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Eye of the Spider
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Eye of the Spider
| image = Locchio-del-ragno-italian-movie-poster-md.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| native_name =
| director = Roberto Bianchi Montero
| producer = Luigi Mondello
| writer =
| screenplay =
| story = Roberto Bianchi Montero
| based_on =
| starring =
| narrator =
| music = Carlo Savina
| cinematography = Fausto Rossi
| editing = Rolando Salvatori
| studio = Luis Film
| distributor = Variety Distribution
| released =
| runtime = 92 minutes
| country = Italy
| language =
| budget =
| gross = 133.333 million
}}
'Eye of the Spider' is a 1971 Italian crime film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Klaus Kinski.
Cast
* Klaus Kinski - Hans Fischer
* Antonio Sabto - Paul Valry / Frank Vogel
* Van Johnson - Prof. Orson Krger
* Romal Perihan - (as Perihan)
* Lucretia Love - Gloria
* Teodoro Corr
* Goffredo Unger - (as Fredy Unger)
* Franco Marletta
* Claudio Biava
* Brigitte Brandt
* W. E. Arnold
Style
Despite the title and posters imagery which makes the film sound like a 'giallo', Italian film historian Roberto Curti referred to the film as a "rather typical 'film noir'"
Release
'Eye of the Spider' was released on 1 November 1971 in Italy. Due to the growing popularity of and commercial success of the 'poliziotteschi' through the 1970s, the film was re-released as 'Caso Scorpio: sterminate quelli della calibro 39'. The film grossed 133,333,000 Italian lire domestically.
See also
* Klaus Kinski filmography
* List of crime films of the 1970s
* List of Italian films of 1971
Notes
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