An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a salamander. The policeman begins to suspect these murders are linked to a plot to seize control of the government.
Cast
Franco Nero
Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
Anthony Quinn
Bruno Manzini
Martin Balsam
Captain Steffanelli
Claudia Cardinale
Elena Leporello
Sybil Danning
Lili Anders
Christopher Lee
Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
Cleavon Little
Major Carl Malinowski, USMC
Paul L. Smith
The Surgeon
John Steiner
Captain Roditi
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 Defense
Larry Dolgin
Captain Roditi (voice) (uncredited)
Tony Brandt
Gianni Bandanelli, Pantaleone's Lawyer (uncredited)
Omero Capanna
Hitman (uncredited)
Attilio Dottesio
Party Guest of Manzini's (uncredited)
Tom Felleghy
Man at Funeral (uncredited)
Alfonso Giganti
Man at Funeral (uncredited)
Margherita Horowitz
Wife of Minister of Defense (uncredited)
Gitte Lee
Princess Baldasar (uncredited)
Nello Pazzafini
Manzini's Bodyguard (uncredited)
Amedeo Salamon
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Frank Nuyen
Man at Pantaleone's funeral (uncredited)
Crew
Peter Zinner
Director
Robert Katz
Writer, Screenplay
Rod Serling
Adaptation
Morris L. West
Novel
Katina Zinner
Editor
Claudio M. Cutry
Editor
Patrizia Ceresani
Assistant Editor
Marcello Gatti
Director of Photography
Tony Brandt
Assistant Director
William R. Forman
Executive Producer
Paul Maslansky
Producer
Erwin C. Dietrich
Producer
Lew Grade
Producer
Renzo Rossellini
Co-Producer
Fabrizio Caracciolo
Costume Design
Tonino Testa
Sound
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Fernando Valento
Construction Manager
Stefano Marino
Electrician
Angelo Ragusa
Stunts
Joe Pollini
Production Manager
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Giantito Burchiellaro
Art Direction
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