early bit part by Gerard Depardieu and the film was directed by |
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Henry Silva, Luciana Paluzzi |
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Henry Silva plays a successful businessman whose daughter is brutally murdered during a |
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robbery. Henry of course goes fucking psycho while waiting for the police to do something. He |
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beats up and then teams up with a transvestite to track down the bastards who ended his |
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daughter's life. Silva is a one man wrecking crew in this topnotched vendetta film by Umberto |
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Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli |
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Michel Piccoli stars as judge who is obsessed with the fact that criminals go free due to a lack of |
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evidence so he decides to go undercover and hire these same criminals for jobs so he can |
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then bust them. He screws up though when he gets involved with a prostitute (Romy Schneider) |
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who turns out to be the lover of one of the guys he is setting up. An excellent French crime |
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David Warbeck, Charles Napier |
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Letterboxed print. Charles Napier stars as Hornsby, a Maurizio Merli for the nineties in this |
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Umberto Lenzi attempt to jump start the Italian crime film (he even got Franco Micalizzi to do |
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the score). When his longtime partner Mendoza (David Warbeck) is killed, he suspects a dope |
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dealer named Laughton. He's forced to teamup with a local rookie who's a pain in the ass and |
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abhors Hornsby's rough methods. Filmed in Santa Domingo, this is sadly Lenzi's last film so far |
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Mario Adorf, Lionel Stander, Barbara Bouchet, Gastone Moschin |
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Letterboxed print. Director Fernando Di Leo (SLAUGHTER HOTEL) is one of the unsung heroes |
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of Eurotrash Cinema. As much as I like Umberto Lenzi's crime films, I like Di Leo's even more. |
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This is one of his best, with a killer cast, plenty of violence and lots of nudity (courtesy of |
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Barbara Bouchet). Mario Adorf is a mad dog Mafia Don who has decided to take over the drug |
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rackets (the opening 5 minutes of this film is a tour de force in directing and musical scoring). |
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The rival boss, the Mikado (Lionel Stander) fights back and in the middle are the cops (Frank |
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Wolff) and a two time loser (Gastone Moschin) who wants revenge on both. One of the best in |
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Luc Merenda, Dagmar Lassander, Lee J Cobb |
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Terrific gangster flick by Fernando Di Leo (MILAN CALIBER 9) made with a light touch but still |
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filled with violence, foul language and nudity (thanks to Dagmar Lassander). Lee J Cobb plays |
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an American who runs a smuggling racket on the Swiss border. Luc Merenda is set up as a fall |
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guy for a botched robbery and has to take severe revenge on Cobb just to survive |
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In Italian with English subtitles. Luca Zingaretti plays the chief of a ruthless police squad. His |
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former squad and his wife are all massacred by a Mafia boss who wants his and his new team's |
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blood. The inspector must track down the boss before he and his men are slaughtered! Claudio |
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Fragasso has become a big time director in Italy of crime films and this is his newest and best |
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one ever. Stylish yet very violent, this 200 minute plus film never bores or let's up on the |
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Peter Cushing, Claudine Auger, Fernando Sancho, Hugo Stiglitz |
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This film was considered lost by the authors of the definitive book on Peter Cushing's film |
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career. Well, here it is in pre-record quality. This Spanish production stars Cushing as the |
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mastermind behind a casino robbery. What he doesn't know is a rival gang is planning to rob it |
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at the same time! Co-stars Claudine Auger, Fernando Sancho, and Hugo Stiglitz. |
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Robert Webber, Franco Nero widescreen print
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Robert Webber is a hitman on his last job. He's teamed up with newcomer Franco Nero and of |
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course Webber is double-crossed. He goes looking for revenge. Directed by Franco Prosperi |
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Ray Lovelock, Elke Sommer |
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A guy (Ray Lovelock) fails to pull off a robbery and goes to prison where he's immediately put |
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to the test by a local Mafia boss (Martin Balsalm). Lovelock turns out to be an undercover cop |
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who escapes with Balsalm so he can get the goods on his organization. Lovelock is very |
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successful as a gangster, killing everyone who crosses him and moves up the ranks in |
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Balsalm's drug operations. He screws up however when he ends up falling for the boss' girl |
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(Elke Sommer) and together they try and doublecross him. Directed by Franco Prosperi |
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Lee J Cobb, Jean Sorel, Luciana Paluzzi, Enrico Maria Salerno widescreen print
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For fans of Italian crime films, here's an obscure but excellent example of the genre! Enrico |
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Maria Salerno, Luciana Paluzzi, Jean Sorel, Laura Betti and Lee J Cobb star. A series of violent |
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high profile kidnappings are happening yet the police are prevented from interfering because |
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the rich victims don't want to jeopardize their safety. Cobb plays a weathered cop who decides |
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to take the law into his own hands to stop the madness. |
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Franco Nero, Telly Savalas, Mark Lester, Ely Galleani in english with greek subs
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Totally whacked out tale about a kidnapping that goes horribly wrong. Telly Savalas plays one |
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crazy bastard in this one. He and Franco Nero steal a car during a botched robbery that just so |
