The Heroin Busters

The Heroin Busters

94 mins | Action, Thriller | Aug. 13, 1977

Drug use in the city of Rome is at an all-time high. Children score from dealers in front of their schools, mules waltz straight through airport security, and Interpol's main man, Mike Hamilton (David Hemmings), is at his wits' end. Fed up to the back teeth with the local police force's incompetence, his only hope is to rely on one of his own men, Fabio (Fabio Testi), an officer so deep undercover that no-one but Hamilton knows who he really is. Even as Fabio gains the trust of cartel leader Gianni (John Loffredo), however, the dealers are edging ever closer to the truth, and when his cover is blown, the hunter becomes the hunted as Fabio finds himself alone in a desperate fight to survive.

The Heroin Busters

94 mins | Action, Thriller | Aug. 13, 1977

The Heroin Busters
Drug use in the city of Rome is at an all-time high. Children score from dealers in front of their schools, mules waltz straight through airport security, and Interpol's main man, Mike Hamilton (David Hemmings), is at his wits' end. Fed up to the back teeth with the local police force's incompetence, his only hope is to rely on one of his own men, Fabio (Fabio Testi), an officer so deep undercover that no-one but Hamilton knows who he really is. Even as Fabio gains the trust of cartel leader Gianni (John Loffredo), however, the dealers are edging ever closer to the truth, and when his cover is blown, the hunter becomes the hunted as Fabio finds himself alone in a desperate fight to survive.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Cinemaster S.r.l.
Original title La via della droga
Directors Giuseppe Giglietti, Enzo G. Castellari
Writers Galliano Juso, Massimo De Rita, Enzo G. Castellari, Gene Luotto

Cast

Fabio Testi

as Fabio

David Hemmings

as Mike Hamilton

Sherry Buchanan

as Vera

Joshua Sinclair

as Gianni

Romano Puppo

as Enforcer

Massimo Vanni

as Massimo

Leonardo Scavino

as Grass

Salvatore Billa

as Detective

Patrizia Webley

as Blonde Lesbian

Angelo Ragusa

as Dealer

Sergio Ruggeri

as Sergio

Giovanni Bonadonna

as Drug Dealer

Guido Cerniglia

as Colonel

Roberto Dell'Acqua

as Luciano

Margherita Horowitz

as Drug Addict's Mother

Fulvio Mingozzi

as Brigadier / Customs

Giuliano Sestili

as Police

Franco Ukmar

as Police

Enzo G. Castellari

as Special Agent in Amsterdam

Rocco Lerro

as Juan Martinez

Nestore Cavaricci

as Carabiniere

Filippo Perego

as Lawyer

Alberto Cracco

as Paolo

Stefania Girolami Goodwin

as College Student

Dino Cassio

as Airport Finance Officer

Benito Pacifico

as Genoese Assassin

Claudio Ruffini

as Large Henchman

Ottaviano Dell'Acqua

as Man in Fight

Franco Fantasia

as Jeweller

Stefania Spugnini

as Drug Addict

Renzo Pevarello

as Carabiniere

Sergio Testori

as Drug Lab Worker

Claudio Zucchet

as Police Officer

Sergio Ukmar

as Carabiniere

Domenico Cianfriglia

as Drug Lab Worker

Sergio Soldano

as Genoese Contact

Adolfo Belletti

as Cafe Owner

Antonia Dauria

as Woman at the airport (uncredited)