THE EXECUTORS

To celebrate its 50th Anniversary, this long-overlooked cult gem has been restored from a 4K negative scan, presenting the filmmakers' definitive, longest English release. Suave, quipping Bond does gritty violent Mafia-based, buddy movie with Stacy Keach ! - - - like '''The Persuaders'''', but nastier! Midway through his legendary run as James Bond, Roger Moore (Live and Let Die, The Spy Who Loved Me) took a brutal detour from 007 into gritty crime cinema, swapping high-tech gadgets for sawn-off shotguns in the hard-hitting Mafia thriller THE EXECUTORS! Moore stars as Ulisse, a British-educated lawyer fixing high-stakes problems for his uncle, the boss of a Stateside crime family. When a fortune in heroin is smuggled into America inside a large ancient wooden Sicilian cross ordered by his uncle, the cargo is violently hijacked at the San Francisco docks, resulting in the Mafia Don being accused of orchestrating the sacrilegious plot! Ulisse, teaming up with Charlie, a racing driver with an adventurous streak (Stacy Keach; Mike Hammer, Titus), is summoned to unmask the real culprits before a full-scale mob war erupts! Director Maurizio Lucidi possessed a rare gift for delivering what Stacy Keach calls, in this disc's interview, "pure entertainment"! Snapped up for U.S. drive-in distribution by AIP'the grindhouse powerhouse built on the exploitation blueprint forged by Roger Corman'the full-throttle THE EXECUTORS, alongside Lucidi's moodier thriller Stateline Motel (starring Ursula Andress and Eli Wallach), forms a unique diptych that represents a bold collision of raw Italian pulp poliziottesco and hard-edged American noir. Framed by a mesmerising score from Oscar'*' winner Luis Bacalov (The Postman, Django), this long-overlooked cult gem is finally restored from a 4K negative scan to coincide with the film''''s 50th Anniversary. Presented in Full 1080p HD, experience the longest English version as originally intended by its filmmakers! LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS Brand-new restoration from a 4K scan of the original negative Stacy Keach, Back to the Streets 'retrospective interview with legendary star Stacy Keach Streets of Rage ' deep-dive interview with Nocturno co-founder and Italian cult film authority Davide Pulici Through the Lens of Lucidi ' career retrospective on director Maurizio Lucidi with film historian Davide Pulici (NB:: Davide Pulici Founder of Italy's legendary Nocturno magazine, is one of the foremost authorities of cult & exploitation cinema) Theatrical trailer Improved English Audio track & New Closed Captions for HoH + Newly translated English subtitles. Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned designer artwork and original theatrical poster art FIRST PRESSING ONLY: thematic collector's Ocard - - - NO GADGETS. NO LICENCE TO KILL. JUST RAW, UNRESTRAINED, HIGH-OCTANE MAYHEM !

The Mafia are enraged to discover that a beautiful Sicilian cross is being used to smuggle a million dollars worth of heroin.