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      • The New Godfathers (Italian: I contrabbandieri di Santa Lucia, lit. 'The Smugglers of Santa Lucia') is a 1979 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Alfonso Brescia.


      Plot


      A great quantity of drug travels undercovered from Iran and Turkey and arrives in port of Naples. An Italian Guardia di Finanza officer tries to intercept the stuff and achieves the collaboration of Don Francesco Autiero, the chief of illegal cigarettes trade in Naples.


      Cast


      Mario Merola: Don Francesco Autiero
      Antonio Sabàto: Don Michele Vizzini
      Gianni Garko: Captain Ivano Radevic
      Jeff Blynn: Salvatore Gargiulo
      Lorraine De Selle: Lorraine
      Edmund Purdom: Head of the International Commission on Narcotic Drugs
      Lucio Montanaro: Cassio Petrorio
      Rick Battaglia: Don Calogero Avallone
      Letizia D'Adderio: Stellatella
      Marco Girondino: Gennarino
      Nunzio Gallo: Dr. Martinelli
      Hassan Jaber: Vito
      Franco Diogene: Achmet
      Sabrina Siani: Lucy Avallone


      Production


      The film was intended for the foreign market, unlike most other films in the subgenre.
      Cior Ippolito's autobiography mentions that the film was made to help P.A.C.'s head Mario Bregni's recover costs that The Sicilian Connection which had lost a lot of money for the company.
      Ippolito suggested the idea of using the action scenes from the film and apply them to a new film as not many people had seen the previous film. Ippolito stated that he had shot the new film in two weeks.


      Release


      The New Godfathers was released in Italy on August 25, 1979 where it was distributed by P.A.C. The film grossed a total of 342 million Italian lire on its theatrical release.


      References




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      External links


      The New Godfathers at IMDb

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