The Sicilian Connection

The Sicilian Connection
The Sicilian Connection
	Italian film poster
Directed by	Ferdinando Baldi
Written by	Ferdinando Baldi; Duilio Coletti
Produced by	Manolo Bolognini
Starring	Ben Gazzara; Silvia Monti; Fausto Tozzi; Luciano Catenacci; Steffen Zacharias; Mario Pilar [fr]; Jess Hahn
Cinematography	Aiace Parolin
Edited by	Eugenio Alabiso
Music by	Guido De Angelis; Maurizio De Angelis
Production; company	Produzioni Atlas Consorziate; Rewind Film; Societé Cinématographique Lyre; ;
Distributed by	Produzioni Atlas Consorziate (Italy)
Release date	December 22, 1972 (Italy);
Countries	Italy; France
Language	Italian

The Sicilian Connection (Italian: Afyon oppio^[a], also known as The Opium Connection) is a 1972 crime film directed and co-written by Ferdinando Baldi and starring Ben Gazzara, Silvia Monti, Fausto Tozzi and Jess Hahn. An Italian and French co-production, it is usually categorized as part of the poliziottesco trend of the 1970’s.^[1]^[2]

Plot

The Italian-American Joseph Coppola wants to start trafficking drugs from Turkey to the United States and calls for the support of the Sicilian Mafia, who would protect him from the Marseilles Clan. In the U.S., however, he appears to forget the chords. Greed or double play?

Cast

Ben Gazzara as Joseph Coppola
Silvia Monti as Claudia
Fausto Tozzi as Don Vincenzo
Jess Hahn as Sacha
Steffen Zacharias as Sally
Luciano Catenacci as Tony Nicolodi
Mario Pilar [fr] as Ibrahim
Corrado Gaipa as Don Calogero
José Greci as Lucia Calogero
Malisa Longo as Rosalia Calogero
Teodoro Corrà as Ciro
Luciano Rossi as Hans
Bruno Corazzari as Larry
Carlo Gaddi as Albertini
Giuseppe Castellano as Mike
John Bartha as FBI Agent
Yavuz Selekman

Notes

^ ’Afyon’ is the Turkish word for opium, ‘oppio’ is the Italian word for the same.

References

^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.
^ Roberto Curti (2006). Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006. ISBN 8871805860.

External links

The Sicilian Connection at IMDb

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[1] ’Afyon’ is the Turkish word for opium, ‘oppio’ is the Italian word for the same.

[70-sl-2] Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.

[odia-3] Roberto Curti (2006). Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006. ISBN 8871805860.

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