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The Syndicate: A Death in the Family (1969)

The Syndicate: A Death in the Family poster
Original title
Colpo rovente
Directed by
Piero Zuffi
Genre
crime film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Italian crime film set in 1970 about a family dealing with a syndicate's violence. The story follows their struggle after a death occurs.

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What happens

The Syndicate: A Death in the Family (Italian: Colpo rovente, also known as Red Hot Shot) is a 1970 Italian crime film directed by Piero Zuffi and written by Ennio Flaiano and the same Zuffi. In 2004 it was restored and shown as part of the retrospective "Storia Segreta del Cinema Italiano: Italian Kings of the Bs" at the 61st Venice International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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