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La Morte Cammina con i Tacchi Alti
Death Walks on High Heels
Death Stalks on High Heels
Italy/Spain 1971
produced by Luciano Ercoli, Alberto Pugliese for Cinecompany, Atlántida Films
directed by Luciano Ercoli
starring Frank Wolff, Susan Scott (= Nieves Navarro), Simón Andreu, Carlo Gentili, George Rigaud, José Manuel Martín, Fabrizio Moresco, Luciano Rossi, Claudie Lange, Rachela Pamenti, Osvaldo Genazzani, Manuel Muniz
story by Ernesto Gastaldi, Mahnahén Velasco, screenplay by Ernesto Gastaldi, Mahnahén Velasco, Dino Verde, music by Stelvio Cipriani
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Stripper Nicole's (Susan Scott) father and company pulled off a big diamond
heist, but then he got killed, and somebody seems to think the loot is
with his daughter, a popular stripper. So that somebody threatens Nicole's
life, almost killse her, and all she sees of him is his piercing blue
eyes. Nicole makes a getaway to her boyfriend Michel (Simón Andreu), only
to find blue contact lenses among his things. Not sure where to turn to,
she hooks up with Dr Matthews (Frank Wolff), an admirer she knows from one
of the clubs she works at, and he soon takes her with him to the British
countryside ... where she turns up dead only a short time later. Matthews
by the way is shot at too but survives the assault. Police inspector
Baxter (Carlo Gentili) and his assistant Bergson (Fabrizio Moresco) are
left baffled of course, and then Michel arrives and starts investigating
... and makes himself the prime suspect in the process - especially when
Matthews' wife (Claudie Lange) is killed only hours after he tried to
force a confession out of her. While the investigation goes on, several
more suspects turn up, including a blind man (José Manuel Martín) who
isn't really blind but was one of the accomplices at the diamond heist -
but
his guilt is at least doubtful, and soon enough many clues leading in
all directions are found by the police and/or Michel - until Michel's
guilt finally seems to be as good as proven ... but the truth lies
somewhere completely else ...
Italian
whodunnit of the giallo variety that's stylishly filmed and features just
the right amount of nudity and eroticism to titilate the viewer without
coming off as sleazy, the right amount of violence to keep one on the
edge, and many a suspense setpiece. That said, the film is also
over-convoluted, the plot is incredibly far-fetched and the resolution
seems to be a little bit pulled out of a hat rather than worked towards -
but frankly, the latter are the elements that make giallos by and large so
much fun to watch, and thanks to interesting characters and performances,
that works out quite well as well. So if the giallo genre's your thing,
you shouldn't have the least bit of problem really enjoying this!
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