Il cinico, l'infame, il violento (1977)

[Cinema Italiano]

• Credited cast
• Uncredited cast
• Unidentified cast

Director

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Umberto Lenzi

Storyline

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Former commissioner Leonardo Tanzi, accuser and witness at the trial against Luigi Maietto known as "Il Cinese", learns of the latter's escape from prison. Coming home after his current job as a proofreader, he meets two Maietto men who try to kill him but in reality only wound him. Actually pretending to be dead, he sets out on the hunt for "Il cinese", who in the meantime forms a criminal alliance with crime boss Frank Di Maggio. Following the trail of a robbery, Tanzi discovers a money traffic between Switzerland and Rome and manages to get to Nicola Proietti, one of the Di Maggio's men. Luigi Maietto discovers that Tanzi is still alive and tries to eliminate him. The bloody events will end with the death of Frank Di Maggio and Luigi Maietto.

[Cinema Italiano]

Credited cast

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Maurizio Merli
as Inspector Leonardo Tanzi

John Saxon
as Frank Di Maggio

Renzo Palmer
as Commissioner Guido Astalli

Gabriella Lepori
as Nadia

Claudio Undari
(credited as "Robert Hundar")
as Dario

Bruno Corazzari
as Ettore

Marco Guglielmi
as Lawyer Marchetti

Gabriella Giorgelli
as Maria Proietti, sister of Nicola

Guido Alberti
as Antique dealer, Tanzi's uncle

Aldo Massasso
as Judge Lojacono

Brigitte Petronio
(credited as "Brigida Petronio")
as Model at Fazi Photo Studio

Gianni Musy
as Nicola Proietti

Gianfilippo Carcano
as Il Professore, friend of Tanzi

Tomas Milian
as Luigi Maietto "Er Cinese"

Dante Cleri
as Frank Di Maggio's accountant

Riccardo Garrone
as Natali

Claudio Nicastro
as Fazi

Massimo Bonetti
as Cappuccino

Piero Tiberi
as Cappuccino's friend

Franco Odoardi
as Brigadier Esposito

Salvatore Billa
as Salvatore, Frank Di Maggio's henchman

Rosario Borelli
as Tony, Frank Di Maggio's henchman

Tommaso Palladino
as Frank Di Maggio's henchman

Benito Pacifico
as Er cinese's henchman

Franco Marino
as Gigi

Fulvio Mingozzi
as Pisani, Commissioner Astalli's assistant

Ermelinda De Felice
as Pensione Gabriella's owner

Fortunato Arena
as Inmate trying to kill Frank Di Maggio

[Cinema Italiano]

Uncredited cast

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Annibale Papetti
as Worker at the publishing house

Raniero Dorascenzi
as Cafe owner

Segio Testori
as Inmate trying to kill Frank Di Maggio

Ennio Antonelli
as Prison barber

Francesco Anniballi
as Nino, "Er ranocchia" tavern's owner

Rinaldo Zamperla
as Prison guard

Domenico Cianfriglia
as Prison guard saving Frank Di Maggio

Sergio Smacchi
as Fazi's henchman

Claudio Ruffini
as Fazi's henchman

Renzo Pevarello
as Fazi's henchman

Riccardo Petrazzi
as Frank Di Maggio's henchman

Sisto Brunetti
as Man who is asked for information on Tanzi

Nestore Cavaricci
as Policeman

Joris Muzio
as Policeman

Enrico Chiappafreddo
as Taxi driver

Gianni Bortolotti
as Notary tied to the bed

Giovanni Ukmar
as Cappuccino's friend

Giovanna Sanfilippo
as Passenger on the subway

Milla Johansson
as Frank Di Maggio's woman

Antonio Basile
as Man hit by Di Maggio with golf balls

Alba Maiolini
as Passer-by present at the murder of Tanzi's uncle

Adriana Bruno
as Passer-by present at the murder of Tanzi's uncle

Tall bald man
as Worker at the publishing house

[Cinema Italiano]

Unidentified cast

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Journalist

Plainclothes policeman

Cappuccino's friend

Doorkeeper

Customer in the nightclub

Model at Fazi Photo Studio

Nun

Customs officer

Taxi driver

Man who is asked for information on Tanzi

Customer in the nightclub

Frank Di Maggio's henchman

Plainclothes policeman

Pensione Gabriella's customers

Passengers on the subway

Robber

Restaurant diner

Passer-by present at the murder of Tanzi's uncle

Notary's woman

Policeman

Policeman

Mugged girl

Passengers on the subway

Customs officer

Er Cinese's driver

Policemen

Journalists

Ballistics cop