Luca il contrabbandiere (The Smuggler) (Contraband) (The Naples Connection)

Luca il contrabbandiere (The Smuggler) (Contraband) (The Naples Connection) (1980)

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Produced in Italy, this film concerns the crimelord in a smuggling ring whose brother is killed in an ambush by a rival gang. While he seeks a suitable hide-out, his inferiors track down the perpetrators. The film appears in Italian with English subtitles. ~ John Bush, Rovi

In Theaters
Aug 8, 1980 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central

    It's not saying much to say that it might be Fulci's best-directed picture.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Lee ?


    Something a bit different by Lucio Fulci as he dives into gangster territory with this tale of feuding smuggler gangs in Naples. The story is fairly straight-forward but it's worth watching for fans of ultraviolence and sleaze as this one notches up a high amount of bloody… More

  • Cassandra M


    t least that what I think he says. Contraband is Lucio Fulci trying his hand at the Italian Crime genre, adding his very own touch to the proceedings, and producing what results in a very gory thriller with all his eccentricities intact. Set in Naples, it involves small time crooks… More

  • Christopher B


    Fulci's over the top, gory gangster flick. Pretty damn good.

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