La via della droga (1977)


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Post by Cinema Italiano » 14/05/2022, 16:19

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Director

Enzo G. Castellari

Storyline

Fabio, an Italian policeman goes undercover to break up an international heroin smuggling ring. He buys a large quantity of drugs in Hong Kong and takes it to Rome, where he gets himself arrested on purpose at customs at the airport. He is taken to a prison where he comes in contact with Gillo, a drug addict. Fabio manages to escape with Gillo who introduces him to the drug dealers network. He will then be able to discover the identity of one of the most important leaders in drug distribution: Leroy. He cuts the heroin in an underground laboratory in Rome, thanks to the coverage of a pharmaceutical institute called "Chemical". Fabio will be discovered by Leroy's henchmen who try to eliminate him without success and then Leroy escapes with a small and recreational aircraft plane crashing into a bridge.

Cast

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Post by Cinema Italiano » 14/05/2022, 16:27

Credited cast

Fabio Testi.jpg
Fabio Testi
as Fabio

David Hemmings.jpg
David Hemmings
as Mike Hamilton

Sherry Buchanan.jpg
Sherry Buchanan
as Vera

Wolfango Soldati.jpg
Wolfango Soldati
as Gillo

Massimo Vanni.jpg
Massimo Vanni
as Massimo, a drug dealer

Romano Puppo.jpg
Romano Puppo
as Leroy's henchman

Angelo Ragusa.jpg
Angelo Ragusa
as Drug dealer

Sergio Ruggeri.jpg
Sergio Ruggeri
as Sergio, a drug dealer

Joshua Sinclair.jpg
Joshua Sinclair
(credited as "John Loffredo")
as Gianni, the leader of the drug dealers

Leonardo Scavino.jpg
Leonardo Scavino
(credited as "Leon Lenoir")
as Senior marijuana dealer

Gianni Orlando.jpg
Gianni Orlando
as Leroy

Salvatore Billa.jpg
Salvatore Billa
as Narcotics Agent

Giovanni Bonadonna.jpg
Giovanni Bonadonna
as Fake policeman who steals drugs confiscated from the Courthouse

Guido Cerniglia.jpg
Guido Cerniglia
as Colonel

Antonella Della Porta.jpg
Antonella Della Porta
as Bar customer on the phone

Andrea Franchetti.jpg
Andrea Franchetti
(unidentified)

Roberto Dell'Acqua.jpg
Roberto Dell'Acqua
(credited as "Robert Hill")
as Luciano, Leroy's henchman

Margherita Horowitz.jpg
Margherita Horowitz
as Mother of the drug addict in withdrawal

Fulvio Mingozzi.jpg
Fulvio Mingozzi
as Brigadier of Financial Police

Ettore Pigliapoco.jpg
Ettore Pigliapoco
(unidentified)

Ferdinando Poggi.jpg
Nando Poggi
(credited as "Ferdinando Poggi")
as Leroy's henchman

Giuliano Sestili.jpg
Giuliano Sestili
as Fake policeman who steals drugs confiscated from the Courthouse

Luigi Schiboni.jpg
Luigi Schiboni
(unidentified)

Franco Ukmar.jpg
Franco Ukmar
as Narcotics Agent

Clemente Ukmar.jpg
Clemente Ukmar
as Refinery worker

Patrizia Webley.jpg
Patrizia Webley
as Lesbian paying for sex with Vera

Rocco Lerro.jpg
Rocco Lerro
(credited as Stuntmen)
as Juan Martinez

Maurizio Amati.jpg
Maurizio Amati
(credited as Production Director)
as Ross, drug buyer in Amsterdam
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Post by Cinema Italiano » 14/05/2022, 16:34

Uncredited cast # 1


Renzo Pevarello.jpg
Renzo Pevarello
as Carabiniere at the Courthouse

Elio Bonadonna.jpg
Elio Bonadonna
as Drug seller at the port of Genoa

Enzo G. Castellari.jpg
Enzo G. Castellari
as Drug dealer in Amsterdam

Domenico Cianfriglia.jpg
Domenico Cianfriglia
as Refinery worker

Sergio Testori.jpg
Sergio Testori
as Refinery worker

Franco Fantasia.jpg
Franco Fantasia
as Jeweler

Giovanni Ukmar.jpg
Giovanni Ukmar
as Narcotics Agent disguised as a porter

Stefania Girolami Goodwin.jpg
Stefania Girolami Goodwin
as Girl undecided about taking drugs outside of school

Adolfo Belletti.jpg
Adolfo Belletti
as Bar owner

Pat Brocato.jpg
Pat Brocato
as Bob Malone

Sergio Soldano.jpg
Sergio Soldano
as Organizer of the meeting between Fabio and drug sellers in Genoa

Benito Pacifico.jpg
Benito Pacifico
as Drug seller at the port of Genoa

Alberto Cracco.jpg
Alberto Cracco
as Paolo, drug addict beaten by Sergio in the bar bathroom

Nestore Cavaricci.jpg
Nestore Cavaricci
as Carabiniere at the Courthouse

Brando Ruffo.jpg
Brando Ruffo
as Policeman in Hong Kong

Stefania Spugnini.jpg
Stefania Spugnini
as Drug addict in withdrawal

Giancarlo Ukmar.jpg
Giancarlo Ukmar
as Carabiniere

Claudio Ruffini.jpg
Claudio Ruffini
as Father of a student who beats Gillo while dealing drugs out of school

