CLIMBER, THE
A.k.a. L’AMBIZIOSO. Joe Dallesandro is a thief in Naples stealing cigarettes from the ships in the harbor. Tiring of working for the mob, he seeks to start his own mob and make the big money. When his bosses learn he is skimming off the take, they give him a working over. He meets a beautiful girl and they drive to Rome, where he meets up with an old friend who sets him up someone who has a job for him worth one million lira. He must deliver a package of diamonds, but decides to not deliver the goods (which turn out to be heroin), sell the drugs and start a mob with the cash. A violent bloody film written and directed by Pasquale Squitiere. Also stars Stetania Caini, Benito Artesi, Mario De Luca, Ferninando Murolo, Raymond Pellegrin. (1975) In English.