The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
A reporter and a blind retired journalist try to solve a series of murders. The crimes are connected to experiments by a pharmaceutical company in secret research. The two end up becoming targets of the killer.
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James Franciscus as Carlo Giordani |
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Karl Malden as Franco ArnĂ² |
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Catherine Spaak as Anna Terzi |
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Pier Paolo Capponi as Police Supt. Spini |
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Horst Frank as Dr. Braun |
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Rada Rassimov as Bianca Merusi |
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Aldo Reggiani as Dr. Casoni |
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Carlo Alighiero as Dr. Calabresi |
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Vittorio Congia as Righetto (cameraman) |
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Ugo Fangareggi as Gigi the Loser |
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Tom Felleghy as Dr. Esson |
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Emilio Marchesini as Dr. Mombelli |
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Fulvio Mingozzi as Spimi's man |
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Corrado Olmi as Morsella |
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Pino Patti as Barber |
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Umberto Raho as Manuel's ex-lover |
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Jacques Stany as Prof. Manera |
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Stefano Oppedisano as Taxi driver |
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Ada Pometti as Telephone operator |
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Walter Pinelli as |
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Sascha Helwin as |
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Marie Louise Sinclair as Film starlet |
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Martial Boschero as |
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Cinzia De Carolis as Lori |
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Werner Pochath as Manuel |
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Tino Carraro as Prof. Fulvio Terzi |
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Ettore Arena as Billiard Player (uncredited) |
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Aristide Caporale as Smoker in the Billiard Hall (uncredited) |
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Giovanni Di Benedetto as Chief of Police Salmi (uncredited) |
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Margherita Horowitz as Lori's Babysitter (uncredited) |
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Giuseppe Marrocco as Man at Table in the Saint Peter's Club (uncredited) |
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Gennarino Pappagalli as Man in the Terzi's Institute (uncredited) |
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Aldo Parenti as (uncredited) |
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Franco Ukmar as Policeman - Speaks with Morsella About Food (uncredited) |
Sound | Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
Writing | Dario Argento | Screenplay |
Directing | Dario Argento | Director |
Writing | Dario Argento | Story |
Writing | Dardano Sacchetti | Story |
Sound | Bruno Nicolai | Conductor |
Editing | Franco Fraticelli | Editor |
Production | Salvatore Argento | Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | Pierantonio Mecacci | Makeup Artist |
Writing | Luigi Cozzi | Story |
Costume & Make-Up | Giuseppe Ferranti | Makeup Artist |
Art | Romeo Costantini | Assistant Set Decoration |
Writing | Bryan Edgar Wallace | Screenplay |
Costume & Make-Up | Luca Sabatelli | Costume Design |
Camera | Erico Menczer | Director of Photography |
Art | Carlo Leva | Production Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Carlo Leva | Costume Design |
Production | Angelo Iacono | Production Manager |
Production | Giuseppe Mangogna | Production Manager |
Directing | Roberto Pariante | Assistant Director |
Sound | Massimo Anzellotti | Sound Effects Editor |
Art | Luciano Vittori | Title Designer |
Sound | Mario Ronchetti | Sound |
Lighting | Carlo Vinciguerra | Electrician |
Sound | Luciano Anzellotti | Sound Effects |
Costume & Make-Up | Maura Turchi | Hairstylist |
Sound | Romano Pampaloni | Sound Recordist |
Editing | Sergio Fraticelli | Assistant Editor |
Camera | Roberto Brega | Camera Operator |
Editing | Cesarina Casini | First Assistant Editor |
Lighting | Rodolfo Flibotti | Gaffer |
Lighting | Francesco Rachini | Electrician |
Sound | Eugenio Fiori | Boom Operator |
Camera | Giuseppe Gabrielli | Grip |
Camera | Renato Mascagno | First Assistant Camera |
Camera | Firmino Palmieri | Still Photographer |
Production | Carlo Du Bois | Administration |
Camera | Maurizio La Monica | Second Assistant Camera |
Costume & Make-Up | Vincenzo Marchetti | Assistant Makeup Artist |
Art | Franco Pedacchia | Assistant Production Design |
Art | Lamberto Verdenelli | Property Master |
Lighting | Roberto Bertozzi | Electrician |
Camera | Arturo de Castelterlango | First Assistant Camera |
Lighting | Alberico Loreti | Best Boy Electric |
Camera | Ettore Migalizzi | Grip |
Camera | Giovanni Migalizzi | Grip |
Camera | Maurizio Migalizzi | Key Grip |
Production | Roberta Leoni | Production Secretary |