The Palermo Connection

The Palermo Connection

100 mins | Thriller | Feb. 2, 1990

Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. After the election, he marries Carrie and goes to his ancestral home of Sicily for their honeymoon. In his hotel, he meets Il Principe, a Sicilian prince who has spent years confined to the hotel because he crossed the Mafia. Amid the beauties of Sicily Carmine discovers that men of power will stop at nothing to prevent the legalization of drugs, which threatens their business.

The Palermo Connection

100 mins | Thriller | Feb. 2, 1990

The Palermo Connection
Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. After the election, he marries Carrie and goes to his ancestral home of Sicily for their honeymoon. In his hotel, he meets Il Principe, a Sicilian prince who has spent years confined to the hotel because he crossed the Mafia. Amid the beauties of Sicily Carmine discovers that men of power will stop at nothing to prevent the legalization of drugs, which threatens their business.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Gaumont, Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Reteitalia, Penta Films, Silvio Berlusconi Communications
Original title Dimenticare Palermo
Directors Rinaldo Ricci, Rachel Griffiths, Andrea Prandstraller, Roberto Andò, Francesco Rosi
Writers Francesco Rosi, Edmonde Charles-Roux, Tonino Guerra, Gore Vidal

Cast

Jim Belushi

as Carmine Bonavia

Mimi Rogers

as Carrie

Joss Ackland

as il boss

Philippe Noiret

as Gianni Mucci

Vittorio Gassman

as Il principe

Carolina Rosi

as giornalista italiana

Marco Leonardi

as il fioraio

Ronald Yamamoto

as Sam Toya

Marino Masé

as Portiere dell'hotel

Vyto Ruginis

as Ted

Stefano Madia

as Medico

Tiziana Stella

as la bella adescatrice

Salvatore Borgese

as Vetturino

Harry Davis

as Ambasciatore