The Salamander

The Salamander (1981)

The world's most expensive calling card. It will cost you your life.

  • Genre: Thriller, Mystery
  • Release Date: 1981-04-25
  • User Rating: 5.6/10 from 21 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 43min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Opera Film Produzione
  • Production Country: Italy, United Kingdom
  • Director: Peter Zinner
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Summary

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.

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  • Franco Nero

    as Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci

  • Anthony Quinn

    as Bruno Manzini

  • Martin Balsam

    as Captain Steffanelli

  • Claudia Cardinale

    as Elena Leporello

  • Sybil Danning

    as Lili Anders

  • Christopher Lee

    as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence

  • Cleavon Little

    as Major Carl Malinowski, USMC

  • Paul L. Smith

    as The Surgeon

  • John Steiner

    as Captain Roditi

  • Eli Wallach

    as General Leporello

  • Renzo Palmer

    as Carabinieri Major Giorgione

  • Anita Strindberg

    as Princess Faubiani

  • Marino Masé

    as Captain Rigoli

  • Jacques Herlin

    as Woodpecker

  • Fortunato Arena

    as General Pantaleone

  • John Stacy

    as Concierge

  • Andrea Esterhazy

    as Minister of Defense

  • Larry Dolgin

    as Captain Roditi (voice) (uncredited)

  • Tony Brandt

    as Gianni Bandanelli, Pantaleone's Lawyer (uncredited)

  • Omero Capanna

    as Hitman (uncredited)

  • Attilio Dottesio

    as Party Guest of Manzini's (uncredited)

  • Tom Felleghy

    as Man at Funeral (uncredited)

  • Alfonso Giganti

    as Man at Funeral (uncredited)

  • Margherita Horowitz

    as Wife of Minister of Defense (uncredited)

  • Gitte Lee

    as Princess Baldasar (uncredited)

  • Nello Pazzafini

    as Manzini's Bodyguard (uncredited)

  • Amedeo Salamon

    as Banquet Guest (uncredited)

  • Frank Nuyen

    as Man at Pantaleone's funeral (uncredited)
Directing Peter Zinner Director
Production William R. Forman Executive Producer
Editing Claudio M. Cutry Editor
Writing Rod Serling Adaptation
Production Erwin C. Dietrich Producer
Editing Katina Zinner Editor
Writing Robert Katz Writer
Production Paul Maslansky Producer
Writing Morris L. West Novel
Camera Marcello Gatti Director of Photography
Production Renzo Rossellini Co-Producer
Sound Jerry Goldsmith Original Music Composer
Writing Robert Katz Screenplay
Art Giantito Burchiellaro Art Direction
Art Wayne Fitzgerald Title Designer
Production Joe Pollini Production Manager
Crew Angelo Ragusa Stunts
Directing Tony Brandt Assistant Director
Sound Tonino Testa Sound
Costume & Make-Up Fabrizio Caracciolo Costume Design
Lighting Stefano Marino Electrician
Art Fernando Valento Construction Manager
Editing Patrizia Ceresani Assistant Editor

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