Poliziotteschi - High-Speed Italian Crime
Hard-hitting, white hot lead-filled, pedal-to-the-metal movies straight out of a 70s Italy that was bitterly and dangerously divided along political and social lines.
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- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsGastone MoschinBarbara BouchetMario AdorfA 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.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsMario AdorfHenry SilvaWoody StrodeA Milanese pimp is pursued by - and then pursues - a pair of New York hitmen and the gangsters who framed him for stealing a shipment of heroin.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsHenry SilvaRichard ConteGianni GarkoA hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsLuc MerendaRichard ConteDelia BoccardoA police lieutenant suddenly faces the consequences of his choice to part for the local mobs.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsLuc MerendaJames MasonIrina MaleevaBased on an actual event "The Kidnap Syndicate" is the story of two boys, one from a rich family and the other from a poor family, who are kidnapped and held for ransom.
- DirectorVittorio SalernoStarsJoe DallesandroMartine BrochardEnrico Maria SalernoThe Savage Three are three young men, fresh into the world, who work together at a computer analysis company. All three appear to be calm, level-headed, well-educated young men with the world at their fingertips. They are best friends, working togther by day & playfully carousing at night. Dominated by the Ovidio, played by the handsome Joe Dallesandro, the three young men soon evolve from well-mannered professionals to violent criminals.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsFabio TestiVincent GardeniaRenzo PalmerNico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles against hoodlums terrorising a sleepy Italian village, extorting cash from the locals.
- DirectorStelvio MassiStarsMaurizio MerliGiancarlo SbragiaAngelo InfantiA hot-shot police driver has more guts than brains, often landing him in hot water with his middle-aged mentor, who was once a legendary police interceptor responsible for numerous large scale arrests.
- DirectorMassimo DallamanoStarsMarcel BozzuffiCarole AndréIvan RassimovA police commissioner forms a secret motorized brigade in order to fight a dangerous terrorist who is depositing bombs throughout the city of Turin.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsFabio TestiDavid HemmingsSherry BuchananAn Italian policeman goes undercover to break up an international heroin smuggling ring, and butts heads with a hot-tempered Interpol agent assigned to the same task.
- DirectorMario ImperoliStarsPiero SantiAnnarita GrapputoPaola SenatoreTony is the young member of an upper class Roman family; he lives a hectic double life, and under the guise of good student, he likes to persecute and kill prostitutes in the company of a couple of friends.
- DirectorVittorio SalernoStarsEnzo CerusicoRiccardo CucciollaJunie VetustoWhen the eyewitness to a brutal murder decides not to testify, the actual murderer chooses to finger him as the murderer and claim eyewitness status for himself.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsFabio TestiIvana MontiMarcel BozzuffiSomeone is muscling in on the two brothers' cigarette smuggling into Italy at Naples. The police is tipped off, then Mickey's stable burns down, then the killing etc. starts. Luca responds.
- DirectorMassimo DallamanoStarsIvan RassimovStephanie BeachamPatricia HayesThe Superbitch uses her body to deceive and manipulate men to get what she wants.
- DirectorMassimo DallamanoStarsGiovanna RalliClaudio CassinelliMario AdorfPolice investigate apparent suicide of teen girl and uncover details of a teenage prostitution racket. They go on the hunt for a motorcycle riding killer.
- DirectorMario ImperoliStarsAntonio SabatoRitza BrownJohn RichardsonThree vicious criminals lead by Rico and his twisted girlfriend Germana evade capture by the law at every turn. A determined cop, Tony, tries to hunt down the masked maniacs after they murder his undercover policewoman girlfriend.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsFranco NeroFernando ReyJames WhitmoreA righteous police inspector matches wits with a powerful Italian drug ring, all while key suspects and those closest to him begin to die in more-or-less equal measure.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsFranco NeroGiancarlo PreteBarbara BachAn engineer seeks vigilante justice against the gangsters who took him hostage, and forms an unlikely partnership with a young robber to bring them down.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsFranco NeroSybil DanningMario MaranzanaAn American narcotics agent is murdered in Italy. The head of the department decides to hire Larry Stanziani, 'The Cobra'. Larry, a former agent and now a third-rate private detective, uses the opportunity to get even with an old enemy, but soon he finds out he's facing a relentless organization.
- DirectorStelvio MassiStarsTomas MilianGastone MoschinRay LovelockA cop is consumed with the desire to get revenge on the crook who shot his wife to death during a robbery. The crook in question is Marseilles who is trying to assemble funds for his own retirement.
- DirectorStelvio MassiStarsFranco GasparriLee J. CobbSara SperatiAn ambitious narcotics agent relentlessly pursues a wealthy industrialist responsible for a large-scale drug operation.
- DirectorStelvio MassiStarsFranco GasparriLee J. CobbNino BenvenutiMark Terzi goes to Genoa to take on the case of a serial killer who calls himself "The Sphinx".
- DirectorStelvio MassiStarsJohn SaxonLee J. CobbRenzo PalmerA mobster kills a cop during a robbery so he finds himself pursued by the police, his gang, and the media.
- DirectorStelvio MassiStarsFranco GasparriJohn SaxonJohn SteinerA murderous drug dealer breaks his partner out of police custody. An undercover cop is assigned to track down the two killers and bring them in.
- DirectorStelvio MassiStarsLuc MerendaCarlos MonzónMariangela GiordanoYoung southerner Marco Russo moves to Northern Italy and finds work with the powerful Manzetti family. He then proceeds to stir the pot between the Manzettis and their top rivals, the Belmondos.