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Director
  
Luigi Vanzi

Cinematography
  
Riccardo Pallottini

Language
  
Italian

5/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Action, Crime, Drama

Duration
  

Country
  
Italy

1931: Once Upon a Time in New York movie poster

Writer
  
Tony Anthony
,
Norman Thaddeus Vane

Release date
  
1972 (1972)

Genres
  
Action Film, Drama, Crime Fiction, World cinema, Action/Adventure

Cast
  
Tony Anthony
(Pete),
Adolfo Celi
(The Pole),
Corrado Gaipa
,
Irene Papas
,
Lionel Stander
,
Lucretia Love
(Pearl)

Similar movies
  
Tony Anthony movies, Crime movies

Tagline
  
1931...They had the best and bloodiest time of their lives!

Pete, Pearl & the Pole (Italian: Piazza pulita, lit. "A clean sweep"), also known as 1931: Once Upon a Time in New York, is a 1973 Italian-American gangster film directed by Luigi Vanzi (credited as Vance Lewis) and starring Tony Anthony.

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Cast

  • Tony Anthony as Pete Di Benedetto
  • Adolfo Celi as The Pole
  • Lucretia Love as Pearl
  • Richard Conte as Mob Boss
  • Corrado Gaipa as Bruno
  • Irene Papas as Donna Mimma
  • Lionel Stander as Pete's Old Gangster Friend
  • Raf Baldassarre as Raf, Pole's Henchman
  • David Dreyer
  • Production

    The film was shot mainly on location with predominantly American funding.

    The film originated as a story written by actor Tony Anthony, who director Luigi Vanzi had previously shot The Stranger series of Spaghetti Westerns (A Stranger in Town, The Stranger Returns, and The Silent Stranger) with. This was Vanzi's last film.

    Release

    The film was released on March 3, 1973. It was distributed by P.A.C. in Italy.

    References

    Pete, Pearl & the Pole Wikipedia
    1931: Once Upon a Time in New York IMDb 1931: Once Upon a Time in New York themoviedb.org