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{{Infobox film
| name = The Syndicate: A Death in the Family
| image =  Colporovente.JPG
| caption =
| director = [[Piero Zuffi]]
| writer =  Piero Zuffi
| music =  [[Piero Piccioni]]
| cinematography =  [[Pasqualino De Santis]]
| editing =  [[Franco Arcalli]]
| producer = Roberto Loyola
| released = {{Film date|1970}}
| language = English
}}
'''''The Syndicate: A Death in the Family''''' ({{langx|it|'''Colpo rovente'''}}, also known as '''''Red Hot Shot''''') is a 1970 Italian [[crime film]] directed by [[Piero Zuffi]] and written by [[Ennio Flaiano]] and the same Zuffi.<ref name="70s">{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|publisher=Gremese, 1991|isbn=8876059350}}</ref>
In 2004 it was restored and shown as part of the retrospective "Storia Segreta del Cinema Italiano: Italian Kings of the Bs" at the [[61st Venice International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Simone Pinchiorri|title=Mostra di Venezia 2008: "Storia Segreta del Cinema Italiano: Italian Kings of the Bs"|url=http://www.repubblica.it/speciale/2004/venezia/italianb.html|accessdate=18 December 2013|newspaper=[[La Repubblica]]}}</ref>
==Cast==
* Michael Reardon as Frank Berin
* [[Barbara Bouchet]] as Monica Brown
* [[Carmelo Bene]] as Billy Desco
* [[Susanna Martinková|Susanna Martinkova]] as Fanny, La Cieca
* [[Isa Miranda]] as Tenutaria del Bordello
* [[Eduardo Ciannelli]] as Parker Edward Ciannelli
* [[David Groh]] as Don Carbo
* [[Vittorio Duse]] as Mac Brown Victor Duncan
* [[Nello Pazzafini]] as Policeman
* [[John McDouglas]]
* [[Helen Mirren]]
== Music ==
The film was scored by prolific score composer [[Piero Piccioni]], who wrote the piece "Mexican Dream" as part of its soundtrack.
== See also ==
* [[List of Italian films of 1970]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0154344}}
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[[Category:1970s English-language films]]
[[Category:English-language Italian films]]
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