The Entertainment Factor: New on Blu-ray: THE IRON PREFECT aka I AM THE LAW / IL PREFETTO DI FERRO (1977) Starring Giuliano Gemma & Claudia Cardinale

The Iron Prefect Il Prefetto Di Ferro 1977 New On Bluray

Product Description: Based on the true story of Cesare Mori, the Iron Prefect who was sent to Sicily for an Eliot Ness-in-The Untouchables style clean up of the mafia. Mori approaches organized crime on the island with uncompromising force even in the face of mass murders designed to scare him off. Pasquale Squitieri (The Climber) directs this stunning period piece which won the David di Donatello award for best film and features spaghetti western icon Giuliano Gemma brilliantly playing against type as the titular hero, winning him an award for his performance at the prestigious Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Alongside Gemma are the cream of international film from the period with co-stars Claudia Cardinale (The Day of the Owl) and Francisco Rabal (Sorcerer), the key surveyor of Italy's civic cinema screenwriter Ugo Pirro (The Working Class Goes to Heaven) and legendary composer Ennio Morricone (Once Upon a Time in America).

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Director: Pasquale Squitieri

Starring: Giuliano Gemma, Claudia Cardinale, Stefano Satta Flores, Rik Battaglia, Enzo Fisichella, Salvatore Billa

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Runtime: 118 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: Italian

Studio: Radiance Films

Home Video Release Date: June 23, 2026

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Region: Region A/1

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Blu-ray: LPCM Mono

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Blu-ray: English SDH, English

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2K restoration of the film from the original negative presented with Italian and English audio options
Uncompressed mono PCM audio
Archival interview with director Pasquale Squitieri and star Giuliano Gemma (2009)
New interview with Squitieri biographer Domenico Monetti (2023)
New appreciation of Giuliano Gemma and the film by filmmaker Alex Cox (2023)
Original trailer
New and improved English subtitles for Italian audio and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for English audio