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11 December 1974 (France) morePlot:
At the Rome airport two men are taken into custody. Inspector Scott Luce thinks their two suit-cases are full of drugs... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Quirky euro-crime film w/ great Victor Spinetti performance moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Victor Spinetti | ... | Charles Agostino |
| Maria Pia Conte | ... | Jenny Ryan |
| Pier Paolo Capponi | ... | Scott Luce |
| Luciano Pigozzi | ... | Frankie Agostino (as Alan Collins) |
| Néstor Garay | ... | Jon Dahlia |
| Micaela Pignatelli | ... | Marjorie Mills |
| Carmen Scarpitta | ... | Countess Torreguardia |
| Paolo Giusti | ... | Niki Velour |
| Margarita Puratich | ... | Susan Palmer |
| Luigi Bonos | ... | Giulio |
| Enzo Fiermonte | ... | Count Torreguardia |
| Mariella Palmich | ... | Nun |
| Franco Borelli | ... | Leone |
| Angela Goodwin | ... | Vice Consul |
| Aldo Berti | ... | Cacci |
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82 minCountry:
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France:-12Filming Locations:
Rome, Lazio, ItalyFAQ
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Known in its English language version as DEFEAT OF THE MAFIA, this quirky Italian crime film is overly talky and inconsistent in tone, but has many distinctive touches about it, fine location photography, and an amazing performance by Victor Spinetti as the nervous, Milquetoast relative of an American girl who dies of a drug overdose in Italy...or so it seems. Actually, Spinetti's performance--as he evolves throughout the film and finally reveals his true identity--is a tour-de-force. Anthony Perkins is the only other actor I could imagine taking on a role like this in 1969. The "hero" of this film is a harried police inspector played by Pier Paolo Capponi (and voiced in English by someone who has voiced MANY Italo crime films and westerns), but Spinetti earns his top billing, and he makes what could have been a routine film a very interesting film. The film also uses multiple voiceovers by various characters, which is an odd technique that doesn't truly work (and is often the sign of an amateur screentwriter), but gives the film a far different feel most similar films which feature stoic, hard-boiled dialog. Overall, an interesting film...and a fine performance by Spinetti. Very difficult to find, however.