Death Knocks Twice

Death Knocks Twice
Death Knocks Twice
	Film poster
Directed by	Harald Philipp
Written by	Max Pierre Schaeffer (novel); Mario di Nardo; Sergio Garrone; Harald Philipp;
Produced by	Herbert Maris
Starring	Dean Reed
Cinematography	Claudio Racca
Edited by	Alfred Srp
Music by	Piero Umiliani
Release date	25 November 1969;
Running time	86 minutes
Countries	West Germany; Italy;
Language	German

Death Knocks Twice (Italian: La morte bussa due volte), German: Blonde Köder für den Mörder^[2]), is a 1969 Italian-West German detective film directed by Harald Philipp and starring Dean Reed, Fabio Testi and Adolfo Celi.^[3] It also starred Anita Ekberg, Helene Chanel and Femi Benussi.^[1] It was also released as Blonde Bait for the Murderer and The Blonde Connection.^[1]

Plot

A wealthy businessman, Francesco Villaverde, who suffers from mental issues, strangles Mrs. Ferretti (Anita Ekberg), the beautiful wife of another businessman, on a beach after they make love. The murder is witnessed by two criminals who then blackmail Francesco's wife to get some property they desire from her. Two private eyes try to prove that Francesco murdered the woman on the beach, so they use a young blonde (the daughter of one of the detectives) to pose as bait for Francesco to kill.

Cast

Dean Reed as Bob Martin
Fabio Testi as Francisco di Villaverde
Ini Assmann as Ellen Kent
Leon Askin as Pepe Mangano
Werner Peters as Charly Hollmann
Nadja Tiller as Maria di Villaverde
Anita Ekberg as Sophia Perretti
Adolfo Celi as Perretti, aka Max Spiegler
Riccardo Garrone as Amato Locatelli
Mario Brega as Riccardo
Hélène Chanel as Angela
Femi Benussi as Mabel Simmons
Renato Baldini as Mr. Simmons
Tom Felleghy as Berry

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Luther-Smith, Adrian (1999). Blood and Black Lace: The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies. Stray Cat Publishing Ltd. p. 32
^ "BFI: Blonde Köder für den Mörder". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
^ Nugent, Frank S. (2012). "New York Times: Death Knocks Twice". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2008.

External links

Death Knocks Twice at IMDb

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[Luther-1] Luther-Smith, Adrian (1999). Blood and Black Lace: The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies. Stray Cat Publishing Ltd. p. 32

[BFI-2] "BFI: Blonde Köder für den Mörder". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

[NY_Times-3] Nugent, Frank S. (2012). "New York Times: Death Knocks Twice". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2008.

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