Eye of the Spider
| Eye of the Spider | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Roberto Bianchi Montero |
| Screenplay by |
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| Story by | Roberto Bianchi Montero[1] |
| Produced by | Luigi Mondello[1] |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Fausto Rossi[1] |
| Edited by | Rolando Salvatori[1] |
| Music by | Carlo Savina[1] |
Production company | Luis Film[1] |
| Distributed by | Variety Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy[1] |
| Box office | ₤133.333 million |
Eye of the Spider (Italian: L'occhio del ragno) is a 1971 Italian crime film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Klaus Kinski.
Cast
- Klaus Kinski - Hans Fischer
- Antonio Sabàto - Paul Valéry / Frank Vogel
- Van Johnson - Prof. Orson Krüger
- Romalı Perihan - (as Perihan)
- Lucretia Love - Gloria
- Teodoro Corrà
- Goffredo Unger - (as Fredy Unger)
- Franco Marletta
- Claudio Biava
- Brigitte Brandt
- W. E. Arnold
Style
Despite the title and posters imagery which makes the film sound like a giallo, Italian film historian Roberto Curti referred to the film as a "rather typical film noir"[1]
Release
Eye of the Spider was released on 1 November 1971 in Italy.[1] Due to the growing popularity of and commercial success of the poliziotteschi through the 1970s, the film was re-released as Caso Scorpio: sterminate quelli della calibro 39.[2] The film grossed 133,333,000 Italian lire domestically.[1]
See also
Notes
References
- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
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