Crime ·Action · Italy · 1972 · 1h 36m

The Italian Connection

La mala ordina

The Italian Connection poster
Director
Fernando Di Leo
Cast
Mario Adorf as Luca Canali Henry Silva as Dave Catania Woody Strode as Frank Webster Adolfo Celi as Don Vito Tressoldi Luciana Paluzzi as Eva Lalli Franco Fabrizi as Enrico Moroni
Crew
Franco Villa — Director of Photography Amedeo Giomini — Editor Armando Trovajoli — Original Music Composer Augusto Finocchi — Screenplay Ingo Hermes — Screenplay Fernando Di Leo — Screenplay
Tagline

When the Godfather signs your contract... there's no place in the world you can hide!

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.

Trailer The Italian Connection — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
hitmanitalypimpdark comedymafia bossgrindhousecrushedbetrayalorganized crimemafiahit by a carhired killer
Key Collaborators
Fernando Di Leo Director Franco Villa Director of Photography Amedeo Giomini Editor Armando Trovajoli Original Music Composer Augusto Finocchi Screenplay Ingo Hermes Screenplay Fernando Di Leo Screenplay Fernando Di Leo Story Francesco Cuppini Production Design Francesco Cuppini Costume Design
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