Directed by:
Damiano DamianiScreenplay:
Ugo PirroCinematography:
Tonino Delli ColliComposer:
Giovanni FuscoCast:
Claudia Cardinale, Franco Nero, Lee J. Cobb, Tano Cimarosa, Nehemiah Persoff, Serge Reggiani, Vincenzo Falanga, Vincenzo Norvese, Ennio Balbo (more)Plots(1)
Based on the Leonardo Sciascia novel of the same title, this story deals with the difficulties facing a northern police officer investigating a Mafia murder in a small Sicilian town in 1961. Salvatore Colasbena, a construction supplier, was murdered and buried under a blanket of tar because he refused to join the Mafia-controlled roadbuilding group. His widow, Rosa, is investigated by the police, but honest Captain Bellodi comes to suspect Mafia boss Don Mariano Arena when he can find no witnesses, no evidence, only hostile obstruction by corrupt government influences... (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Claudia Cardinale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268966_68e050.jpg)
Claudia Cardinale
Tunisia
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
History (1986) (TV movie)
![Franco Nero](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/618/164618380_badc95.jpg)
Franco Nero
Italy
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971)
![Lee J. Cobb](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270773_c094c8.jpg)
Lee J. Cobb
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
On the Waterfront (1954)
![Tano Cimarosa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011927_a1dbf6.jpg)
Tano Cimarosa
Italy
Best movies:
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
A Pure Formality (1994)
The Most Beautiful Wife (1970)
![Nehemiah Persoff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273545_ba9fec.jpg)
Nehemiah Persoff
Israel
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
![Serge Reggiani](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/726/163726216_bbed5b.png)
Serge Reggiani
Italy
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Marie-October (1959)
The Last Adventure (1967)
![Vincenzo Falanga](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/473/473508_49a97b.jpg)
Vincenzo Falanga
Best movies:
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Violent Naples (1976)
The Day of the Owl (1968)
![Vincenzo Norvese](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/111/656/111656173_7f709f.jpg)
Vincenzo Norvese
Best movies:
Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)
A Fistful of Dynamite (1971)
The Day of the Owl (1968)
Ennio Balbo
Italy
Best movies:
The Man with the Balloons (1965)
The Day of the Owl (1968)
Day of Anger (1967)
Laura De Marchi
Italy
Best movies:
Nostalgia (1983)
I Am Afraid (1977)
Kaos (1984)
Brizio Montinaro
Italy
Best movies:
The Day of the Owl (1968)
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)
The Anonymous Venetian (1970)
Ugo D'Alessio
Italy
Best movies:
Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa (1970)
Everybody Go Home (1960)
The Day of the Owl (1968)
Lino Coletta
Italy
Best movies:
Avanti! (1972)
Una questione d'onore (1966)
The Great Silence (1968)