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happens to have a young boy (Mark Lester) in the back seat. They go on the lamb as Savalas |
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murders everyone in his way (including Nero's girlfriend, Ely Galleani). He even forces a family |
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of 4 into a mobile trailer and drowns them in a lake! Letterboxed |
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Maurizio merli, Nathalie Delon, Mel Ferrer in english with greek subs
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Rare Crime film starring everyone's favorite, Maurizio Merli!! But he plays a different type of |
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role here. An average joe caught in a bad place, he ends up turning into a hitman who gets |
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double crossed by his client. Stuck in Italy without a passport, the police begin an intensive |
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manhunt for him. Mel Ferrer and Nathalie Delon co-star. |
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Joe Dallasandro, Martin Balsalm, Magali Noel in english with greek subs
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Released here in a cut pan and scan print, here is the uncut and letterboxed version of this |
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very sleazy crime film starring Joe Dallasandro, Martin Balsalm and Magali Noel. Dallasandro |
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portrays a delinquent who continues to escalate his crimes all the way to murder |
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Jean-Pierre Melville |
1966 |
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In French with English subtitles, letterboxed print. Wow, one of the great French gangster films |
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by one of its greatest directors, Jean-Pierre Melville!! Lino Ventura stars as a gangster who just |
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wants to get out of the country, unfortunately he has to continue a crime wave to get enough |
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money to get the documents he needs. A police inspector (played masterfully by Paul Meurisse) |
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is like a snapping turtle and just won't let go of his trail! A masterpiece in black and white |
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cinematography, action sequences (a truck hijacking is mesmerizing filmed), and Ventura at his |
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best. Almost 2 and half hours long, it is never boring. Don't pass this one by! |
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Jean Gabin in english with greek subs
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Georges (THE ROAD TO SALINA) Lautner directed this excellent French gangster film starring |
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Jean Gabin. He plays a detective who is in deep shit because a big robbery was pulled off and |
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he has no leads on who did it. He starts a methodical hunt and slowly puts together a list of |
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suspects. Can he track them down in time to save his job? Tough as nails performance by |
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Gabin makes this a winner |
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Bekim Fehmu, Rosanna Schiaffino widescreen
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Corruption in high places ultimately ruin a man who witnessed a murder committed by a |
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respected politician. Stars Rosanna Schiaffina and Bekim Fehmu. Directed by Giuseppe Rosatti. |
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Tomas Milian, Luc Merenda, Delia Boccardo widescreen
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Military men are dying in mysterious accidents. Meanwhile, a police inspector (Luc Merenda) |
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hunts down a prostitute who may be involved in a mobster's murder. Merenda uncovers a |
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conspiracy between a police undercover squad and the military. Terrific crime film by Sergio |
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Martino with tinges of paranoia and pessimism mixed in. The video is letterboxed and co-stars |
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Tomas Milian, Mel Ferrer, and Delia Boccardo |
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Oliver rReed, Jill St John, Ian McShane |
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Harry (Oliver Reed) is in prison for 15 years and when he learns his wife (Jill St. John) is |
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pregnant by another man he goes berserk. He and friend (Ian McShane) escape from prison so |
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Harry can murder his wife. He begins a campaign of terror against her that drives her to brink. |
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Too bad Harry has no idea what he's really in for. A very gritty, violent British crime film that |
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features a standout performance by Oliver Reed. Directed by Douglas (THEATRE OF BLOOD) |
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Mirielle D'Arc, Claude Brasseur, Alain Delon |
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Based on a novel by Richard Matheson, a writer (Claude Brasseur) meets a mysterious blonde |
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(Mirelle Darc) on the beach. They strike up a friendship but things get weird in a hurry. Her |
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attorney (Alain Delon) claims she's a former drug addict who hates all men and killed her |
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husband. The writer is too involved to back off and so will either be her next lover or victim. A |
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terrific French thriller by Georges Lautner. |
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Fabio testi in english with greek subs
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Paolo (Fabio Testi) is a cop who races motorbikes on weekends. While in Germany, he |
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discovers the Mafia has infiltrated the sport to fix races and makes big money on the betting |
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circuit. He keeps out of it until his best friend is beaten up and he's almost killed in a game of |
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chicken. Directed by Stelvio Massi |
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Fabio testi, Senta Berger in english with greek subs
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Fabio Testi plays a street racer whose reputation becomes so strong he's hired to compete |
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professionally. What he doesn't realize is that the car's owner is really a drug runner who wants |
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Testi to make his deliveries for him. Senta Berger co-stars as a reporter who tries to help Testi |
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break free from his old boss. Directed by Stelvio Massi |
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Tomas Milian, David Hemmings, Anna cardini letterboxed
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One of Tomas Milian's best entries in the Nico Giraldi series as he plays a Milan undercover cop |
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who is almost as bad as the people he arrests. David Hemmings co-stars as an Interpol agent |
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who reluctantly teams up with Milian to catch some international crooks. Anna Cardini co-stars |
