The Sicilian Checkmate
The Sicilian Checkmate is a 1972 Italian crime-drama film directed by Florestano Vancini.
Plot
The construction of a dam in Sicily triggers unspeakable interests and appetites that find immediate repercussions in a feud between two mafia gangs who support two different power groups, one headed by the manufacturer Barresi, who aspires to secure the contract for the works, the other to the engineer Crupi, a wealthy landowner, who would lose his citrus groves following the completion of the project. After a long series of crimes of which not only some members of the rival gangs are the victims, but also many innocent ones, we arrive at the trial that sees the accused representatives of major and minor prominent members of the two mafia organizations. Of the only two defendants determined to confess, one commits suicide in prison, the other is passed off as insane. Thus, only two minor figures pay for all the others, who instead are acquitted.
Cast
- Aldo Giuffrè
- Alessandro Perrella
- Benito Pacifico
- Ciccio Ingrassia
- Elio Zamuto
- Enrico Maria Salerno
- Ferruccio De Ceresa
- Franco Balducci
- Gastone Moschin
- Georges Wilson
- Gianni Pulone
- Guido Celano
- Guido Leontini
- Jeannie Elias
- Julien Guiomar
- Liana Trouche
- Mariangela Melato
- Mario Adorf
- Michele Abruzzo
- Michele Gammino
- Riccardo Cucciolla
- Silvia Dionisio
- Turi Ferro
More details
| author | Fabio Pittorru Florestano Vancini Massimo Felisatti |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Sicily |
| director | Florestano Vancini |
| genre | crime drama |
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| musicBy | Ennio Morricone |
| producer | Dino De Laurentiis |