The Salamander

5.5

103 minutes

4/25/1981

Overview

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 List

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)