''Run, Psycho, Run'' (/ translation: ''Later, Claire....Later'') is a 1968 film directed by

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. The film stars

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and Georges Rivière. Although filmed in the mid 1960s, ''Run, Psycho, Run'' was not released until 1968 in Italy. It was subsequently released direct to television in the United States.

Plot

The film is set in

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in 1912 where retired Judge George Dennison, his wife Claire, and their son Robert arrive at a Villa in Mount Argentario for the summer. Shortly after a party, Claire and Robert are both murdered. A year later, Judge Dennison once again returns to the villa with his new fiancée Ann and her son. Ann resembles Claire which he believe will assist him in his scheme to discover the murderer's identity.

Cast

Production

By the late 1950s, director

was considered a respected and well-known intellectual in Italy. After the lack of financial success of his previous film, ''

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'', Rondi explained in an interview in with

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in 1965 that his next film ''Run, Psycho, Run'', that he had "no intention of making a mystery, or a horror film, or even a suspense yarn, Hitchcock-style. What really interests me is to grasp with a film set in 1912 the origins of today’s disease within the bourgeoisie, and to portray its degeneration with extreme violence. I read very few crime novels in my life. And I must say that I do not even like them very much. In my film there is indeed a crime, and an investigation. But it’s only a pretext, in a story full of hatred set in the last years of the "Belle Époque," when some kind of false euphoria was decomposing, while one could glimpse the first signs of the impending war, the signs of hatred and the strengthening of class struggle." The film was shot at

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in Rome and at the Argentario in

. Italian film historian Roberto Curti suggested that the film may have been a troubled production, noting the lack of an editor in the credits and that film had a sudden pessimistic ending.

Release

The film was not released for several years after its initial film production, and released in Italy in July 1968 where it was distributed by Bianco Nero Film. The film was released directly to television as ''Run, Psycho, Run'' through

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(AIP-TV). The dubbing cast included

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and

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and Gary Merrill dubbing his own voice. ''Run, Psycho, Run'' was first shown in the United States on November 2, 1969, on Sacramento's KCRA-Channel 3 as part of his ''Seven Arts Theater'' show. As of 2015, the film has never been released on home video.

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* {{IMDb title, 0063441 Italian mystery thriller films French mystery thriller films Films shot in Rome Films shot in Tuscany Films scored by Giovanni Fusco 1960s Italian films 1960s French films