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The Italian Connection
ITALY · 1972

The Italian Connection

Fernando Di Leo
drug trafficking mistaken identity organized crime international crime syndicate hired assassins
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Synopsis

When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him to eliminate any chance of them finding out he's the wrong man.

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