Naso di cane

Naso di cane
Genre	Crime drama
Written by	Pasquale Squitieri Lino Iannuzzi Attilio Veraldi
Story by	Attilio Veraldi
Directed by	Pasquale Squitieri
Starring	Luca De Filippo Claudia Cardinale Nancy Brilli
Composer	Tullio De Piscopo
Country of origin	Italy
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Producer	Augusto Caminito
Cinematography	Eugenio Bentivoglio
Running time	240 min.
Original release
Network	Rai 1
Release	December 11 (1986-12-11) – December 19, 1986 (1986-12-19)

Naso di cane (also known as A Dog's Nose) is a 1986 Italian crime-drama television miniseries, written and directed by Pasquale Squitieri and starring Luca De Filippo. It is loosely based on a novel of the same name written by Attilio Veraldi, who also collaborated on the screenplay. ^{[1] [2]}

Plot

Due to a series of unfortunate circumstances, Ciro Mele, nicknamed "Naso 'e cane" (Dog Nose), kills a dangerous Camorra boss. Despite the lack of evidence, the police start an investigation into him. Ciro has a police commissioner friend who tries to persuade him in vain to leave the area. However, Ciro will be ultimately killed during a shootout.

Cast

• Luca De Filippo as Police Commissioner Corrado Apicella
• Nigel Court as Ciro Mele, aka "Naso 'e cane"
• Claudia Cardinale as Laura
• Donald Pleasence as Olindo Cuomo
• Raymond Pellegrin as Antonio Garofalo
• Yorgo Voyagis as Achille Ammirato
• Nancy Brilli as Rosa
• Marzio Honorato as Rassetiello
• Giuseppe Cederna as Merdillo
• Victor Cavallo as Nichiello
• Salvatore Billa as Salvatore Palestra

References

1. Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. Enciclopedia della Televisione. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. ISBN   881150466X.
2. Maria Pia Fusco (11 December 1986). "Violenta e disperata la Napoli di violenta-disperata-napoli-di-squitieri". La Repubblica .

External links

• Naso di cane at IMDb