The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)


The Cat o' Nine Tails
Release Date11 February 1971
Budget$1,000,000
TaglineIt's nine times more suspenseful!
GenreHorror, Mystery, Thriller
CountryItaly
France
West Germany
Filming LocationsCinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy
LanguageItalian
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassGiallo, Whodunit, Psychological Thriller
ThemesAmateur Sleuths, Serial Killers
TonesStylized, Deliberate, Chilly, Eerie, Slick, Ominous
TagsAnchorperson, Blind, Detective, Handicap, Investigation, Investigator, Kill, Murder, Sadist, Serial Killer

The Cat o' Nine Tails (Italian: ) is a 1971 Italian giallo thriller film written and directed by Dario Argento; it was his second film as director.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Carlo Giordani

Franco Arno

Anna Terzi

Pier Paolo Capponi
Police Supt. Spini

Dr. Braun

Bianca Merusi

Aldo Reggiani
Dr. Casoni

Carlo Alighiero
Dr. Calabresi

Vittorio Congia
Righetto

Ugo Fangareggi
Gigi the Loser

Tom Felleghy
Dr. Esson

Emilio Marchesini
Dr. Mombelli

Fulvio Mingozzi
Spimi's man

Corrado Olmi
Morsella

Pino Patti
Barber

Umberto Raho
Manuel's ex-lover

Jacques Stany
Prof. Manera

Stefano Oppedisano
Taxi driver

Ada Pometti
Telephone operator

Sascha Helwin

Marie Louise Sinclair
Film starlet

Cinzia De Carolis
Lori

Werner Pochath
Manuel

Tino Carraro
Prof. Fulvio Terzi

Aristide Caporale
Smoker in the billiard hall

Giovanni Di Benedetto
Chief of Police Salmi

Margherita Horowitz
Lori's babysitter

Giuseppe Marrocco
Man at table in the Saint Peter's Club

Gennarino Pappagalli
Man in the Terzi's institute

Aldo Parenti
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Franco Ukmar
Policeman - speaks with Morsella about food

Director

Producer

screenplay, story

Luigi Collo
story

Dardano Sacchetti
story

Bryan Edgar Wallace
uncredited

Salvatore Argento
producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Erico Menczer
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Editor

Franco Fraticelli
-

Production Designer

Carlo Leva
-

Costume Designer

Carlo Leva
-

Luca Sabatelli
-

Makeup Department

Giuseppe Ferranti
makeup artist

Vincenzo Marchetti
assistant makeup artist

Piero Mecacci
makeup artist

Maura Turchi
hair stylist

Production Manager

Angelo Iacono
production manager

Giuseppe Mangogna
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Roberto Pariante
assistant director

Art Department

Romeo Costantini
assistant set decorator

Franco Pedacchia
assistant production designer

Lamberto Verdenelli
property master

Sound Department

Luciano Anzellotti
sound effects

Eugenio Fiori
boom operator

Romano Pampaloni
sound recordist

Mario Ronchetti
sound

Visual Effects

Luciano Vittori
titles & optical effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Roberto Bertozzi
electrician

Roberto Brega
camera operator

Arturo De Castelterlango
first assistant camera

Rodolfo Flibotti
gaffer

Giuseppe Gabrielli
grip

Maurizio La Monica
second assistant camera

Alberico Loreti
best boy electric

Renato Mascagno
first assistant camera

Ettore Migalizzi
grip

Giovanni Migalizzi
grip

Maurizio Migalizzi
key grip

Firmino Palmieri
still photographer

Franco Rachini
electrician

Carlo Vinciguerra
electrician

Editorial Department

Cesarina Casini
first assistant editor

Sergio Fraticelli
second assistant editor

Music Department

conductor

Other Crew

Carlo Du Bois
administrator

Roberta Leoni
production secretary

Bruno Ukmar
gunsmith

Luciano Vittori
title designer

Production Company

Labrador Films
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Seda Spettacoli
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Terra-Filmkunst
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Transconta SA
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Distributor

Mondial Films

CBS Television

National General Pictures

Anchor Bay Entertainment
,

Astro Distribution

Bingo Video Inc.

Cinefear

Constantin Film
,

Control Productions

DMEG

Diamond Entertainment Group (DEG)

Dutch FilmWorks (DFW)

Echo Bridge Home Entertainment

Emerald

Future Film

K & C Video

Krause & Schneider Multimedia (KSM)

Miracle Pictures

Reel Media International
,

Simitar Video

Summit Video

UFA Video

Valio-Filmi

XT Video Entertainment






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