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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.
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