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Caliber 9
ITALY · 1972

Caliber 9

Fernando Di Leo
prison release organized crime extortion and blackmail police corruption hidden money
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Synopsis

Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden $300,000 that should have gone to an American drug syndicate boss.

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