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'' film directed by

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Plot

Police officers investigate the death of 15-year-old Silvia Polvesi who has been found hanged after receiving an anonymous phone call. After interrogating suspects and witnesses, a tape is discovered where several sexual encounters were recorded. This leads the police to an under-age prostitution ring and a

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Cast

* Giovanna Ralli as Deputy Attorney Vittoria Stori *

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as Commissioner Silvestri *

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as Commissioner Valentini *

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as Bruno Paglia *

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as Mr. Polvesi *

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as Miss Polvesi *Paolo Turco as Marcello Tosti *

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as Prosecutor *Micaela Pignatelli as Rosa *Ferdinando Murolo as Sgt. Giardina *

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as Napoli *Eleonora Morana as Polvesi's Housemaid *Sherry Buchanan as Silvia Polvesi (as Cheryl Lee Buchanan) *Roberta Paladini as Patrizia Valentini *Luigi Antonio Guerra as Reporter *Renata Moar as Laura *Adriana Falco as Giuliana Bigi *Clara Zovianoff as Mrs. Talenti *Leonardo Severini as Agt. Russo *Lorenzo Piani as Reporter

Production

The film was shot at Dear Studios in Rome.

Style

The film is considered a hybrid of two genres: the

and the

. The film was one among the many hybrid ''gialli'' made predominantly between 1974 and 1975 when the popularity of the giallo was waning at the Italian box office while the poliziottesco were beginning to gain box office dominance.

Release

The film was released in Italy on 10 August 1974 and was distributed by P.A.C. The film grossed a total of 1,344,301,000

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on its domestic release. It was released on

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on August 14, 2018 and restored from the original camera negative.

Reception

In his book ''Italian Crime Filmography, 1968–1980'', Roberto Curti described the film as the best of the giallo and poliziottesco hybrids, stating that "Dallamano's direction is well above average". Danny Shipka, author of a book on European exploitation films found the film "doesn't hold as much of a grip as" ''

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'' as it focused too much on police protocol, but was still "an intense gritty film that deserves to be seen."

Footnotes

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External links

* {{Massimo Dallamano 1974 films Films directed by Massimo Dallamano Films scored by Stelvio Cipriani Giallo films Poliziotteschi films Films shot in Rome Films shot in Milan Films set in Lombardy Films about child abduction Films about child prostitution Films about human trafficking Works about sex trafficking 1970s Italian films