The French/Italian Cobra stars actor/director Jean Yanne in the title role. A notorious international criminal, Cobra comes home to find that his family has been murdered by his rivals. He vows revenge, and takes it in a variety of gruesome manners. Sterling Hayden and Senta Berger, both of whom look uncomfortable in their roles, appear prominently in the supporting cast. Cobra was originally released in Europe as Le Saut de L'Ange. The film should not be confused with the 1968 spies vs. drug dealers opus Cobra, nor with Sylvester Stallone's 1986 actioner of the same title.