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Stewart Granger, Susann Hampshire, Sophie Hardy, Eddi Arent |
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Rare Edgar Wallace film starring Stewart Granger, Susan Hampshire, Sophie Hardy, and Eddi |
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Arent. Granger is a Scotland Yard inspector looking into a series of mysterious deaths. They |
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are traced to a countryside estate where a mad scientist in conjunction with a bunch of nuns |
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are working on a device to rule the world. Granger is great here and Hardy is incredibly sexy, |
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John Saxon, Francisco Rabal in english with greek subs
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ohn Saxon plays a mad dog bank robber out to pull off one last job. It goes wrong and he and |
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his cohorts (including lover Blanca Estrada) try to escape into the mountains but are pursued |
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by a very determined cop (Francisco Rabal). Directed by Jose De La Loma. |
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Alain Delon, Anne Parillaud |
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Alain Delon stars and Christophe Frank directs this violent but at times filled with sick humor |
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that also stars Anne Parillaud (who gets raped!), Daniel Ceccaldi and Annick Lane. Delon is a |
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former cop (of course) who gets involved in the search for a blind girl. Before he knows it, |
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there are 2 quick murders and he is the prime suspect! Can he find her and clear his name? |
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Eddie Constatine, Yvonne Molnaur, Francoise Brion |
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In French with English subtitles, letterboxed print. Eddie Constatine, Francoise Brion, Claudine |
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Coster, and Yvonne Monlaur star in this rare Lemmy Caution film as a womanizing, fist fighting |
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ladies man/adventurer. He ends up investigating the murder of a rich industrialist and |
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fortunately for him all the suspects are beautiful women!! Bernard Borderie directs |
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Henry Silva, Beba Loncar, Evelyne Stewart |
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Here's a special deal. These 2 films are different edits of the same material and so make for a |
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fascinating viewing experience. So, I will put both versions on one dvd-r for the price of $15. |
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Henry Silva stars as a man framed for murder (he's a hitman but this one he didn't do! Keenan |
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Wynn, and Beba Loncar and Evelyn Stewart co-star. A trippy film that you'll appreciate even |
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more when you see the 2 different versions here! |
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Tomas Milian, Claudio Cassinelli |
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Letterboxed print. One of Lenzi's better but more obscure crime films, now available in a wide |
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screen print. Claudio Cassinelli is a tough cop who goes to prison undercover to recruit a con |
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(TOmas Milian) to help with a case he's working on. Tough and violent, it features that patented |
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urban gritty musical score. |
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Maurizio Merli widescreen print
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Another crime mini-masterpiece by Umberto Lenzi. Lt Berni (Maurizio Merli) has to make peace |
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with a killer who's the only witness to a gangland murder that can send Mafia boss Berazi to |
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prison. The two must travel from Italy to New York with both the Mafia and corrupt policemen |
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Enrico Maria Salerno widescreen print
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Want to know where Clint Eastwood got the idea to make MAGNUM FORCE? Look no further |
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than this film which stars Enrico Maria Salerno |
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Fabio Testi, Jean Seberg wdescreen print
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Tonino (Fabio Testi) gets out of prison and returns to the old neighborhood. In no time he's |
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working for the local mobster as a truck driver. Being ambitious he soon graduates to being a |
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strongarm enforcer and finally the owner of a local casino. he crosses the line when he starts |
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screwing the boss's girl (Jean Seberg) which sets up an all-out war between the two |
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Martin Balsalm, Robert Webber in english with dutch subs
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American actors Martin Balsalm and Robert Webber star as two gangsters out to rule Italy's |
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drug cartel. They run against small timer Gardenia and their troubles begin |
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Dean Stratford, Jeff Cameron in english with greek subs
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Miles Deem, who made many a wacky western, tries his hand at Italo-Crime genre and damn if |
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he doesn't make a film just as quirky as his westerns! Dino Strano plays Lucky de Simone, a |
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psychopathic gangster who wants to wipeout his boss the Godfather. He stops at nothing killing |
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off anyone who gets in his way! Mariangela Matania and Jeff Cameron star in this weird but |
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Tony Musante, John Steiner, Claudia Cardinale |
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In Italian with English subtitles. John Steiner plays a maniac who starts shooting people from a |
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hotel balcony. He takes a cheating wife (Claudia Cardinale) and her boyfriend hostage while an |
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FBI agent (Tony Musante) knows that Steiner is not what he appears to be. Excellent thriller by |
