Il brigante di Tacca del Lupo

director Pietro Germi screenplay Riccardo Bacchelli, Tullio Pinelli, Pietro Germi cinematography Leonida Barboni editing Rolando Benedetti music Carlo Rustichelli cast Fausto Tozzi, Saro Urzì, Amedeo Nazzari, Cosetta Greco, Vincenzo Musolino, Amedeo Trilli, Saro Arcidiacono, Lilli Cerasoli production Luigi Rovere per Rovere, Cinex, Lux Film country Italy, 1952 format 35mm, b/w lenght 97 min synopsis A company of soldiers commanded by Captain Giordani is ordered to liberate an area of Basilicata under the control of Raffa Raffa, a bandit allied to the Bourbons. The captain decides to use the most forceful means possible in his task, while police commissioner Siceli, a former Bourbon official, recommends a less heavy handed approach, in the hope that the two sides might find an opportunity to negotiate.