The Heroin Busters (1977) [N/A]

Release Date:
August 13, 1977

Original Title:
La via della droga

Alternate Titles:
Action immédiate
Executive Action
La via della droga
The Heroin Busters

Genres:
Action | Crime | Thriller

Production Companies:
Cinemaster

Production Countries:
Italy

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  GB: 15 

Runtime: 92

Drug use in the city of Rome is at an all-time high. Children score from dealers in front of their schools, mules waltz straight through airport security, and Interpol's main man, Mike Hamilton, is at his wits' end. Fed up to the back teeth with the local police force's incompetence, his only hope is to rely on one of his own men, Fabio, an officer so deep undercover that no-one but Hamilton knows who he really is. Even as Fabio gains the trust of cartel leader Gianni, however, the dealers are edging ever closer to the truth, and when his cover is blown, the hunter becomes the hunted as Fabio finds himself alone in a desperate fight to survive.

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Costume Design:
Luciano Sagoni

Dialogue:
Gene Luotto

Director:
Enzo G. Castellari

Director of Photography:
Giovanni Bergamini

Editor:
Gianfranco Amicucci

First Assistant Camera:
Giuseppe Buonaurio

Hairdresser:
Maria Luisa Garbini

Makeup Artist:
Massimo De Rossi

Original Music Composer:
Claudio Simonetti
Agostino Marangolo
Fabio Pignatelli
Massimo Morante

Producer:
Galliano Juso

Production Design:
Corrado Ricercato

Production Supervisor:
Maurizio Amati

Screenplay:
Massimo De Rita
Enzo G. Castellari

Second Assistant Director:
Giuseppe Giglietti

Set Decoration:
Gianfranco De Dominicis

Story:
Galliano Juso

Stunt Coordinator:
Angelo Ragusa

Stunts:
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua

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