The Sicilian Connection

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The Sicilian Connection
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Italian film poster
Directed by Ferdinando Baldi
Written byFerdinando Baldi
Duilio Coletti
Produced byManolo Bolognini
Starring Ben Gazzara
Silvia Monti
Fausto Tozzi
Luciano Catenacci
Steffen Zacharias
Mario Pilar  [ fr ]
Jess Hahn
Cinematography Aiace Parolin
Edited by Eugenio Alabiso
Music by Guido De Angelis
Maurizio De Angelis
Production
company
    • Produzioni Atlas Consorziate
    • Rewind Film
    • Societé Cinématographique Lyre
Distributed byProduzioni Atlas Consorziate (Italy)
Release date
  • December 22, 1972 (1972-12-22)(Italy)
CountriesItaly
France
LanguageItalian

The Sicilian Connection (Italian : Afyon oppio [a] , also known as The Opium Connection) is a 1972 crime film directed and co-written by Ferdinando Baldi and starring Ben Gazzara, Silvia Monti, Fausto Tozzi and Jess Hahn. An Italian and French co-production, it is usually categorized as part of the poliziottesco trend of the 1970’s. [1] [2]

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Plot

The Italian-American Joseph Coppola wants to start trafficking drugs from Turkey to the United States and calls for the support of the Sicilian Mafia, who would protect him from the Marseilles Clan. In the U.S., however, he appears to forget the chords. Greed or double play?

Cast

Notes

  1. ↑ ’Afyon’ is the Turkish word for opium, ‘oppio’ is the Italian word for the same.

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References

  1. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876059350.
  2. ↑ Roberto Curti (2006). Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006. ISBN   8871805860.


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