Gang War (Italian: Cose di Cosa Nostra), also known as Godfather of Crime, is a 1971 crime comedy film co-written and directed by Steno and starring Carlo Giuffrè, Pamela Tiffin, Vittorio De Sica, Aldo Fabrizi, Jean-Claude Brialy and Salvo Randone.
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Plot
Don Calogero Bertuccione, a boss of the Italian American mafia, through his right arm Don Cefalù, orders the young mafioso Salvatore Lo Coco, a Sicilian emigrated to the US, to return to his hometown Castropizzi to kill Don Nicola Manzano called "Nicky" who's suspected of being a spy.
Salvatore does not want to, but must obey to avoid mafia's revenge on his family. Once he arrives in Italy he looks for someone who can replace him, but without success. After a series of grotesque events he manages to enter Don Manzano's villa where he then finds out that Don Bertuccione and his men have been killed.
Cast
Carlo Giuffrè as Salvatore Lo Coco
Pamela Tiffin as Carmela Lo Coco
Jean-Claude Brialy as Domenico "Mimì" Gargiulo
Aldo Fabrizi as Aldo Panzarani
Salvo Randone as Don Nicola "Nicky" Manzano
Vittorio De Sica as Lawyer Michele Cannavale
Agnès Spaak as Manzano's Lover
Mario Feliciani as Don Cefalù
Mario Brega as Bevilacqua
Nino Vingelli as Pasquale
Enzo Cannavale as The Priest
Angela Luce as Domenico's girlfriend
Nicoletta Elmi as Mary, the daughter of Salvatore and Carmela
Release
The film was released domestically in 1971, grossing 553,442,000 lire. An American release was announced the same year with the title The Godson, but never materialized. The film was eventually released in the United States by Independent-International Pictures Corp. in 1975, following the success of The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, with the titles Gang War and Godfather of Crime.