''Mafia Connection'' ( it, E venne il giorno dei limoni neri, also known as ''Black Lemons'') is a 1970 Italian

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combin ...

written and directed by

Camillo Bazzoni Camillo Bazzoni (29 December 1934 – 8 October 2020) was an Italian cinematographer and film director. Career Born in Salsomaggiore Terme, Bazzoni started as camera operator in 1960. From 1967 he worked as cinematographer with, among others, Li ...

and starring Antonio Sabàto,

Peter Carsten Peter Carsten (30 April 1928 – 20 April 2012) was a German actor and film producer. He appeared in 90 films between 1953 and 1999, including in supporting roles, ''Dark of the Sun'' (1968), ''Hannibal Brooks'' (1969), ''Madame Bovary'' (1 ...

and Florinda Bolkan.

Plot

Cast

* Antonio Sabàto as Rosario Inzulia *

as Orlando Lo Presti *

Silvano Tranquilli Silvano Tranquilli (23 August 1925 – 10 May 1997) was an Italian stage, television and film actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Silvano Tranquilli attended theatre lessons at the Sharoff Academy, and started his stage activity with the th ...

as Commissioner Modica *

Pier Paolo Capponi Pier Paolo Capponi (9 June 1938 – 15 February 2018) was an Italian actor and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Subiaco, after his studies Capponi attended a theater school and later was chosen by director Vittorio De Seta for an import ...

as Francesco Macaluso *

Don Backy Don Backy (real name Aldo Caponi; born 21 August 1939) is an Italian singer, songwriter and actor. He collaborated with Sofia Rotaru for "Grey Bird" – Ukrainian version of Italian song "L'immensità"— "Сизокрилий птах". Selecte ...

as Carmelo Rizzo * Florinda Bolkan as Rossana *

Didi Perego Didi Perego (13 April 1935 – 28 June 1993) was a statuesque Italian actress who appeared in more than 80 films and television shows. She made her film debut in 1959's '' Death of a Friend''. The same year, she starred in perhaps her best-know ...

as Concettina *

Lee Burton Guido Lollobrigida (1927–2013) was an Italian actor and race car driver, usually credited in movies as Lee Barton or Lee Burton. He was a cousin of actress Gina Lollobrigida. Life and career Born in Rome, after graduating as a technical engi ...

as Michele * Raf Sparanero as Antonio * Maria Luisa Sala as Assunta * Frank Latimore as The American *

Stefano Satta Flores Stefano Satta Flores (14 January 1937 – 22 October 1985) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Naples, Italy, Satta Flores graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in the Italian capital city of Rome. He bega ...

as Hitman * Massimo Farinelli as Giancarlo Lo Presti * Loris Bazzocchi as Pasquale Sciortino

Reception

Film critic Roberto Curti referred to the film as "more the work of an accomplished cinematographer than that of a director, lacking inner thematic coherence but showing a stylistic flair which puts it above other genre efforts of the period".

References

External links

* Italian crime films 1970 crime films 1970 films Films about the Sicilian Mafia Films directed by Camillo Bazzoni Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli 1970s Italian films {{1970s-crime-film-stub