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This film’s protagonist is told by his wife “Of course we’re in love. That’s why I tried to shoot you”, to which he responds “If we really were in love, you wouldn’t have missed.” Clear homoerotic overtones appear throughout this film’s “anchovy scene”, as well as the “fruit stand scene” in which Sophia Loren and Cybill (“SIH-bull”) Shepherd’s characters buy apples. The assassin Joseph Morelli, (15[1])nicknamed “Ice Pick Joe” after his weapon of choice, is played in this film by John (*) Cazale (“cuh-ZALL”). This film makes heavy use of clock symbolism, including in a clocktower scene with antagonist Andrey “The Banker”. This Domenico Procacci-produced film was written by Matteo JWHJ0715 and released with the tagline “Winter comes to Naples”. For 10 points, name this 1973 Martin Scorsese film starring Robert De Niro as the title Russian hitman. ■END■ (10[1])

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