My Dear Killer

My Dear Killer
Directed by	Tonino Valerii
Written by	Roberto Leoni Franco Bucceri
Starring	George Hilton Marilù Tolo William Berger Salvo Randone
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Cinematography	Manuel Rojas
Edited by	Franco Fraticelli
Release dates	3 February 1972 (Italy) 24 February 1972 (Spain)
Running time	96 min.
Country	Italy Spain
Language	Italian English dub

Mio caro assassino (internationally released as My Dear Killer) is a 1972 Italian giallo film directed by Tonino Valerii. The film was referred as "one of the best films in the thriller genre"^[1] and as "one of the best, most vibrant and well designed products of Italian giallo".^[2]

Synopsis

Following a mysterious decapitation (via mechanical digger) of an insurance investigator, Police Inspector Peretti is put onto the case. Slowly more people are found dead... a man supposedly commits suicide, a women is strangled, another attacked in her flat... but all the clues lead to an unsolved case of kidnapping and murder. Can Peretti find the murderer, if his major clue is a little girls drawing?

Cast

• George Hilton: Inspector Luca Peretti
• Marilù Tolo: Dr. Anna Borgese
• Salvo Randone: Chief Marò
• William Berger: Giorgio Canavese
• Manuel Zarzo: Brigadier Bozzi
• Patty Shepard: Paola Rossi, the teacher
• Piero Lulli: Alessandro Moroni
• Helga Liné: Mrs. Paradisi
• Dante Maggio: Mattia Guardapelle
• Alfredo Mayo: Beniamino
• Corrado Gaipa: Head of Insurance Company
• Dana Ghia: Eleonora Moroni
• Monica Randall: Carla Moroni
• Lara Wendel: Stefania (as Daniela Rachele Barnes)

References

1. Gianfranco Casadio. Col cuore in gola: assassini, ladri e poliziotti nel cinema italiano dal 1930 ad oggi. Angelo Longo, 2002. ISBN 8880633600.
2. Luca M. Palmerini, Gaetano Mistretta. Spaghetti nightmares. M&P, 1996. ISBN 8886839014.

External links

• My Dear Killer at the Internet Movie Database