The Octopus (1984)
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The fight against the mafia!
An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. The mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, and anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.
- Released: 1984-03-11
- Genres: Drama, Crime
- Seasons: 10, 48 episodes
- Episode length: 2h 0m
- Network: Rai 1, Rai 2
- Status: Ended
- TMDB rating: 7.8/10 from 68 votes
Created by Nicola Badalucco, Lucio Battistrada.
Top cast
- Patricia Millardet as Silvia Conti
- Remo Girone as Tano Cariddi
- Elena Arvigo as Giulia Mercuri
- Rolf Hoppe as Prof. Ottavio Ramonte
- Pippo Pattavina as Senatore Aldo Mercuri
- Gilberto Idonea as Avvocato Edoardo Rittone
- Arturo Paglia as Marco Rittone
- Gabriele Bocciarelli as Vanya Marinoff
- Giampiero Bianchi as Alfredo, marito di Silvia
- Hedy Krissane as Hedy, domestico di Mercuri
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