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Writers:
Massimo D'Avak (screenplay)
David P. Harmon (screenplay)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
3 April 1964 (Italy) more
Genre:
Mystery more
Tagline:
Two Great Stars in a New Picture-Of Love and Suspense!
Plot:
Shirley Jones plays an innocent young American abroad (Italy, specifically), assistant to the cynically sarcastic art historian Sanders... more | add synopsis
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Shirley Jones deserved better more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Shirley Jones ... Karen Williams
Rossano Brazzi ... Count Paolo Barbarelli
George Sanders ... Raymond Fontaine
Giorgia Moll ... Cora Barbarelli
Micheline Presle ... Monique Bouvier
Emma Baron ... Gregoria
Mathilda Calnan (as Matilda Calman)
Mimo Billi
Fanfulla (as Luigi Visconti)
Antonio Piretti
Charles Fawcett ... Martin
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dark Purpose (USA)
Meurtre par accident (France)
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Runtime:
USA:97 min | West Germany:90 min
Country:
Italy | USA | France
Language:
English | Italian
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
USA:Approved

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Italian censorship visa # 42276 delivered on 12-2-1964. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Vente a ligar al Oeste (1972) more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Shirley Jones deserved better, 31 March 2008
3/10
Author: dash-24 from United States

Turner Classic Movies is broadcasting this bizarrely loopy international production as "Dark Purpose." It is full of secret passages, loonies in the attic, marital deceptions, fits of hysteria and mysterious deaths -- plus some slavering dogs. The TCM print is gorgeous-looking, but, alas, the soundtrack is horrendous, rendering a good half of the film unintelligible. Wonderful locales and interiors, but abysmally ham-fisted direction by George Marshall and Vittorio Sala. Doris Hume Kilburn wrote the novel that has lifted elements of women in domestic peril from most of the genre from "Jane Eyre" through "Midnight Lace." A very nice performance by Shirley Jones is sadly undone by an over-the-top George Sanders, a poorly scripted Giorgia Moll and a lazy Rossano Brazzi.

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