Crime Drama
Young Franco is imprisoned for murder and rises to become the feared and powerful 'Professor', taking control of Naples' underworld from behind bars.
Directed by
Giuseppe Tornatore
Ben Gazzara
'O Professore di Vesuviano
Eurilla del Bono
PM
Marino Masé
Roberto Sapienza
Rossana Canghiari
Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Leo Gullotta
Police Commissioner Iervolino
Laura del Sol
Rosaria
Maria Carta
Madre
Franco Interlenghi
Don Saverio
Nicola Di Pinto
Alfredo Canale
Anita Zagaria
Anna Schifato
Piero Vida
Mimmo Mesillo
Franco Marino
Tony Cuomo
Ennio Antonelli
Inmate (uncredited)
Biagio Pelligra
'O Professore's Father
Angelo Ragusa
Policeman Hit by Canale's Car (uncredited)
Lino Troisi
Don Antonio 'O Malacarne
Giuseppe Marrocco
Waiter (uncredited)
Luciano Zanussi
Secret Service Man (uncredited)
Vezio Natili
Judge - 1st Trial (uncredited)
Riccardo Parisio Perrotti
Judge - 2nd Trial
Dolores Calò
Carmela (uncredited)
Peppe Lanzetta
'O Professore Clan Member
Alba Maiolini
Mrs. La Sciarra (uncredited)
Mario Ingrassia
Assistant Defense Lawyer (uncredited)
Stefano Sabelli
Schifato
Dante Fioretti
Senator D'Amore
Calogero Azzaretto
Sicilian Inmate (uncredited)
Beppe Chierici
Prison Warden - 1st Prison
Antonio Ferrante
Verzella Clan Boss #1
Luciano Bartoli
Ciro Perrella
Giacomo Piperno
Police Chief
Gilla Novak
Pelle di Pesca
Marzio Honorato
Salvatore Lo Russo
Alberigo Donadeo
Sicilian Inmate (uncredited)
Marcello Romolo
Goffredo La Sciarra
Mario Frera
Nunziata
Mario Donatone
Judge - 1st Trial
Giorgio Iovine
Earthquake Victim (uncredited)
Armando Tortorici
Sicilian Inmate (uncredited)
Tullio Valli
On. Malventi
Domenico Gennaro
Domenico Spina
Giovanni Febraro
Domenico La Sciarra
Vittorio Ripamonti
Judge - 1st Trial (uncredited)
Maria Antonia Capotorto
Verzella Clan Member
Marcello Magnelli
Verzella Clan Enforcer (uncredited)
Francesco Tiano
Singing Inmate
Lanfranco Spinola
Secret Service Man (uncredited)
Orlando Forioso
Salvatore
Michela Criscuolo
Protester with Megaphone
Sergio Boccalatte
Gennaro Di Domenico
Franco Laitano
Secret Service Man (uncredited)
Terenzio Cordova
Secret Service Man
Angelo Casadei
Inmate (uncredited)
Cloris Brosca
Cettina
Roberto Corcione
D'Assunta's Kidnapper
Egidio Termine
Iervolino's Partner
Marcello Meconizzi
Prison Guard - 2nd Prison (uncredited)
Ettore Martini
Policeman (uncredited)
Raffaele Giangrande
Landlord
Aldo Riva
'O Professore Clan Member
Elio Polimeno
Gaetano Zarra
Giuseppe Lo Presti
Joe Gandino
Antonella Morea
Peasant
Sergio Silveri
Prison Janitor (uncredited)
Rosario Coniglione
Revolutionary Inmate
Franco Ricci
Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Nello Riviè
Prison Guard - 1st Prison (uncredited)
Pietro Montandon
Revolutionary Inmate
Maria Gradi
Schifato's Mother (uncredited)
Eros Buttaglieri
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Maurizio Piacenti
Interviewed Politician (uncredited)
Daniela Guzzi
Rita
Jean-Pierre Duriez
Frank Titas
Severino Saltarelli
Prison Warden - 2nd Prison
Marcello Bari
Aldo Castaldo
Helga Dentale
Young Rosaria
Raffaele Fortunato
Graziante
Salvatore Puccinelli
Totò (uncredited)
Vittorio Parziali
Judge - 2nd Trial (uncredited)
Giovanna Chemeri
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Federico Neri
Anchorman (voice) (uncredited)
Giuseppe Curia
Rita's Rapist (uncredited)
Erminio Bianchi Fasani
Party Guest (uncredited)
Antonio Palombi

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