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A Quiet Place to Kill
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Wikipedia article
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'A Quiet Place to Kill' is a 1970 'giallo' film directed by Umberto Lenzi.
Plot
Helen, a racecar driver whose personal and professional life is rapidly declining, is invited by her ex-husband Maurice's new wife Constance to stay at their plush estate. The two women form a bond, and it is not long before their mutual dislike for the husband culminates into a plan to kill him. Their plot to murder Maurice on a sailing trip goes awry, and Constance accidentally gets killed instead. Helen and her ex seize the moment and dispose of Constance's corpse at sea, but when the dead woman's daughter Susan arrives, the young lady suspects that they have murdered her mother.
Cast
* Carroll Baker as Helene
* Jean Sorel as Maurice Sauvage
* Luis Dvila as Albert Duchamps
* Alberto Dalbs as Dr. Harry Webb
* Marina Coffa as Mrs. Susan
* Anna Proclemer as Constance Sauvage
* Lisa Halvorsen as Solange
* Hugo Blanco
* Jacques Stany
Release
The film was released in Italy on February 20, 1970 under the title 'Paranoia'.
The film was released internationally in 1973 as 'A Quiet Place to Kill', since Lenzi's previous 1969 film 'Orgasmo' (1969) had already been released internationally as 'Paranoia'.
It was released in Spain as 'Una droga llamada Helen' ( A Drug Named Helen).
Reception
The 'Monthly Film Bulletin' described the film as "both sluggish and scrappy, with Lenzi bravely throwing up a screen of object-fixated camerawork and fidgety focusing, but not receiving much help from his players."
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