La morte accarezza a mezzanotte (1972)

Country of Origin: Italy / Spain
Year of Production: 1972
Running Times: 96 mins (Finland)     103 mins
Format: Technicolor     35mm     Techniscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: C.B. Films S.A. / Cinecompany

SCRIPT
Script: Ernesto Gastaldi, Roberto Leoni, Mahnahén Velasco, Manuel Velasco
Dialogue: Guido Leoni
Story: Sergio Corbucci

DIRECTION
Director: Luciano Ercoli

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Fernando Arribas

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Angelo Curi

MUSIC
Music: Gianni Ferrio
Song Performed By: Mina (Valentina (Controluce))

SOUND
Sound Effects: Studio Marinelli

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Set Decorators: Francesco Di Stefano, Juan Alberto
Sculptures: Toyofuku

LOCATIONS
Locations: Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain; Como, Lombardia, Italy; Milan, Lombardia, Italy

CAST
Susan Scott (real name: Nieves Navarro) (Valentina)
Simón Andreu (Gio Baldi)
Pietro Martellanza (Stefano)
Claudie Lange (Verushka Wuttenberg)
Carlo Gentili (Inspector Seripa)
Ivano Staccioli
Fabrizio Moresco
Claudio Pellegrini
Luciano Rossi
Raúl Aparici
Alessandro Perrella
Elio Veller
Giuliana Rivera
Anna Recchimuzzi
Manuel Muñiz
Guido Spadea
Franco Morald
Giorgio Penna
Giacomo Pergola
Roberta Cifarelli
Danilo Bellucci
Luigi Norossi
Serafino Profumo
Juan Torres

SUMMARY

Fashion model Valentina takes part in an experiment that involves her taking an untested drug. Under the influence, she has a vision of a young woman being murdered with a spiked glove. But it later turns out that someone really was killed that way and Valentina is soon being targeted by the killer.

AVAILABILITY

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: C.B. Films

USA
DVD Distributors: Mondo Macabro

TIMELINE

1972
November
17: Italy - theatrical release

1973
March
1: Spain - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Death Caresses at Midnight
Death Walks at Midnight - UK title
La muerte acaricia a medianoche - Spanish title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Bianco e Nero vol.35 no.3/4 (March / April 1974) p.51 (Italy)
review

Cinematografia ITA vol.39 no.11/12 (November / December 1972) p.63 (Italy)
credits

Rivista del Cinematografo January 1973 pp.37-38 (Italy)
review

KEYWORDS

giallo, serial killers

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008