# Il Boss > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Il_Boss > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Il_Boss.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Boss > Source revision: 1341599745 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1973 Italian film Il Boss Italian film poster Directed by Fernando di Leo Screenplay by Fernando di Leo[1] Based on Il mafioso by Peter McCurtin Produced by Armando Novelli[1] Starring Henry Silva Richard Conte Gianni Garko Antonia Santilli Corrado Gaipa Marino Masé Howard Ross Claudio Nicastro Gianni Musy Mario Pisu Vittorio Caprioli Pier Paolo Capponi Cinematography Franco Villa[1] Edited by Amedeo Giomini[1] Music by Luis Enriquez Bacalov[1] Production company Cineproduzioni Daunia 70[1] Distributed by Alherat Release date 1 February 1973 (1973-02-01) (Italy) Running time 111 minutes[1] Country Italy[1] Box office ₤774.172 million Antonia Santilli and [Henry Silva](/source/Henry_Silva) ***Il Boss*** (En. *The Boss*, also known as ***Murder Inferno***) is a [poliziottesco](/source/Poliziottesco)-[noir](/source/Film_noir) film written and directed by [Fernando Di Leo](/source/Fernando_Di_Leo) in 1973.[2] It is the final part of Di Leo's *Milieu Trilogy*, also consisting of *[Milano calibro 9](/source/Caliber_9)* and *[La mala ordina](/source/La_mala_ordina)*, both released in 1972. ## Plot Nick Lanzetta ([Henry Silva](/source/Henry_Silva)) takes out several members of a rival crime family for his boss Don Corrasco ([Richard Conte](/source/Richard_Conte)). The enemy clan attempts retribution by kidnapping an associate's daughter, who turns out to be a nymphomaniac. A violent power struggle within [the Mafia](/source/Italian_Mafia) ensues. ## Cast - [Henry Silva](/source/Henry_Silva) as Nick Lanzetta - [Richard Conte](/source/Richard_Conte) as Don Corrasco - [Gianni Garko](/source/Gianni_Garko) as Commissioner Torri - [Vittorio Caprioli](/source/Vittorio_Caprioli) as The Quaestor - [Pier Paolo Capponi](/source/Pier_Paolo_Capponi) as Cocchi - [Antonia Santilli](/source/Antonia_Santilli) as Rina Daniello - [Claudio Nicastro](/source/Claudio_Nicastro) as Don Giuseppe Daniello - [Corrado Gaipa](/source/Corrado_Gaipa) as Lawyer Rizzo - [Gianni Musy](/source/Gianni_Musy) as Carlo Attardi - [Mario Pisu](/source/Mario_Pisu) as On. Gabrielli - [Marino Masé](/source/Marino_Mas%C3%A9) as Pignataro - [Howard Ross](/source/Howard_Ross_(actor)) as Melende ## Release *Il Boss* was released in Italy on 1 February 1973, where it was distributed by Alherat.[1] The film grossed a total of ₤774.172 million [Italian lira](/source/Italian_lira) on its release.[1] ## References ### Footnotes 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurti201377_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurti201377_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurti201377_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurti201377_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurti201377_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurti201377_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurti201377_1-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurti201377_1-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurti201377_1-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurti201377_1-9) [Curti 2013](#CITEREFCurti2013), p. 77. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-NYT_2-0)** Sandra Brennan (2016). ["Il Boss"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304140715/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/129990/Il-Boss/overview). Movies & TV Dept. *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. Archived from [the original](https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/129990/Il-Boss/overview) on 2016-03-04. ### Sources - Curti, Roberto (2013). *Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980*. McFarland. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0786469765](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0786469765). ## External links - [*Il Boss*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069818/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Fernando Di Leo Red Roses for the Fuhrer (1968) Naked Violence (1969) A Woman on Fire (1969) A Wrong Way to Love (1969) Slaughter Hotel (1971) Caliber 9 (1972) The Italian Connection (1972) Il Boss (1973) Seduction (1973) Shoot First, Die Later (1974) Loaded Guns (1975) Kidnap Syndicate (1975) Nick the Sting (1976) Mister Scarface (1976) Blood and Diamonds (1978) Being Twenty (1978) Madness (1980) This article related to an Italian film of the 1970s is a stub. 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