Main Cast: Renato Salvatori, Claudia Cardinale, Annibale Ninchi, Rossella Falk
Release Year: 1960
Country: IT
Run Time: 100 minutes
Plot
This standard action-chase film stars Renato Salvatore as Antonio, a man on the run from the Mafia, and the soon-to-be-famous Claudia Cardinale as Grazia, a woman who joins Antonio in his escape attempt. Antonio lives in Sicily and receives orders from the Mafia on the island to assassinate a man. Since Antonio has never done anything like this before and is more an ordinary bloke than a killer, his nerve snaps as his morals take over and he cannot do the foul deed. Never an organization to accept this type of behavior, the Mafia starts to chase down Antonio with mayhem in mind and he takes off. While on the run, he picks up Grazia and the two of them continue to try to elude their murderous pursuers. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Young Sicilian worker, Antonio Spagara, has been assigned by the Mafia to murder a nobleman, Marquis Macri. But at the last minute Antonio pulls out and instead of killing the father, he flees to Palermo with Grazia, his daughter. Life ther ein the city is difficult, as the young man must confront his father and his despotic sister Dorotea. The Mafia also is not going to tolerate Antonio's desertion.
