Caliber 9
Caliber 9 (; also released as The Contract) is a 1972 Italian poliziottesco crime film written and directed by Fernando Di Leo and starring Gastone Moschin, Mario Adorf, Barbara Bouchet, Philippe Leroy, Frank Wolff, Luigi Pistilli, and Lionel Stander.
Plot
After a stint in prison, small-time Milanese gangster Ugo Piazza is immediately harassed by his old associates, led by a powerful American launderer known simply as "The Americano" (or "The Mikado" in the English dub), who believe that he stole 300,000 US dollars during a handover, shortly before his arrest for robbery. Piazza emphatically denies the theft, even under coercion from The Americano's volatile right-hand man Rocco. His girlfriend, go-go dancer Nelly Bordon, also believes he stole the money, as does the police commissario, who unsuccessfully attempts to turn him informant.
More details
| author | Fernando Di Leo |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Milan |
| director | Fernando Di Leo |
| editor | Amedeo Giomini |
| genre | crime |
| keywords | abandon bowling alley capo caporegime drive follow force go-go dancer godfather happen kill launderer money laundering old man plan run away secret lover stalk waiting room |
| musicBy | Luis Bacalov |
| producer | Arrow Films |
| publisher | Lia Film |
| recordedAt | Milan |
| theme | gangster mafia neo-noir poliziotteschi |