CONTRABAND Luca Il Contrabbandiere MOGUL Orig US VHS
Infamous Italian horror master Lucio Fulci takes on the police crime action drama.
This is the Original US Release of Luca Il Contrabbandiere aka The Smuggler aka Naples Connection popularly known now on DVD as CONTRABAND.
English Dubbed, Uncut and Widescreen. The first US Release on VHS in English language.
Although Lucio Fulci is better known in the US for horror films this Mogul video was my first introduction to both Fulci and the Italian crime action genre. Fulci directed Contraband a year before 
THE BEYOND (seven doors of death )
This prolific director took on just about every film genre popular in Italy during the 70's including sex comedies like La Pretora with Edwige Fenech and also the giallo films such as A Lizard in a Woman's Skin. Each of these very different films still bare the directors distinct mark . Contraband brought the horror film type violence and gore to the already seemingly brutal crime genre. Fulci later took on Italian Westerns, Science Fiction, and Sword and Sorcery films as well.
Stars: Fabio Testi (giallo a venezia - revolver ) Ivana Monti - Guido Alberti - Ajita Wilson - Daniele Dublino -Ofelia Meyer - Lucio Fulci - Cinita Lodetti - Romano Puppo - Luciano Rossi -Fabrizio Jovine -
Synopsis:
Much more well-known for it exploitive scenes then for its plot. Contraband is a hard driving gory, mob action extravaganza. Set in Naples, Italy. Fabio Testi plays one of two brothers that are part of a cigarette smuggling team. They manage to step on the toes of some cocaine smugglers in Naples. In retaliation they take his girlfriend hostage.
