Col cuore in gola (1967)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Tinto Brass

Writers:

Tinto Brass (writer)
Sergio Donati (novel)

Release Date:

16 November 1967 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Bernard meets Jane in a Night Club, in London, and he likes her. Her father was killed in a car accident...

Plot Keywords:

Corpse | Blackmailer | Night | Car Accident | Police

Cast

Jean-Louis Trintignant	...	Bernard
Ewa Aulin	...	Jane Burroughs
Roberto Bisacco	...	David
Charles Kohler	...	Jerome Burroughs
Luigi Bellini	...	Jelly-Roll
Monique Scoazec	...	Veronica Yassupova
Enzo Consoli	...	Bartender
Vira Silenti	...	Martha Burroughs

Also Known As:

Dead stop - Le coeur aux lèvres (France)
Deadly Sweet
En cinquième vitesse (France)
Heart Beat (UK) (8mm release title)
I Am What I Am (USA)
With Heart in Mouth

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language, drugs and sexuality.

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:-16 | USA:X

Filming Locations:

Jermyn Street, St. James's, London, England, UK

Company:

Les Films Corona

Movie Connections:

References Blowup (1966)

nice giallo

A rather unusual agenda from tinto brass who obviously found later his niche in "t&a" movies. Col cuore in Gola is a psychedelic, pop art giallo that can just come from the great era of the late 60´s/70´s. Starting from the nice credits and music you immediately like this film and this is just the beginning! Trintignant founds in a nightclub a corpse beside the lovely aulin who just says "i wasnt it" Convinced that she is innocent he wants to help her and want to find out the murderer, Aulins brother should solve this case and both are searching for him. Though not quite without problems..a dwarf in raincoat is following them in companion with some gangsters who kidnap Aulin. Jean is now searching for aulin, aulins brother and (of course) the murderer. The Story itself is not that convincing (rather unimportant) but what here is really of interest is the unconvential style of brass : splitscreen(even tripple split screens!) some scenes in black and dark yellow filter and more.., and in the "middle" of course the presence of two very convincing leads: cool Trintignant and hot Ewa Aulin. (somehow priceless here in white fishnet stockings) the result is a quite good giallo with (obviously) strong references to pop art. In the same year Aulin and Trintignant appeared in the avantgarde giallo masterpiece "Death laid an egg", Col Cuore in Gola is not great as Giulio Questis film but is definitely entertaining.