"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
Pietro Germi
Director
Riccardo Bacchelli
Novel
Carlo Rustichelli
Original Music Composer
Leonida Barboni
Director of Photography
Luigi Rovere
Producer
Federico Fellini
Story
Adaptation
Tullio Pinelli
Screenplay
Co-Writer
Marcello Giannini
First Assistant Director
Ottorino Vidotto
Giorgio Arlorio
Second Assistant Director
Serena Benvenuti
Script Supervisor
Enzo Barboni
Camera Operator
Aldo Calpini
Sound
Cesare Allione
Assistant Camera
Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Libero Politi
Makeup Artist
Manrico Spagnoli
Hairstylist
Guglielmo Colonna
Production Supervisor
Riccardo Fellini
Assistant Production Manager
Renato Panetuzzi
Production Secretary
Andrea Fantacci
Mirella Morelli
Assistant Costume Designer
Giorgio Cavalieri
Still Photographer
Rolando Benedetti
Editor
Carlo Egidi
Production Design
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
Antonio Musu
Production Manager