- Country: Italy
- Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
- Release: 1977-02-03
- Director: Umberto Lenzi
- Writers: Sauro Scavolini , Ernesto Gastaldi , Dardano Sacchetti , Umberto Lenzi
- Language: Italian
- Stars: Maurizio Merli , John Saxon , Renzo Palmer , Gabriella Lepori , Claudio Undari , Bruno Corazzari , Marco Guglielmi , Gabriella Giorgelli , Guido Alberti , Aldo Massasso
- Runtime: 100 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Die Gewalt bin ich , The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (Japan) , The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (South Africa) , Il cinico, l'infame, il violento , The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (Canada) , The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (Ireland) , The Cynic (Netherlands the) , Циничный, подлый, жестокий , Zor Oyun (Turkey) , The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (United Kingdom) , The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist , The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist , El cínico, el infame y el violento (Argentina) , The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (Australia) , The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist , The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist , Il cinico, l'infame, il violento (Italy) , El cínico, infame y violento (Peru) , Oi perithoriakoi (Greece) , The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (United States of America) , Le cynique, l'infâme, le violent (France, French Republic) , O Cínico, O Infame, O Violento (Brazil) , Mazi gia mia megali listeia (Greece) , En Strømer Ser Rødt (Denmark) , The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (New Zealand) , El cínico, el infame, el violento (Spain)
- Plot: Luigi Maietto (Chinaman) escapes from prison he then orders two henchman to murder the inspector whose testimonal led to his being jailed. Inspector Tanzi is left for dead but lives. The local newspapers cover up for him and pretend the assassination had worked. When Tanzi's able to his superior wants him to hide in Switzerland. But Tanzi defies him and intends to make sure that Maietto is put back in prison.
- IMDB:tt0075852
The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist Cast · · · ALL
Umberto Lenzi
Director
Maurizio Merli
Leonardo Tanzi
John Saxon
Frank Di Maggio
Tomas Milian
Luigi "Chinaman" Maietto
Gabriella Lepori
Nadia
Renzo Palmer
Commissioner Astalli
Claudio Undari
Dario
Bruno Corazzari
Cesare Ettore
Gabriella Giorgelli
Maria Balzano
Marco Guglielmi
Marchetti
Salvatore Billa
Salvatore
Claudio Nicastro
Fazi
Guido Alberti
Uncle
Aldo Massasso
Magistrate
Riccardo Garrone
Natali
Fulvio Mingozzi
Inspector Pisani
Massimo Bonetti
Cappuccino
Gianfilippo Carcano
Professor
Brigitte Petronio
Blonde Hooker at Fazi's
Gianni Musy
Nicola Proietti
Dante Cleri
DiMaggio's Accountant
Piero Tiberi
Cappuccino's Friend
Franco Odoardi
Esposito
Rosario Borelli
Di Maggio's Scarred Henchman
Tommaso Palladino
Di Maggio's Henchman
Benito Pacifico
Hitman