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The Day of the Owl (Italian: Il giorno della civetta, released in the United States as Mafia) is a 1968 Italian–French crime drama film directed by Damiano Damiani, based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Leonardo Sciascia, adapted for the screen by Damiani and Ugo Pirro.
THE DAY OF THE OWL (Damiano Damiani, 1968) *** Being the first of a series of expose' films directed by Damiano Damiani and starring Franco Nero, this was more sober than the rest - with few of the typical "Euro-Crime" trappings - even receiving some accolades when it emerged; it's really a police procedural, with the only action sequence ...
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Damiano Damiani
- 1970
The Day of the Owl (Italian: Il giorno della civetta [il ˈdʒorno della tʃiˈvetta]) is a crime novel about the Sicilian Mafia by Leonardo Sciascia, finished in 1960 and published in 1961.
- Leonardo Sciascia, Archibald Colquhoun, Arthur Oliver, George Scialabba
- 1961
A construction truck driver is murdered close to the home of ‘Rosa’. Police captain ‘Bellodi’ investigates, unravelling a web of corruption and silence leading to mafia don ‘Mariano’. A slick, playful, exciting, twisting, compelling, (poliziotteschi-leaning) cat-and-mouse crime drama from Damiano Damiani.
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- Damiano Damiani
A Sicilian crime kingpin uses his considerable influence to stifle an Italian police captain's murder investigation.
- Douglas Davidson
- PG
- Damiano Damiani
Novel. Ugo Pirro. Screenplay. Set in Sicily, this violent crime drama tells the tale of an Italian cop who heads to a small island town to look into the death of a construction supplier. Once there he is shocked by the influence the Mafia has over the people and even himself.
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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).
