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directed by Mario Sequi and starring Nadja Tiller, George Hilton and Riccardo Garrone.Zagarrio p.149 It was shot at the Tirrenia Studios and on location in

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and

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Elio Balletti Elio is an Italian male given name. Origin A name of dual origin, Elio is primarily a revival of it, Elio, label=none (Helios), the Greek god of the Sun. it, Elio, label=none derives, through the Latin ''Helius'', from the Ancient Greek Ἥ ...

Cast

Nadja Tiller Nadja Tiller (born 16 March 1929 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian actress. She was one of the most popular German-speaking actresses of international films of the 1950s and 1960s. Biography Nadja Tiller, daughter of actor Anton Tiller of Vie ...

as Smeralda Amadier * George Hilton as Didier * Riccardo Garrone as Commissario Guarnieri *

Guy Madison Guy Madison (born Robert Ozell Moseley; January 19, 1922 – February 6, 1996) was an American film, television, and radio actor. He is best known for playing Wild Bill Hickok in the Western television series ''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hicko ...

as Robert *

Evi Marandi Evi Marandi, stage name of Eyh Maranih (born 7 August 1941) is a naturalized-Italian actress born in Greece, active from 1959 until 1974. Life and career Marandi was born in Athens, the daughter of a banker. After studying acting at Actors Stu ...

as Yvonne *

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as Marcelle *

Mario Feliciani Mario Feliciani (12 March 1918 – 11 August 2008) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Milan, after completing his classical education Feliciani attended the Accademia dei filodrammatici obtaining the diploma. He ...

as Avv. Planget *

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as Raffaele * Carlos de Castro as Anastasios Kuskas *

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as Costa's ex lover

References

Bibliography

* Vito Zagarrio. ''Argento vivo: il cinema di Dario Argento tra genere e autorialità''. Marsilio, 2008.

External links

* 1973 films Italian thriller films 1970s thriller films 1970s Italian-language films Films directed by Mario Sequi Films shot at Tirrenia Studios Films set in Livorno Films set in Florence 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-film-stub