Nights of Violence
Directed byRoberto Mauri
Written byRoberto Mauri, Edoardo Mulargia
StarringAlberto Lupo, Hélène Chanel, Marilù Tolo, Lisa Gastoni
Edited byNella Nannuzzi[1]
Music byAldo Piga
Distributed byMetropolis[1]
Release date
1965
Running time
81 minutes[1]
CountryItaly

Night of Violence (Italian: Le notti della violenza) is a 1965 Italian film directed by Roberto Mauri and starring Helene Chanel and Marilu Tolo. It was initially banned in Italy on the time of its release, and released in France first as Call Girls 66. It was released later in Italy heavily edited and with some re-dubbed dialogue.

Premise

The police strive to catch a masked serial killer who focuses on women.

Cast

Production

Night of Violence was developed under the name L'uomo venuto da Hiroshima.[2]

Release and reception

Night of Violence was initially banned in Italy for obscenity due to the amount of female nudity in the film.[2] It was eventually released in France under the title Call Girls 66 in 1965 and released months later in 1966 in Italy under the title Le notti della violenza. The theatrical released had many cuts and some re-dubbed dialogue.[2][3]

It received a brief release in Milan in 1967, where it had a brief review in Corriere della Sera who described it as a "crude fumetto."[3]

References

Sources

  • Poppi, R; Pecorari, M. (1992). Dizionario del Cinema Italiano. 3: 363. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • Curti, Roberto (2022). Italian Giallo in Film and Television. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-8248-8.


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