Pasquale Squitieri
Pasquale Squitieri (27 November 1938 – 18 February 2017) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Naples, Squitieri graduated in law, then was briefly involved in stage, as author ("La battaglia") and even actor (directed by Francesco Rosi). He made his film... Read full bio →
Il prefetto di ferro
Sicily, Fascist Italy, 1925. Dictator Benito Mussolini appoints Cesare Mori, a man as tough as he is honest, as the new police prefect of Palermo and entrusts him with the arduous task of putting an end to the Mafia, a sinister criminal organization that has sown terror on the island for centuries.
L'ambizioso
A young American in Italy who aspires to be a career criminal starts out working for a big gangster. But he starts to shortchange money collections and he gets beaten and banished from the gang. Determined to take revenge, he starts over and begins rising to the top.
I guappi
In this period piece set in Italy, Nicola Bellizzi dreams of becoming a lawyer. However, when he seeks the reason that people are reluctant to help him in his goals, he discovers that some of his blood relations are high-ranking members of the Mafia. He tries to break away from his family obligations, but falls into a life of crime and violence.
Camorra
The fast career of a young Neapolitan among contraband, gambling dens, bribes and illegality. He will upgrade its rank till the maximum level of the "Family".
La vendetta è un piatto che si serve freddo
Orphaned by an Indian attack on his family's ranch, Jeremiah Bridger becomes a scalp-hunter until he runs into a crooked rancher whose men, dressed as Indians, kill white farmers for their lands.
Django sfida Sartana
Framed for a bank robbery, bounty killer Django's brother, Steve is lynched. Django hunts down Sartana, Steve's supposed accomplice, but finds him innocent also. The two men seek out the real robbers.