Movie with mobsters. Mobsters who trafficked drugs. From opium grown and harvested in Turkey, chemically treated in Sicily, the best quality pure heroin in the entire history of drugs, 99% pure, is obtained. And then it is delivered "secretly" to the very city where until 2001 two twin towers stood tall, as a symbol of capitalism. Watch the film, you will see them again for a few moments, when Coppola (Ben Gazzara) dresses up as a diver and dives to retrieve the "goods". The film begins spectacularly with a previous shipment of drugs hidden inside a corpse. It continues with many impressive figures of mobsters who appear in Coppola's way, some women also appear, one of them even naked, and finally, the cards are laid face down, the moment of truth. Not before witnessing an "assassination" in the style of Harvey Oswald-Jack Ruby. There is also a car chase, quite successful, original, ingenious filming. Apart from Ben Gazzara who has the main role and is very good, especially when he gets beaten up and is shot (in 2 occasions, the last one for good), Luciano Catenacci stands out, the most convincing Italian actor in mobster roles, thanks to his face, see especially "Confessions of a Police Captain" Original title: "Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica" (1971). Jess Hahn in a unique role as a large producer of opium. Ferdinando Baldi did a good job, so I will be more generous than the others and give it 8 stars.