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Maurizio Merli, Lili Carati widescreen print, in english with japanese subs
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Marco (Maurizio Merli) is a cop who is always in trouble for his daredevil antics behind the |
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wheel. When his recklessness kills his partner, Marco is demoted to a desk job. Meanwhile, |
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superstar criminal and race car driver Jean-Paul is making the police look like fools. Marco's |
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boss decides to send him undercover to join Jean-Paul's gang where he hopes to bring the |
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bastard down. This Stelvio Massi film features some spectacular stunt work. Lili Carati co-stars |
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(and it's probably the only time she kept her clothes on in a film!). |
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Jean Paul Belmondo, Joanna Shimkus |
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Jean-Paul Belmondo plays a petty crook who wants to move on to bigger things. He ends up |
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getting caught while stealing a car and sent to prison. He escapes and his modelling girlfriend |
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(sixties icon Joanna Shimkus) discovers his true identity and kicks him out. He decides to pull a |
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big bank job to get even with his former associtaes. Episodic and colorful, this violent crime |
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film was directed by Robert Enrico. |
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Frederick Stafford, Enrico Maria Salerno, Nathalie Delon |
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Frederick Stafford plays a cop who, during a robbery, hits his head and suffers from amnesia. |
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Turns out he may have been crooked and in on the hold up as one of the thugs has shown up |
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asking where the money is. Are his wife (Nathalie Delon) and ex-partner (Enrico Maria Salerno) |
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Giuliano Gemma, Claudia Cardinale |
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Cesare Mori (Giuliano Gemma) is a Magistrate sent to the most corrupt place in Italy, Palermo, |
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Sicily. He is given absolute power to wipe out all the Mafia influence in the area and he decides |
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to use their own methods against them (such as using a shotgun to blow the head off one |
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rebellious SOB!). A class film full of violence, one of the better Italian crime films that also |
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details how the Fascists came to power at the same time. Claudia Cardinale co-stars and Ennio |
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Morricone contributes one of his best scores. Letterboxed print |
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John Saxon, Agostini Belli, Arthur Kennedy in english with japanese subs
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Letterboxed print. If you call yourself a fan of crime films and haven't seen this then do so now |
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and if you haven't seen one, this is a good place to star! Agostini Belli stars as a wife of a |
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mobster who gets murdered by a rival gang. She pleads with the old Don (wonderfully played |
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by Arthur Kennedy) to help gain revenge. The mob boss is a crazed psycho (John Saxon in the |
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part of his career!) who will stop at nothing to get ahead. Brutal, sleazy and a beautiful looking |
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print make this a 4 star genre film. |
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Lino Ventura, Max Von Sydow, Fernando Rey, Tina Aumont, Luigi Pistilli |
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In Italian with English subtitles, letterboxed print. Here's Francesco Rosi's excellent Giallo a |
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Paranoia starring Lino Ventura as a world weary cop who is investigating a series of murders of |
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justice officials. Is it the work of a lone maniac or is it the result of political corruption and |
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decay. The cast also includes Max Von Sydow, Fernando Rey and Tina Aumont. A mesmerizing |
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Gian Maria Volonte, Florinda Bolkan widescreen print
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Gian Maria Volonte (FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE) plays a police Commissioner who murders his |
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mistress (Florinda Bolkan), leaves a bunch of incriminating evidence at the scene and then |
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dares his fellow officers to solve the crime. Great music by Ennio Morricone. |
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Claudio Cassinelli, Sara Spertati |
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Letterboxed print. Claudio Cassinelli does his best Maurizio Merli imitation as a no-nonsense |
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ass-kicking cop in the most corrupt city in Italy. Arthur Kennedy tries to reign him in and Sara |
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Sperati wants him to retire so they can make babies. Unfortunately for them, Cassinelli is |
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having a real bad day! Direction by Luciano (FORBIDDEN PHOTOS...) Ercoli, ass-kicking score |
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Robert Widmark, Daniela Giordano in english with dutch subs
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Sergio Garrone (SS EXPERIMENT CAMP) directs this sleazy tale of a man (Robert Widmark) |
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who is double-crossed by a local gangster (Victor Israel) after stealing some jewels for him. |
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The gangster's moll (Daniela Giordano supplies the flesh) helps his second in command to kill |
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Israel and escape with Widmark in tow. They find the loot but endless double-crosses leaves no |
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Alain Delon widescreen print
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Alain Delon plays a rich businessman whose son has shotgunned a policeman. The public wants |
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blood and Delon will do anything to save his son. Turns out Delon was in prison during his |
