One of the first films about the mafia occurrence, in which the fight is hopeless, because "the polyp's feeler" reaches everything and everybody. A police inspector and a deputy public ...
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| Franco Nero | ... | Deputy D.A. Traini | |
| Martin Balsam | ... | Commissario Giacomo Bonavia | |
| Marilù Tolo | ... | Serena Li Puma | |
| Claudio Gora | ... | District Attorney Malta | |
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Luciano Catenacci | ... | Ferdinando Lomunno (as Luciano Lorcas) |
| Giancarlo Prete | ... | Giampaolo Rizzo | |
| Arturo Dominici | ... | Lawyer Canistraro | |
| Michele Gammino | ... | Gammino | |
| Adolfo Lastretti | ... | Michele Li Puma | |
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Nello Pazzafini | ... | Prisoner |
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Calisto Calisti | ... | A mafioso, e.g. involved in wall in |
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Wanda Vismara | ... | Traini's maid |
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Adele Modica | ... | Lina Paladino - lover of Bonavia |
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Dante Cleri | ... | Usher |
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Roy Bosier | ... | Giuseppe Lasciatelli |
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One of the first films about the mafia occurrence, in which the fight is hopeless, because "the polyp's feeler" reaches everything and everybody. A police inspector and a deputy public prosecutor try to prove that the architect in the city is in the mafia. Written by Kornel Osvart <kornelo@alphanet.hu>
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poliziottesco | italy | years of lead | police abuse | police corruption |Taglines:
Professional. Unscrupulous. See more »Parents Guide:
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26 March 1971 (Italy) See more »Also Known As:
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Ben Gazzara was approached to play Commmissario Bonavia, but turned said offer down. See more »Crazy Credits
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Damiano Damiani was an excellent, not fully appreciated, movie director. Most of his works share to some extent the same commitment Francesco Rosi's highly regarded movies did. They may be less an artistic achievement for they probably didn't share the same originality in style, but they are equally effective in communicating and shaking the audience with messages of social and ethical nature. This particular one again (after the excellent "L'Istruttoria è chiusa: dimentichi" and before my favorite "Io ho Paura") deals with the impossibility of fighting for Justice: organized criminality and its higher level allied (politicians, ministers, judges, etc.) create an invincible corrupted system. In his movies usually the conclusion is a bitter one, not much is left to hope. This time though, a brave policeman (Martin Balsam) decides to break the rules in order to achieve the goal, while district attorney (Franco Nero) leave us with an open end and some hope... In today's Italian political and social panorama (Berlusconi is the prime minister...), Damiano Damiani would have probably lost also that little faith. Sad times indeed (great movie though!).