''Watch Me When I Kill'' ( it, Il gatto dagli occhi di giada/ ''The Cat with the Jade Eyes''), also known as ''The Cat's Victims'' in the UK, is a

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

Italian

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co-written and directed by

Antonio Bido Antonio Bido (sometimes credited as Tony B. Dodd; born January 8, 1949) is an Italian film director. Bido is known for such films as '' Watch Me When I Kill'', '' Blue Tornado'' with Patsy Kensit, David Warner and Dirk Benedict, and ''The Blood ...

. The American prints have an additional short credit sequence that was filmed in the USA, slightly different from the other versions.Luther-Smith,Adrian (1999). ''Blood and Black Lace: The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies''. Stray Cat Publishing Ltd. p. 21 It has also been released as ''Terror in the Lagoon'' (France) and ''The Vote of Death'' (Germany).

Herman Cohen Herman Cohen (August 27, 1925 – June 2, 2002) was an American producer of B-movies during the 1950s, and helped to popularize the teen horror movie genre with films like the cult classic ''I Was a Teenage Werewolf''. Career Born in Detroit, ...

(of ''Konga'' fame) co-produced the film.

Plot

A young dancer named Mara calls at a pharmacy moments after the murder of the pharmacist inside, but the killer prevents her access by holding the door shut. Fearing she knows too much, the perpetrator soon makes an attempt on her life, causing her to move in with her boyfriend, Lukas, for protection. Several other people begin turning up murdered, one having her head forced into an oven and another strangled in a bathtub. An escaped murderer named Pasquale Ferrante seems the most likely suspect to Lukas, since most of the victims were jurors at Ferrante's murder trial. Lukas later learns the trail of clues leads back to World War II and events involving a group of Nazi collaborators.

Cast

Corrado Pani Corrado Pani (4 March 1936 – 2 March 2005) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Pani began his career playing the role of Jesus as a child in a Radio Vaticana radio drama. He made his film debut in 1953, with ...

as Lukas *

Paola Tedesco Paola Tedesco (born 28 March 1952) is an Italian actress, voice actress and singer. Biography Born in Rome, the daughter of voice actor and tenor Sergio Tedesco and the younger sister of film producer Maurizio Tedesco, Paola Tedesco made her fil ...

as Mara *

Franco Citti Franco Citti (; 23 April 1935 – 14 January 2016) was an Italian actor, best known as one of the close collaborators of director Pier Paolo Pasolini. He came to fame for playing the title role in Pasolini's film ''Accattone'', which brought hi ...

as Pasquale Ferrante *

Fernando Cerulli Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the G ...

as Giovanni Bozzi *

Giuseppe Addobbati Giuseppe Addobbati (31 December 1909 – 4 January 1986) was an Italian film actor known for his roles in Spaghetti Western and action films in the 1960s and 1970s. He was often billed as John MacDouglas for films released to an American audien ...

as The judge *

Paolo Malco Paolo Malco (born 10 April 1947) is an Italian film actor, best known for his roles in horror films, and later in many Italian TV mini-series. From 1998 to 2006 he was cast in the drama ''Incantesimo''. Filmography *1973: ''Number one'' - ...

as Carlo * Gianfranco Bullo * Yill Pratt * Bianca Toccafondi * Giovanni Vanini

Release

The Film was released in Italy in the summer on 6 August 1977. The film wouldn’t receive a theatrical release in the United States until 3 September 1982 by short-lived American independent film distributor Cobra Media.

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* 1977 films 1970s crime thriller films Giallo films Films directed by Antonio Bido 1970s Italian films {{crime-thriller-film-stub Italian slasher films 1970s slasher films

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