The title of this Italian melodrama translates to Pact with the Devil. However, His Satanic Majesty does not appear in the film. Rather, this expensively produced period piece is more along the lines of Romeo and Juliet, with young love threatened by warring families. In his first Italian film, Hollywood veteran Eduardo Cianelli goes through his usual villainous paces as the scheming father of the male lead (Jacques Francois). The most fascinating performance is rendered by Umberto Spadaro, as the village idiot, or is he? Patto col Diavolo makes the most of the visual dynamics of Italy's mountainous Calabrian region.
as Old Laroccha - Marta's father
as Il sottuficiale dei carabinieri
as Giacomo Mola
as Sarina
as Andrea Mola
as Marta Larocca
as Signora Mola - Giacomo's wife
as The priest
as Scoppola - the killer
as Rocco
as Andrea's sister
