The Big Family

Mar 3, 1973

1h 30m

★ 5.7

Overview

Two mafia bosses, Don Antonio Marchesi and Don Peppino Scalise, battle over building contracts in Palermo.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Flora Film

National

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Cast

Don Peppino Scalise

Raymond Pellegrin

Mrs. Vitale

Simonetta Stefanelli

Commissario La Manna

Giancarlo Prete

Don Antonio Marchesi

Richard Conte

Giovanni Lutture

Edmund Purdom

Turi

Sal Borgese

Mrs. Federici

Maria Fiore

Federici

Aldo Barberito

Pino Ferrara

Johnny De Salvo

Stelio Candelli

Umberto Spadaro

Chief of Police

Franco Fantasia

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