Defeat of the Mafia

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Defeat of the Mafia
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Directed by Warren Kiefer
Written byWarren Kiefer (as Marian Doebbeling)
Alfredo Tassoni
Starring Victor Spinetti
Maria Pia Conte
CinematographyAmerigo Gengarelli
Music byStefano Torossi
Release date
  • 1970 (1970)
LanguageItalian

Defeat of the Mafia (Italian : Scacco alla mafia) is an Italian noir-crime film directed by Warren Kiefer and starring Victor Spinetti and Maria Pia Conte. It was shot in the late 1968 but released only in November 1970. [1] [2] It was initially planned to be an Italian-Argentine co-production. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876059695.
  2. 1 2 Roberto Curti (22 October 2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland, 2013. ISBN   978-0786469765.


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