Directed by:
Damiano DamianiScreenplay:
Ugo PirroCinematography:
Tonino Delli ColliComposer:
Giovanni FuscoCast:
Claudia Cardinale, Franco Nero, Lee J. Cobb, Tano Cimarosa, Nehemiah Persoff, Serge Reggiani, Vincenzo Falanga, Vincenzo Norvese, Ennio Balbo (more)Plots(1)
The Day of the Owl stars Franco Nero as a police chief who, while investigating the death of a construction worker, goes up against corrupt officials and a ruthless mafia boss (Lee J. Cobb). Adapted from the celebrated novel by Leonardo Sciascia, 'The Day of the Owl' was the first book to openly deal with organized crime in Sicily. Director Damiano Damiani followed in the civic-minded cinema of Francesco Rosi and Elio Petri while forging a new path for the action-orientated cinema of the poliziottesco that would follow, creating something uniquely his own. (Radiance Films)
(more)Cast
![Claudia Cardinale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268966_68e050.jpg)
Claudia Cardinale
Tunisia
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
History (1986) (TV movie)
![Franco Nero](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/618/164618380_badc95.jpg)
Franco Nero
Italy
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971)
![Lee J. Cobb](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270773_c094c8.jpg)
Lee J. Cobb
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
On the Waterfront (1954)
![Tano Cimarosa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011927_a1dbf6.jpg)
Tano Cimarosa
Italy
Best movies:
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
A Pure Formality (1994)
The Most Beautiful Wife (1970)
![Nehemiah Persoff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273545_ba9fec.jpg)
Nehemiah Persoff
Israel
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
![Serge Reggiani](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/726/163726216_bbed5b.png)
Serge Reggiani
Italy
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Marie-October (1959)
The Last Adventure (1967)
![Vincenzo Falanga](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/473/473508_49a97b.jpg)
Vincenzo Falanga
Best movies:
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Death Dealers (1976)
The Day of the Owl (1968)
![Vincenzo Norvese](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/111/656/111656173_7f709f.jpg)
Vincenzo Norvese
Best movies:
Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)
A Fistful of Dynamite (1971)
The Day of the Owl (1968)
Ennio Balbo
Italy
Best movies:
The Man with the Balloons (1965)
The Day of the Owl (1968)
Day of Anger (1967)
Laura De Marchi
Italy
Best movies:
Nostalgia (1983)
I Am Afraid (1977)
Kaos (1984)
Brizio Montinaro
Italy
Best movies:
The Day of the Owl (1968)
Next! (1971)
The Anonymous Venetian (1970)
Ugo D'Alessio
Italy
Best movies:
Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa (1970)
Everybody Go Home (1960)
The Day of the Owl (1968)
Lino Coletta
Italy
Best movies:
Avanti! (1972)
Una questione d'onore (1966)
The Great Silence (1968)