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From director Alberto De Martino (Blazing Magnum), the 1973 crime thriller THE COUNSELLOR, making its worldwide UHD debut on 20th July as part of STUDIOCANAL’s Cult Classics range, with a brand new 4K restoration, a host of new extras and a booklet. The film is released on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and Digital.
Starring Italian crime film legend Tomas Milian (The Tough Ones) as the title character, superbly interplaying with the great Martin Baslam (Murder on the Orient Express) as a big bad mob boss, and Dagmar Lassander (Black Emanuelle) as Milian’s girlfriend, THE COUNSELLOR is a slam-bang action thriller packed with shootouts and betrayals on the streets of San Francisco.
Memorably scored by Riz Ortolani (Don’t Torture a Duckling), THE COUNSELLOR riffs on Coppola’s The Godfather but at just over 100 minutes this is a faster blast of all-out Mafia mayhem, that looks outstanding in the new 4K restoration. In short, it’s an offer any Eurocrime fan cannot refuse!
SYNOPSIS: Following a stint in prison, Accardo (Tomas Milian), the counsellor to San Francisco’s crime lord Don Antonio (Martin Balsam), requests to leave the family in order to lead a normal life. Don Antonio reluctantly agrees and in doing so breaks the mafia code that no one can leave the business until they drop dead. As the resulting gang war escalates in violence and increasingly brings Don Antonio’s life under threat, Accardo returns to once again defend and serve his godfather…
BRAND NEW Il Consigliori: Tradition vs Modernity: a video essay by Will Webb
BRAND NEW Audio Commentary with filmmaker/historian Steve Mitchell and historian Troy Howarth
Intro by Jean-Baptiste Thoret
Stills gallery
Original Trailer
The 4K and Blu-ray edition comes with a 12 page booklet featuring a new essay on the film.
THE COUNSELLOR is available to buy on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and Digital from 20th July 2026, and available to pre-order.
