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The Day of the Owl (Italian: Il giorno della civetta, released in the United States as Mafia) is a 1968 Italian–French crime drama film directed by Damiano Damiani, based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Leonardo Sciascia, adapted for the screen by Damiani and Ugo Pirro. It stars Franco Nero, Claudia Cardinale, and Lee J. Cobb.
Rent Day of the Owl on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. A Sicilian crime kingpin uses his considerable influence to stifle an Italian police captain's murder investigation.
- Douglas Davidson
- PG
- Damiano Damiani
The Day of the Owl. 1968 · 1 hr 49 min. TV-MA. Crime · Drama · Foreign/International. To solve the murder of a construction worker, the new police chief of a Sicilian town is forced to take on the government and a ruthless mob boss. Subtitles: English. Starring: Lee J. Cobb Franco Nero Claudia Cardinale Tano Cimarosa Nehemiah Persoff.
- Damiano Damiani
- January 1, 1968
- 109 min
The new chief of the Carabinieri in a small Sicilian town must fight corrupt officials, the frightened silence of witnesses and the local Mafia boss to solve a murder. IMDb. - The plot is loosely based on the 1947 murder of Sicilian trade unionist Accursio Miraglia by the Cosa Nostra. trivia.
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- Damiano Damiani
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The Day of the Owl stars Franco Nero as a police chief who, while investigating the death of a construction worker, goes up against corrupt officials and a ruthless mafia boss (Lee J. Cobb).