Milano calibro 9 (1972)

Director:

Fernando Di Leo

Writers:

Fernando Di Leo (story) and
Giorgio Scerbanenco (book)

Release Date:

15 febrero 1972 (Italy)

Genre:

Action | Crime

Plot:

Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture...

Plot Keywords:

Poliziottesco | Part Of Trilogy | Progressive Rock | Based On Book | Based On Novel

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Undeservedly little-known gangster movie

Cast

Gastone Moschin	...	Ugo Piazza
Barbara Bouchet	...	Nelly Bordon
Mario Adorf	...	Rocco Musco
Frank Wolff	...	Police Commissioner
Luigi Pistilli	...	Mercuri (Fonzino in US version)
Ivo Garrani	...	Don Vincenzo
Philippe Leroy	...	Chino (Kino in US version)
Lionel Stander	...	Americano (Mikado in US version)
Mario Novelli	...	Pasquale Tallarico
Giuseppe Castellano	...	Nicola
Salvatore Arico
Fernando Cerulli
Giulio Baraghini
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Franco Beltramme
Rossella Bergamonti
Ernesto Colli	...	Alfredo Bertolon
Alberto Fogliani
Imelde Marani
Sergio Serafini
Mira Vidotto		(as Diomira Vidotto)

También conocida como:

Caliber 9 (USA)
Milano calibro nove (Italy) (alternative spelling)
Milán, calibre 9 (Spain) [es]

Duración:

Italy:100 min | USA:88 min | Finland:97 min

País:

Italy

Idioma:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Italy:VM14 | Sweden:15 | Germany:16

Company:

Cineproduzioni Daunia 70

Trivialidades:

First part of Fernando Di Leo's "Milieu Trilogy" also including Mala ordina, La (1972) and Boss, Il (1973).

Movie Connections:

Featured in Ispettore Coliandro: Il giorno del lupo, L' (2006) (TV)

Undeservedly little-known gangster movie

This is an undeservedly little-known gangster movie. The story resolves around the traditionally motive of loyalty, betrayal, and the strange moral code of the Mafia (in Italy), but we are never quite sure what ending the story is going for. The film keeps up the pace nicely throughout and the excellent doubly-twisted ending comes as a total surprise.

Gastone Moschin is very good in the lead as the apparent excon and victim of the Mafia's attention, but the acting prize goes to Mario Adorf's Mafia Lieutenant. He also has the best line, right at the end - which I cannot give away as it would spoil the suspense.