Milano Calibro 9 (Caliber 9) (1971)

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An ex-con claims that he wants to go straight after serving his sentence, but finds it impossible to emerge from the shadow of his former crimes in the first chapter of director Fernando di Leo's influential crime saga. Ugo Piazza may be a free man, but in the eyes of the mafia, the police, and his… More An ex-con claims that he wants to go straight after serving his sentence, but finds it impossible to emerge from the shadow of his former crimes in the first chapter of director Fernando di Leo's influential crime saga. Ugo Piazza may be a free man, but in the eyes of the mafia, the police, and his sadistic former associate Rocco, he will always be a criminal. When everyone who knows Ugo becomes convinced that he has stashed away $300,000 from a previous crime, the race is on to find the missing money at all costs. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 42 min.
Directed By: Fernando Di Leo
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International

In Theaters: Feb 15, 1972 Wide

Critic Reviews

Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com
The conclusion saves the feature, leaving the viewer with a lasting sting the rest of picture seems almost reluctant to offer.
Sean Axmaker, Parallax View
... a hard, unfeeling brutality, a pitiless expediency and an understanding of who is expendable, who is untouchable, and what happens when those rules are broken...
Simon Abrams, Slant Magazine
The Fernando Di Leo Crime Collection features one essential B movie and three perfectly adequate ones.

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Milano, and its same old trades and issues, awaits Ugo Piazza after serving three years in prison. on top of that, his acquaintances believe he stole them 300,000 dollars in the last job he did before his capture. Gastone Moschin is the cool, tough guy of few words, with no will of… More
Milano, and its same old trades and issues, awaits Ugo Piazza after serving three years in prison. on top of that, his acquaintances believe he stole them 300,000 dollars in the last job he did before his capture. Gastone Moschin is the cool, tough guy of few words, with no will of rehab and no other alternative than get mixed in obscure dealings with sinister and psychotic racketeers, like the one Mario Adorf brilliantly performs. First part of Fernando Di Leo's trilogia del milieu, with the trademarks of colourful violence, and hard-hitting socio-political dialectic about the grudges between the industrial north and the agricultural south. Italian poliziottesco (neo-noir) at its best.