The series consisted of two dramas carefully selected by Calasso, based on Ernest Hemingway's The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber and Other Stories (originally published in The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories, 1938): The Undefeated and The Killers. The first was set in the Spain of bullfighters, while the second was set in the underworld of the American provinces. The sets were completely recreated in the studios of the Rai Production Center in Naples.

Roberto Chevalier
Nick

Ernesto Colli
Al

Vittorio Mezzogiorno
Max
Gianfranco Freisteiner
Mauro Laurentino
Irma De Simone

Duilio Del Prete

Corrado Gaipa

Luigi Pistilli
Offspring69%
Hearts75%
Ambitions74%
Portobello77%
Life on Top69%
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story76%
Goliath75%
Supersex67%
Tyler Perry's Ruthless83%
Knots Landing70%
Brookside62%
Rocco Schiavone79%
Tell Me Lies75%
The Young and the Restless70%
Bad Girls75%
Bel-Air76%
The Couple Next Door58%
Hill Street Blues76%
The Slap59%
Sullivan's Crossing82%