The Salamander (1981 film)

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==