''Plot of Fear'' ( it, ...e tanta paura, links=no/ ''Too Much Fear''), also known as ''Bloody Peanuts'', is an Italian

giallo 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, ...

movie directed in 1976 by

Paolo Cavara Paolo Cavara (4 July 1926 – 7 August 1982) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He is best known for collaborating with Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco E. Prosperi on the 1962 mondo film '' Mondo Cane'', and for directing the fict ...

. The film also includes a well-known animated erotic insert directed by Gibba in which, as said by Marco Giusti, "the great Gibba broke out in all kinds of sado-masochistic excess".

Plot

Inspector Lomenzo investigates a series of murders committed against wealthy people. The inspector's sole lead is that the murderer is in the habit of leaving illustrations of the Struwwelpeter at the

crime scene A crime scene is any location that may be associated with a committed crime. Crime scenes contain physical evidence that is pertinent to a criminal investigation. This evidence is collected by crime scene investigators (CSI) and law enforcemen ...

Cast

Corinne Cléry Corinne Cléry (born 23 March 1950), also known as Corinne Piccolo, is a French actress. She is known for the films ''Moonraker'' (1979), '' The Story of O'' (1975), ''Hitch-Hike'' (1977) and ''Yor, the Hunter from the Future'' (1983). Early l ...

as Jeanne *

Tom Skerritt Thomas Roy Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an American actor who has appeared in over 40 films and more than 200 television episodes since 1962. He is known for his film roles in ''M*A*S*H'', ''Alien'', '' The Dead Zone'', '' Top Gun'', '' A ...

as Chief Inspector * Michele Placido as Inspector Gaspare Lomenzo *

Eli Wallach Eli Herschel Wallach (; December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014) was an American film, television, and stage actor from New York City. From his 1945 Broadway debut to his last film appearance, Wallach's entertainment career spanned 65 years. Origina ...

as Pietro Riccio *

John Steiner John Steiner (7 January 1941 – 31 July 2022) was an English actor. Tall, thin and gaunt, he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and performed on-stage for the Royal Shakespeare Company, but was best known to audiences for his roles i ...

as Hoffmann *

Jacques Herlin Jacques Herlin (17 August 1927 – 7 June 2014) was a French character actor. Born in Paris as Jacques de Jouette, he appeared in an impressive number of films from the early sixties. He was also active on stage and on television. He died i ...

as Pandolfi *

Greta Vaillant Greta Vaillant (born Josette Vaillant In Rennes, Brittany, France; 1 January 1942 – 7 April 2000) was a French actress and author. She was sometimes credited as Greta Vayan and Gretta Vaillont. Vaillant made her film debut in 1968, as main actr ...

as Laura Falconieri *

Quinto Parmeggiani Quinto may refer to: People * Quinto (name), list of people with the name Places *Quinto (Ponce), a barrio in Puerto Rico *Quinto, Aragon, a municipality in the province of Zaragoza, Spain *Quinto, Ticino, a municipality in Switzerland *In Italy: ...

as Angelo Scanavini

References

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* 1976 films English-language Italian films Giallo films Films directed by Paolo Cavara 1970s crime thriller films Italian crime thriller films Films with live action and animation 1970s English-language films 1970s Italian films {{crime-thriller-film-stub

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