Runtime:
87 minutes (at least the version I found)
Directed
by: Massimo Dallamano
Starring:
Giovanna Ralli, Claudio Cassinelli, Mario Adorf, Franco Fabrizi,
Farley Granger
From:
Primex Italiana
Here
is an obscure movie I did not even know of until a day or two ago. I
stumbled upon it as I heard it was a combination of a poliziotteschi
film and a giallo. I haven't seen too many giallo film aside from
Suspiria (the movie from Argento called Giallo... please don't watch
it. It's bad, as I found out when I watched it), but I'll try to
expand my knowledge there too, I promise.
The
plot: The police investigate what appears to be a suicide of a young
teenage girl. They discover that it was a set-up which is covering up
something else; that's right, she was murdered. The suspects in the
case are taken out, though, by a mysterious motorcycle-riding guy
whose weapon of choice is a meat cleaver. Needless to say, as it's a
giallo you see blood flying about, splattering on the walls.
Overall,
I'd say that this was more a giallo than anything else, with the law
enforcement investigating the case providing the crime drama aspect.
There's also the cheesecake aspect with the assistant DA being an
attractive woman, and you see some other ladies appear in the nude.
It's an interesting tale where you don't quite know what's going on
until the very end, so there's the mystery aspect. There's even some
action with a nice motorcycle chase where it's being followed by
police cars. It was a nice watch and if you can find it, you may
enjoy it too. I did see the dubbed version and Adorf's voice sounded
like Tom Skerritt, which greatly amused me.
I'll
be back Tuesday night.
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