The Italian Connection

The Italian Connection
Italian film poster
ItalianLa mala ordina
Directed byFernando Di Leo
Screenplay by
  • Fernando Di Leo
  • Augusto Finocchi
  • Ingo Hermes[1]
Story byFernando Di Leo[1]
Based on"Milano by calibro 9"
(1969 story)
by Giorgio Scerbanenco[2]
(uncredited)
Produced byArmando Novelli[1]
Starring
CinematographyFranco Villa[1]
Edited byAmedeo Giomini[1]
Music byArmando Trovajoli[1]
Production
companies
  • Cineproduzioni Daunia 70
  • Hermes Synchron[1]
Distributed byAlpherat (Italy)
Constantin Film (West Germany)
Release dates
  • 2 September 1972 (1972-09-02) (Italy)
  • 1 December 1972 (1972-12-01) (West Germany)
Running time
100 minutes[3]
Countries
Box office₤852.404 million

The Italian Connection (Italian: La mala ordina, lit. 'The mob orders', also released as Manhunt in the City and Manhunt in Milan) is a 1972 noir-thriller[1] film directed and co-written by Fernando Di Leo; starring Mario Adorf, Henry Silva, Woody Strode, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Francesca Romana Coluzzi, Sylva Koscina, and Cyril Cusack.

The film is the second part of Di Leo's “Milieu trilogy”, preceded by Caliber 9 (also 1972) and followed by The Boss (1973).[5] It was released to Italian theatres on September 2, 1972.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Curti 2013, p. 61.
  2. ^ Curti 2013, p. 62.
  3. ^ Curti 2013, p. 141.
  4. ^ a b "La mala ordina". European Audiovisual Observatory. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  5. ^ "THE ITALIAN CONNECTION / IL BOSS | American Cinematheque". americancinemathequecalendar.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.