
Caliber 9
Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden $300,000 that should have gone to an American drug syndicate boss. Caliber 9 is the first part in Di Leo's "Milieu" Trilogy of poliziotteschi films. It was followed by "The Italian Connection" (1972) and "The Boss" (1973).
- Year: 1972
- Country: Italy
- Genre: Crime, Thriller, Action
- Studio: Cineproduzioni Daunia 70
- Keyword: police, gangster, blackmail, organized crime, gunfight, brutality
- Director: Fernando Di Leo
- Cast: Gastone Moschin, Barbara Bouchet, Mario Adorf, Frank Wolff, Luigi Pistilli, Ivo Garrani