L'iguana dalla lingua di fuoco (1971)

Country of Origin: Italy / France / West Germany
Year of Production: 1971
Running Times:
Length: 2595 metres
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Films Corona / Oceania Produzioni Internazionali Cinematografiche / Terra Filmkunst

SCRIPT
Script: Sandro Continenza, Willy Pareto (real name: Riccardo Freda)

DIRECTION
Director: Willy Pareto (real name: Riccardo Freda)

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Silvano Ippoliti

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Riccardo Freda

MUSIC
Music: Stelvio Cipriani

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Nadia Vitale

CAST
Luigi Pistilli (Detective John Norton)
Dagmar Lassander (Helen Sobiesky)
Anton Diffring (Ambassador Sobiesky)
Arthur O'Sullivan (Inspector Lawrence)
Werner Pochath (Mark Sobiesky)
Dominique Boschero (Ambassador's Mistress)
Renato Romano (Mandel)
Sergio Doria
Ruth Durley
Valentina Cortese (Mrs Sobiesky)

PLOT SUMMARY

In Dublin, a young woman is attacked by a serial killer who throws acid in her face, slits her throat with a razor then hides her body in the boot of a luxury car owned by the Swiss ambassador, Sobiesky, the woman's lover. Former cop John Norton is pressed back into service to crack the case but finds himself in way too deep when he falls for Sobiesky's beautiful step-daughter, Helen.

TIMELINE

1971
August
11: Italy - passed by the ratings board
24: Italy - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
La lengua de fuego de la iguana - Spanish title

KEYWORDS

acid, giallo, police, razors, serial killers, throat slitting

Last Updated: 25 August, 2009