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- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsMaurizio MerliArthur KennedyGiampiero AlbertiniA tough, rule-bending cop pursues a maniacal, trigger-happy hunchback, a one-handed bank robber and their cronies in an effort to bring Rome's most powerful crime lord to justice.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsMaurizio MerliJohn SaxonRenzo PalmerA hardened cop is left for dead by the henchmen of a escapee gangster he had previously arrested, and upon recovery relentlessly pursues them.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsTomas MilianPino ColizziIsa DanieliA hunchbacked gangster is betrayed by his gang during a robbery, and plots his revenge with the help of his no-good brother.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsTomas MilianClaudio CassinelliNicoletta MachiavelliWhen his former partner-in-crime kidnaps a critically-ill girl to blackmail her rich father, a shabby crook teams up with a hard-nosed cop to save her.
- DirectorStelvio MassiStarsLuc MerendaElio ZamutoKatia ChristineA cop seeking to avenge his partner's death during a robbery is put on the right path by a scruffy restaurateur who operates a non-violent thieves' school.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsFranco NeroGiancarlo PreteBarbara BachAn engineer seeks vigilante justice against the gangsters who took him hostage, and forms an unlikely partnership with a young robber to bring them down.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsGastone MoschinBarbara BouchetMario AdorfA former gangster is forced to resume his old lifestyle when his violent, jealous ex-colleagues and the police believe that he knows the location of a stolen cache of $300,000.
- DirectorDamiano DamianiStarsClaudia CardinaleFranco NeroLee J. CobbThe new chief of the Carabinieri in a small Sicilian town must fight corrupt officials, the frightened silence of witnesses and the local Mafia boss to solve a murder.
- DirectorElio PetriStarsGian Maria VolontèFlorinda BolkanGianni SantuccioA high-ranking police inspector kills his mistress and deliberately plants clues indicating his responsibility for the crime in a sardonic test to prove that he is above suspicion.
- DirectorCarlo LizzaniStarsRobert HoffmannLisa GastoniGian Maria VolontèLuciano Lutring is a dangerous fugitive in Italy, he meets Candida, a nightclub singer and they fall in love. On their back is Candida's lover Franco Magni, a two-bit gangster. Powered by his new-found fame and reputation, Lutring increasingly becomes more and more reckless, robbing as many jewelry stores as he can and pawning them before the cops catch up with him. One of the first of many poliziesco movies of the time and based on the life of real-life criminal Luciano Lutring; the infamous jewelry thief also known as the "machine gun soloist", a name he acquired by the media by keeping his weapon in a violin case.
- DirectorPasquale Festa CampanileStarsFranco NeroCorinne CléryDavid HessA bickering couple driving cross-country through California pick up a psychotic hitchhiker who threatens to kill them unless they take him to Mexico.
- DirectorMario BavaStarsLea LanderGeorge EastmanRiccardo CucciollaFollowing a bungled robbery, three violent criminals take a young woman, a middle-aged man, and a child hostage and force them to drive them outside Rome to help them make a clean escape.
- DirectorMarino GirolamiStarsMaurizio MerliRichard ConteSilvano TranquilliA detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds with his superiors, is finally kicked out of the department for a "questionable" shooting of a vicious criminal. However, he is soon approached by a representative for a group of citizens who themselves are fed up with what they see as criminals going unpunished, and they make him an offer he may very well not refuse.
- DirectorMario CaianoStarsVittorio MezzogiornoClaudio CassinelliElio ZamutoA gang pulls a robbery, which goes seriously awry. In their eagerness to escape they start shooting and it turns into a bloodbath, after which they take hostages in their escape attempt. Soon the gang turns on one of its members and tries to kill him, but they fail and it turns out to be the biggest mistake they ever made.
- DirectorStelvio MassiStarsFranco GasparriLee J. CobbNino BenvenutiMark Terzi goes to Genoa to take on the case of a serial killer who calls himself "The Sphinx".
- DirectorStelvio MassiStarsFranco GasparriLee J. CobbSara SperatiAn ambitious narcotics agent relentlessly pursues a wealthy industrialist responsible for a large-scale drug operation.
- DirectorStelvio MassiStarsFranco GasparriJohn SaxonJohn SteinerA murderous drug dealer breaks his partner out of police custody. An undercover cop is assigned to track down the two killers and bring them in.
- DirectorStelvio MassiStarsMaurizio MerliMassimo SeratoMario FelicianiIn Rome, a vagrant finds the body of a teen girl, her throat professional slashed. Police inspector Olmi uses his brutal and violent methods to follow a trail that leads him toward high government officials. When his methods leave an innocent bystander dead, the corrupt officials have an excuse to get Olmi transferred to a coastal town where the pace is slow and he has time for a romantic dalliance. Soon, Olmi discovers that fishing isn't the only local occupation, and out comes his gun and his ruthless tactics of investigation.
- DirectorAlfonso BresciaStarsMario MerolaAldo CantiRia De SimoneDon Salvatore Savastano, a boss involved in the smuggling of contraband cigarettes, is forced to watch four masked robbers kill his wife and his only son in a restaurant where he and his family are celebrating the young boy's first Holy Communion. From that moment on Don Salvatore has no other purpose in life but to get his revenge on the four assassins.
- DirectorAlfonso BresciaStarsMario MerolaAntonio SabatoJeff BlynnNaples. The insurance company "La Proteggici", headed by the boss Alberto Rampone, uses a gang of mafia camorristi headed by the Sicilian Vito Santoro to threaten merchants and freelancers of the city in order to convince them to sign policies.
- DirectorMario CaianoStarsLeonard MannJohn SteinerMaria Rosaria OmaggioPolice commissioner Baldi investigates the mysterious killings of three Mafia bosses.
- DirectorGiorgio SteganiStarsAntonio SabatoSilvia MontiPier Paolo CapponiPaolo Mancuso is a gang boss whose rivals want dead. During a failed assassination attempt, he is bitten by an infected lab rat. In the short time he has left to live, he tracks down his enemies and kills them one by one.
- DirectorMario CaianoStarsLeonard MannIda GalliHenry SilvaA police commissioner tries to bring a gangster to justice as the kingpin's out-of-control crimes set even his own underworld allies against him.
- DirectorStelvio MassiStarsJohn SaxonLee J. CobbRenzo PalmerA mobster kills a cop during a robbery so he finds himself pursued by the police, his gang, and the media.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsAntonio SabatoPhilippe LeroyAntonio CasagrandeA Milan produce vendor, whom moonlights as a pimp, faces off against a ruthless and greedy French gangster whom wants to unite the organized crime ring of Italy.