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The Big Racket is a italien film of genre Thriller directed by Enzo G. Castellari with Fabio Testi

The Big Racket (1976)

Il grande racket

The Big Racket
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Length 1h41
Directed by
OriginItalie
Genres Thriller,    Action,    Crime
Rating70% 3.5417453.5417453.5417453.5417453.541745

The Big Racket (Italian: Il grande racket) is a 1976 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Enzo G. Castellari. Fabio Testi stars as a police inspector who takes on a gang of hoodlums who terrorise an Italian city by extorting cash from local shop and bar owners.

Synopsis

À Rome, des commerçants sont violemment rackettés par des voyous d'une organisation mafieuse dirigée par un certain Rudy le Marseillais. Ils sont surveillés de près par l'inspecteur Nico Palmieri et son adjoint, le sergent Salvatore Velasci. Leurs supérieurs veulent rapidement des résultats pour démanteler ce réseau criminel mais Palmieri ne parvient pas à les incriminer. Personne n'ose témoigner contre les racketteurs alors qu'ils agissent en tout impunité le jour et à visage découvert. Après une filature qui lui permet de remonter jusqu'au Marseillais, Nico échappe de peu à la mort.

Actors

Fabio Testi

(Inspector Nico Palmieri)
Vincent Gardenia

(Pepe)
Renzo Palmer

(Luigi Giulti, restaurant owner)
Orso Maria Guerrini

(Gianni Rossetti)
Glauco Onorato

(Piero Mazzarelli)
Source : Wikidata

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