Summary
Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He runs away, but he understands his troubles have just begun when the following day he receives an envelope with photos of him killing the man. Someone is killing all his friends and trying to frame him for the murders.
Cast
Michael Brandon
Roberto Tobias
Mimsy Farmer
Nina Tobias
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Gianni Arrosio
Aldo Bufi Landi
Pathologist
Calisto Calisti
Carlo Marosi
Marisa Fabbri
Amelia, the Maid
Oreste Lionello
The Professor
Fabrizio Moroni
Mirko
Corrado Olmi
Porter
Stefano Satta Flores
Andrea
Laura Troschel
Maria
Francine Racette
Dalia
Bud Spencer
Diomede / Godfrey
Dante Cleri
Coffin Salesman
Guerrino Crivello
Rambaldi, the Neighbor
Gildo Di Marco
Postman
Tom Felleghy
Police Commissioner Pini
Leopoldo Migliori
Musician
Fulvio Mingozzi
Music Studio Manager
Stefano Oppedisano
Bearded guy with girlfriend
Pino Patti
Funeral Exhibition Attendant
Ada Pometti
Extra (credit only)
Jacques Stany
Psychiatrist
Fortunato Cecilia
Funeral Exhibition Visitor (uncredited)
Franz Colangeli
Funeral Exhibition Visitor (uncredited)
Shirley Corrigan
Girl at Party (uncredited)
Luigi Cozzi
Masked Killer in Theater (uncredited)
Giovanni Di Benedetto
Funeral Exhibition Attendant (uncredited)
Sandro Dori
Funeral Exhibition Attendant (uncredited)
Renzo Marignano
Funeral Exhibition Attendant (uncredited)
Quinto Marziali
Funeral Exhibition Visitor (uncredited)
Diego Morreale
Extra (uncredited)
Anna Maria Perego
Delia's Mother (uncredited)
Pupita Lea Scuderoni
Funeral Exhibition Visitor (uncredited)
Maurizio Streccioni
Funeral Exhibition Visitor (uncredited)
Crew
Director, Screenplay, Story
Dario Argento
Story
Luigi Cozzi
Story
Mario Foglietti
Reviews
Geronimo1967
August 10, 2023
6
This could have worked better for me had Dario Argento not cast the pretty hapless Michael Brandon in the lead. He is "Roberto", a drummer in a mediocre rock band who gets it into his head that he is being followed! One night, he lies in wait for and apprehends this man in a derelict opera house - but in the ensuing struggle he manages to stab his phantom and kill him. If that wasn't bad enough, the next day he receives some photographs of him doing that very deed and his is now, of course, ripe for blackmail. But by whom? Why? In any case he'd better find out pronto as gradually we discover that many associated with him are falling foul of his new nemesis too! At times this is actually quite (deliberately) funny. Perhaps a little contrived at times, but there are moments that raise a smile as the characters all trip over themselves to get in (and out) of the action. The ending - well that's a turn up for the books that really does make the film worth sticking with. Not Argento's best work, though quite possibly Brandon's, and though it's a bit too long and a bit thinly spread, it's still just about worth a gander.
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
Italian
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00
