The Salamander (1981 film)
1981 thriller film directed by Peter Zinner
- 25 April 1981 (1981-04-25) (UK)
- 23 May 1983 (1983-05-23) (U.S.)
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The Salamander is a 1981 thriller film directed by Peter Zinner in his directorial debut.[2] The film is based on a 1973 novel with the same name by Morris West.[3]
Plot
Policeman Dante Matucci investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a salamander. As the body count grows he sees a pattern that might point to a neo-fascist conspiracy to take over the Italian government.
Cast
- Franco Nero as Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
- Anthony Quinn as Bruno Manzini
- Martin Balsam as Captain Steffanelli
- 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
- Claudia Cardinale as Elena Leporello
- 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
- Gitte Lee as Princess Baldasar
- Nello Pazzafini as Manzini's Bodyguard
References
- ^ "The-Salamander - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards". The New York Times. 2015-09-26. Archived from the original on 2015-09-26. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Bart Mills (November 2, 1980). "AN EDITOR GETS A SHOT AT DIRECTING". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Vincent Canby (June 5, 1983). "Movie Review 'THE SALAMANDER'". New York Times. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
External links
- The Salamander at IMDb
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Works by Morris West
- Gallows on the Sand (1956)
- Kundu (1956)
- The Big Story (1957)
- The Second Victory (1958)
- The Devil's Advocate (1959)
- Daughter of Silence (1961)
- The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963)
- The Ambassador (1965)
- The Tower of Babel (1968)
- Summer of the Red Wolf (1971)
- The Salamander (1973)
- Harlequin (1974)
- The Navigator (1976)
- Proteus (1979)
- The Clowns of God (1981)
- The World Is Made of Glass (1983)
- Cassidy (1986)
- Masterclass (1988)
- Lazarus (1990)
- The Ringmaster (1991)
- The Lovers (1993)
- Vanishing Point (1996)
- Eminence (1996)
- The Last Confession (2000)
- Moon in My Pocket (1945)
- McCreary Moves In (1958)
- The Naked Country (1960)
- Children of the Sun (1957)
- McCreary Moves In (1957) (TV)
- Children of the Sun (1961) (TV)
- The Crooked Road (1965)
- The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
- The Devil's Advocate (1977)
- The Salamander (1981)
- The Naked Country (1985)
- The Second Victory (1987)
- The Curtain Rises (1946)
- The Mask of Marius Melville (1946)
- Burtons of Banner Street (1947)
- On the Danube (1948)
- Dick Barton - Secret Agent
- Experiment with Time
- Trumpets in the Dawn (1949)
- Paradise of Cheats (1949)
- The Prince of Peace (1950)
- The Apostle of Peace (1951)
- The Affairs of Harlequin (1951)
- White Marriage (1951)
- The Enchanted Island (1952)
- The Dreaming City (1952)
- Secret Mountain (1953)
- Mystery of Henriette (1953)
- Man of Two Tribes (1953)
- Special Assignment (1953)
- Fire of Etna (1953)
- The Golden Road (1954)
- The Dambusters (1954)
- The Great Escape (1954)
- There is a Santa Claus (1954)
- Reach for the Sky (1955)
- Genesis in Juddsville (1955)
- The Illusionists (1955)
- The White Tower (1955)
- The White Rabbit (1955)
- Gallows on the Sand (1956)
- The Big Story (1958)
- The Illusionists (1955)
- The Devil's Advocate (1961)
- Daughter of Silence (1962)
- The Heretic (1970)
- The World Is Made of Glass (1984)
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