The Palermo Connection (1990)
Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. After the election, he marries Carrie and goes to his ancestral home of Sicily for their honeymoon. In his hotel, he meets Il Principe, a Sicilian prince who has spent years confined to the hotel because he crossed the Mafia. Amid the beauties of Sicily Carmine discovers that men of power will stop at nothing to prevent the legalization of drugs, which threatens their business.
- Released
- 1990-02-02
- Genres
- Thriller
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Francesco Rosi, Tonino Guerra, Francesco Rosi, Gore Vidal
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 from 27 votes
Cast
- Jim Belushi as Carmine Bonavia
- Mimi Rogers as Carrie
- Joss Ackland as il boss
- Philippe Noiret as Gianni Mucci
- Vittorio Gassman as Il principe
- Carolina Rosi as giornalista italiana
- Marco Leonardi as il fioraio
- Ronald Yamamoto as Sam Toya
- Marino Masé as Portiere dell'hotel
- Vyto Ruginis as Ted
- Stefano Madia as Medico
- Tiziana Stella as la bella adescatrice