The Salamander
DirectorPeter Zinner
“The world's most expensive calling card. It will cost you your life.”
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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Cast
Franco Nero
Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
Anthony Quinn
Bruno Manzini
Martin Balsam
Captain Steffanelli
Claudia Cardinale
Elena Leporello
Sybil Danning
Lili Anders
Christopher Lee
Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
Cleavon Little
Major Carl Malinowski, USMC
Paul L. Smith
The Surgeon
John Steiner
Captain Roditi
Eli Wallach
General Leporello
Renzo Palmer
Carabinieri Major Giorgione
Anita Strindberg
Princess Faubiani
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