The Italian Connection (Italian: La mala ordina, lit. 'The mob orders', also released as Manhunt in the City and Manhunt in Milan) is a 1972 noir-thriller film directed and co-written by Fernando Di Leo; starring Mario Adorf, Henry Silva, Woody Strode, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Francesca Romana Coluzzi, Sylva Koscina, and Cyril Cusack.
The film is the second part of Di Leo's “Milieu trilogy”, preceded by Caliber 9 (also 1972) and followed by The Boss (1973). It was released to Italian theatres on September 2, 1972.