The Italian Connection

The Italian Connection

Directed by Fernando Di Leo
Produced by Armando Novelli
Screenplay by Fernando Di Leo
Augusto Finocchi
Ingo Hermes
Story by Fernando Di Leo
Starring Henry Silva
Woody Strode
Mario Adorf
Adolfo Celi
Luciana Paluzzi
Cyril Cusack
Sylva Koscina
Music by Armando Trovaioli
Cinematography Franco Villa
Edited by Amedeo Giomini
Production
company
Cineproduzioni Daunia 70
Dear Film
Hermes Film Synchron
Distributed by Alpherat (Italy)
American International Pictures (US)
Release dates
1 September 1972
Running time
95 minutes
Country Italy
West Germany
Language Italian
English

The Italian Connection (Italian: La mala ordina, lit. "The mob orders") also known as Manhunt in Milan, Manhunt, Hired to Kill and Black Kingpin, is a 1972 Italian-German poliziotteschi film written and directed by Fernando Di Leo. It is the second part of Di Leo's Milieu Trilogy, starting with Caliber 9 in 1972 and ending with The Boss in 1973.

Plot

Small-time pimp Luca Canali (Mario Adorf) is hunted by both local mobsters and two killers (Henry Silva and Woody Strode) sent by the New York mafia after a shipment of heroin fails to arrive. But it becomes apparent he is not as soft as he appears as a deadly cat-and-mouse game is played out on the streets of Milan. The film contains a dramatic chase scene where Canali pursues an assassin both on car and on foot.

The two American hitmen have contrasting personalities. Dave (Silva) is something of a playboy and loudmouth, while Frank (Strode) is quiet and professional. The concept of two hitmen teamed up, one black and one white, appears to have been a likely inspiration for the characters played by John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction.[1]

Cast

References

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