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5.5/10   143 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Umberto Lenzi (writer)
Ugo Moretti (writer)
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Release Date:
7 February 1969 (Italy) more
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Tagline:
Love is the tool that strips a jet-set widow bare of her morals and her millions! more
Plot:
A rich and lonely American widow befriends two young people whose motives become suspect. full summary | add synopsis
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Soundtrack Review: Milano Rovente
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Entertaining 60s thriller starring the beautiful Carroll Baker. more (11 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)

Carroll Baker ... Kathryn West
Lou Castel ... Peter Donovan
Colette Descombes ... Eva
Tino Carraro ... Brion Sanders
Lilla Brignone ... Teresa
Franco Pesce ... Martino
Tina Lattanzi ... Kathryn's Aunt
Jacques Stany ... Police Inspector
Sara Simoni
Gaetano Imbró
Calisto Calisti
Alberto Cocchi
Maria Rosiello
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Joseph Guilty ... Arnold Cleever
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Directed by
Umberto Lenzi 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Umberto Lenzi  writer
Ugo Moretti  writer
Marie Claire Solleville  writer

Produced by
Salvatore Alabiso .... producer
 
Original Music by
Piero Umiliani 
 
Cinematography by
Guglielmo Mancori 
 
Film Editing by
Enzo Alabiso 
 
Art Direction by
Giorgio Bertolini 
 
Makeup Department
Raul Ranieri .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marcello Pandolfi .... assistant director
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Renato Palmieri .... assistant camera
Mario Sbrenna .... camera operator
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Orgasm (International: English title) (literal title)
Paranoia (USA)
Une folle envie d'aimer (France)
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Runtime:
USA:91 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
First part of a trilogy also including Così dolce... così perversa (1969) and Paranoia (1970). more
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Fate Had Planned It So more

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4 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
Entertaining 60s thriller starring the beautiful Carroll Baker., 1 June 2002
Author: Infofreak from Perth, Australia

This is a real curio. Directed by Umberto Lenzi before he gained notoriety with cannibal movies such as 'Cannibal Ferox', and starring the lovely Carroll Baker ('Andy Warhol's Bad') and Lou Castel (from supertrash classic 'Killer Nun'). Baker plays a recently widowed American expatriate living in Italy who has a fling with young stud Castel. She invites this hipster to move in with her in her luxurious mansion, followed shortly by his free spirit sister. The two corrupt the millionairess with booze, pills and sex, and then things begin to take a sinister and unexpected turn. 'Orgasmo' holds up surprisingly well and keeps your interest until its final shock scene. It may not be perfect but I recommend it to 60s Euro buffs and thriller fans.

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