A Quiet Place to Kill
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| Directed by | Umberto Lenzi |
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| Music by | Gregorio Garcia Segura[1] |
| Cinematography | Guglie Imo Mancori [1] |
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Release dates | 1970 |
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A Quiet Place to Kill (Italian: Paranoia) is a 1969 Italian-Spanish giallo film directed by Umberto Lenzi (released in 1970).[2][3][4] The film was released as A Quiet Place to Kill in English-speaking countries, since Lenzi's earlier 1968 film Orgasmo had been released internationally as Paranoia.
Plot
A race-car driver whose life, both personal and professional, is in a rapid downfall is invited by her ex-husband's new wife to stay at their plush estate. The two women form a bond, and it's not long before their mutual dislike for the husband culminates into a plan to kill him. As it turns out, though, they're not alone in plotting murder.
Cast
- Carroll Baker as Helene
- Jean Sorel as Maurice Sauvage
- Luis Dávila as Albert Duchamps
- Alberto Dalbés as Dr. Harry Webb
- Marina Coffa as Mrs. Susan
- Anna Proclemer as Constance Sauvage
- Lisa Halvorsen as Solange
Reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin described the film as "both sluggish and scrappy, with Lenzi bravely throwing up a screen of object-fixated camerawork and fidgety focusing, but not receiving much help from his players."[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Combs, Richard (1973). "Paranoia (A Quiet Place to Kill)". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 40 no. 468 (British Film Institute). p. 105.
- ↑ Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059695.
- ↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
- ↑ Marco Giusti (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN 8820029197.