L'iguana dalla lingua di fuoco

The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
Directed by	Riccardo Freda (as Willy Pareto)
Written by	André Tranché
Screenplay by	Sandro Continenza (as Alessandro Continenza) Riccardo Freda (as Willy Pareto)
Based on	the novel A Room Without a Door by Richard Mann
Starring	Luigi Pistilli Dagmar Lassander
Music by	Stelvio Cipriani
Cinematography	Silvano Ippoliti
Edited by	Riccardo Freda (as Willy Pareto)
Production company	Les Films Corona Oceania Produzioni Internazionali Cinematografiche Terra-Filmkunst
Release dates	24 August 1971
Running time	92 min.
Country	Italy France West Germany
Language	Italian

L'iguana dalla lingua di fuoco (internationally released as The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire) is a 1971 Italian giallo film. It is directed by Riccardo Freda, who was unhappy with the film and had his name replaced with the pseudonym "Willy Pareto".^[1] The film is loosely based on the novel A Room Without a Door written by Richard Mann.^[2]

Cast

• Luigi Pistilli as Detective John Norton
• Dagmar Lassander as Helen Sobiesky
• Anton Diffring as Ambassador Sobieski
• Arthur O'Sullivan as insp. Lawrence
• Werner Pochath as Marc Sobiesky
• Dominique Boschero as Ambassador's mistress
• Valentina Cortese as Mrs. Sobiesky

Critical reception

AllMovie wrote, "Stylish director Riccardo Freda gave Italy some of its greatest horror films. This gory but preposterous giallo thriller is not one of them", calling it "one of a great director's most blatant misfires."^[1]

References

1. Firsching, Robert. "L'Iguana Dalla Lingua Di Fuoco (1971) - Review - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
2. "Un'educazione sentimentale che si conclude nella piscina". La Stampa. 25 August 1971. p. 7. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

External links

• L'iguana dalla lingua di fuoco at the Internet Movie Database