The New Godfathers

The New Godfathers (Italian: I contrabbandieri di Santa Lucia, lit. 'The Smugglers of Santa Lucia') is a 1979 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Alfonso Brescia.[3][4]

The New Godfathers
Directed byAlfonso Brescia
Screenplay by
Produced byCiro Ippolito[2]
Starring
CinematographySilvio Fraschetti[1]
Production
company
P.A.C.-Produzioni Atlas Consorziate
Distributed byP.A.C.
Release date
  • August 25, 1979 (1979-08-25) (Italy)
CountryItaly[2]
Box office₤342 million

Plot

A great quantity of drug travels undercovered from Iran and Turkey and arrives in port of Naples. An Italian Guardia di Finanza officer tries to intercept the stuff and achieves the collaboration of Don Francesco Autiero, the chief of illegal cigarettes trade in Naples.

Cast

Production

The film was intended for the foreign market, unlike most other films in the subgenre.[2]

Cior Ippolito's autobiography mentions that the film was made to help P.A.C.'s head Mario Bregni's recover costs that The Sicilian Connection which had lost a lot of money for the company.[2]

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.[2] Ippolito stated that he had shot the new film in two weeks.[2]

Release

The New Godfathers was released in Italy on August 25, 1979 where it was distributed by P.A.C.[2] The film grossed a total of 342 million Italian lire on its theatrical release.[2]

References

Footnotes
  1. Curti 2013, p. 266.
  2. Curti 2013, p. 267.
  3. Roberto Curti (2006). Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006. ISBN 8871805860.
  4. Marco Giusti (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN 8820029197.

Sources
  • Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.


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