The Salamander (1981 film)

The Salamander is a 1981 thriller film directed by Peter Zinner in his directorial debut. The film is based on a 1973 novel with the same name by Morris West.

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 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