Gang War (1971 film) explained

Gang War
Director:Steno
Story:Roberto Amoroso
Giulio Scarnicci
Steno
Producer:Roberto Amoroso
Starring:Carlo Giuffré
Pamela Tiffin
Cinematography:Carlo Carlini
Music:Manuel De Sica
Distributor:Variety Distribution
Language:Italian

Gang War (Italian: '''Cose di Cosa Nostra''') is a 1971 criminal comedy film written and directed by Steno and starring Carlo Giuffré, Pamela Tiffin, Vittorio De Sica, Aldo Fabrizi, Jean-Claude Brialy and Salvo Randone.[1] [2] [3]

Plot

Don Calogero Bertuccione, a boss of the Italian American mafia, through his right arm Don Cefalù, orders the young mafioso Salvatore Lo Coco, a Sicilian emigrated to the US, to return to his hometown Castropizzi to kill Don Nicola Manzano called "Nicky" who's suspected of being a spy.Salvatore does not want to, but must obey to avoid mafia revenge on his family. Once he arrives in Italy he looks for someone who can replace him, but without success. After a series of grotesque events he manages to enter Don Manzano's villa where he then finds out that Don Bertuccione and his men have been killed.

Cast

Notes and References

  1. News: Vice. Mafiosi pasticcioni. La Stampa. 30. 5 February 1971.
  2. Book: Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. 8860736269.
  3. Book: Roberto Chiti . Roberto Poppi . Enrico Lancia . Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. 1991 . Gremese, 1991. 8876059350.