Movie · 1981
The Salamander
“The world's most expensive calling card. It will cost you your life.”
Released 25 April 1981 103 min Thriller / Mystery More from 1981 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a salamander. The policeman begins to suspect these murders are linked to a plot to seize control of the government.
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How old were they?
John Stacy
as Concierge
Andrea Esterhazy
as Minister of Defense
Anthony Quinn
as Bruno Manzini
Eli Wallach
as General Leporello
Martin Balsam
as Captain Steffanelli
Tom Felleghy
as Man at Funeral (uncredited)
Christopher Lee
as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
Fortunato Arena
as General Pantaleone
Jacques Herlin
as Woodpecker
Renzo Palmer
as Carabinieri Major Giorgione
Nello Pazzafini
as Manzini's Bodyguard (uncredited)
Claudia Cardinale
as Elena Leporello
Anita Strindberg
as Princess Faubiani
Paul L. Smith
as The Surgeon
Marino Masé
as Captain Rigoli
Cleavon Little
as Major Carl Malinowski, USMC
John Steiner
as Captain Roditi
Franco Nero
as Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
Sybil Danning
as Lili Anders
Larry Dolgin
as Captain Roditi (voice) (uncredited)
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The numbers
39years between the oldest and youngest billed
67John Stacy — oldest on the call sheet
28Sybil Danning — youngest billed
51average age of the credited cast