title: The Sicilian Connection
text: # The Sicilian Connection
  
  The Sicilian Connection (Italian: Afyon oppio, French: Action héroïne, also known as The Opium Connection and La filière) is a 1972 Italian-French crime-thriller film directed by Ferdinando Baldi.
  
  ## Plot
  
  The Italian-American Joseph Coppola wants to start trafficking drugs from Turkey to the United States and calls for the support of the Sicilian Mafia, who would protect him from the Marseilles Clan. In the U.S., however, he appears to forget the chords. Greed or double play?
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Ben Gazzara as Joseph Coppola
  * Silvia Monti as Claudia
  * Fausto Tozzi as Don Vincenzo
  * Jess Hahn as Sacha
  * José Greci as Lucia
  * Malisa Longo as Rosalia Calogero
  * Luciano Catenacci as Tony Nicolodi
  * Mario Pilar as Ibrahim
  * Luciano Rossi as Dr. Hans
  * Corrado Gaipa as Don Calogero
  * Bruno Corazzari as Larry
  