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In Paris, robber and murderer Roger Sartet escapes from custody with the help of the Manalese, a small, well-organized Sicilian Mafia clan consisting of patriarch Vittorio, his two sons, and his son-in-law.
Aug 20, 2016 · Le clan des Siciliens/The Sicilian Clan is very rewarding to look at as a genre piece; it is to a degree inspired by the jewellery heist genre, and the modish way of filming it, that made The Thomas Crown Affair (Norman Jewison, USA, 1968) such a big hit the year previously.
Feb 15, 2017 · The Sicilian Clan is a late ’60s heist caper boasting three major stars of the Eurocrime genre. Kino Lorber has performed a service for film buffs by making this “lost” film available at last,...
Sep 10, 2012 · Discover the best of the city, first. Cast as the patriarch of a spaghetti-eating Sicilian family who are crooks to a man, the once formidable Gabin - stout, white-haired and now a bit past it -...
The details, however, that would be lost in those cuts are part of what makes this movie so special: a real clockwork plot that in a subtly sophisticated way doles out just enough information to keep the viewer a micro-step behind the action.
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"Clan of the Sicilians" is a real French gangster movie classic from 1969 with three of the most important male actors of that time and genre - Lino Ventura as hard-boiled Parisian cop, Jean Gabin as a dominating Sicilian gangster clan "padre" and young Alain Delon as a hot-blooded, seducing robber.
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Convicted murderer Roger Santet (Alain Delon) is sprung from prison by the Sicilian clan headed by the ageing Vittorio Manalese (Jean Gabin). They conspire to steal a large cache of jewels from an exhibition in Rome.
