Mafia

From The Grindhouse Cinema Database

Main Details

  • Released on February 17, 1968 (Italy)
  • Color
  • Production Companies: Corona Cinematografica | Euro International Film | Les Films Corona | Panda Societa per L'Industria Cinematografica
  • Distributed by American International Pictures
  • Directed by Damiano Damiani
  • Written by Damiano Damiani, Ugo Pirro, Leonardo Sciascia (Novel)
  • Starring Claudia Cardinale, Franco Nero, Lee J. Cobb
  • Produced by Luigi Carpentieri, Ermanno Donati
  • Original Music by Giovanni Fusco
  • Cinematography by Tonino Delli Colli
  • Film Editing by Nino Baragli
  • Production Design by Sergio Canevari
  • Costume Design by Marilù Carteny

Plot Summary

  • Following a murder in a small Sicilian town, the new chief of the Carabinieri must fight corrupt officials, the frightened silence of witnesses and the local Mafia boss in order to solve the case.

Also Known As

  • Der Tag der Eule (Germany)
  • Don Marino weiß von nichts (Germany)
  • Dzien puszczyka (Poland)
  • El Día de la lechuza (Argentina/Spain)
  • Kao sova danju (Croatia)
  • La Mafia fait la loi (France)
  • Mafia (Greece) (USA)
  • Mint a bagoly nappal (Hungary)
  • The Day of the Owl

Tagline

  • MAFIA MEANS MURDER!...and Extortion and Terror and Violence and other profitable enterprises!
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