The Boss

The Boss

109 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Thriller | Feb. 1, 1973

A bomb attack in a cinema in Palermo kills all the fellows of Attardi's clan a part from Cocchi. He immediately understands that the author of the bomb attack is Daniello from Don Corrasco's clan. Cocchi is determined to revenge. His actions, including the Corrasco's daughter kidnap, in a Palermo in which also the police is corrupted, will soon destroy the old equilibrium giving the way to an escalation of violence that won't save anyone. If Cocchi will survive to the mafia war he will be the new boss for sure.

The Boss

109 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Thriller | Feb. 1, 1973

The Boss
A bomb attack in a cinema in Palermo kills all the fellows of Attardi's clan a part from Cocchi. He immediately understands that the author of the bomb attack is Daniello from Don Corrasco's clan. Cocchi is determined to revenge. His actions, including the Corrasco's daughter kidnap, in a Palermo in which also the police is corrupted, will soon destroy the old equilibrium giving the way to an escalation of violence that won't save anyone. If Cocchi will survive to the mafia war he will be the new boss for sure.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Cineproduzioni Daunia 70
Original title Il boss
Directors Fernando Di Leo
Writers Fernando Di Leo

Cast

Henry Silva

as Nick Lanzetta

Richard Conte

as Don Corrasco

Gianni Garko

as Police Commissioner Torri

Antonia Santilli

as Rina D'Aniello

Corrado Gaipa

as Lawyer Rizzo

Marino Masé

as Pignataro

Howard Ross

as Melende

Claudio Nicastro

as Don Giuseppe D'Aniello

Gianni Musy

as Carlo Attardi

Mario Pisu

as Gabrielli

Vittorio Caprioli

as Questore

Pier Paolo Capponi

as Cocchi

Andrea Aureli

as Don Antonino Attardi

Pietro Ceccarelli

as Maione

Giulio Baraghini

as Don Corrasco's Bodyguard

Sergio Ammirata

as Rina's Kidnapper

Salvatore Billa

as Sacco

Luigi Antonio Guerra

as (credit only)

Giorgio Dolfin

as Policeman

Andrea Scotti

as Rina's Kidnapper

Fernando Cerulli

as Projectonist (uncredited)

Empedocle Buzzanca

as Police Marshal (uncredited)

Fulvio Mingozzi

as Policeman (uncredited)

Nello Palladino

as Policeman (uncredited)

Maurizio Streccioni

as Policeman (uncredited)

Armando Bottin

as Cocchi's Henchman (uncredited)

Pietro Torrisi

as Cocchi's Henchman (uncredited)

Jimmy il Fenomeno

as Cocchi's Henchman (uncredited)

Omero Capanna

as Cocchi's Sniped Henchman (uncredited)

Franco Pasquetto

as Cocchi's Sleeping Henchman (uncredited)

Imelde Marani

as Girl with Cocchi's Sleeping Henchman (uncredited)

Alfredo Ciarpelloni

as Cocchi's Henchman (uncredited)

Artemio Antonini

as Lanzetta's Hitman (uncredited)

Giovanni Ukmar

as Lanzetta's Hitman (uncredited)

Tony Askin

as Lanzetta's Hitman (uncredited)

Clemente Ukmar

as Don Antonino Attardi's Bodyguard (uncredited)

Franco Ukmar

as Don Antonino Attardi's Bodyguard (uncredited)

Romano Milani

as Don Antonino Attardi's Associate (uncredited)

Armando Tortorici

as Don Antonino Attardi's Associate (uncredited)

Mario Pascucci

as Medical Examiner (uncredited)

Ferruccio Fregonese

as Medical Examiner (uncredited)

Angelo Casadei

as Male Nurse (uncredited)

Bruno Bertocci

as Male Nurse (uncredited)

Claudio Giorgi

as Photographer (uncredited)

Cesare Di Vito

as Journalist (uncredited)

Fernando Di Leo

as Cocchi's Henchman (uncredited)

Claudio Morabito

as Cocchi's Henchman (uncredited)

Franco Lo Cascio

as Cinema Spectator (uncredited)

Ottorino Polentini

as D'Aniello Mansion Guard (uncredited)

Sergio Scarchilli

as Corrasco Mansion Guard (uncredited)

Sandro Scarchilli

as Corrasco Mansion Guard (uncredited)

Paolo Sceusan

as Corrasco Mansion Guard (uncredited)