''Naso di cane'' (also known as ''A Dog's Nose'') is a 1986 Italian crime-drama

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, written and directed by

Pasquale Squitieri Pasquale Squitieri (27 November 1938 – 18 February 2017) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Naples, Squitieri graduated in law, then was briefly involved in stage, as author ("''La battaglia''") and even a ...

and starring

Luca De Filippo Luca De Filippo (3 June 1948 – 27 November 2015) was an Italian actor and director of theatre. De Filippo was born in Rome to Eduardo De Filippo and the singer and actress Thea Prandi. He married Carolina Rosi, the daughter of director Francesc ...

. It is loosely based on a novel of the same name written by Attilio Veraldi, who also collaborated on the screenplay.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. .

Plot

Cast

as Police Commissioner Corrado Apicella * Nigel Court as Ciro Mele, aka "Naso 'e cane" *

Claudia Cardinale Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale (; born 15 April 1938) is an Italian actress. She has starred in some of the most iconic European films of the 1960s and 1970s, acting in Italian, French, and English. Born and raised in La Goulette, a ...

as Laura *

Donald Pleasence Donald Henry Pleasence (; 5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor. He began his career on stage in the West End before transitioning into a screen career, where he played numerous supporting and character roles including RAF ...

as Olindo Cuomo *

Raymond Pellegrin Raymond Pellegrin (1 January 1925 – 14 October 2007) was a French actor. Born in Nice, Pellegrin made his screen debut in the 1945 French feature '' Naïs''. He was also famous in France for dubbing Jean Marais for the voice of Fantômas ...

as Antonio Garofalo *

Yorgo Voyagis Yorgo Voyagis ( el, Γιώργος Βογιατζής, Giorgos Vogiadzis ; born 6 December 1945) is a Greek actor. Career as an actor Voyagis' film debut was in Michael Cacoyannis's '' Zorba the Greek'' (1964). He reappeared three years later in ...

as Achille Ammirato * Nancy Brilli as Rosa * Marzio Honorato as Rassetiello *

Giuseppe Cederna Giuseppe Cederna (born 25 June 1957) is an Italian actor and author. Life and career Born in Rome, the son of the journalist and politician Antonio Cederna and nephew of the writer and journalist Camilla Cederna, from his youth Cederna was at ...

as Merdillo *

Victor Cavallo Victor Cavallo (birth name Vittorio Vitolo, 8 May 1947 in Rome – 21 January 2000 in Rome) was an Italian actor and underground writer. He started his acting career on stage in 1974, in cinema worked for directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci ...

as Nichiello * Salvatore Billa as Salvatore Palestra

References

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* 1986 television films 1986 films Italian television films Films directed by Pasquale Squitieri RAI original programming 1980s Italian television miniseries 1980s Italian films {{1980s-Italy-film-stub