High Crime (Italian: La polizia incrimina la legge assolve), also known by its UK video title The Marseilles Connection, is a 1973 poliziottesco film directed by Enzo G. Castellari. The film stars Franco Nero, James Whitmore, Delia Boccardo and Fernando Rey.
High Crime was a big success at the time of its release, and helped popularize the Italian cop thriller genre. The film was Castellari's first poliziottesco film, and it was followed by films...
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High Crime (Italian: La polizia incrimina la legge assolve), also known by its UK video title The Marseilles Connection, is a 1973 poliziottesco film directed by Enzo G. Castellari. The film stars Franco Nero, James Whitmore, Delia Boccardo and Fernando Rey.
High Crime was a big success at the time of its release, and helped popularize the Italian cop thriller genre. The film was Castellari's first poliziottesco film, and it was followed by films such as Street Law (Il cittadino si ribella, 1974), The Big Racket (Il grande racket, 1976) and The Heroin Busters (La via della droga, 1977).
A Lebanese drug dealer arrives in Genoa and Vice-Commissioner Belli (Nero) soon tracks him down. After a long car chase, Belli manages to arrest him. However, when the prisoner is being taken to the police station, the police car is bombed before it reaches its target. The Lebanese and four policemen die in the hit, but Belli survives. Belli then goes to Cafiero (Rey), an old-fashioned gangster who...
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