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Il Boss (1972)

Director: Fernando Di Leo

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From Time Out London

As in ‘Milano Calibro 9’, the final installment in Di Leo’s ‘Milieu trilogy’ begins cold with a prologue of grisly violence – in this case, Silva’s button man bazookas a screening room full of mobsters. With the family heads pushed into exile by government crackdowns, Silva’s attack also detonates all-out pan-Mafia warfare. As the killers head for the mattresses, the 1972 movie rather cynically attempts a larger sociopolitical context: ‘We’re all becoming Vietnamised,’ laments a police chief.

Author: JWin 2005-05-17 14:44:14

Time Out London Issue 1813: May 18-25 2005

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Director: Fernando Di Leo

Cast: Henry Silva, Claudio Nicastro, Andrea Aureli

Duration: 111 mins


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