Caliber 9
Milano calibro 9
Italy
1972
100 Min
Color
1.85:1
Italian
Synopsis
Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, the 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. —IMDb
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Fernando Di Leo
Fernando Di Leo (January 11, 1932 – December 1, 2003) was an Italian film director and script writer born in San Ferdinando di Puglia. During his career from 1964 to 1985, Di Leo directed 20 films and was involved in the writing process in 43. His films influenced many popular contemporary directors, such as Quentin Tarantino and John Woo.
Di Leo started his career mostly writing scripts for spaghetti westerns. He worked on the script for Per un pugno di dollari (A Fistful of Dollars, 1964) and later as assistant director and assistant to Sergio Leone in Per qualche dollaro in più (For a Few Dollars More, 1965). Later, he wrote scripts for such westerns as Navajo Joe (1966) and Johnny Yuma (1967). Di Leo is now best remembered for his poliziotteschi films, especially the Milieu Trilogy, which he both wrote and directed. The trilogy contains Milano calibro 9 (1972), La mala ordina (Manhunt, 1972) and Il boss (The Boss, 1973). —Wikipedia
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iheartllama
10Apr12
Expertly paced, suspensefully scripted and insanely well cast. Standing tall above most of its genre peers!
HKFanatic
11Feb12
This movie has one of the best pre-credits opening of any Poliziotteschi, which is saying something. A drug deal goes bad and the result is that several people are blown up with dynamite. From there, the film calms down with Gastone Moschin playing a tough but frustratingly inactive protagonist. Look for Barbara Bouchet as his go-go dancing love interest - actually, you can't miss her thanks to her famous dance scene
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Silenzio
20Jun10
If you must see one Italian crime film from this period, this is the standout film for me (La mala ordina is also a good film form di Leo though). Interesting plot (parts of which were taken from Giorgio scerbanenco short stories), great performances from Moschin and especially Mario Adorf make this a joy to fans of the genre. It's one of the few Italian crime films that isn't predictable and features plot twists
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Best of the trilogy
By Pierluigi Puccini on June 8, 2010
Milano, and its same old trades and issues, awaits Ugo Piazza after serving three years in prison. on top of that, his acquaintances believe he stole them 300,000 dollars in the last job he did before… read review
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