''Reflections in Black'' ( it, Il vizio ha le calze nere / ''Vice Wears Black Hose'') is a

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

Italian

giallo film In Italian cinema, ''Giallo'' (; plural ''gialli'', from ''giallo'', Italian for yellow) is a genre of mystery fiction and thrillers that often contains slasher, crime fiction, psychological thriller, psychological horror, sexploitation, and, l ...

directed by the actor

Tano Cimarosa Tano Cimarosa, real name Gaetano Cisco, (1 January 1922 – 24 May 2008) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. He participated in more than fifty movies. He played the "Blacksmith" in the Oscar-winning film ''Cinema Paradiso'' fr ...

, here at his directorial debut.

Plot

San Benedetto del Tronto San Benedetto del Tronto is a city and ''comune'' in Marche, Italy. Part of an urban area with 100,000 inhabitants, it is one of the most densely populated areas along the Adriatic Sea coast. It is the most populated city in Province of Ascoli P ...

a mysterious murderess kills young and beautiful women. The murderess, as glimpsed from some eyewitnesses, has the look of a young woman dressed in black.

Cast

* John Richardson as Inspector Lavina *

Magda Konopka Magda Konopka (born March 15, 1943) is a Polish model and actress. She was born in Warsaw. In December 1967, she married Franco-Canadian billionaire Jean-Louis Dessy in Chelsea, London. They separated after three months of marriage. She is rep ...

as Countess Orselmo *

Dagmar Lassander Dagmar Lassander (born as Dagmar Regine Hager on 16 June 1943) is a German actress. The character of Lassander Dagmar in the Italian-influenced 2015 horror film '' We Are Still Here'' is named after her. Early life and career She was born in ...

as Leonora Anselmi *

Ninetto Davoli Giovanni "Ninetto" Davoli (born 11 October 1948) is an Italian actor who became known through his roles in several of Pier Paolo Pasolini's films. Biography Davoli was born in San Pietro a Maida, Calabria. He was discovered by poet, novelist ...

as Marco *

Giacomo Rossi Stuart Giacomo Rossi Stuart (25 August 1925 – 20 October 1994) was an Italian film actor often credited as Jack Stuart or Giacomo Rossi-Stuart. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1953 and 1989. Biography Born in Todi to an Italian father ...

as Mr. Anselmi *

Dada Gallotti Dada Gallotti (born 8 April 1935) is an Italian actress. Born in Milan as Alda Gallotti, she was one of the most active character actresses in the 1960s and 1970s. She appeared in several Spaghetti Western films under the pseudonym Diana Garson ...

as Valeria *

Daniela Giordano Daniela Giordano (7 November 1947– 16 December 2022) was an Italian actress, who is foremost known for her appearances in the Italian exploitation cinema in the late 1960s and in the 1970s. She is not to be confused with the stage actress and ...

as Concetta *Ursula Davis as Anna *

as Sergeant Pantò

References

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* 1970s Italian-language films Giallo films 1970s crime thriller films 1975 directorial debut films 1975 films Films set in Italy Films scored by Carlo Savina 1970s Italian films {{crime-thriller-film-stub