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5.7/10   91 votes
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Director:
Umberto Lenzi
Writers:
Marcello Coscia (screenplay)
Marcello Coscia (story)
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Release Date:
1973 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Thriller more
User Comments:
Umberto Lenzi & Carroll Baker go "Paranoia" ... again! more

Cast

  (in credits order)

Carroll Baker ... Helen
Jean Sorel ... Maurice Sauvage
Luis Dávila ... Albert Duchamps
Alberto Dalbés ... Dr. Harry Webb
Marina Coffa ... Susan Sauvage
Anna Proclemer ... Constance Sauvage
Hugo Blanco
Lisa Halvorsen ... Solange (as Liz Halvorsen)
Manuel Díaz Velasco ... Miguel
Jacques Stany ... James
Rossana Rovere ... Nurse
Calisto Calisti ... Doctor
Alfonso de la Vega ... Chauffeur
Miguel Beltrán
Gaspar Forteza ... 1st Cop
Francesco Narducci ... 2nd Cop (as Franco Narducci)
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Directed by
Umberto Lenzi 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Marcello Coscia  screenplay
Marcello Coscia  story
Bruno Di Geronimo  writer
Rafael Romero Marchent  screenplay
Rafael Romero Marchent  story
Marie Claire Solleville  screenplay

Original Music by
Gregorio García Segura 
Nino Rota 
 
Cinematography by
Guglielmo Mancori 
 
Film Editing by
Enzo Alabiso 
Stanley Frazen 
Antonio Ramírez de Loaysa  (as Antonio Ramírez)
 
Art Direction by
Wolfgang Burmann 
 
Sound Department
Romano Pampaloni .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Joe D'Amato .... camera operator (as Aristide Massaccesi)
 
Music Department
Piero Umiliani .... musical director
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Quiet Place to Kill (UK) (USA)
A Beautiful Place to Kill
Un tranquilo lugar para matar (Spain)
Una droga llamada Helen (Spain)
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Runtime:
94 min | Spain:88 min
Country:
France | Italy | Spain
Language:
Italian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Company:
Día P.C. more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Final part of a trilogy also including Orgasmo (1969) and Così dolce... così perversa (1969). more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Death Proof (2007) more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Umberto Lenzi & Carroll Baker go "Paranoia" ... again!, 25 October 2006
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Author: Coventry from the Draconian Swamp of Unholy Souls

Welcome to Umberto Lenzi's early 70's giallo/crime thriller "Paranoia" starring the unearthly beautiful Carroll Baker… Hey, wait a minute, haven't I watched and reviewed this movie a couple of days ago already? Oh right, that was the OTHER Umberto Lenzi early 70's giallo/crime thriller "Paranoia" starring the unearthly beautiful Carroll Baker, more commonly known as "Orgasmo". Confusing? Well, maybe a little, but rest assured these are two entirely different movies of which the stories & characters aren't linked to each other at all. The other "Paranoia" is also far superior to this one. That particular movie had tons of suspense, likable characters and convoluted plot-twists whereas this one is painfully boring. This film features TWO worthwhile scenes, both involving wild car accidents, one at the beginning and one at the end and everything in between is one gigantically uninteresting, predictable and overlong love-triangle between three characters. It all starts with Mrs. Baker stars as a rather free-spirited race car pilot who crash-parks her car on the circuit and ends up slightly wounded in a hospital. During her period of recovery, she accepts to stay at her ex-husband and his new wife's mansion. Two attractive women and one incomprehensibly handsome guy (really, Jean Sorel is way too good-looking!) in one house can only result in extended sequences of sexual intrigue, double-crossing and conspiracies to murder. It's all a lot less exciting than it sounds and only the good acting performances keep it endurable. The filming locations and music are stylish, but that's not enough in this case. Easily the most disappointing Lenzi-film I've seen thus far.

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