Gang War (1971 film)

Gang War (Italian: Cose di Cosa Nostra) is a 1971 criminal comedy film written and directed by Steno and starring Carlo Giuffrè, Pamela Tiffin, Vittorio De Sica, Aldo Fabrizi, Jean-Claude Brialy and Salvo Randone.^[1][2][3]

Gang War
Directed by	Steno
Written by	Steno Roberto Amoroso Roberto Gianviti Aldo Fabrizi
Story by	Roberto Amoroso Giulio Scarnicci Steno
Produced by	Roberto Amoroso
Starring	Carlo Giuffrè Pamela Tiffin
Cinematography	Carlo Carlini
Music by	Manuel De Sica
Distributed by	Variety Distribution
Release date	1971 (1971)
Language	Italian

Plot

Don Calogero Bertuccione, a boss of the Italian American mafia, through his right arm Don Cefalù, orders the young mafioso Salvatore Lo Coco, a Sicilian emigrated to the US, to return to his hometown Castropizzi to kill Don Nicola Manzano called "Nicky" who's suspected of being a spy. Salvatore does not want to, but must obey to avoid mafia revenge on his family. Once he arrives in Italy he looks for someone who can replace him, but without success. After a series of grotesque events he manages to enter Don Manzano's villa where he then finds out that Don Bertuccione and his men have been killed.

Cast

• Carlo Giuffrè as Salvatore Lo Coco
• Pamela Tiffin as Carmela Lo Coco
• Jean-Claude Brialy as Domenico "Mimì" Gargiulo
• Aldo Fabrizi as Aldo Panzarani
• Salvo Randone as Don Nicola "Nicky" Manzano
• Vittorio De Sica as Lawyer Michele Cannavale
• Agnès Spaak as Manzano's Lover
• Mario Feliciani as Don Cefalù
• Mario Brega as Bevilacqua
• Nino Vingelli as Pasquale
• Enzo Cannavale as The Priest
• Angela Luce as Domenico's girlfriend
• Nicoletta Elmi as Mary, the daughter of Salvatore and Carmela