Italy / France,
1968, 109 min
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)
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USA
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Italy
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Italy
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Italy
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France
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