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Mafia ()

Il giorno della civetta (original title)
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The new chief of the Carabinieri in a small Sicilian town must fight corrupt officials, the frightened silence of witnesses and the local Mafia boss to solve a murder.

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Rosa Nicolosi
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Capt. Bellodi
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Don Mariano Arena
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Zecchinetta (as Gaetano Cimarosa)
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Pizzuco
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First Mafioso at the Banquet
Ugo D'Alessio ...
Second Mafioso at the Banquet
Fred Coplan ...
Brigadier
Giovanni Pallavicino ...
Police Sergeant
Giuseppe Lauricella ...
La Stella
Vincenzo Falanga ...
Colosimo
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Daughter of Don Mariano
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Son of Marshal
Lino Coletta ...
Young Moustachioed Man with Don Mariano
Vincenzo Norvese ...
The Man with a Motorcycle
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Parrinieddu
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Adalberto Spadoni
Gaetano Di Leo ...
Carabiniere (uncredited)
Rosanna Lopapero ...
Caterina (uncredited)
Giuseppe Namio ...
Pizzuco's Assistant (uncredited)

Directed by

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Damiano Damiani

Written by

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Ugo Pirro ... (writer) and
Damiano Damiani ... (writer)
 
Leonardo Sciascia ... (novel)

Produced by

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Luigi Carpentieri ... producer
Ermanno Donati ... producer

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Giovanni Fusco

Cinematography by

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Tonino Delli Colli

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Nino Baragli

Editorial Department

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Rossana Maiuri ... assistant editor

Production Design by

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Sergio Canevari

Costume Design by

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Marilù Carteny

Makeup Department

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Elvio Dottori ... hair stylist
Orietta Melaranci ... makeup artist (as Oretta Melaranci)
Sandro Melaranci ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Franco Cuccu ... production supervisor
Alfonso Donati ... production manager
Piero Donati ... general manager
Federico Starace ... production secretary
Lucio Trentini ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Gianluigi Calderone ... second assistant director (as Gianluigi Calderoni)
Mino Giarda ... assistant director (as Guglielmo Giarda)

Art Department

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Mario de Berardinis ... poster artist
Carlo Ferri ... assistant production designer

Sound Department

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Alvaro Orsini ... boom operator
Carlo Palmieri ... sound
Italo Cameracanna ... foley artist (uncredited) / sound effects editor (uncredited)
Antonio Catalano ... sound restoration (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Franco Di Giacomo ... camera operator
Augusto Diamanti ... key grip
Roberto Forges Davanzati ... assistant camera
Giuseppe Lanci ... assistant camera
Mario Mazzoni ... still photographer
Alberto Ridolfi ... chief electrician

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Rosa Calabria ... seamstress

Music Department

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Bruno Nicolai ... conductor

Script and Continuity Department

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Gianni Siragusa ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Adalberto Spadoni ... cashier
Carlo Alighiero ... voice dubbing: Fred Coplan (uncredited)
Ignazio Balsamo ... voice dubbing: Giovanni Pallavicino (uncredited)
Arturo Dominici ... voice dubbing: Nehemiah Persoff (uncredited)
Corrado Gaipa ... voice dubbing: Lee J. Cobb (uncredited)
Sergio Graziani ... voice dubbing: Franco Nero (uncredited)
Oreste Lionello ... voice dubbing: Serge Reggiani (uncredited)
Rita Savagnone ... voice dubbing: Claudia Cardinale (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Rosa Nicolosi is not the widow of Salvatore Colasberna, the man murdered in the beginning of the movie, but she is in fact the wife of Paolo Nicolosi, the only eyewitness of the murder. Paolo goes missing the same morning as the murder occurs. Written by Ave Tikkanen

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Taglines WHAT ARE 'FRIENDS' FOR...? Why, for MURDER, TERROR, EXTORTION, VIOLENCE and other profitable enterprises! See more »
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Also Known As
  • La maffia fait la loi (France)
  • Challenge (Hong Kong, English title)
  • Mafia (United States)
  • Mafia (World-wide, English title)
  • Mafia (Canada, English title)
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  • 108 min
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Trivia The role of Rosa Nicolosi was considerably expanded from her novel counterpart to give more prominence to star Claudia Cardinale. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Lo schermo a tre punte (1995). See more »
Quotes Police Sergeant: Here's La Stella's construction company. La Stella is that fat slob who drinks a lot.
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