The Salamander (1981 film)
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Director Peter Zinner Duration Initial DVD release June 29, 2004 (USA) Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Thriller Running time 1h 43m Music director Jerry Goldsmith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Release date April 25, 1981 (1981-04-25) (UK)May 23, 1983 (1983-05-23) (U.S.) Writer Robert Katz (screenplay), Rod Serling (adaptation), Morris L. West (novel) Initial release April 25, 1981 (United Kingdom) 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) Similar movies Franco Nero and Martin Balsam appear in The Salamander and Confessions of a Police Captain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The salamander 1981
The Salamander (also known as Morris West's The Salamander) is a 1981 thriller film directed by Peter Zinner, at his directorial debut. The film is based on a novel with the same name by Morris West.
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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 conspiracy to take over the Italian government.
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