Spasmo (1974)

Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1974
Running Times: 94 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Producer: Ugo Tucci
Unit Manager: Stefano Pegoraro

SCRIPT
Script: Pino Boller, Massimo Franciosa, Umberto Lenzi, Luisa Montagnana
Story: Pino Boller

DIRECTION
Director: Umberto Lenzi
New Sequences Director: George A. Romero
Assistant Director: Alessandro Metz

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Guglielmo Mancori
Camera Operator: Elio Polacchi
Assistant Camera: Renato Palmieri

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Eugenio Alabiso
Assistant Editor: Giuseppe Romano

MUSIC
Music: Ennio Morricone

SOUND
Boom Operator: Franco Borni

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Antonio Mecacci
Hair: Anna Graziosi
Costume Designer: Silvio Laurenzi

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Giacomo Caló Carducci

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Marisa Calia
Production Secretary: Valerio Zecca

CAST
Robert Hoffmann (Christian)
Suzy Kendall (Barbara)
Ivan Rassimov (Fritz)
Adolfo Lastretti
Monica Monet (Clorinda)
Guido Alberti (Malcolm)
Mario Erpichini
Franco Silva
Maria Pia Conte (Xenia)
Luigi Antonio Guerra
Rosita Torosh (woman in car)

PLOT SUMMARY

Christian meets an injured woman on a beach and subsequently falls in love with her. Christian is attacked in his motel room by a mysterious assailant who is accidentally shot in the struggle. And then the body goes missing...

Canada
Theatrical Distributor: Frontier Amusements

Italy
Theatrical Distributor: Produzioni Atlas Consorziate

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Libra Films International

USA
Rating: R

1974
February
16: Italy – theatrical release

1976
August
Day Unknown: USA – theatrical release

2003
March
25: USA - DVD release (Media Blasters (SSDVD0304))

Beyond "Psycho" SPASMO!

The Death Dealer – Canadian / US title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Cinematografia ITA no.1/2 (January / February 1974) pp.107-108 (Italy)
review

Hollywood Reporter vol.242 no.9 (2 July 1976) p.3 (USA)
review

blackmail, giallo, schizophrenia

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008