La morte risale a ieri sera (1970)

A chief police inspector investigates the disappearance of a 25-year-old, mentally retarded woman, the daughter of a lonely widower. After she turns up dead, the cops race to find the ... See full summary »

Director:

Duccio Tessari

Writers:

Artur Brauner, Biagio Proietti,

Stars:

Frank Wolff, Raf Vallone, Gabriele Tinti

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Frank Wolff	...	Duca Lamberti
Raf Vallone	...	Amanzio Berzaghi
Gabriele Tinti	...	Mascaranti
Gillian Bray	...	Donatella Berzaghi (as Gill Bray)
Eva Renzi	...	Lamberti's wife
Gigi Rizzi	...	Salvatore
Beryl Cunningham	...	Herrero
Checco Rissone	...	Ing - Salvarsanti
Wilma Casagrande	...	Concetta
Marco Mariani	...	Franco Baronia
Nicky Zuccola
Helga Marlo	...	(as Helga Machaty)
Riccardo De Stefanis
Maria Grazia Bettini
Elsa Boni

Storyline

A chief police inspector investigates the disappearance of a 25-year-old, mentally retarded woman, the daughter of a lonely widower. After she turns up dead, the cops race to find the killers before the grieving father does.

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Plot Keywords:

whorehouse | missing daughter | lost daughter | black prostitute | police search | 

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Genres:

Crime

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Details

Country:

Italy West Germany

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

5 September 1970 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Death Occurred Last Night

Filming Locations:

Milan, Lombardia, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Central Cinema Company Film (CCC), Filmes Cinematografica, La Lombard Filmes Cinematografica

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"I giorni che ci appartengono"
Written by Duccio Tessari and Gianni Ferrio
Performed by Mina

User Reviews

Clever, literate script makes for very good film

Part giallo and part drama, this movie's been overlooked by both the "mainstream" critics and the Italian-horror fans alike, and that's a shame, because it's one of Italy's more serious genre efforts of the 70's. The distraught father's race to find his kidnapped daughter before the police do, is both tense and poignant. It's free of the exploitative elements most genre films have, and along with Tessari's other thriller (Bloodstained Butterfly), one of the most mature Italian thillers of the decade. The ending is painful without being gratuitous, and well above something Hollywood could handle: compare the father's obsession to find the girl in this to Cage's in 8MM and be amazed at how crassly the latter is constructed. See this one!