''The Double'' ( it, La controfigura / ''The Stand-in'') also known as ''Love Inferno'', is a 1971 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
Romolo Guerrieri.
It stars Ewa Aulin (of ''
Death Laid an Egg'' fame). The story was based on a novel called ''La controfigura'' by Libero Bigiaretti.
Plot
A wealthy young man named Frank (Jean Sorel), who lives off his father, is shot in a parking garage, and as he lays bleeding, he thinks back over recent past events in his life. While vacationing in Morocco with his beautiful 19-year-old girlfriend Lucia (Ewa Aulin), Frank became jealous of her interest in a young American traveler named Eddie (Sergio Doria). Frank later develops a fixation on the girl's pretty mother Nora, (Lucia Bose), and forces her physically into having sex with him. Later he follows Nora back to Rome, where he becomes convinced that now she is having relations with the young American Eddie. Frank later finds Eddie murdered in Nora's apartment, and thinking that she killed him, he tries to protect her by disposing of the corpse. But then he finds out Nora wasn't even in Rome when the murder occurred. The killer is revealed to be a notable professor who had a relationship with Eddie. He then shot Frank at a parking garage, as Frank burned Eddie's corpse. The film ends with Frank's death and the professor's escape.
Cast
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Jean Sorel as Giovanni
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Lucia Bosé Lucia may refer to:
Arts and culture
* ''Lucía'', a 1968 Cuban film by Humberto Solás
* ''Lucia'' (film), a 2013 Kannada-language film
* '' Lucia & The Best Boys'', a Scottish indie rock band formerly known as ''LUCIA''
* "Lucia", a Swedish c ...
as Nora
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Ewa Aulin
Ewa Birgitta Aulin (born 13 February 1950) is a Swedish former actress who appeared in a number of Italian and some American films in the 1960s and 1970s. She is remembered for playing the title character in the cult film ''Candy'' where she appea ...
as Lucia
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Silvano Tranquilli
Silvano Tranquilli (23 August 1925 – 10 May 1997) was an Italian stage, television and film actor.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Silvano Tranquilli attended theatre lessons at the Sharoff Academy, and started his stage activity with the th ...
as Roger
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Sergio Doria
Sergio may refer to:
* Sergio (given name), for people with the given name Sergio
* Sergio (carbonado), the largest rough diamond ever found
* ''Sergio'' (album), a 1994 album by Sergio Blass
* ''Sergio'' (2009 film), a documentary film
* ''Se ...
as Eddie
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Marilù Tolo
Marilù Tolo (born Maria Lucia Tolo; 16 January 1944) is an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1960 and 1985.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Tolo, at a very young age, worked as an assistant of Mario Riva in the ...
as Marie
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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 Giovanni's brother
* Antonio Pierfederici
* Pupo De Luca
* Bruno Boschetti
[Luther-Smith,Adrian (1999). ''Blood and Black Lace: The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies''. Stray Cat Publishing Ltd. p. 43]
References
External links
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1971 films
1970s crime thriller films
Giallo films
1970s Italian-language films
Films directed by Romolo Guerrieri
Films scored by Armando Trovajoli
1970s Italian films
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