Italy, 1962
92m
35mm, black and white, 1.66:1
mono, Italian, English
An Italian giallo with some horror elements directed by Mario Bava.
Plot Summary
American tourist in Rome, Nora, witnesses a brutal killing by a serial killer that has been stalking the city for years. Nora is unable to recall the exact details of what she saw and is soon being targeted by the killer who wants her as his next victim.
Credits
Crew
Director: Mario Bava
Copyright: [original copyright not given – re-copyrighted © 2000 The Alfredo Leone Trust]
A Galatea s.r.l., Coronet S.p.A. production
Screenplay and Story by: Ennio de’ Concini, Enzo Corbucci, Eliana de Sabata
Screenplay Collaborators: Mino Guerrini, Franco Prosperi, Mario Bava
Lighting Director: Mario Bava
Edited by: Mario Serandrei
Music by: Robert Nicolosi
US Version Music: Les Baxter [credited only on US prints]
Costumes: Tina Loriedo Grani
Make-up: Euclide Santoli
Hairstylist: Mara Rocchetti
Set Designer: Giorgio Giovannini
Locations: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Studio: Titanus Farnesina Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Cast
John Saxon (Dr Marcello Bassi)
Leticia Roman (Nora Davis)
Valentina Cortese (Laura Craven Torrani)
Titti Tomaino (Inspector)
Luigi Bonos (Albergo Stelletta)
Milo Quesada (De Vico/Paccini)
Robert Buchanan (Dr Alessi)
Marta Melocco (murder victim)
Gustavo De Nardo (policeman)
Lucia Modugno (nurse)
Giovanni Di Benedetto|Gianni Di Benedetto (Professor Torrani)
Franco Morici (policeman)
Virginia Doro (Torraini’s maid)
Dante Di Paolo (Andrea Landini)
Chana Coubert [Ethel Windell Batocci] *
Jim Dolen [priest] *
Adriana Facchetti [woman in Sguattera restaurant] *
Franco Ressel [arresting officer at airport] *
Alternative Titles
The Evil Eye – USA
La Fille qui en savait trop – France
The Girl Who Knew Too Much – USA
L’incubo – working title
Más allá del exorcismo – Spain
Olhos Diabólicos – Brazil
A Rapariga Que Sabia Demais – Portugal
References
Periodicals
- European Trash Cinema vol.2 no.6 p.7 – review
Books
- American International Pictures: A Filmography by Robert L. Ottoson p.105-106 – credits, synopsis, review
- Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror p.294 – credits, review
- The Haunted World of Mario Bava by Troy Howarth pp.64-73; 334 – illustrated review; credits
- Italian Horror Films of the 1960s: A Critical Catalog of 62 Chillers by Lawrence McCallum pp.71-75 – credits, synopsis, review
- Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark by Tim Lucas pp.447-471 – illustrated review, synopsis, production notes, credits
