The Heroin Busters
6.5
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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Cast
48 people
Fabio Testi
Fabio
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David Hemmings
Mike Hamilton
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Sherry Buchanan
Vera
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Gilo
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Massimo Vanni
Massimo
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Enforcer
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Angelo Ragusa
Dealer
Known for
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Sergio Ruggeri
Sergio
Joshua Sinclair
Gianni
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Leonardo Scavino
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Salvatore Billa
Narcotics Agent
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Gianni Orlando
Leroy
Enzo G. Castellari Director · Massimo De Rita Screenplay Galliano Juso Story
First release August 13, 1977 · Produced in Italy · Languages English, Italian
Production
Cinemaster
Production
Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
La via della droga
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
Italy · August 13, 1977
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
April 28, 2023 · Physical
United Kingdom
April 18, 2022 · Physical · Blu-Ray
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