A hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians.
Acting
Henry Silva's reptilian stillness — never blinks, never warms
Direction
Di Leo's clinical violence, no romanticism, all economics
Score
Luis Enriquez Bacalov's jazzy nihilism
Director
Fernando Di Leo
Henry Silva
Nick Lanzetta
Richard Conte
Don Corrasco
Gianni Garko
Police Commissioner Torri
Antonia Santilli
Rina D'Aniello
Corrado Gaipa
Lawyer Rizzo
Marino Masé
Pignataro
Howard Ross
Melende
Claudio Nicastro
Don Giuseppe D'Aniello
Gianni Musy
Carlo Attardi
Mario Pisu
Gabrielli
Vittorio Caprioli
Questore
Pier Paolo Capponi
Cocchi
Andrea Aureli
Don Antonino Attardi
Pietro Ceccarelli
Maione
Giulio Baraghini
Don Corrasco's Bodyguard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Di Leo's 'Milieu Trilogy' that defined 1970s poliziotteschi — Italy's answer to American noir, but meaner and more politically cynical.
Henry Silva was so typecast as villains that this rare lead role barely changed his reputation; he reportedly loved playing stone-cold killers because 'I don't have to act, just don't blink.'
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