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A Black Veil for Lisa
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Wikipedia article
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'A Black Veil for Lisa' (, lit. "Death has no sex") is a 1968 thriller film directed by Massimo Dallamano.
Plot
When a narcotics detective finds out that his beautiful wife (who is an ex-criminal) is cheating on him, he hires a professional hitman to bump her off. However, things don't go quite according to plan. Instead of killing the woman, the hitman ends up sleeping with her, and they begin an affair.
Cast
Production
'A Black Veil for Lisa' was shot in 1968 in Hamburg under the title 'Vicolo cieco'. Curti described the style of the film as "remarkably different" from the Italian thrillers of the period, and closer to Anglo-Saxon and German models of the style.
Release
'A Black Veil for Lisa' was released in Italy in September 1968. was shown in Germany as 'Das Geheimnis der jungen Witwe' (translation: 'Mystery of the Young Widow'). in this country, it was promoted as being part of the Edgar Wallace series.
It was also released as 'Showdown'.
Reception
From contemporary reviews, "Whit." of 'Variety' described the film as an "okay programmer" and that "Massimo Dallamano's direction [...] is as sturdy as script, on which he also collabed, will permit, and color camera work by Angelo Lotti is particularly effective."
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