''The Two Faces of Fear'' ( it, I Due Volti della Paura) is a film directed by

Tulio Demicheli Tulio Demicheli (born August 15, 1914, Buenos Aires, Argentina - d. May 25, 1992, Madrid, Spain) was an Argentine born Spanish film director, screenwriter and film producer of the classic era. Born as Armando Bartolomé Demichelli in 1914, ...

. The film is an Italian and Spanish co-production between the Rome based company B.R.C. and Tecisa a Madrid based company.

Cast

* George Hilton as Dr. Roberto Carli * Fernando Rey as Inspector Nardi *

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as Elena Carli *

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as Dr. Paola Lombardi *

Manuel Zarzo Manuel López Zarza (born 26 April 1932) better known as Manuel Zarzo is a Spanish film actor. He has appeared in more than 150 films since 1951. Selected filmography * '' Day by Day'' (1951) * '' Love in a Hot Climate'' (1954) * '' Cursed M ...

as Félix, Nardi's assistant * Luis Dávila as Dr. Michele Azzini *

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as Luisi *

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as Dr. Michele Azzini * Teresa Guayda González as Maria

Release

''The Two Faces of Fear'' was distributed in Spain on 24 March 1972. It grossed a contemporary value of 81,001.29

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with admissions of 396,942 in Spain.

Reception

From contemporary reviews, David McGillivray reviewed an 88 minute dubbed version in the ''

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''. McGillivray stated that "Apart from one taut and reasonably well played sequence in which a woman-convinced that her husband is about to murder her on the operating table-pleads for understanding as she succumbs to the anaesthetic, this routine and underdeveloped thriller consists of little more than bits of badly tied wrapping." McGillivray also stated that the film had "expressionless dubbing".

References

External links

* 1972 films 1970s thriller films Giallo films Films directed by Tulio Demicheli Films scored by Franco Micalizzi Spanish thriller films 1970s Italian films 1970s Spanish films {{1970s-Italy-film-stub