Ottaviano Dell'Acqua.jpg
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua
as Security officer at the jewelry store that kills Gillo

Dino Cassio.jpg
Dino Cassio
as Customs officer at the airport

Claudio Zucchet.jpg
Claudio Zucchet
as Commissioner at the Courthouse

Bruno Ukmar.jpg
Bruno Ukmar
as Narcotics Agent

Pino Mattei.jpg
Pino Mattei
as Father of a student who beats Gillo while dealing drugs out of school

Osvaldo Peccioli.jpg
Osvaldo Peccioli
as Holiday Inn Hotel Client

Decio Gambini.jpg
Decio Gambini
as Man at the airport

Vezio Natili.jpg
Vezio Natili
as Man at the Courthouse

Dolores Calò.jpg
Dolores Calò
as Woman at the Courthouse

Antonia Dauria.jpg
Antonia Dauria
as Woman at the Courthouse

Richard Dunne.jpg
Richard Dunne
as Mr. Meade

Filippo Perego.jpg
Filippo Perego
as Lawyer at the Courthouse
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Post by Cinema Italiano » 14/05/2022, 16:37

Uncredited cast # 2


Virgilio Ponti.jpg
Virgilio Ponti
as Drug seller at the port of Genoa

Giancarlo Bastianoni.jpg
Giancarlo Bastianoni
as Leroy's henchman

Mara Carisi.jpg
Mara Carisi
as Woman at the airport

Rossana Canghiari.jpg
Rossana Canghiari
as Holiday Inn Hotel Client

Sandra Wolff.jpg
Sandra Wolff
as Tourist at Caracalla Baths # 1

Louise Lambert.jpg
Louise Lambert
as Tourist at Caracalla Baths # 2

Lina Franchi.jpg
Lina Franchi
as Woman at the Courthouse
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Post by Cinema Italiano » 14/05/2022, 16:43

Unidentified cast

zz01 Undercover cop trying to arrest Juan Martinez.jpg
Undercover cop trying to arrest Juan Martinez

zz05 Motorcyclist giving Mike Hamilton a lift.jpg
Motorcyclist giving Mike Hamilton a lift

zz06 Student offering drugs to girl out of school.jpg
Student offering drugs to girl out of school

zz07 Robber of the jewelry store.jpg
Robber of the jewelry store

zz08 Father of a student who beats Gillo while dealing drugs out of school.jpg
Father of a student who beats Gillo while dealing drugs out of school

zz09 Narcotics Agent # 1.jpg
Narcotics Agent # 1

zz10 Narcotics Agent # 2.jpg
Narcotics Agent # 2

zz12 Flight controller.jpg
Flight controller

zz13 Holiday Inn Hotel Client # 1.jpg
Holiday Inn Hotel Client # 1

zz14 Holiday Inn Hotel Client # 2.jpg
Holiday Inn Hotel Client # 2

zz15 Holiday Inn Hotel Client # 3.jpg
Holiday Inn Hotel Client # 3

zz16 Holiday Inn Hotel Porter.jpg
Holiday Inn Hotel Porter

zz17 Customer of the jewelry.jpg
Customer of the jewelry

zz18 Juan Martinez girl.jpg
Juan Martinez girl

zz19 Bar customers # 1.jpg
Bar customers # 1

zz20 Bar customers # 2.jpg
Bar customers # 2

zz21 Prostitute.jpg
Prostitute

zz22 Drug dealer in Amsterdam.jpg
Drug dealer in Amsterdam

zz23 Man at the Courthouse.jpg
Man at the Courthouse

zz24 Woman at the Courthouse.jpg
Woman at the Courthouse

zz25 Students at the exit of the school # 1.jpg
Students at the exit of the school # 1

zz26 Students at the exit of the school # 2.jpg
Students at the exit of the school # 2

zz27 Students at the exit of the school # 3.jpg
Students at the exit of the school # 3
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Post by Johan Melle » 14/05/2022, 19:40

The unidentified refinery worker with sunglasses looks like Giancarlo Bastianoni to me.

And the tourist at Caracalla Baths dressed in yellow should be Louise Lambert.

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Post by Cinema Italiano » 14/05/2022, 19:45

Johan Melle wrote:
14/05/2022, 19:40
The unidentified refinery worker with sunglasses looks like Giancarlo Bastianoni to me.

And the tourist at Caracalla Baths dressed in yellow should be Louise Lambert.
Thank you, I also thought to Bastianoni but I wasn't completely sure. A welcome new actress to me Louise Lambert :victory:

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Post by carlos » 14/05/2022, 19:53

And the Drug seller at the port of Genoa is Virgilio Ponti

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Post by Cinema Italiano » 14/05/2022, 20:06

carlos wrote:
14/05/2022, 19:53
And the Drug seller at the port of Genoa is Virgilio Ponti
Many thanks, Carl. I honestly didn't realize that he is the same actor you identified in "La mala ordina" as the pimp. I should start watching some movies of him. :laughing:

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Post by FatmanDan » 27/01/2024, 0:46

Sergio Sagnotti, the older one, as Father of a student who beats Gillo

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