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

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

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

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

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

decapitations, giallo

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009