La rossa dalla pelle che scotta (1971)

Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1971
Running Times: 82 mins
Length: 2815 metres
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Sa.Ma Film (Roma)
Production Supervisor: Mario Maestrelli

SCRIPT
Script/Story: Renzo Russo

DIRECTION
Director: Renzo Russo

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Luciano Trasatti
Camera Operator: Giorgio Di Battista

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Attilio Vincioni

MUSIC
Music: Sante Maria Romitelli

SOUND
Sound: Umberto Picistrelli

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Angelo Roncaiolo

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Giovanni Fratalocchi

CAST
Farley Granger (John Ward)
Erika Blanc (Red)
Krista Nell
Ivana Novak
Venantino Venantini
Aydin Tezel
Guzin Özipek
Umberto Di Grazia
Giorgio Dolfin
Fatma Karanfil
Filippo Perrone
Erol Keskin
Domenico Stefanucci

PLOT SUMMARY

John Ward is an alcoholic artist struggling for inspiration who seems to have become involved with a beautiful mute woman. When she turns up dead, he suspects that his former lover Red may be the killer.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Video Distributors: Sweet Cozy Video; Private Screenings

TIMELINE

1972
March
9: Italy - passed by the ratings board

August
10: Italy - theatrical release

1973
November
1: France - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

La peau qui brûle - French title
The Red Headed Corpse - US title
Sweet Spirits - US video title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Intermezzo no.9 (October 1973) p.6 (Italy)
review

KEYWORDS

artists, giallo

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009