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23 May 1983 (USA)
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An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left...
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2 wins
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A political thriller without the thrills
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Cast
(in credits order) | Franco Nero | ... | Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci |
 | Anthony Quinn | ... | Bruno Manzini |
 | Martin Balsam | ... | Captain Steffanelli |
 | Sybil Danning | ... | Lili Anders |
 | Christopher Lee | ... | Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence |
 | Cleavon Little | ... | Major Carl Malinowski, USMC |
 | Paul L. Smith | ... | The Surgeon (as Paul Smith) |
| John Steiner | ... | Captain Roditi |
 | Claudia Cardinale | ... | Elena Leporello |
 | Eli Wallach | ... | General Leporello |
| Renzo Palmer | ... | Carabinieri Major Giorgione |
| Anita Strindberg | ... | Princess Faubiani |
| Marino Masé | ... | Captain Rigoli |
| Jacques Herlin | ... | Woodpecker |
| Fortunato Arena | ... | General Pantaleone |
| John Stacy | ... | Concierge |
| Andrea Esterhazy | ... | Minister of Defence |
| Massimo Ciprari | ... | Assassin |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Larry Dolgin | ... | Captain Roditi (voice) |
| Tony Brandt | ... | Gianni Bandanelli, Pantaleone's øawyer (uncredited) |
| Attilio Dottesio | ... | Party Guest at Manzini's (uncredited) |
| Tom Felleghy | ... | Man at Pantaleone's Burial (uncredited) |
| Margherita Horowitz | ... | Wife of Minister of Defence (uncredited) |
| Gitte Lee | ... | Princess Baldasar (uncredited) |
| Nello Pazzafini | ... | Manzini's Bodyguard (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Peter Zinner | |||
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| Robert Katz | (screenplay) | |
| Rod Serling | (adaptation) | |
| Morris L. West | (novel) | |
Produced by | |||
| Erwin C. Dietrich | .... | producer | |
| William R. Forman | .... | executive producer | |
| Paul Maslansky | .... | producer | |
| Renzo Rossellini | .... | co-producer | |
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| Jerry Goldsmith | |||
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| Marcello Gatti | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Claudio M. Cutry | (as Claudio Cutry) | ||
| Katina Zinner | (co-editor) | ||
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| Giantito Burchiellaro | |||
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| Fabrizio Caracciolo | |||
Production Management | |||
| Joe Pollini | .... | production manager (as Guiseppe Pollini) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Tony Brandt | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Fernando Valento | .... | construction manager | |
Sound Department | |||
| Tonino Testa | .... | sound | |
Stunts | |||
| Angelo Ragusa | .... | stunts | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Stefano Marino | .... | electrician | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Patrizia Ceresani | .... | assistant editor | |
Other crew | |||
| Wayne Fitzgerald | .... | title designer | |
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- Charter Entertainment (1986) (USA) (VHS)
- ITC Films (1983) (USA)
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The ingredients are here for a passable political-thriller but the approach used to tell the story is numbingly routine. Investigator Franco Nero pursues his case simply through a series of interviews, thus allowing the movie to present its roster of marquee-names -- Christopher Lee, Eli Wallach, Claudia Cardinale, etc. -- in a succession of talky, static scenes that lack interest and vitality. (Though these interviews provide an opportunity to show off a series of impressively furnished and decorated rooms.) And then, when it comes time for Nero to present his solution to the case, he does so by showing to a group of people a movie which simply re-caps information gleaned from his interviews!
Attempts to liven up the proceedings with spurts of action merely serve to emphasize the overall dullness of the movie. For example, when Nero falls into the clutches of a villain known as "the Surgeon" who is determined to torture information from him, we only see Nero -- stripped to a jockstrap and strapped to a chair -- being given an injection with a hypodermic needle. Surely this is one of the most boring forms of torture ever shown on the screen.