CAST:
Gian Maria Volonté (Paolo Laurana),
Irene Papas (Luisa Roscio),
Gabriele Ferzetti (Rosello),
Salvo Randone (profesor Roscio)

SCRIPT:
Jean Curtelin,
Elio Petri,
Ugo Pirro (prema istoimenom romanu Leonarda Sciascia)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Luigi Kuvellier

Synopsis:
This is one of the first films to have dealt with the topic of the Italian mafia, based on the novel by Leonardo Sciascio. After the murder of two men in a small Sicilian town, Professor Paolo Laurana takes on the task of finding the murderers. Laurana is a lonely man without a family and has nothing to lose. As his investigation advances, we find that the corruption of the mafia reaches all the way to the Catholic church.

color, 99 minuta