Milano kaliberi 9

Original title: Milano calibro 9

19721972
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1h 37m

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7.4/10

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Action Crime Thriller

A former gangster is forced to resume his old lifestyle when his violent, jealous ex-colleagues and the police believe that he knows the location of a stolen cache of $300,000.A former gangster is forced to resume his old lifestyle when his violent, jealous ex-colleagues and the police believe that he knows the location of a stolen cache of $300,000.A former gangster is forced to resume his old lifestyle when his violent, jealous ex-colleagues and the police believe that he knows the location of a stolen cache of $300,000.

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7.4/10

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Director
- Fernando Di Leo
Writers
- Giorgio Scerbanenco(book)
- Fernando Di Leo(story)
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Salvatore Arico in Milano kaliberi 9 (1972)

Barbara Bouchet in Milano kaliberi 9 (1972)

Barbara Bouchet and Gastone Moschin in Milano kaliberi 9 (1972)

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Trivia
Fernando Di Leo admitted that, with a critical eye, the scenes at the Police Station among the "fascist" Commissario and the "communist" Mercuri should be taken off because they take strength out of the main story. But the work of actors Frank Wolff and Luigi Pistilli was so good that he couldn't absolutely cut it off.

Quotes
Rocco Musco: [in Italian version]
[last lines, grabbing Luca's hair]
Rocco Musco: You... do not kill a man like Ugo Piazza, TREACHEROUSLY!
Rocco Musco: [slams Luca's head on the edge of the cabinet for the first time] You... shouldn't even touch a man like Ugo Piazza!
Rocco Musco: [slams Luca's head on the edge of the cabinet for the second time] You... should NEVER EVER touch a man like Ugo Piazza!
Rocco Musco: [slams Luca's head on the edge of the cabinet for the third time] You... when you see someone like Ugo Piazza, YOU HAVE TO TIP YOUR HAT!
Rocco Musco: [slams Luca's head repeatedly until he dies and then spits at his corpse] TIP YOUR HAT! TIP YOUR HAT! TIP YOUR HAT! TIP YOUR HAT!

Connections
Featured in History of the Erotic Cinema (1982)

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9/10

Excellent suspense movie

Crime novels can be rather dull sometimes, but everyone will agree that some are simply excellent - suspenseful, totally unpredictable and with numerous plot twists. This film is apparently based upon one of the excellent ones. Both silly and intelligent viewers will be kept on the edge of their seat until the very ending, which by the way has an unforgettable quote. When a plot like this is coupled with terrific acting and world-class visuals and music -- the result has to be good.

Those sympathetic to early seventies fashion and music are in for a real treat. Osanna/Bacalov's music is totally uncompromising and - in my honest opinion - worth a hundred times the entrance money in its own right. This may be the best soundtrack ever! The visuals are also astonishing - timeless in their beauty, but still with a strong flavour of early 70s. And you'll also catch some glimpses of what must be the world's most beautiful woman.

In sum, all this simply makes up a classic. NOT TO BE MISSED!

(Those who already own the soundtrack, which actually seems easier to find than the movie, should be advised that the movie has alternate versions, all brilliant).

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