Milano calibro 9

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Milano calibro 9

German poster for Milano calibro 9
Directed by Fernando Di Leo
Produced by Armando Novelli
Written by Fernando Di Leo
Starring Gastone Moschin
Barbara Bouchet
Mario Adorf
Frank Wolff
Luigi Pistilli
Music by Luis Enríquez Bacalov
Osanna
Cinematography Franco Villa
Release date(s) February 15, 1972
Running time 100 min.
Country Italy
Language Italian
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Milano calibro 9 is a poliziottesco film written and directed by the Italian crime film specialist Fernando Di Leo in 1972. The film is based on a novel of the same name written by Giorgio Scerbanenco.[1] The soundtrack for the film, Preludio Tema Variazioni e Canzona, is a collaboration album between Luis Enríquez Bacalov and the Italian progressive rock group Osanna.[2]

Milano calibro 9 is the first part in Di Leo's Milieu Trilogy. The film was followed by La mala ordina (Manhunt) in 1972 and by Il boss (The Boss) in 1973.[3]

Barbara Bouchet and Gastone Moschin in Milano calibro 9
Barbara Bouchet and Gastone Moschin in Milano calibro 9

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Small-time gangster Ugo Piazza (Gastone Moschin) gets released from prison. He tries to convince the police, the mafia, his psychotic ex-friend Rocco (Mario Adorf) and his girlfriend Nelly Bordon (Barbara Bouchet) that he wants to go straight, but everyone believes he has $300,000 of stolen money hidden somewhere.

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