Street People (film)
1976 film directed by Maurizio Lucidi
Street People (Italian: Gli esecutori, lit. 'The Executors', also released as The Sicilian Cross) is a 1976 Italian poliziottesco film directed and co-written by Maurizio Lucidi. It stars Roger Moore as a mob lawyer and Stacy Keach as his sidekick, a racecar driver, who are tasked with investigating a drug shipment. The cast also features Ivo Garrani, Fausto Tozzi, and Ettore Manni. The music score was composed by Luis Enriquez Bacalov.
Plot
Ulysses is the nephew and consigliere of San Francisco mafia don Salvatore Francesco. The Don sponsors the import of a large, priceless crucifix from his hometown in Sicily. However, seemingly unbeknownst to him, the crucifix has been used to smuggle heroin, which is later stolen while in transit. Don Salvatore tasks his nephew with uncovering who planted the drugs and who stole them, and Ulisse teams up with racecar driver friend Charlie for the investigation.
Cast
Production
Street People was filmed at Incir-De Paolis Studios in Rome and on-location in San Francisco and Agrigento, Sicily. The script was written by, among others, The French Connection screenwriter and Shaft creator Ernest Tidyman; and future Grease director Randal Kleiser.
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