The Sicilian Clan
PG
7.4
1970
1 hr 57 min
Drama
, Crime
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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- Cast：
- Jean Gabin , Alain Delon , Lino Ventura , Irina Demick , Amedeo Nazzari , Philippe Baronnet , Karen Blanguernon
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Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.
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It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
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Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?
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