The Big Racket

1976 [ITALIAN]

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 76% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 76% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 1718 1.7K

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Plot summary

Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles a criminal gang terrorizing a sleepy Italian town, extorting cash from the local merchants. With the threat of violence, no one dares to act, except for a restaurant owner who is forced by Palmieri to tell the truth.

Director

Enzo G. Castellari Photo
Enzo G. Castellari

Top cast

Fabio Testi Photo
Fabio Testi as Nico Palmieri
Vincent Gardenia Photo
Vincent Gardenia as Pepe
Salvatore Billa Photo
Salvatore Billa as Fabrizi
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua Photo
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua as Boy
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956.73 MB
1280*692
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds 1
1.73 GB
1920*1038
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by paultucker72 7 / 10

guns, car crashes, cheesy dialogue ,what more do you want

they don't make em like this anymore. i total recommend it to anyone who enjoys guns, car crashes, cheesy dialogue and 70's hairstyles. Fabio testi is better in this than in contraband. also blue undergrounds DVD picture quality is a vast improvement over the UK version. much better than Bronx warriors or the heroin busters, enzo casstellerie other efforts. story moves along at a cracking pace. music is what you would expect from this type of film in this era. the stunts are what make this film. the camera puts you right in the middle of the action, literally! you'll know what i mean when you see it. overall then, go for the blue underground DVD its a quality purchase.
Reviewed by Hey_Sweden 7 / 10

A must if you like the works of Enzo G. Castellari and Fabio Testi.

Ever studly Fabio Testi stars as dedicated police detective Nico Palmieri in this Eurocrime action picture. Nico is determined to bust the pesky thugs running an aggressive protection racket. Soon, these creeps are moving on to other crimes like drug running, rape, and murder. Nico will let nothing stop him from attaining his goal.In the later portions of "The Big Racket", the story turns into the always appealing scenario in which one or more characters assemble a group of specialists for a mission. Among those recruited by Nico are men who've been impacted personally by the activities of the bad guys.Director Enzo G. Castellari could always move from genre to genre with ease, and here he creates a stylish - if somewhat overlong - movie that benefits the most from some enthusiastic performances by the actors playing the antagonists. One of them is a gleeful young woman who enjoys dispensing punishment just as much as her male counterparts.There's an engaging, meaty role for American actor Vincent Gardenia, as ageing criminal Pepe. While it's always a treat to see him in anything, it's not terribly satisfying to hear someone elses' voice coming out of his mouth. Although he was fluent in Italian, he was dubbed for both the Italian and English language versions. Renzo Palmer is likewise effective as store owner Giulti, who seeks vengeance on behalf of his daughter. Italian genre cinema buffs will also recognize Joshua Sinclair and Romano Puppo.Noteworthy for a sometimes very sleazy approach (more than one female gets raped), a respectable amount of squib use and violence, well executed action, and an atmospheric score by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis.Well worth a look for Eurocrime fans.Seven out of 10.
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