The Sicilian Connection

{{about||the 1985 film|Pizza Connection (film)|the 1987 film|Shatterer}} {{Infobox film | name = The Sicilian Connection | image = The Sicilian Connection.jpg | caption = Italian film poster | director = Ferdinando Baldi | producer = Manolo Bolognini | writer = Ferdinando Baldi Duilio Coletti | starring =Ben Gazzara Silvia Monti Fausto Tozzi Luciano Catenacci Steffen Zacharias {{ill|Mario Pilar|fr}} Jess Hahn | music = Guido De Angelis Maurizio De Angelis | cinematography = Aiace Parolin | editing = Eugenio Alabiso | released = {{Film date|1972|12|22|Italy}} | country = Italy France | language = Italian | studio = {{ubl| * Produzioni Atlas Consorziate * Rewind Film * Societé Cinématographique Lyre }} | distributor = Produzioni Atlas Consorziate (Italy) }}

'''''The Sicilian Connection''''' ({{langx|it|'''Afyon oppio'''}},{{efn|’Afyon’ is the Turkish word for opium, ‘oppio’ is the Italian word for the same.}} also known as '''''The Opium Connection''''') is a 1972 crime film directed and co-written by Ferdinando Baldi and starring Ben Gazzara, Silvia Monti, Fausto Tozzi and Jess Hahn. An Italian and French co-production, it is usually categorized as part of the poliziottesco trend of the 1970’s.<ref name="70-sl">{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|publisher=Gremese, 1991|isbn=8876059350}}</ref><ref name=odia>{{cite book|last=Roberto Curti|title=Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano|year=2006|publisher=Lindau, 2006|isbn=8871805860}}</ref>

== Plot == The Italian-American Joseph Coppola wants to start trafficking drugs from Turkey to the United States and calls for the support of the Sicilian Mafia, who would protect him from the Marseilles Clan. In the U.S., however, he appears to forget the chords. Greed or double play?

== Cast == {{castlist| * Ben Gazzara as Joseph Coppola * Silvia Monti as Claudia * Fausto Tozzi as Don Vincenzo * Jess Hahn as Sacha * Steffen Zacharias as Sally * Luciano Catenacci as Tony Nicolodi * {{ill|Mario Pilar|fr}} as Ibrahim * Corrado Gaipa as Don Calogero * José Greci as Lucia Calogero * Malisa Longo as Rosalia Calogero * Teodoro Corrà as Ciro * Luciano Rossi as Hans * Bruno Corazzari as Larry * Carlo Gaddi as Albertini * Giuseppe Castellano as Mike * John Bartha as FBI Agent * Yavuz Selekman }}

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0068179}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sicilian Connection}} Category:1972 films Category:1972 drama films Category:Italian drama films Category:1972 Italian-language films Category:Films directed by Ferdinando Baldi Category:Films scored by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis Category:Films about the illegal drug trade Category:Films set in Sicily Category:Films set in Turkey Category:Foreign films set in the United States Category:1972 Italian films