---
title: 'How to Kill a Judge (1975)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Damiano Damiani'
released: '1975-02-05'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/how-to-kill-a-judge-1975'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071987/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# How to Kill a Judge (1975)

1975 · 110 min · Drama · Italy

Original title: Perché si uccide un magistrato

## Synopsis

How to Kill a Judge, also known as The Murder of a Magistrate and Why Does One Kill a Magistrate?, is a 1974 Italian crime-thriller film directed by Damiano Damiani. It is the final chapter in the Damiani's trilogy about mafia, after The Day of the Owl and Confessions of a Police Captain.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Damiano Damiani](https://cinepixo.com/people/damiano-damiani)
- **Screenplay:** [Damiano Damiani](https://cinepixo.com/people/damiano-damiani)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Riz Ortolani](https://cinepixo.com/people/riz-ortolani)
- **Producer:** [Mario Cecchi Gori](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-cecchi-gori)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mario Vulpiani](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-vulpiani)
- **Editor:** [Antonio Siciliano](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-siciliano)

## Cast

- [Giorgio Cerioni](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-cerioni)
- [Giancarlo Badessi](https://cinepixo.com/people/giancarlo-badessi)
- [Damiano Damiani](https://cinepixo.com/people/damiano-damiani)
- [Françoise Fabian](https://cinepixo.com/people/francoise-fabian)
- [Ennio Balbo](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-balbo)
- [Mico Cundari](https://cinepixo.com/people/mico-cundari)
- [Tano Cimarosa](https://cinepixo.com/people/tano-cimarosa)
- [Claudio Gora](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudio-gora)
- [Elio Zamuto](https://cinepixo.com/people/elio-zamuto)
- [Pierluigi Aprà](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierluigi-apra)
- [Claudio Nicastro](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudio-nicastro)
- [Franco Nero](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-nero)
- [Luciano Catenacci](https://cinepixo.com/people/luciano-catenacci)
- [Eva Czemerys](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-czemerys)
- [Marco Guglielmi](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-guglielmi)

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