I Am the Law

I Am the Law

1977 · 113 min · ★ 6.6 · Drama, History, Thriller

Sicily, Fascist Italy, 1925. Dictator Benito Mussolini appoints Cesare Mori, a man as tough as he is honest, as the new police prefect of Palermo and entrusts him with the arduous task of putting an end to the Mafia, a sinister criminal organization that has sown terror on the island for centuries.

Directed by Pasquale Squitieri · Written by Ugo Pirro

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