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Young, Violent, Dangerous (1976)
Romolo Guerrieri (director)
Fernando Di Leo (writer)

Three young men are on a crime spree, robbing and killing. Tomas Milian is having none of that.
📽 #Poliziesco #Filmsky #ItalianCrimeFilms
Blu ray cover for Young, Violent, Dangerous. The art shows Tomas Milian beside a police car, firing a gun.
April 7, 2026 at 7:23 AM
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The Iron Commissioner (1978)
Stelvio Massi (director)

Starting with one I haven't seen. The last title in the Eurocrime Rarities set.
Merli was in the middle of a great run of films at this time!
📽 #Poliziesco #Filmsky #ItalianCrimeFilms
Italian theatrical poster for The Iron Commissioner. The art shows Maurizio Merli pinning a guy against a wall while holding a gun to his head. There are lots of other images depicting gunplay.
August 25, 2026 at 6:20 AM
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The Tough Ones (1976)
Umberto Lenzi (director)

Maurizio Merli, Ivan Rassimov, Tomas Milian.
Umberto Lenzi.
That alone is all the hype you need.
📽 #Poliziesco #Filmsky #ItalianCrimeFilms
Blu ray cover for The Tough Ones. It shows a lot of gunfight action involving many people from the movie.
April 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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The Big Racket (1976)
Enzo G Castellari (co-writer/ director)

One of the best in the genre!
Fabio Testi, taking down an extortion racket.
Incredible score by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis (Oliver Onions).
📽 #Poliziesco #Filmsky #ItalianCrimeFilms
Blu ray cover for the film The Big Racket. The art shows the italian poster, with a likeness of Fabio Testi with a smoking gun, standing over a guy on the ground.
July 22, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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High Crime (1973)
Enzo G Castellari (co-writer/ director)

Franco Nero vs. drug dealers and gangsters. It was a big hit when released.
It's got a great soundtrack by Guido and Maurizio De Angelis (Oliver Onions).
📽 #Poliziesco #Filmsky #ItalianCrimeFilms
Blu ray cover for High Crime. The art shows Franco Nero pointing a handgun, helicopters over the city, a guy firing a machine gun, police cars, a motorcycle with an explosion behind it, and a guy with a knife.
March 10, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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The Cynic, The Rat, and The Fist (1977)
Umberto Lenzi (co-writer/ director)

Inspector Tanzi is no longer fighting crime. Now he edits crime novels.
But the criminals he face punched and locked up still have a grudge.
📽 #Poliziesco #Filmsky #ItalianCrimeFilms #SeverinFilms
Blu ray cover for The Cynic, The Rat, and The Fist. It shows Maurizio Merli firing a handgun and Tomas Milian sitting on a car, holding a gun.
April 29, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Heroin Busters (1977)
Enzo G Castellari (co-writer/ director)

Fabio Testi
David Hemmings
An amazing Goblin score.

Drug smugglers are operating out of Rome, so someone will have to go undercover... and bustin' makes him feel good.
📽 #Poliziesco #Filmsky #ItalianCrimeFilms
Blu ray cover for Heroin Busters. The art shows Fabio Testi, David Hemmings, and a skull with a poppy flower.
August 12, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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Killer Cop (literal title 'The Police Have Their Hands Tied) (1975)
Luciano Ercoli (director)

Poliziesco inspired by the Piazza Fontana bombing, from the director of 'Death Walks at Midnight' and 'Death Walks on High Heels'.
📽 #Poliziesco #Filmsky #ItalianCrimeFilms
Blu ray cover for Killer Cop. The painted art shows a man in a beige trenchcoat holding a gun, a police report with mugshot and fingerprints, two men cast in dramatic color tones, and a police car. The whole image has a broken glass look.
March 18, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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The Boss (1973)
Fernando Di Leo (writer/ director)

The final entry in Di Leo's Milieu Trilogy.
Henry Silva stars as a mob enforcer in a clash with a rival family.
📽 #Poliziesco #Filmsky #ItalianCrimeFilms
Blu ray cover for The Boss. It shows an art rendering of Henry Silva with a gun, and Richard Conte. Underneath their images are two wrecked cars on fire while a guy climbs on one with his pistol out.
May 6, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Free Hand For a Tough Cop (1976)
Umberto Lenzi (director)

Hey! It's a Lenzi and Milian pair-up that I get to see for the first time!
📽 #Poliziesco #Filmsky #ItalianCrimeFilms #SeverinFilms
Blu ray cover for the film Free Hand For a Tough Cop. It shows painted art of a man yelling, with his hand beside his mouth. Another man crouches behind a car with a pistol aimed over the trunk.
April 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Day of the Cobra (1980)
Enzo G Castellari (director)

Let's break into this little set.
A poliziesco with Franco Nero and Sybil Danning?
I don't believe I've seen this one.
📽 #Poliziesco #Filmsky #ItalianCrimeFilms
Vinegar Syndrome's Eurocrime Rarities vol one box. The art is likenesses of Tomas Milian, Franco Nero, and Maurizio Merli. Italian poster for Day of the Cobra. The art shows Franco Nero pointing a revolver, Sybil Danning, and a cobra.
June 23, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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Shoot First, Die Later (1974)
Fernando Di Leo (writer/ director)

