''Milano calibro 9'' is a 1969 short story collection by the Italian writer
Giorgio Scerbanenco
Giorgio Scerbanenco (; russian: Владимир Щербаненко, Vladimir Shcherbanenko; uk, Володимир Щербаненко, Volodymyr Shcherbanenko; 18 July 1911 – 27 October 1969) was a Ukrainian-born Italian crime fiction w ...
. It contains 22 stories concerned with the underworld of
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
. The book has been translated to French and Spanish.
Contents
# Milan by Calibro 9
# Basta col cianuro
# Preludio per un massacro estivo
# In pineta si uccide meglio
# Spara che ti passa
# Stazione centrale ammazzare subito
# Minorenne da bruciare
# Conoscerei scopo matrimonio
# Una signorina senza rivoltella
# Non si vive di solo poker
# Piccolo Hotel per sadici
# Quando una donna piace forte
# Bravi ragazzi bang bang
# Strangolare ma non troppo
# Ubbidire o morire
# Vietato essere felici
# A Porta Venezia con paura
# Come è fatto un mostro?
# La giustizia quasi arriva ad Arzavò
# Il nodo Luisa
# La vendetta è il miglior perdono
# Ricordati Cuore Infranto
Adaptations
Stories from book were the basis for the 1972 film ''
Caliber 9
''Caliber 9'' ( it, Milano calibro 9, lit=Milan caliber 9; also released as ''The Contract'') is a 1972 Italian noir-poliziottesco film written and directed by Fernando Di Leo and starring Gastone Moschin, Mario Adorf, Barbara Bouchet, Philippe L ...
'', directed by
Fernando Di Leo, and the 1976 film ''
Young, Violent, Dangerous
''Young, Violent, Dangerous'' ( it, Liberi armati pericolosi), is a 1976 Italian "poliziottesco" film directed by Romolo Guerrieri. It is based on the short stories "Bravi ragazzi bang bang'' and ''In pineta si uccide meglio'', both included in Gio ...
'', directed by
Romolo Guerrieri
Romolo Guerrieri, aka ''Romolo Girolami'' (born 5 December 1931) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1961 and 1992.
Selected filmography
;Director
* '' Ten Thousand Dollars for a Massacre'' (1966)
* '' ...
.
References
External links
Italian publicity page{{in lang, it
1969 short story collections
Books adapted into films
Crime short story collections
Italian short story collections
Italian-language books
Milan in fiction
Works by Giorgio Scerbanenco