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Caliber 9 (1972)

Directed by Fernando Di Leo

Crime | Thriller

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Overview

Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden $300,000 that should have gone to an American drug syndicate boss.  Caliber 9 is the first part in Di Leo’s “Milieu” Trilogy of poliziotteschi films. It was followed by “The Italian Connection” (1972) and “The Boss” (1973).

Length 102 minutes

Actors

Gastone Moschin | Barbara Bouchet | Mario Adorf | Frank Wolff | Luigi Pistilli | Ivo Garrani | Lionel Stander | Philippe Leroy | Mario Novelli | Giuseppe Castellano | Salvatore Arico | Fernando Cerulli | Giulio Baraghini | Ernesto Colli | Omero Capanna | Empedocle Buzzanca | Ettore Geri | Gastone Pescucci | Fortunato Cecilia | Sergio Serafini | Giorgio Trestini | Luigi Antonio Guerra | Imelde Marani | Marina Brengola | Rossella Bergamonti | Edda Tiberio | Diomira Vidotto | Franco Beltramme | Domenico Maggio | Giuseppe Leone | Alberto Fogliani | Gianni Milito | Toni Trono | Cesare Di Vito | Antonio Mea | Mario Pavone | Bruno Bertocci | Luciano Cecchini | Alessandro Tedeschi | Artemio Antonini | Gilberto Galimberti | Nello Palladino | Mauro Vestri | Domenico Demitri

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Viewing Notes

Di Leo crafts what may be THE definitive Italian crime thriller with plenty of violence, twists and sexiness.

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