La morte cammina con i tacchi alti (1971)

Country of Origin: Italy / Spain
Year of Production: 1971
Running Times: 98 mins (Spain)     105 mins (Italy)
Length: 3149 metres
Format: Eastmancolor     35mm     Cromoscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Atlántida Films S.A. / Cinecompany
Producer: José Frade

SCRIPT
Script: Ernesto Gastaldi, Mahnahén Velasco, Manuel Velasco, Dino Verde
Story: Ernesto Gastaldi, Mahnahén Velasco

DIRECTION
Director: Luciano Ercoli

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Fernando Arribas
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Alessandro D'Eva

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Angelo Curi

MUSIC
Music: Stelvio Cipriani
Song Performed By: Nora Orlandi

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Osanna Guardini

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Antonio Molina

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Osanna Guardini
Set Decorator: Juan Alberto (real name: Juan Alberto Soler)

LOCATIONS
Locations: Costa Brava, Girona, Cataluña, Spain; Paris, France

CAST
Frank Wolff (Dr Robert Matthews)
Susan Scott (real name: Nieves Navarro) (Nicole Rochard)
Simón Andreu (Michel Aumont)
Claudie Lange (Vanessa Matthews)
Carlo Gentili
Georges Rigaud
José Manuel Martín
Fabrizio Moresco
Luciano Rossi
Rachela Pamenti
Osvaldo Genazzani
Manuel Muñiz 'Pajarito'

PLOT SUMMARY

An infamous jewel thief is brutally murdered on a train and his daughter Nicole, a nightclub performer in Paris, is soon being pursued by a masked man who wants to know where her father has hidden a stash of stolen diamonds. Nicole comes to suspect her boyfriend Michel and flees to England - but the killer is not far behind her...

AVAILABILITY

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Atlántida Films

TIMELINE

1971
October
6: Italy - passed by the ratings board

November
19: Italy - theatrical release

1972
May
8: Spain - theatrical release

1975
February
26: France - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Death Walks on High Heels - English language title
La muerte camina con tacón alto - Spanish title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Cineinforme no. 151 (May 1972) p.9 (Spain)
review

KEYWORDS

criminals, giallo, serial killers

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008