The best Fausto Tozzi’s crime movies

Fausto Tozzi

Fausto Tozzi

29/10/1921- 10/12/1978
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The Valachi Papers

The Valachi Papers
6.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 06/01/1972
  • Character: Albert Anastasia
When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence.

Street People

Street People
5.2/10
A Mafia boss is enraged when he is suspected of smuggling a heroin shipment into San Francisco. He dispatches his nephew, a hotshot Anglo-Sicilian lawyer, to identify the real culprit. The lawyer also enlists the aid of his best friend, a grand prix driver with an adventurous streak.

The Sicilian Connection

The Sicilian Connection
5.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 21/12/1972
  • Character: Don Vincenzo Russo
A small time hood smuggles drugs from Turkey to Italy in an effort to make it into the big time, but along the way everyone has to have their cut.

Fear in the City

Fear in the City
5.8/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 17/11/1976
  • Character: Esposito
The film focuses on Murri; the token maverick cop. He is called in after a bunch of criminals pull off a successful prison break and spend the night picking off various informers and people they don't like. Murri investigates; hooking up with one of the criminal's nieces along the way. He uses his own methods; which mostly involve breaking all the rules, and thus comes under a lot of scrutiny from his superiors who don't take too kindly to the cop's way of working.

Cry of a Prostitute

Cry of a Prostitute
6.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 04/04/1974
  • Character: Don Ricuzzo Cantimo
The gangster Tony Aniante in the middle of a feud between two mafia families. He manipulates both families into believing he is on their side and are just waiting for the right moment to take the initiative...

The City Defends Itself

The City Defends Itself
6.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 03/09/1951
  • Character: Luigi Girosi
Four criminals commit a robbery at a soccer stadium, and then split up to try to hide separately from the police.

Mean Frank and Crazy Tony

Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 23/11/1973
  • Character: Massara
There's trouble in Frankie Diomede's criminal empire in Genoa. A French gangster has moved into his territory, so he flies home to take care of business. He promptly has himself arrested so that he'll have the perfect alibi when the bodies start piling up. But it turns out his enemies have enough juice to keep him in prison, his associates start dying and the attempts on his life start. Cue Tony Breda, a wannabe wiseguy, who has a plan to spring Frankie from jail.

The Return of Dr. Mabuse

The Return of Dr. Mabuse
5.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 01/01/1961
  • Character: Warden Wolf
The supposedly dead and buried Mabuse returns to his criminal activities, as his longtime foe Police Inspector Lohmann, a dauntless girl reporter, and an American - who may be an FBI agent, or maybe a Chicago mobster - investigate a series of gruesome murders connected to a maximum security prison and involving a minister who has written a book called "The Anatomy Of The Devil".

The Left Hand of the Law

The Left Hand of the Law
5.6/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 03/09/1975
  • Character: brigadiere Giulio Costello
After a couple of 'special squad' cops are gunned down while chasing some kidnappers, the head of the squad takes it really personally! His violent path to find the kidnappers leads him to the upper echelons of the government. Now, the powers-that-be don't want to be found out and decide it's time to kill one more cop...

The Bloody Hands of the Law

The Bloody Hands of the Law
6/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 11/03/1973
  • Character: Nicolò Patrovita
When a crime boss is murdered while in hospital, a young woman sees the killers, but her room mate convinces her not to tell the police, fearing the consequences. Unfortunately the murderers realize that they have been seen, and kill both women. Catching the killers proves difficult as anyone who knows anything dies in unexplained circumstances. It becomes evident that a large and powerful criminal organization is behind the murders, and that they have links within the police force. It is up to Lt. Carmine to see that justice prevails, using any means necessary.

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