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Vic Morrow, Susanne Pleshette, Ahna Capri, Charlotte Rampling, Victor Buono |
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This little seen Roger Corman film (he uses the name Harry Neill) with a terrific cast is a |
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remake of THE MALTESE FALCON. Vic Morrow plays Bogart, Suzanne Pleshette plays Mary |
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Astor and Victor Buono is Sydney Greenstreet (of course!). Others include Charlotte Rampling, |
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Cesar Romero and Ahna Capri. |
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Giuliano Gemma, Klaus Kinski, Margaret Lee, Rita Hayworth |
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Giuliano Gemma and Klaus Kinski are brothers (now there's a stretch!) out to pull off one last |
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big job in this contemporary tale of lust, murder and betrayal. Margaret Lee plays a slut who |
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allies herself with whomever is on the winning side. Directed by Duccio Tessari. Print only runs |
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Richard Conte, Raymond Pellegrin, Giancarlo Prete in english with greek subs
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Tonino (CROSS CURRENT) Ricci directed this Italian Mafia film about an all out war between |
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two huge and powerful families headed by Richard Conte and Raymond Pellegrin. A rogue cop |
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(Giancarlo Prete) has decided to try and put a stop to the escalating violence. He ends up |
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making matters worse as everyone he talks to ends up getting shotgunned to death! Extremely |
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bloody, it features a terrific score by Bruno Nicolai. Marilu Fiore and Simonetta Stefanelli co- |
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Klaus Kinski, Philippe Leroy widescreen print
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The Italian Mafia bring in a hitman from the US to knockoff one of their competitors. A woman |
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working at the airport recognizes him and she's quickly killed by a brutal (Klaus Kinski) killer. |
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Soon after, everyone who had any contact with the case is either shot, strangled or in the case |
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of one poor bastard, have their crotch blowtorched (he tried to rape a suspect before the Mafia |
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thugs interrogated her). Philippe Leroy plays a tough cop who shoots first and never bothers to |
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Henry Silva, Gianni Garko, Howard Ross |
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Letterboxed Print. Here's one of my top 10 Italo-crime films, by one of the genre's best |
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directors, Fernando Di Leo. Violent, with a nasty and sadistic edge, Henry Silva plays Lanzetta, |
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a one man army out to destroy a Mafia family all by himself. When his associate's daughter is |
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kidnapped and repeatedly raped, he gets REAL mad! Gianni Garko, Antonia Santilli and Howard |
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Jean-Paul Belmondo, Omar Sharif, Dyan Cannon widescreen print
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great French crime thriller starring Jean Paul Belmondo, Dyan Cannon, Omar Sharif and Robert |
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Hossein. Henri Verneuil directs and Ennio Morricone contributes a great score. Belmondo is a |
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thief who gets trapped by corrupt Sharif into pulling off a high risk job. Cannon has never been |
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sexier in this complete uncut version. |
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Joe Dallasandro, Stefania Cassini in english with greek subs
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Another terrific Italian crime film starring Joe Dallasandro and Stefania (SUSPIRIA) Cassini and |
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directed by Pasquale Squitieri. A very nasty, violent study in a psychopathic criminal |
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(Dallasandro) who has no qualms with killing whomever gets in his way or pisses him off so he |
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can rise the ladder of success in the mafia business. Stefania Cassini (Dallasandro's real life |
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lover at the time) has plenty of nude scenes and gets her fair share of abuse too! |
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Charles Southwood, Gabriele Tinti, Francoise Prevost, Ewa Swann |
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Here's an obscure but excellent French/Italian crime film starring Charles Southwood, Gabriele |
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Tinti, Francoise Prevost and Ewa Swann and it was shot on New York's 42nd street (just dig all |
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those great movie marquees during the opening credits!!). Directed by Claude (BLOOD ROSE) |
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Mulot so you know it delivers plenty of nudity and violence. A young waiter witnesses a |
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gangland mobster slaughter his mistress and her lover. He runs away but has the misfortune of |
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having a cop like Southwood on his trail who thinks he pulled the trigger. He makes Dirty |
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Harry look like a pussycat. He smokes dope and beats up female suspects for information; Tinti |
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plays a hit man who is also on the ex-waiter's trail. This guy is really up shit creek!! |
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Tomas Milian, Jack Palance widescreen
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This Nico (Tomas Milian) Giraldi crime adventure was released here in a TV censored, pan and |
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scan version. Here it is, uncut and letterboxed! Giraldi is an unconventional cop who uses tough |
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methods to capture the scum of Milan. He's after Shelly (Jack Palance), a crooked diplomat |
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who's also a crime boss, and at the same time Giraldi is trying to uncover a ring of thieves and |
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fences. While later films in the series became silly, this one retains the hard edge that made |
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Italian crime films so popular. Directed by Bruno Corbucci. |
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Robert Stack, Elke Sommer, Nancy Kwan in english with greek subs
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German Italian co-production starring Robert Stack, Elke Sommer and Nancy Kwan, |
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letterboxed print. Here's a terrific action flick that mixes cursed treasure, bad guys torturing |
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women victims (the cover shows Sommer chained to a cross!), and Robert Stack fresh from |
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playing Elliot Ness, playing another tough guy |
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