
A Walk Among the Tombstones(2014)
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.


A revolution in Iran halts a heroin shipment, but an alliance of crime families is set on getting it to the US. They decide to run the drug through an unsuspecting network of good-natured, local smugglers in Naples, while an international anti-narcotics agent rushes to shut their operation down. Betrayals and divided loyalties lead to a final, bloody confrontation in America.

Mario Merola
Don Francesco Antiero

Antonio Sabàto
Don Michele Vizzini

Gianni Garko
Capitano Ivano Radovich

Jeff Blynn
Don Salvatore Gargiulo

Edmund Purdom
Secret Service Chief

Sabrina Siani
Lucy Avallone

Lorraine De Selle
Lorraine

Rik Battaglia
Don Calogero Avallone

Andrea Aureli
Don Dallavi

John Karlsen
membro della Commissione Narcotici
The New Godfathers is a crime film released in 1979 exploring themes of mafia, drugs. Directed by Alfonso Brescia, it stars Mario Merola, Antonio Sabàto, Gianni Garko. A revolution in Iran halts a heroin shipment, but an alliance of crime families is set on getting it to the US. They decide to run the drug through an unsuspecting network of good-natured, local smugglers in Naples, while an international anti-narcotics agent rushes to shut their operation down. Betrayals and divided loyalties lead to a final, bloody confrontation in America.
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