''Excellent Cadavers'' ( it, I giudici) is a 1999 television film directed by

Ricky Tognazzi Ricky Tognazzi (born Riccardo Tognazzi; ; 1 May 1955) is an Italian actor and film director. He has appeared in 50 films and television shows since 1963. His film '' The Escort'' was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. In 1991, he won t ...

. The film is based on the book with the same name by Alexander Stille and tells the real life events of judge Giovanni Falcone. It was filmed in

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and

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. The TV movie was broadcast by

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October 16, 1999.

Plot

Cast

Chazz Palminteri Calogero Lorenzo "Chazz" Palminteri (born May 15, 1952)
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as Giovanni Falcone *

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as Tommaso Buscetta * Tony Sperandeo as

Stefano Bontate Stefano Bontade (23 April 1939 – 23 April 1981) was a powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia. His actual surname was Bontate. He was the boss of the Santa Maria di Gesù Family in Palermo. He was also known as the ''Principe di Villagrazia'' (Pr ...

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Francesca Morvillo Francesca Laura Morvillo (; 14 December 1945 – 23 May 1992) was an Italian magistrate, wife of Giovanni Falcone and victim of the Sicilian Mafia. On May 23, 1992, she and her husband were killed in a Capaci bombing. Biography Born in Paler ...

* Andy Luotto as Paolo Borsellino * Lina Sastri as Agnese Borsellino * Arnoldo Foà as Judge Antonino Caponnetto * Ivo Garrani as Judge

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Gianmarco Tognazzi Gianmarco Tognazzi (born 11 October 1967) is an Italian actor. Life and career Born on 11 October 1967 in Rome, the son of actors Ugo Tognazzi and Franca Bettoia,Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . ...

as Antonino Cassarà *

Pierfrancesco Favino Pierfrancesco Favino (; August 24, 1969) is an Italian actor, voice actor and producer. He has appeared in more than fifty European and American movies and television series since the early 1990s, including '' The Prince of Homburg'' (1997), '' T ...

as Mario Fabbri *

Mattia Sbragia Mattia Sbragia (born 17 April 1952) is an Italian character actor. Biography The son of the actor and stage director Giancarlo, Sbragia has been performing in films, on television, and in the theater for almost thirty years. He made his motion p ...

as Judge Quinzi *

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as Giuseppe Greco *Mario Erpichini as Judge

Rocco Chinnici Rocco Chinnici (, ; 19 January 1925 – 29 July 1983) was a noted Italian anti-Mafia magistrate killed by the Sicilian Mafia. Life Born at Misilmeri, Chinnici graduated in law at the University of Palermo in 1947 and started working as a magist ...

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Salvo Lima Salvatore Achille Ettore Lima (; 23 January 1928 – 12 March 1992) was an Italian politician from Sicily who was associated with, and murdered by, the Sicilian Mafia. He is often just referred to as Salvo Lima. According to the ''pentito'' ...

* Victor Cavallo as Totò Riina * Giuseppe Cederna as Judge Giuseppe Ayala *Stefano Benassi as Inspector *Bruno Bilotta as Salvatore Inzerillo *

Luigi Maria Burruano Luigi Maria Burruano (20 October 1948 in Palermo – 10 September 2017 in Palermo) was an Italian actor. He began his career in Sicilian-language cabaret and theatre before turning his attention to films. Burruano was arrested in 2006 on ch ...

as Luciano Liggio

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* 1999 films 1999 drama films Films about the Sicilian Mafia Films set in Italy HBO Films films Films directed by Ricky Tognazzi Films scored by Michael Tavera Italian drama films 1990s Italian-language films American drama television films 1990s American films 1990s Italian films {{1990s-Italy-film-stub