On the first of May 1947, the bandit Salvatore Giuliano conducted a raid to the mountain pass Portella della Ginestra, with a view to capturing Sicily's most prominent communist, Giacomo Licausi. What actually happened was a regular massacre, leaving fourteen people dead and more than thirty wounded. In 1951, about a year after Giulano's violent death, his men are tried in Viterbo. Unconvinced by the official version, Gaspare Pasciotta's lawyer, decides to travel to Sicily and starts investigating the facts.
| Directing | Paolo Benvenuti | Director |
| Production | Domenico Procacci | Producer |
| Writing | Paola Baroni | Writer |
| Writing | Paolo Benvenuti | Writer |
| Writing | Mario Cereghino | Writer |
| Camera | Gianni Marras | Director of Photography |
| Editing | César Meneghetti | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giovanni Addante | Costume Design |
| Art | Paolo Bonfini | Production Design |
| Sound | Roberto Bartoli | Sound |
| Sound | Fabio Melorio | Sound |
| Sound | Fabio Pagotto | Dialogue Editor |