A number of unexplained military deaths hit Italy and are ruled to be accidental or suicides, but police inspector Giorgio Solmi suspects otherwise. When a mysterious wealthy electrician is seemingly murdered by a female escort, a sinister plot slowly begins to unravel.
Direction
Martino squeezes dread from fluorescent-lit offices and rain-slick streets.
Acting
Luc Merenda's thousand-yard stare carries the whole corrupt machine.
Director
Sergio Martino
Luc Merenda
Inspector Giorgio Solmi
Mel Ferrer
District Attorney Mannino
Tomas Milian
Captain Mario Sperli
Delia Boccardo
Maria
Michele Gammino
Lt. Luigi Caprara
Paola Tedesco
Giuliana Raimondi aka la Tunisina
Franco Giornelli
Franz Schmidt
Gianfranco Barra
De Luca
Carlo Alighiero
Remo Ortolani
Claudio Gora
Martinetti
Claudio Nicastro
Prison Warden
Antonio Casale
Giovanni Andreassi - aka Massù
Giovanni Di Benedetto
General Stocchi
Arturo Dominici
Chief of Police
Carlo Gaddi
Massu Accomplice
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Italy's 'Years of Lead,' the film mirrors real far-right paramilitary conspiracies like the Borghese coup attempt that terrified the public just years earlier.
Martino shot this back-to-back with 'The Suspicious Death of a Minor' using overlapping cast and crew to stretch his lira.
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