La bestia uccide a sangue freddo [1971]

Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1971
Running Times: 86 mins [Greece]     89 mins [USA]     97 mins [West Germany]
Length: 2470 metres
Format: Eastmancolor     35mm     Techniscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Cineproduzioni Daunia 70 / Sitoro
Producers: Tiziano Longo, Armando Novelli
Production Manager: Armando Novelli

SCRIPT
Script: Fernando Di Leo, Nino Latino

DIRECTION
Director: Fernando Di Leo
Assistant Director: Franco Lo Cascio

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Franco Villa

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Amedeo Giomini

MUSIC
Music: Silvano Spadaccino
Conductor: Giacomo Simonelli

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Nicola Tamburo

CAST
Klaus Kinski [Dr Francis Clay]
Margaret Lee [Cheryl Hume]
Rosalba Neri [Anne Palmieri]
Jane Garret [Mara]
John Karlsen [Professor Osterman]
Gioia Desideri [Ruth]
John Ely [Gardener]
Fernando Cerulli
Sandro Rossi
Monica Strebel [Nurse Helen]
Marco Mariani

AVAILABILITY

Belgium
Video Distributors: Farah Film Production

France
Video Distributors: Farah Film Production

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Hallmark Releasing Corp
Video Distributors: Amvest Video; Gorgon Video; MPI Home Video
DVD Distributors: Shriek Show

TIMELINE

1971
May
7: Italy - passed by the ratings board

August
2: Italy - theatrical release

1972
May
5: West Germany - theatrical release

1973
March
1: France - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Asylum Erotica
The Beast Kills in Cold Blood
La clinique des ténèbres - French video title
The Cold-Blooded Beast
Les insatisfaites poupées érotiques du docteur Hitchcock - French title
Les poupees du Professeur Hichcock
Les poupees aanglantes du Dr X
Das Schloß der blauen Vögel - West German title
Slaughter Hotel
Der Triebmörder - West German video title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

CinemaTV Today no.10007 [18 November 1972 ] p.32 [UK]
review [by Marjorie Bilbow]

Is It Uncut? no.6 pp.38-39 [UK]
review

New Cinema vol.7 [July 1971] pp.18-25 [Italy]
review

KEYWORDS

decapitations, giallo

Last Updated: 6 March, 2007