The Salamander
1981 · 103 MIN · IMDB 5.5 · 1,158 VOTES · DIR. Peter Zinner
Overview
An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a salamander. The policeman begins to suspect these murders are linked to a plot to seize control of the government.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,369 lines
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00:01:09 A color film in monochrome.
00:06:32 or month, will have in store.
00:11:02 April 30th, St. Rosemonde. As I thought, it's a calendar name.
00:15:27 So we've agreed?
00:21:15 I don't know...about you, for instance. About your job.
00:26:10 I get awful pains when we have our famous north wind.
00:32:50 Cleaning it for the umpteenth time.
00:38:27 No, but I wanted to keep it.
00:42:25 We went where we liked, slept on the beach.
00:49:01 I'm sleeping here.
00:54:58 She's asleep.
00:59:51 I regret that I'm obliged to do so.
01:03:51 Programmer. What's that? Not a job for me, I bet.
01:09:47 You don't have any money?
01:15:09 I'll be able to write in peace
01:19:29 Sing something. It'll warm you up.
01:24:30 No, but it's bad if you consider that we're practically broke.
01:29:14 When I was fifteen
01:34:57 Why did you leave Sogex?
01:39:34 - She has to go back to work. - I won't go.
01:44:14 Why do you write stories?
01:49:00 - Sure you're alright? - Yes, don't worry.
01:52:51 And that was a generous estimate.
06:03:00 francs.
Cast & Characters
Franco Nero
Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
Anthony Quinn
Bruno Manzini
Martin Balsam
Captain Steffanelli
Sybil Danning
Lili Anders
Christopher Lee
Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
Cleavon Little
Major Carl Malinowski, USMC
Paul L. Smith
The Surgeon
John Steiner
Captain Roditi
Claudia Cardinale
Elena Leporello
Eli Wallach
General Leporello
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,369
Dialogue density13.3 lines / min
First line00:01:09
Final line06:03:00
Production Record
DirectorPeter Zinner
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,158