Delitti e profumi
| Crimes and Perfume | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Vittorio De Sisti |
| Produced by | Claudio Bonivento[1] |
| Written by |
Francesco Massaro Franco Ferrini Oreste De Fornari Carlo Alberto Bonadies |
| Starring | Jerry Cala, Umberto Smailia, Eva Grimaldi[2] |
| Music by | Umberto Smaila |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Maccari |
| Edited by | Claudio Di Mauro[3] |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Delitti e profumi (also known as Crimes and Perfume) is a 1988 Italian giallo film directed by Vittorio De Sisti, based on a story entitled Scarlet by Bonadies and De Fornari, both of whom also worked on the screenplay.[4][5][6][7] Traci Lords appears in a cameo, a brief appearance in a softcore porn clip.[8]
Cast
- Jerry Calà as Eddy
- Umberto Smaila as Inspector Turroni
- Lucrezia Lante della Rovere as Barbara
- Eva Grimaldi as Porzia
- Mara Venier as Sister Melania
- Marina Viro as Maria Rita aka "Mariri"
- Simonetta Gianfelici as Ambra
- Nina Soldano as Yoko
- Silvia Annichiarico as The Department Director
- Novello Novelli as The Ventriloquist
- Alba Parietti as Patty Pravo
Plot
Eddy, a detective who works as a security guard in a department store, is engaged to Barbara, a clerk in the same store. After receiving some perfume as a gift from a mysterious admirer, Barbara is burnt to death when she walks under some warm halogen spotlights. In order to discover what killed Barbara, Eddy decides to investigate together with Inspector Turroni. Afterwards, a prostitute named Portia is murdered in a similar way and Eddy discovers the cause of their deaths... the perfume sent to each victim by the killer contains a highly flammable substance (benzopyrene-15). Eddy decides to find if there was a connection between the two victims and he discovers that each victim had in her possession of a piece of a picture. The picture was taken years before, in 1971, when the victims were just young girls. They had spent that summer together with a girl named Mariri, and another mysterious girl, at a holiday camp managed by Sister Melania. THe criminal is apparently getting revenge for a terrible accident that happened that summer at the camp.
References
- ↑ Luther-Smith,Adrian (1999). Blood and Black Lace: The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies. Stray Cat Publishing Ltd. p. 39
- ↑ Luther-Smith,Adrian (1999). Blood and Black Lace: The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies. Stray Cat Publishing Ltd. p. 39
- ↑ Luther-Smith,Adrian (1999). Blood and Black Lace: The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies. Stray Cat Publishing Ltd. p. 39
- ↑ Luther-Smith,Adrian (1999). Blood and Black Lace: The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies. Stray Cat Publishing Ltd. p. 39
- ↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
- ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN 8877424230.
- ↑ P. Per. (1988-12-14). "Jerry Calà nel grande magazzino del giallo". La Stampa. p. 19.
- ↑ Luther-Smith,Adrian (1999). Blood and Black Lace: The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies. Stray Cat Publishing Ltd. p. 39