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Cast. Jean Gabin as Vittorio Manalese, the head of a Sicilian crime family, whose arcade game manufacturing company is a front for his criminal activities. Alain Delon as Roger Sartet, an escaped robber and murderer. Lino Ventura as Commissaire Le Goff, who is trying to recapture Sartet.
The Sicilian Clan: Directed by Henri Verneuil. With Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura, Irina Demick. An ambitious young mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.
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- 1969-12-01
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The novel opens in 1950 Sicily, where Michael Corleone, nearing the end of his exile in Sicily, meets with Don Croce Malo, the Capo di Capi or Boss of bosses in Sicily, his brother, Father Benjamino Malo, Stefano Andolini (the red headed cousin of Don Vito Corleone), and Sicilian Inspector Frederico Velardi. They discuss with Michael the details of...
These are the principal characters that drive the plot of the story, many of whom are based on real-life figures. 1. Salvatore Giuliano – A legendary bandit. Conceived in America and born in the small Sicilian village of Montelepre, Salvatore Giuliano is a tall and handsome young man living a relatively normal life for the first twenty years of his...
In 1987, The Sicilian was adapted into a film, directed by Michael Cimino and starring Christopher Lambert as Salvatore Giuliano, however, owing to copyright issues, the characters of Michael Corleone and Clemenza were not included in this film adaptation. A number of character names were changed- for example Croce Malo became Masino Croce.
The Sicilian was the final work set in the Godfather universe that had Mario Puzo's direct involvement. (The Family Corleonewas based off an unproduced script written by Puzo, but was written and p...For copyright reasons, no Godfathercharacters appear in the film adaptation.The name of Salvatore Giuliano, a real historical figure, is spelled as "Guiliano" in the novel for unknown reasons.An ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter-in-law of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.
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An ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter-in-law of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.
In Paris, bloodthirsty jewel thief Roger Sartet (Alain Delon) escapes from custody with the help of the Manalese, a small-time but well-organised Sicilian Mafia clan led by patriarch Vittorio (Jean Gabin), which includes his sons Aldo (Yves Lefebvre), Sergio (Marc Porel), and son-in-law Luigi (Philippe Baronnet).
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The Sicilian Clan is a 1969 French-Italian gangster film based on the novel by Auguste Le Breton. It was directed by Henri Verneuil and stars Jean Gabin, Lino Ventura and Alain Delon, whose casting has been credited with the film's box office success in France.
