Completed - ITALIAN - Horror - 89 minutes
Intriguing and suspenseful Giallo full of grisly killings, red herrings, twists and turns. Featuring Giancarlo Giannini. Music by Ennio Morricone
Year of production : 1971 Director(s) : Paolo CAVARA Writer(s) : Marcello DANON, Lucile LACKS Cast : Giancarlo GIANNINI, Barbara BOUCHET, Barbara BACH, Claudine AUGER Producer(s) : Marcello DANON (Da.Ma. Film (Roma))
When nymphomaniac Maria Zani is murdered, her ex-husband and insurance broker Paolo Zani becomes the prime-suspect of Inspector Tellini. Then the saleswoman Mirta Ricci is murdered in the same modus operandi - both victims had been paralyzed by acupuncture needles with poison introduced in their necks and their bellies had been ripped open with a knife with the victims still alive, in the same way that tarantulas are killed by tarantula hawks. As suspects keep dying, the Inspector directs his attention to a spa all the victims had a connection with...
Country(ies) : ITALY