I guappi

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I guappi
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Directed by Pasquale Squitieri
Starring Claudia Cardinale
Edited by Mario Morra
Music by Franco Campanino
Gigi Campanino
Release date
  • 1974 (1974)
Country Italy
Language Italian

I guappi (internationally released as Blood Brothers) is a 1974 Italian historical drama film with "poliziotteschi" and "noir" elements. [1] This film marks the meeting between Claudia Cardinale and the director Pasquale Squitieri, who soon became her husband. [2] [3]

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