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youth and this information just creates more problems. So Delon does what any father would |
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do, he goes around beating the shit out of all those who were around during the shooting to find |
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Anthony Steffen, Lidia Alfonsi in english with dutch subs
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The head Godfather of the 5 families in New York City is assassinated, creating an all out Mafia |
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war. His wife Constance (Lidia Alfonsi) goes to Sicily with a plan to murder the man who |
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ordered her husband's death. A reporter (Anthony Steffen) in town investigating a smuggling |
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operation rescues Constance from an attempted hit and the two decide to turn the tables on the |
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mobsters. Orchidea De Santis plays a prostitute and supplies the nudity. Directed by Giuseppe |
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Jean-Paul Belmondo, Antonella Lualdi in lish with dutch subs
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Jean Paul Belmondo plays a worthless bum who has wormed his way into a wealthy family by |
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seducing their daughter. The mother hates him, but the dad (who's screwing around with the |
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desirable Leda (Antonella Lualdi)) kinda admires him. When Leda is found murdered, everyone |
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in and around the family is a suspect as they all had a reason to do her in. This early film by |
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Claude Chabrol appears in English for the first time and has some of the most beautiful color |
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Alain Delon, Michel Serrault |
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Alain Delon stars in this great French crime thriller that was directed by Jose Pinheiro. Co-star |
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Michel Serrault plays a cop who has had enough with judges and lawyers who get psycho |
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criminals off scott free. So, he organizes a vigilante group and they begin to punish criminals a |
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little too strictly. Delon plays a cop who is brought in to find out who heads the group, arrest |
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him and the other members. Unfortunately for him, there is a traitor on the force who is going |
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to make his job even harder. Highly recommended!! |
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Bud Spencer stars as an insurance investigator who goes to prison undercover to locate the |
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gold stolen years ago by an aging gangster. Directed by Steno |
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Tomas Milian, Eli Wallach widescreen print
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For fans of the Nico Giraldi series (see ETC #11 for details), here's another entry that is |
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appearing in English for the first time. Nico (Tomas Milian) robs a racetrack and gets sent to |
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prison. He's allowed to escape where he hightails it to America (Little Italy, NY to be exact) and |
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works his way into the local Mafia. His undercover mission is to capture the local Don (Eli |
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Wallach) and exonerate the bad reputation of the Italian police. Directed by Bruno Corbucci |
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Henry Silva in english with greek subs
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Fans of Italian Crime films won't want to miss this rarity as Henry Silva plays a mobster who |
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only knows one way of getting his way, by beating the crap out of the person who doesn't want |
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Peter Falk, John Cassavettes, Britt Ekland, Gabriele Ferzetti widescreen print
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Charlie Adamo (Peter Falk) wants to take over the top dog position in the Las Vegas Mafia. But |
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the bosses in NY (headed by Gabriele Ferzetti) tell him to lay off. He gets McCain (John |
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Cassavettes) out of prison and covertly sets him up to rob the biggest casino in town. When the |
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heat gets to be too much for Adamo, he tries to stop McCain but it's too late as he's hell bent |
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to follow through. A bitter and depressing ending reveals no winners, only losers. The film also |
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stars Britt Ekland in her best role and Florinda Bolkan as Charlie Adamo's aggressive wife. |
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Ennio Morricone wrote the film's score. |
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Franco Nero, Lee J Cobb, Claudia Cardinale |
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Terrific crime film by Damiano Damiani. Franco Nero stars as a cop from Milan who comes to |
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Sicily to investigate the murder of an important businessman. The local Mafia, headed by Lee J. |
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Cobb, try and convince Nero that the murder was an act of jealousy, the man's wife (Claudia |
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Cardinale) was supposedly cheating on him. It becomes a war of nerves as Nero works behind |
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the scenes to bring Cobb down. An excellent crime film with outstanding performances by the |
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cast. This print is a nice, letterboxed presentation |
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Big I Verdi, Sheyla Rosin, Dean Stratford in english with spanish subs
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Miles Deem decided to cash in on the Italian craze for crime films and so put together this |
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violent film about a Mafia hit man. Big I Verdi, Sheyla Rosin and Dean Stratford star. The film |
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chronicles the rise and fall of a New York mobster on his way to the electric chair. Violent gun |
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fights, nudity and weird direction make this one rather different. |
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