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Tag Archives: Henry Silva
The Italian Connection AKA La Mala Ordina (1972) Fernando Di Leo, Mario Adorf, Henry Silva, Woody Strode
When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Read More »
The Hills Run Red AKA Un fiume di dollari (1966) Carlo Lizzani, Thomas Hunter, Henry Silva, Dan Duryea
After the Civil War ends, two soldiers return home with a cache of stolen money. Read More »
Real Soulja (1984) Fernando Di Leo, Henry Silva, Harrison Muller, Woody Strode
Mike Martin is an ex CIA agent who goes on a final mission to Thailand to expose a group of KGB infiltrators in the area. Read More »
The Outsider (1983) Jacques Deray, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Henry Silva, Carlos Sotto Mayor, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
The story is about Commissioner Jordan who arrives in Marseille to combat drug trafficking activities in his own unique way. Read More »
Crimebusters (1976) Michele Massimo Tarantini, Antonio Sabato, Ettore Manni, Henry Silva, Action, Crime, Drama
Henry Silva plays an army major who teams up with a tough cop played by Antonio Sabato to solve a string of recent crimes involving army issue machine guns. Read More »
Johnny Cool (1963) William Asher, Henry Silva, Elizabeth Montgomery, Richard Anderson, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
L’insolent / The Insolent (1973) Jean-Claude Roy, Henry Silva, André Pousse, Philippe Clay, Action
Having escaped from prison Ristack contacts his partner, to organize an attack on a van full of gold. The heist goes well but each man is trying to keep all the loot for himself…
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Almost Human / Milano odia: la polizia non può sparare (1974) Umberto Lenzi, Tomas Milian, Henry Silva, Laura Belli, Action, Crime, Thriller
A psychotic small-time criminal realizes that the everyday robberies, rapes and murders he commits aren’t making him all that much money, so he figures to hit the “big time” by kidnapping the daughter of a rich man.
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Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the ’70s (2012) Mike Malloy, Franco Nero, John Saxon, Henry Silva, Documentary, Action, Crime
A documentary concerning the violent Italian ‘poliziotteschi’ cinematic movement of the 1970s which, at first glance, seem to be rip-offs of American crime films like DIRTY HARRY or THE GODFATHER, but which really address Italian issues like the Sicilian Mafia and red terrorism. Perhaps even more interesting than the films themselves were the rushed methods of production (stars performing their own stunts, stealing shots, no live sound) and the bleed-over between real-life crime and movie crime.
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Escape from the Bronx / Fuga dal Bronx (1983) Enzo G. Castellari, Mark Gregory, Henry Silva, Valeria D’Obici, Action, Sci-fi, Thriller
A vicious corporation tries to kill and starve the last remaining habitants of the Bronx in order to build their own high-rise developments. A lone long-haired, hot-tempered warrior, Trash, is his only obstacle. Trash, a psychopathic bomb-maker and his equally psychopathic preschool son and an annoying activist help him out by kidnapping “the President” (of the corporation), a Richard Dreyfuss look-alike. Henry Silva plays another psychopath, this one on the side of the corporations. A favorite movie of Mystery Science Theater 3000 series.
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