Defeat of the Mafia

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Defeat of the Mafia

4.2 | 1h22m | en | Crime

At the Rome airport two men are taken into custody. Inspector Scott Luce thinks their two suit-cases are full of drugs, but the suit-cases contains only white powder. Afterwards the corpse of Susan Palmer is found. She was a drug runner for the Cosa Nostra boss Frankie Agostino. Susan's friend, Jenny Ryan, meets a mysterious man from America, Arthur Ardigan, supposedly her cousin. In the meantime Inspector Luce is investigating.

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4.2 | 1h22m | en | Crime | More Info

Released: November. 20,1970 | Released Producted By: , Country: Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Victor Spinetti , Maria Pia Conte , Pier Paolo Capponi

Director

Amerigo Gengarelli

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Cast

Victor Spinetti

as Charles Agostino

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Maria Pia Conte

as Jenny Ryan

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Pier Paolo Capponi

as Scott Luce

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Reviews

django-19 Known in its English language version as DEFEAT OF THE MAFIA, this quirky Italian crime film is overly talky and inconsistent in tone, but has many distinctive touches about it, fine location photography, and an amazing performance by Victor Spinetti as the nervous, Milquetoast relative of an American girl who dies of a drug overdose in Italy...or so it seems. Actually, Spinetti's performance--as he evolves throughout the film and finally reveals his true identity--is a tour-de-force. Anthony Perkins is the only other actor I could imagine taking on a role like this in 1969. The "hero" of this film is a harried police inspector played by Pier Paolo Capponi (and voiced in English by someone who has voiced MANY Italo crime films and westerns), but Spinetti earns his top billing, and he makes what could have been a routine film a very interesting film. The film also uses multiple voiceovers by various characters, which is an odd technique that doesn't truly work (and is often the sign of an amateur screentwriter), but gives the film a far different feel most similar films which feature stoic, hard-boiled dialog. Overall, an interesting film...and a fine performance by Spinetti. Very difficult to find, however.