Eye of the Spider
Eye of the Spider | |
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Directed by | Roberto Bianchi Montero |
Screenplay by |
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Story by | Roberto Bianchi Montero[1] |
Produced by | Luigi Mondello[1] |
Starring | |
Cinematography | [1] |
Edited by | Rolando Salvatori[1] |
Music by | Carlo Savina[1] |
Production company | Luis Film[1] |
Distributed by | Florida (Regional) |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes[1] |
Country | Italy[1] |
Box office | ₤133.333 million |
Eye of the Spider (Italian: L'occhio del ragno) is a 1971 Italian crime film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Klaus Kinski.
Cast[]
- Klaus Kinski - Hans Fischer
- Antonio Sabàto - Paul Valéry / Frank Vogel
- Van Johnson - Prof. Orson Krüger
- Romalı Perihan - (as Perihan)
- - Gloria
- - (as Fredy Unger)
Style[]
Despite the title and posters imagery which makes the film sound like a giallo, Italian film historian Roberto Curti referred to the film as a "rather typical film noir"[1]
Release[]
Eye of the Spider was released on 1 November 1971 in Italy.[1] Due to the growing popularity of and commercial success of the poliziotteschi through the 1970s, the film was re-released as Caso Scorpio: sterminate quelli della calibro 39.[2] The film grossed 133,333,000 Italian lire domestically.[1]
See also[]
- Klaus Kinski filmography
- List of crime films of the 1970s
- List of Italian films of 1971
Notes[]
References[]
- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1971 films
- Italian films
- Italian-language films
- 1971 crime films
- Films directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero
- Films scored by Carlo Savina
- Italian crime films
- 1970s Italian film stubs
- 1970s crime film stubs