The read
The highest scoring of the 2 titles in its series.
Synopsis
When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him to eliminate any chance of them finding out he's the wrong man.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
121 audience votes
Key crew
- Fernando Di LeoDirector
- Armando TrovajoliOriginal Music Composer
- Fernando Di LeoScreenplay
- Augusto FinocchiScreenplay
- Ingo HermesScreenplay
Cast
- Mario AdorfLuca Canali
- Henry SilvaDave Catania
- Woody StrodeFrank Webster
- Adolfo CeliDon Vito Tressoldi
- Luciana PaluzziEva Lalli
- Franco FabriziEnrico Moroni
- Femi BenussiNana
- Gianni MacchiaNicola
- Peter BerlingDamiano
- Francesca Romana ColuzziTrini
- Cyril CusackCorso
- Sylva KoscinaLucia Canali
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Themes
hitmanitalypimpdark comedymafia bossgrindhousecrushedbetrayalorganized crimemafiahit by a carhired killer
The Best Movies of 1972
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