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A drifter lights the fuse between rival families in Stelvio Massi’s gritty industrial showdown.

THE LAST ROUND

1976 · 1h 35m · NR · Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller · IMDB TMDB

Young southerner Marco Russo moves to Northern Italy and finds work with the powerful Manzetti family. He then proceeds to stir the pot between the Manzettis and their top rivals, the Belmondos.

Quick Answer

What is The Last Round about?

The Last Round is a 1976 Argentina-Italy action, crime, drama, and thriller film directed by Stelvio Massi about an ex-mercenary who agitates for blue-collar workers against two corrupt families in an industrial town.

Programmer's Pick

With industrial grit and Spaghetti Western nods, The Last Round trades six-shooters for union fists and mob vendettas. Carlos Monzón is all steely resolve as a drifter who refuses to play by the old families’ rules. If you like your poliziotteschi with blue-collar stakes and a side of simmering class war, step right up.

— SassyFlix Programmer

Overview

Stelvio Massi’s The Last Round thrusts viewers into the smoky heart of an industrial Italian town, where the working class is squeezed by two feuding families. Enter Marco, a drifter with a mercenary past, whose arrival upends the fragile status quo. Witnessing the harshness of the factory owners and the suffering of the workers, Marco transforms from outsider to agitator, rallying the laborers to stand against their powerful overlords. As tensions rise, the film simmers with the threat of violence, promising a collision between class, power, and retribution. This is a tough, unsentimental crime drama where every alliance is fraught and every gesture carries the weight of survival.

Details & Specs

Director
Stelvio Massi
Writer
Piero Regnoli
Release
1976
Runtime
1h 35m
Country
Argentina, Italy
Language
Italian
Also Known As
In den Klauen der Mafia, The Last Round, Original title: Il conto è chiuso

Cast & Crew

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Director: Stelvio Massi Writer: Piero Regnoli

Why Cult

Industrial Class Warfare

The film pits blue-collar workers against corrupt factory-owning families, blending labor strife with mob intrigue.

Spaghetti Western Influence

References to Spaghetti Western films and genre symbolism give this crime drama a stylized, hard-edged atmosphere.

Mercenary Turns Agitator

Ex-mercenary Marco Russo’s transformation into a union agitator drives the story’s tension and unique anti-hero angle.

Italian Mafia Feud

Rival families—the Manzettis and Belmondos—face off in a power struggle that fuels the film’s relentless conflict.

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Threat File

Trigger

Marco agitates for the workers

Threat

Corrupt factory-owning families

Effect

Violent confrontations and exploitation

Setting

Industrial Italian town

Questions from the Vault

When was The Last Round released? +

The Last Round was released in 1976.

Who directed The Last Round? +

The Last Round was directed by Stelvio Massi.

How long is The Last Round? +

The Last Round has a runtime of 95 minutes.

What genre is The Last Round? +

The Last Round is an action, crime, drama, and thriller film.

Where can I watch The Last Round? +

You can watch The Last Round on SassyFlix.

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