
Political activist Salvatore returns to his native Sicily and stirs up trouble among the peasants, urging them to confront the Mafia and demand the right to plough their own fields. The peasants refuse to help him, and Salvatore is marked by the Mafia as a troublemaker.

Gian Maria Volonté
Salvatore

Didi Perego
Barbara

Spiros Focás
Jachino

Lidia Alfonsi
Francesca (as Lydia Alfonsi)

Marina Malfatti
Wilma

Vittorio Duse
Bastiano

Alessandro Sperli
Carmelo (as Alessandro Sperlì)

Marcella Rovena
Madre di Francesca

Giulio Girola
Medico
Gianpaolo Serra
Alfonso D'Errico

Carmen Villani
Cantante

Turi Ferro
Don Vincenzo
Ignazio Roberto Daidone
Franco Facciolo