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7.2/10   311 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Fernando Di Leo (screenplay)
Peter McCurtin (novel)
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Release Date:
31 January 1973 (Italy) more
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Plot:
A bomb attack in a cinema in Palermo kills all the fellows of Attardi's clan a part from Cocchi. He... more | add synopsis
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A hidden gem of Italian crime cinema more (9 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Henry Silva ... Nick Lanzetta
Richard Conte ... Don Corrasco
Gianni Garko ... Commissario Torri
Antonia Santilli ... Rina D'Aniello
Corrado Gaipa ... Avvocato Rizzo
Marino Masé ... Pignataro
Howard Ross ... Melende
Claudio Nicastro ... Don Giuseppe D'Aniello
Gianni Musy ... Carlo Attardi
Mario Pisu ... Onorevole Gabrielli
Vittorio Caprioli ... Il questore
Pier Paolo Capponi ... Cocchi
Andrea Aureli ... Don Antonino Attardi
Pietro Ceccarelli ... Maione
Giulio Baraghini ... Don Corrasco Man
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Murder Inferno (UK)
The Boss (Europe: English title)
Wipeout! (USA)
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Runtime:
USA:100 min
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1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Final part of Fernando Di Leo's "Milieu Trilogy" also including Milano calibro 9 (1972) and La mala ordina (1972). more
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Referenced in Il solitario (2008) more

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13 out of 13 people found the following review useful.
A hidden gem of Italian crime cinema, 30 October 2003
Author: Alistair Carnell from Kobe City - Japan

I agree with the only other individual who has commented on this movie, it's a real 'mafia-action' classic from the early seventies and is gritty, well plotted and acted and has a very high body-count !

Our hero (or rather anti-hero), is a hit-man for the mafia, who proves his worth by rubbing-out half of a rival gang, whilst they were enjoying a private screening of some Scandinavian porn, launching grenades from the projection room- into the auditorium.......

I don't want to give away too-much but this film has enough twists and turns -double and treble crosses to keep any fan of the genre glued to the screen.

Also has a great score by Luis E. Bacalov - the main theme comes in times of action and thunders by like an express train carrying an angry Keith Moon, backed with fuzz-guitar, then flips into frantic jazz piano (has to be heard to be appreciated).

Has to be seen too !

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