Il terzo occhio (1966)

Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1966
Running Times: 98 mins
Format: black and white
Ratio:
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Panda
Producer: Louis Mann (real names: Luigi Carpentieri, Ermanno Donati)
Production Coordinator: Al Given

SCRIPT
Script: James Warren (real name: Mino Guerrini), Dean Craig (real name: Piero Regnoli)
Story: Gilles De Reys, Phil Young

DIRECTION
Director: James Warren (real name: Mino Guerrini)
Assistant Director: Ruggero Deodato

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Sandy Deaves (real name: Alessandro D'Eva)
Camera Operator: Joe Gossip

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Donna Christie (real name: Ornella Micheli)

MUSIC
Music: Frank Mason (real name: Francesco De Masi)

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Samuel Fields (real name: Mario Chiari)

CAST
Frank Nero (real name: Franco Nero) (Mino)
Gioia Pascal (Marta)
Diana Sullivan (real name: Erika Blanc) (Laura / Daniela)
Olga Sunbeauty (real name: Olga Solbelli) (Mino's mother)
Marina Morgan (woman in nightclub)
Richard Hillock (doctor)

PLOT SUMMARY

A young count is driven mad by the death of his fiancée in a car accident, caused by his jealous housekeeper and domineering mother. The mother is subsequently murdered by the housekeeper and the count takes to murdering young women, aided by the murderous servant. After a year of killings, the fiancées sister turns up - and she looks exactly like the count's lost love...

Finland
Rating: banned

West Germany
Rating: 18

1966
March
21: Italy – passed by the censors board

June
11: Italy – theatrical release

1967
May
26: West Germany – theatrical release

1968
August
26: Denmark – theatrical release

1971
June
2: France – theatrical release

Das Dritte Auge – German title
Le froid baiser de la mort – French title
Third Eye – US title

KEYWORDS

giallo, sadism

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009