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film directed by

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Plot

A great quantity of drug travels undercovered from

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and

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and arrives in port of

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. An

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officer tries to intercept the stuff and achieves the collaboration of Don Francesco Autiero, the chief of illegal cigarettes trade in Naples.

Cast

* Mario Merola: Don Francesco Autiero * Antonio Sabàto: Don Michele Vizzini *

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: Captain Ivano Radevic *

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: Salvatore Gargiulo *

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: Head of the International Commission on Narcotic Drugs *

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: Cassio Petrorio *

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: Don Calogero Avallone * Letizia D'Adderio: Stellatella * Marco Girondino: Gennarino *

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: Achmet *

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: Lucy Avallone

Production

The film was intended for the foreign market, unlike most other films in the subgenre. Cior Ippolito's autobiography mentions that the film was made to help P.A.C.'s head Mario Bregni's recover costs that ''

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'' which had lost a lot of money for the company. Ippolito suggested the idea of using the action scenes from the film and apply them to a new film as not many people had seen the previous film. Ippolito stated that he had shot the new film in two weeks.

Release

''The New Godfathers'' was released in Italy on August 25, 1979 where it was distributed by P.A.C. The film grossed a total of 342 million

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on its theatrical release.

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* 1979 films 1970s Italian-language films 1979 crime films Films directed by Alfonso Brescia Poliziotteschi films Films set in Naples Films about the Camorra 1970s Italian films {{1970s-crime-film-stub