Eye of the Spider
Film poster
Directed byRoberto Bianchi Montero
Screenplay by
  • Luigi Angelo
  • Fabio De Agostini
  • Aldo Crudo[1]
Story byRoberto Bianchi Montero[1]
Produced byLuigi Mondello[1]
Starring
Klaus Kinski
CinematographyFausto Rossi[1]
Edited byRolando Salvatori[1]
Music byCarlo Savina[1]
Production
company
Luis Film[1]
Distributed byVariety Distribution
Release date
  • 1 November 1971 (1971-11-01) (Italy)
Running time
92 minutes[1]
CountryItaly[1]
Box office₤133.333 million

Eye of the Spider (Italian: L'occhio del ragno) is a 1971 Italian crime film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Klaus Kinski.

Cast

  • Klaus Kinski - Hans Fischer
  • Antonio Sabàto - Paul Valéry / Frank Vogel
  • Van Johnson - Prof. Orson Krüger
  • Romalı Perihan - (as Perihan)
  • Lucretia Love - Gloria
  • Teodoro Corrà
  • Goffredo Unger - (as Fredy Unger)
  • Franco Marletta
  • Claudio Biava
  • Brigitte Brandt
  • W. E. Arnold

Style

Despite the title and posters imagery which makes the film sound like a giallo, Italian film historian Roberto Curti referred to the film as a "rather typical film noir"[1]

Release

Eye of the Spider was released on 1 November 1971 in Italy.[1] Due to the growing popularity of and commercial success of the poliziotteschi through the 1970s, the film was re-released as Caso Scorpio: sterminate quelli della calibro 39.[2] The film grossed 133,333,000 Italian lire domestically.[1]

See also

Notes

References

  • Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.


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