Plot
Young Franco is imprisoned for murder and rises to become the feared and powerful 'Professor', taking control of Naples' underworld from behind bars.
Trailer
Cast
Ben Gazzara
'O Professore di Vesuviano
Laura del Sol
Rosaria
Leo Gullotta
Police Commissioner Iervolino
Marzio Honorato
Salvatore Lo Russo
Luciano Bartoli
Ciro Perrella
Nicola Di Pinto
Alfredo Canale
Anita Zagaria
Anna Schifato
Franco Interlenghi
Don Saverio
Biagio Pelligra
'O Professore's Father
Maria Carta
Madre
Lino Troisi
Don Antonio 'O Malacarne
Marcello Bari
Sergio Boccalatte
Gennaro Di Domenico
Cloris Brosca
Cettina
Maria Antonia Capotorto
Verzella Clan Member
Aldo Castaldo
Beppe Chierici
Prison Warden - 1st Prison
Roberto Corcione
D'Assunta's Kidnapper
Terenzio Cordova
Secret Service Man
Rosario Coniglione
Revolutionary Inmate
Michela Criscuolo
Protester with Megaphone
Eurilla del Bono
PM
Helga Dentale
Young Rosaria
Pino D'Angiò
Verzella Clan Boss #2
Mario Donatone
Judge - 1st Trial
Jean-Pierre Duriez
Frank Titas
Giovanni Febraro
Domenico La Sciarra
Antonio Ferrante
Verzella Clan Boss #1
Dante Fioretti
Senator D'Amore
Orlando Forioso
Salvatore
Raffaele Fortunato
Graziante
Mario Frera
Nunziata
Domenico Gennaro
Domenico Spina
Raffaele Giangrande
Landlord
Daniela Guzzi
Rita
Peppe Lanzetta
'O Professore Clan Member
Giuseppe Lo Presti
Joe Gandino
Franco Marino
Tony Cuomo
Marino Masé
Roberto Sapienza
Pietro Montandon
Revolutionary Inmate
Antonella Morea
Peasant
Gilla Novak
Pelle di Pesca
Riccardo Parisio Perrotti
Judge - 2nd Trial
Giacomo Piperno
Police Chief
Elio Polimeno
Gaetano Zarra
Aldo Riva
'O Professore Clan Member
Marcello Romolo
Goffredo La Sciarra
Stefano Sabelli
Schifato
Severino Saltarelli
Prison Warden - 2nd Prison
Egidio Termine
Iervolino's Partner
Francesco Tiano
Singing Inmate
Tullio Valli
On. Malventi
Piero Vida
Mimmo Mesillo
Dolores Calò
Carmela (uncredited)
Rosario Errico
'O Professore Clan Enforcer (uncredited)
Marcello Magnelli
Verzella Clan Enforcer (uncredited)
Nello Riviè
Prison Guard - 1st Prison (uncredited)
Maria Gradi
Schifato's Mother (uncredited)
Armando Tortorici
Sicilian Inmate (uncredited)
Calogero Azzaretto
Sicilian Inmate (uncredited)
Alberigo Donadeo
Sicilian Inmate (uncredited)
Luciano Zanussi
Secret Service Man (uncredited)
Franco Laitano
Secret Service Man (uncredited)
Lanfranco Spinola
Secret Service Man (uncredited)
Giuseppe Marrocco
Waiter (uncredited)
Eros Buttaglieri
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Salvatore Puccinelli
Totò (uncredited)
Angelo Ragusa
Policeman Hit by Canale's Car (uncredited)
Ettore Martini
Policeman (uncredited)
Ennio Antonelli
Inmate (uncredited)
Angelo Casadei
Inmate (uncredited)
Vezio Natili
Judge - 1st Trial (uncredited)
Vittorio Ripamonti
Judge - 1st Trial (uncredited)
Vittorio Parziali
Judge - 2nd Trial (uncredited)
Giovanna Chemeri
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Alba Maiolini
Mrs. La Sciarra (uncredited)
Federico Neri
Anchorman (voice) (uncredited)
Marcello Meconizzi
Prison Guard - 2nd Prison (uncredited)
Giuseppe Curia
Rita's Rapist (uncredited)
Erminio Bianchi Fasani
Party Guest (uncredited)
Mario Ingrassia
Assistant Defense Lawyer (uncredited)
Sergio Silveri
Prison Janitor (uncredited)
Rossana Canghiari
Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Franco Ricci
Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Giorgio Iovine
Earthquake Victim (uncredited)
Maurizio Piacenti
Interviewed Politician (uncredited)