Pretty sure I've seen this one.
A cop accepts payments from a crime organization to allow in smuggled tobacco and alcohol. When they start moving drugs, he says Nope!
📽 #Poliziesco #Filmsky #ItalianCrimeFilms
Blu ray cover for the film Shoot First, Die Later. The art shows star Luc Merenda wearing a black suit and tie. He's clutching a fistful of money. In the background is a police car with broken windows and bullet holes. A dead person is on the ground next to it.
February 17, 2026 at 6:39 AM
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Magnum Cop (1978)
Stelvio Massi (co-writer/ director)

I've seen this one before. I liked it. Was a while ago.
Maurizio Merli is an investigator who uncovers a trail of corruption. As will happen in these films. 📽 #Poliziesco #Filmsky #ItalianCrimeFilms
Blu ray cover for Magnum Cop. The art shows Maurizio Merli with a rifle,, a masked man, a man firing a handgun, and a guy getting shot.
July 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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The New Godfathers (1979)
Alfonso Brescia (director)

A cop teams up with a mob boss to go after heroin smugglers.
Have I seen this one? 🤔⁉️
📽 #Poliziesco #Filmsky #ItalianCrimeFilms
Blu ray cover for The New Godfathers. The art shows a man shooting at a car, which is crashing through some metal canisters. A helicopter is flying low to the action.
August 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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The Cop in Blue Jeans (1976)
Bruno Corbucci (co-writer/ director)

Tomas Milian is an undercover cop who gets on the trail of some thieves– and they all cross paths with an American criminal played by Jack Palance.
📽 #Poliziesco #Filmsky #ItalianCrimeFilms
Blu ray cover for Cop in Blue Jeans. It shows Tomas Milian sitting on a motorcycle and an illustration of a man aiming a handgun.
September 22, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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Hitch-Hike (1977)
Pasquale Festa Campanile (co-writer/ director)

A couple (Franco Nero and Corinne Cléry) on a road trip pick up a hitch-hiker (David Hess) who takes them hostage.
Might be a first-time viewing.
Picked up the Indicator 4k UHD.
📽 #ItalianCrimeFilms #Filmsky
Blu ray cover for Hitch-Hike. The illustrated art shows Franco Nero and Corinne Cléry sitting on a handgun in front of a city.
January 6, 2026 at 8:13 AM
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The .44 Specialist (1976)
Stelvio Massi (director)

Starting off my night with an Italian crime film.
I don't know this one.
It has music by Stelvio Cipriani. And John Saxon is in it.
📽 #Poliziesco #Filmsky #ItalianCrimeFilms
Blu ray cover for The .44 Specialist. The art shows a man on his back firing a handgun.
September 30, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Convoy Busters (1978)
Stelvio Massi (co-writer/ director)

First up tonight
Maurizio Merli is gonna follow these murder leads to an inevitable end. And the higher-ups won't be happy with it. As usual.
With a score by Stelvio Cipriani.
📽 #Poliziesco #Filmsky #ItalianCrimeFilms
Blu ray cover for the film Convoy Busters. The art shows Maurizio Merli with a torn shirt and a shotgun. There's also cars and trucks crashing, an explosion, and a lot of fighting.
August 26, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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The Rascal's Gang (1977)
Stelvio Massi (co-writer/ director)

Aka Dirty Gang, it's the fourth in the Tanzi/ Moretto/ Monnezza/ shared universe.
It's a sequel to Free Hand For a Tough Cop.
I love this cluster of movies.
📽 #Poliziesco #Filmsky #ItalianCrimeFilms
Poster for The Rascal's Gang. The art shows Tomas Milian with bushy curly hair, sitting cross-legged with a gun in his jacket pocket. There's another guy aiming a handgun, two guys on a motorcycle, and what looks like a guy in a trench coat being shot by someone.
June 30, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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The Great Kidnapping (1973)
Roberto Infascelli (co-writer/ director)

A gang of kidnappers are menacing a small town, and the new Commissioner doesn't want to go along with ransom demands.
It's got a Stelvio Cipriani score. Exciting! 🎶
📽 #Poliziesco #Filmsky #ItalianCrimeFilms
Blu ray cover for The Great Kidnapping. It shows a stylized scene involving a policeman and a man crouching on the ground nearby.
February 3, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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The Italian Connection (1972)
Fernando Di Leo (co-writer/ director)

I bet most would include this on their list of top Polizieschi. It's an all-timer.
This disc has a Samm Deighan commentary, so a definite rewatch not too far off.
📽 #Poliziesco #Filmsky #ItalianCrimeFilms
Blu ray cover for The Italian Connection. The art shows the cast yelling and looking dramatic. There are little images of people fighting, crashing through a window, shooting, driving a car down stairs, a bikini lady, and a huge crane that has grabbed a guy. A caption reads, "When Godfather signs your contract, there's no place in the world you can hide!"
April 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM