Il Grande Racket 1976  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Drama
aka: The Big Racket
Director: Enzo G. Castellari
Cast: Fabio Testi, Vincent Gardenia, Renzo Palmer, Orso Maria Guerrini, Glauco Onorato, Sal Borgese, Romano Puppo, Antonio Marsina, Daniele Dublino, Massimo Vanni, Salvatore Billa, Joshua Sinclair, Marcella Michelangeli, Roberto Dell'Acqua
Rome police Inspector Nico Palmieri (Fabio Testi) uncovers the work of racketeers in his home town but has problems because the citizens live in terror of the vicious gang. Just as Palmieri closes in, he is fired. Forced to take matters into his own hands, Palmieri gives the gang a lesson in street justice when he and his own newly formed gang raid the meeting of mob bosses, and a bloody massacre ensues. "The Big Racket" is the title of the English-dubbed version.
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Malastrana 1971 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Short Night of the Glass Dolls
Director: Aldo Lado
Cast: Jean Sorel, Ingrid Thulin, Mario Adorf, Barbara Bach, Fabijan Sovagovic, Jose Quaglio, Piero Vida, Daniele Dublino, Sven Lasta, Luciano Catenacci, Relja Basic, Michaela Martin
This low-budget Italian flick is another in the long line of horror/thrillers popular in the 1970s. Gregory (Jean Sorel) appears to be dead on his arrival at the hospital, even though his body temperature is still normal. He is duly declared dead and sent for an autopsy. But Gregory is indeed alive, though paralyzed, and as he awaits the autopsy he tries to figure out what happened to place him here. Good, creepy film.
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The Smuggler 1980 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: Contraband
Director: Lucio Fulci
Cast: Fabio Testi, Ivana Monti, Guido Alberti, Daniele Dublino, Venantino Venantini, Marcel Bozzuffi, Saverio Marconi, Tommaso Palladino, Ofelia Meyer, Ferdinando Murolo
Luca (Fabio Testi) heads a cigarette and liquor smuggling crime family but otherwise is a pleasant man with a wife and child. When his brother is killed by a rival gang, Luca sets out for revenge. But, before long, his gang members have either been assassinated or have been picked up by the police, and Luca must fight the rivals alone. Gore and violence are abundant in Fulci's departure from Horror films.
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| 1. Il Grande Racket (1976)
aka: The Big Racket
2. Malastrana (1971)
aka: Short Night of the Glass Dolls
3. The Smuggler (1980)
aka: Contraband
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