Rent Caliber 9 (1972)
3.7 of 5 from 71 ratings
1h 42min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- Released after a three-year term in prison for a bungled robbery, Ugo Piazza plans to lead the straight life for a while. But no sooner is he back on the street than he's picked up by a bunch of hoodlums under the employ of his former boss, 'the Americano'-among them, the psychopathic Rocco - who are convinced that Ugo has stolen $300,000 from them. The gang forces Ugo to resume working for them in the hope that he'll eventually lead them to their missing loot.
- Actors:
- Gastone Moschin, Barbara Bouchet, Mario Adorf, Frank Wolff, Luigi Pistilli, Ivo Garrani, Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu, Lionel Stander, Mario Novelli, Giuseppe Castellano, Salvatore Arico, Fernando Cerulli, Giulio Baraghini, Franco Beltramme, Rossella Bergamonti
- Directors:
- Fernando Di Leo
- Producers:
- Armando Novelli
- Writers:
- Fernando Di Leo, Giorgio Scerbanenco
- Aka:
- Milano Calibro 9
- Studio:
- Arrow Films
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Heist Movies: Masterminds and Mavericks, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Films of 1972, Top Films
- Countries:
- Italy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 15/06/2015
- Run Time:
- 102 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0, Italian Dolby Digital 1.0
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Calibro 9: 2004 making-of documentary featuring interviews with director Fernando Di Leo, stars Barbara Bouchet and Philippe Leroy, and others
- Fernando Di Leo: The Genesis of the Genre - documentary charting the filmmaking career of the Milano Calibro 9 director
- Scerbanenco Noir: A look at the work of Italian crime writer Giorgio Scerbanenco, author of the original Milano Calibro 9 novel
- Gastone Moschin audio interview
- Italia Violenta - Matthew Holness, writer and star of cult television series Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, offers up an appreciation of Milano Calibro 9 and the Italian poliziotteschisub-genre US Trailer
- Italian Trailer
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Brutal - Caliber 9 review by sb
FILM & REVIEW Di Leo’s complex gangster film set in Milan. Ugo (Mostin) is a small time crook just out of jail and is suspected of stealing $300k from local gangster The Americano (Stander).This sets him up in conflict with Rocco (Adorf) the boss’s psychotic right hand man. Ugo denies stealing the money but no one believes him and the Americano sets him back to work to keep an eye on him. He also hooks up with ex girlfriend Nelly (Bocho) who has done very well for herself while he has been inside. - who also suspects he has the money as well. Meanwhile someone is killing bagmen and stealing even more money which sets up a breakdown in trust between all the gangsters. Mostin is very good as the taciturn lead and it’s really brutal at times with beatings,slashings and mass shootouts with a very bleak take on the human condition. The first of a trilogy - 4/5
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