---
title: 'Illustrious Corpses (1976)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Francesco Rosi'
released: '1976-02-13'
runtime_minutes: 120
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/illustrious-corpses-1976'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074262/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Illustrious Corpses (1976)

1976 · PG · 120 min · Drama, Crime · France, Italy

Original title: Cadaveri eccellenti

## Synopsis

Illustrious Corpses is a 1976 Italian-French thriller film directed by Francesco Rosi and starring Lino Ventura, based on the novel Equal Danger by Leonardo Sciascia (1971).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Francesco Rosi](https://cinepixo.com/people/francesco-rosi)
- **Screenplay:** [Francesco Rosi](https://cinepixo.com/people/francesco-rosi), [Tonino Guerra](https://cinepixo.com/people/tonino-guerra), [Lino Jannuzzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/lino-jannuzzi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Piero Piccioni](https://cinepixo.com/people/piero-piccioni)
- **Producer:** [Alberto Grimaldi](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-grimaldi)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pasqualino De Santis](https://cinepixo.com/people/pasqualino-de-santis)
- **Editor:** [Ruggero Mastroianni](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruggero-mastroianni)

## Cast

- [Marcel Bozzuffi](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-bozzuffi)
- [Alexandre Mnouchkine](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-mnouchkine)
- [Carlo Tamberlani](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-tamberlani)
- [Renato Salvatori](https://cinepixo.com/people/renato-salvatori)
- [Alfonso Gatto](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfonso-gatto)
- [Maria Carta](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-carta)
- [Paolo Bonacelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/paolo-bonacelli)
- [Alain Cuny](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-cuny)
- [Claudio Nicastro](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudio-nicastro)
- [Ernesto Colli](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernesto-colli)
- [Accursio Di Leo](https://cinepixo.com/people/accursio-di-leo)
- [Florestano Vancini](https://cinepixo.com/people/florestano-vancini)
- [Tino Carraro](https://cinepixo.com/people/tino-carraro)
- [Lino Ventura](https://cinepixo.com/people/lino-ventura)
- [Luigi Pistilli](https://cinepixo.com/people/luigi-pistilli)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/illustrious-corpses-1976
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