Dario Argento giallo is the cat's meow.
Cat O' Nine Tails (1971)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:11
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Italian master of horror Dario Argento's second directorial effort (and the centerpiece of the "animal trilogy" of giallos--or mystery/thrillers--which includes BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE and... Italian master of horror Dario Argento's second directorial effort (and the centerpiece of the "animal trilogy" of giallos--or mystery/thrillers--which includes BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE and FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET) is a suspenseful murder mystery infused with the filmmaker's trademark graphic violence. Karl Malden stars as a blind man with a talent for solving puzzles who teams-up with reporter Carlo Giordani (James Franciscus) to launch a private investigation into a string of peculiar murders, all of which seem to involve a dubious genetic research facility. The killer soon becomes wise to the duo's plans and will do whatever it takes to stop them from reporting to the police. [More]
Starring: Karl Malden, James Franciscus, Catherine Spaak, Pier Paolo Capponi
Starring: Karl Malden, James Franciscus, Catherine Spaak, Pier Paolo Capponi, Horst Frank, Rada Rassimov
Director: Dario Argento
Director: Dario Argento
Screenwriter: Dario Argento, Dardano Sacchetti
Producer: Salvatore Argento
Composer: Ennio Morricone
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Reviews for Cat O' Nine Tails
... through the employment of his visual technique, commonality is transformed into remarkable quality.
...highly unlikely to appeal to anyone other than the most ardent Argento fan, and even those folks will be hard-pressed to find anything here worth embracing.
Set against a backdrop of genetic research and espionage, Argento's formal obsession with allusions to seeing and sightlessness is on fierce display.
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