Directed by:
Sergio SollimaCinematography:
Aldo ScavardaComposer:
Ennio MorriconeCast:
Oliver Reed, Fabio Testi, Paola Pitagora, Agostina Belli, Daniel Beretta, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Sal Borgese, Peter Berling, Calisto Calisti, Marco Mariani (more)Plots(1)
Violent criminals kidnap the wife of a tough prison warden (Oliver Reed) and demand the release of an inmate (Fabio Testi). When the warden takes a hostage of his own, the plot thickens into a tale of corruption, conspiracy, and murder! (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Oliver Reed](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267630_78adbe.jpg)
Oliver Reed
UK
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
The Trap (1966)
![Fabio Testi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/221/166221741_b0e57e.jpg)
Fabio Testi
Italy
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Big Racket (1976)
Piazza di Spagna (1993) (series)
![Paola Pitagora](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/002/162002570_d8f8de.jpg)
Paola Pitagora
Italy
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Cleopatra (1963)
Fist in His Pocket (1965)
![Agostina Belli](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/801/163801575_3c1aeb.png)
Agostina Belli
Italy
Best movies:
Scent of a Woman (1974)
Blood in the Streets (1973)
The Violent Four (1968)
Daniel Beretta
Best movies:
Blood in the Streets (1973)
Time Regained (1999)
Let Sleeping Cops Lie (1988)
![Reinhard Kolldehoff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/412/412564_84abfd.jpg)
Reinhard Kolldehoff
German Empire
Best movies:
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
The Damned (1969)
The Violent People (1970)
![Sal Borgese](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271210_900eef.jpg)
Sal Borgese
Italy
Best movies:
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
Man of the East (1972)
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
![Peter Berling](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/336/158336070_72757c.jpg)
Peter Berling
German Empire
Best movies:
Satantango (1994)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
![Calisto Calisti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/966/157966830_a2499c.jpg)
Calisto Calisti
Italy
Best movies:
Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)
Blood in the Streets (1973)
The Big Gundown (1967)
![Marco Mariani](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058447_ae65be.jpg)
Marco Mariani
Best movies:
Blood in the Streets (1973)
Caliber 9 (1972)
Wake Up and Die (1966)
![Bernard Giraudeau](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271600_57052f.jpg)
Bernard Giraudeau
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
The Specialists (1985)
Blood in the Streets (1973)
![Bernd Stephan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/098/162098852_3e4bb7.jpg)
Bernd Stephan
German Empire
Best movies:
Blood in the Streets (1973)
Carnapping (1980)
Barbara Wood: Das Haus der Harmonie (2005) (TV movie)
![Marc Mazza](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/126/158126057_9e44f5.jpg)
Marc Mazza
France
Best movies:
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
And Now My Love (1974)
Blood in the Streets (1973)
![Carla Mancini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634528_01ed72.jpg)
Carla Mancini
Best movies:
Viva Italia! (1977)
Seven Beauties (1975)
Scent of a Woman (1974)
![Michel Bardinet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/088/160088541_653dd3.jpg)
Michel Bardinet
France
Best movies:
Mado (1976)
Three Murderesses (1959)
Blood in the Streets (1973)
![Frédéric de Pasquale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/245/160245415_55d3e4.jpg)
Frédéric de Pasquale
France
Best movies:
Happy New Year (1973)
The French Connection (1971)
Children of Mata Hari (1970)
Jean Degrave
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
Back to the Wall (1958)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
![Alexander Stephan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/986/161986629_52fa4e.jpg)
Alexander Stephan
Germany
Best movies:
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
Blood in the Streets (1973)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
Amato Garbini
Best movies:
A Fistful of Dynamite (1971)
Blood in the Streets (1973)
Dante Trazzi
Best movies:
Blood in the Streets (1973)
Wake Up and Die (1966)
Secrets of a Call Girl (1973)