"In 19th century southern Italy (near Melfi, Basilicata), a small force of soldiers fight in the hills against the bandits who are holding their country to ransom."
Amedeo Nazzari
as Capitano Giordani
Saro Urzì
as Commissario Siceli
Cosetta Greco
as Zita Maria
Fausto Tozzi
as Luogotenente Magistrelli
Vincenzo Musolino
as Carmine
Aldo Bufi Landi
as Lt. Righi
Oscar Andriani
as Generale
Amedeo Trilli
as Tenente Trilli
Renato Terra
as Ex-tenente borbonico
Sergio Bergonzelli
as
Natale Cirino
as Sindaco Lo Cascio
Oreste Romoli
as Raffa
Piero Beldi
Secondo Maronetto
Alfredo Bini
as Soldato toscano
Liuba Soukhanova
Pietro Fumelli
Aldo Lorenzon
as Medico
Ettore Jannetti
Paolo Reale
as Ferioli
Vittorio Scarabello
Giuseppe Carraretto
Leonida Barboni
Director of Photography
Carlo Rustichelli
Original Music Composer
Pietro Germi
Director
Riccardo Bacchelli
Novel
Luigi Rovere
Producer
Tullio Pinelli
Adaptation
Antonio Musu
Production Manager
Federico Fellini
Story
Enzo Barboni
Camera Operator
Aldo Calpini
Sound
Cesare Allione
Assistant Camera
Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Manrico Spagnoli
Hairstylist
Rolando Benedetti
Editor
Co-Writer
Giorgio Cavalieri
Still Photographer
Carlo Egidi
Production Design
Andrea Fantacci
Production Secretary
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
Ottorino Vidotto
First Assistant Director
Giorgio Arlorio
Second Assistant Director
Renato Panetuzzi
Mirella Morelli
Assistant Costume Designer
Serena Benvenuti
Script Supervisor
Libero Politi
Makeup Artist
Riccardo Fellini
Assistant Production Manager
Screenplay
Marcello Giannini
Guglielmo Colonna
Production Supervisor