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The Settimi family is going through a difficult time; the mother passed away many years ago and their father is seriously ill with lung disease, the younger son is an idle student who prefers to spend most of his time partying and the eldest, Dino, loses his job. In order to make ends meet, Dino reluctantly … Continue reading Don’t Shoot on Children/Non Sparate sui Bambini (1978)

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The misadventures of a young couple, Rodolfo and Patrizia, as they set off on a car journey to their coastal home during a summer vacation. Unfortunately, Patrizia is losing faith in their marriage and attracts the attentions of Tony, the leader of a gang of delinquents who has been trying to seduce her for some … Continue reading Rand Rover (1979)

Three inmates escape from a criminal asylum. One of them is recaptured and another is run over by a car and killed, but the third prisoner manages to escape and takes refuge in an empty villa in the countryside. The next day a group of youths arrive at the house and throw a party which … Continue reading Madness, The Eyes of the Moon/Madness, Gli Occhi della Luna (1971)

Sergio Fuentes is a poor Mexican fisherman who decides to make the perilous journey across the border into the USA to start a new life in the promised land. Unfortunately, his hopes and dreams are soon shattered as he witnesses the brutal injustices inflicted upon his fellow countrymen as they try to survive in the … Continue reading The Violent Side of New York/La Faccia Violenta di New York (1973)

Set during the prohibition era, small-time gangster Frank Mannata travels from his native Sicily to Chicago to join his brother and sister who run a massage parlor catering to a number of prominent establishment figures. Seizing the opportunity to expand their business by blackmailing their wealthy clients, the Mannata siblings soon begin building up a … Continue reading The True Story of Frank Mannata/La Vera Storia di Frank Mannata (1969)

A U.S. army deserter is blackmailed into assassinating a businessman but runs afoul of his employers and ends up on the run. With the Italian film industry on its last legs, Maurizio Merli plays against type and shrugs off his hard-boiled police inspector persona to play a softly spoken killer-for-hire. Unfortunately for Merli audiences were … Continue reading Seagulls Fly Low/I Gabbiani Volano Basso (1978)

'Serie Nera' was a series of French television films produced primarily in co-production with other European countries. In total there were 32 films and the series ran from 1984 to 1991 with most films based on novels by famous crime authors, in particular what the French dub 'polar' - or the more familiar 'poliziesco' in … Continue reading Death Insurance/Assicurazione Sulla Morte (1987)