During World War II, Robert North (William Dexter), a brave English officer, captured the affection of the little village of San Filippo in western Sicily by performing a somewhat fortuitous act of heroism involving the capture of a large number of German soldiers.
Now North has returned, cautious and middle-aged, for a holiday in Sicily.
But he finds it a very different place from the country he knew during the war. Then the Mafia were extremely useful to the Allies, but now in peacetime, they constitute a purely destructive and oppressive force in Sicilian life.
There has already been one brutal Mafia murder since North’s arrival, and soon he and his old friends Lili (Maggie Fitzgibbon), Luigi (Michael Balfour) and Antonio (Carl Bernard) – who is now the mayor of San Filippo – find themselves involved with the bandits.
The production design for the series was by future Alien and Blade Runner director Ridley Scott.
Robert North
William Dexter Diana
Patricia Haines Lili
Maggie Fitzgibbon Luigi
Michael Balfour Antonio
Carl Bernard Carson
William Mervyn Silvio
Michael Graham Cox Johnny
Jack Rodney Peppino
George Pastell Angelina
Antonia Pemberton Maresciallo
Mike Pratt Bruno
Harold Kasket Vino Gino
Will Stampe Scarface
Benn Simons Francesco
George Little Prince Giorgio
Derek Sydney Nino
Colin Goldring Don Carlo
Julian Somers Lodovico
Brian Spink Rosa
Yvonne Barnes Mafalda
Cynthia Etherington
Episodes
Return to Sicily | Quiet Day in San Fillipo | Not So Quiet in Montebianco |
The New Mafia | The Great Attack
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