
High Crime(1973)
An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to the top of the underworld organization, his odds of survival decrease.


The city suffers and succumbs unarmed, but an ex secret agent succeeds in winning the struggle against the gangsterism. Intrigue and violence grip a society victim of the crime.

Adolfo Celi
Commissario Lo Gallo

Tony Lo Bianco
The American

Maud Adams
Marta Mayer

Barbara Vittoria Calori

Howard Ross
Caleb

Fiona Florence

Yanti Somer
Mayer's henchwoman

Luigi Bonos

Daniele Pagani

Ottaviano Dell'Acqua
Caleb' s man
Merciless Man is a crime, thriller film released in 1976. Directed by Mario Lanfranchi, it stars Adolfo Celi, Tony Lo Bianco, Maud Adams. The city suffers and succumbs unarmed, but an ex secret agent succeeds in winning the struggle against the gangsterism. Intrigue and violence grip a society victim of the crime.
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