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

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