Crime Boss 1972 R, 93 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama aka: New Mafia Boss
Director: Alberto De Martino Cast: Telly Savalas, Antonio Sabato, Lee Van Cleef, Paola Tedesco, Giuliano Persico, Nino Dal Fabbro, Giorgio Piazza, Guido Lollobrigida, Sergio Tramonti, Piero Morgia, Teodoro Corra, Sergio Rossi
Mob boss Don Vincenzo (Telly Savalas) takes on an apprentice (Antonio Sabato) who double-crosses his mentor. Weak.
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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion 1970 R, 112 min. Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Elio Petri Cast: Gian Maria Volonte, Florinda Bolkan, Salvo Randone, Gianni Santuccio, Arturo Dominici, Orazio Orlando, Sergio Tramonti, Aldo Rendine, Massimo Foschi, Aleka Paizi
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, this is the story of an Italian police inspector (Gian Maria Volonte) who murders his lover, plants evidence, and is sure police will not arrest him.
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Medea 1969 N/R, 110 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini Cast: Maria Callas, Giuseppe Gentile, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff, Margaret Clementi, Annamaria Chio, Sergio Tramonti, Paul Jabara, Luigi Barbini, Gerard Weiss, Gian Paolo Durgar
In this adaptation of Euripides' play, opera star Maria Callas plays Medea, the sorceress queen, who meets Jason (Giuseppe Gentile) when he arrives to recover the Golden Fleece stolen by Medea's father. She falls for Jason, they return to Greece, marry, and have two children. Ten years later, Jason tells her that he is going to wed another, and Medea demonstrates her destructive powers.
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| 1. Crime Boss (1972) aka: New Mafia Boss
2. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
3. Medea (1969)
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