PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Producer: John R. Sloan
Associate Producer: Paul Dehn
Production Manager: Mara Blasetti
Production Supervisor: Basil Rayburn

SCRIPT
Script: Paul Dehn
Novel: John Bingham

DIRECTOR
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Assistant Director: Bill Cartlidge

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Oswald Morris
Camera Operator: Jimmy Turrell
Best Boy: Les Rodhouse (uncredited)
Gaffer: Ron Pearce
Grip and Lighting Equipment: Lee Lighting Ltd
Labs: Technicolor

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Malcolm Cooke
Assistant Editor: Peter Watson

MUSIC
Music: Johnny Harris

SOUND
Sound Recordists: Bob Jones, Ken Ritchie
Sound Editor: Dino Di Campo
Sound Mix: RCA Sound System

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Bob Lawrence
Hair: Patricia McDermott
Costume Designer: Phyllis Dalton
Wardrobe Supervisor: Jean Fairlie
Wardrobe Master: Charles Guerin

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Ray Simm
Assistant Art Director: Robert Cartwright
Set Dresser: Peter James
Property Master: Jack Towns
Construction Manager: Vic Simpson
Titles Background Artist: Patrick Carey

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Josephine Knowles

LOCATIONS
Locations; London, England, UK; Pompeii, Naples, Campania, Italy
Location Manager: Bob Simmonds

CASTING
Casting: Robert Simmonds, Harvey Woods

CAST
David Hemmings (Tim Brett)
Gayle Hunnicutt (Juliet Bristow)
Wilfrid Hyde-White (Mr Copsey)
Flora Robson (Lucy Dawson)
Adolfo Celi (Signor Bardoni)
Roland Culver (Mr Vellacot)
Daniel Massey (Major Ricketts)
Mona Washbourne (Mrs Gray)
Arthur Lowe (Mr Nugent)
Yootha Joyce (Miss Ward-Cadbury)
Derek Newark (Sergeant Matthews)
Patricia Hayes (Mrs Baird)
Mary Wimbush (Bunface)
Philip Stone (CID Sergeant)
Glynn Edwards (CID Superintendent)
Massimo Sarchielli (Mario)
Angelo Infanti (Bruno)
Bernard Archard (priest)
Kenneth Cranham (Joe)
Michael Rothwell (Rocky)
Petra Markham (schoolgirl 1)
Georgina Moon (schoolgirl 2)
Lois Hyett (schoolgirl 3)
John Rae (Uncle Stanley)
Edward Kemp (Kenny)
Hilda Barry (Miss Dacey)
Kurt Christian (Nino)
Jessica Dublin (American matron 1)
Louise Lambert (American matron 2)
Richard Kerr (pop singer)

When his aunt is murdered and the police don't seem too concerned, Tim Brett begins investigating on his own. He discovers that the woman ran a support group for ex-offenders, some of who are now in positions of power. Strange things start to happen and Brett is soon being harassed by threatening phone calls and followed by government agents...

From the director of the seventies art / car chase movie Vanishing Point (1971) came this offering, again with the loosest of structures, this time a mystery, with all manner of discordant, unrelated happenings and all left hanging with no ending. Quite stylish, with some interesting characters. David Hemmings, even at the time on icon for this sort of thing because of Blow Up (1966), and his then wife Gayle Hunnicutt co-star. Worth a watch if you can find a copy.

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Video Distributor: RCA

Frammenti di paura - Italian title
Freelance - US title
Los pasos del miedo - Spanish title
Pelon äänet - Finnish title
Pelon sirpaleita - Finnish title

MAGAZINES

Filmfacts vol.14 no.22 (1971) pp.590-591 (USA)
reprinted review

Films and Filming vol.17 no.3 (December 1970) p.52 (UK)
illustrated credits, review (by Richard Davis)

Jeune cinema no.83 (December / January 1974 / 1975) pp.18-20 (France)
review

Kine Weekly no.3282 (5 September 1970) p.8 (UK)
credits, review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.37 no.441 (October 1970) p.201 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review (by David McGillivray)

Today's Cinema no.9679 (2 June 1969) p.9 (UK)
credits

Today's Cinema no.9836 (4 September 1970) p.6 (UK)
review (by Marjorie Bilbow)

Variety 9 September 1970 p.16 (USA)
credits, review (by Rich)

NEWSPAPERS

Los Angeles Times 1 October 1971 (USA)
review (by Kevin Thomas)

BOOKS