The Black Hand (1973)

Director
Antonio Racioppi

Main cast
Lionel Stander; Rosanna Fratello; Michele Placido; Corrado Gaipa

Genres
Crime

Description
Michele Placido plays Antonio, an Italian immigrant in New York who finds himself drawn into the Mob when his options are limited and his desire to make a new life for himself becomes increasingly difficult.


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