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Erika Blanc,Unknown in Mano Lunga Del Padrino, La (1972)
added: 2014-12-16 Long Arm of the Godfather would probably be thrown in with the Italian 'Polizi' genre, although in actual fact the police presence in this film is minimal at best and the film prefers to centre on its cast of immoral criminal characters. While this does mean that there's no sympathetic character to root for, it does also mean that we get treated to plenty of entertaining violence and dubious situations, which somewhat makes up for it. The film has no point to make (apart from 'don't cross vicious gangsters') and like most of this genre, the plot is very simple and in this case we have a rouge gangster going up against his old boss. While working on transporting a shipment of guns, Vincenzo starts to get big ideas of his own and decides to hijack the cargo and sell it himself. As you would probably expect, this doesn't exactly sit well with the formidable Don Carmelo who, upon hearing of the treachery, sets out to find the man who dared to steal from him. Meanwhile, Vincenzo is gathering up his girlfriend and setting his plan into motion.
