Il diavolo a sette facce (1971)

Director:

Osvaldo Civirani

Writers:

Tito Carpi (writer)
Osvaldo Civirani (writer)

Release Date:

February 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot Keywords:

Giallo | Insurance Investigator | Attic | Windmill | Diamond

Cast

Carroll Baker	...	Julie Harrison / Mary Harrison
George Hilton	...	Tony Shane
Stephen Boyd	...	Dave Barton
Lucretia Love	...	Margaret
Luciano Pigozzi	...	Steve Hunter
Daniele Vargas	...	James Marlowe
Franco Ressel	...	Inspector Rinker
Carla Mancini
Gianni Pulone
Roberto Messina
Maria Ricotti
Ivano Staccioli	...	Hank

Also Known As:

The Devil Has Seven Faces (USA)
The Devil with Seven Faces (International: English title)

Runtime:

USA:90 min (DVD)

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Incir De Paolis Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Cine Escalation

Movie Connections:

References Lo chiamavano Trinità... (1970)

The Devil With Seven Faces

This is one of those "slick" Italian movies where the world is populated with easy-to-bed don't ever wed women, well-heeled "where is my next lay"? wheeler-dealer men who are all connected to each other trying to pull off the big "heist", a dialogue that is fleshed out with the serving of drinks and the lighting of cigarettes, cinematography that looks like it was captured from an assortment from the airport post-card stand and music that is meant for the tourists.

The acting is uninspired, the action scenes do keep your interest and the scene at the windmill is a hoot since all of the nefarious parties become conglomerated like a row of pins that get knocked over in succession. Then? Ta-taaaaa...the police arrive to tell the still non-sleeping members of the audience that they knew what was going on all the time. As usual.

What is an endless fascination to me is these movies are usually starring some actors who had at one time some momentum in their careers but then fell flat. Two of these such performers are Caroll Baker in The Carpetbaggers & Stephen Boyd as the baddie in The Ten Commandments who tried to slice Chuck Heston's chariot in the Coliseum. Stephen Boyd went on to bigger and better things but never made it big on a consistent basis but his career lasted much longer that Baker's, who had a kind of unbuxsome Mae West/Jean Harlowe kind of thing going on.

This film is for the videohounds only, since you never know what you are going to find.

F.Y.I Never select an old movie title with two recognizable actors in it on the basis of the title since it RARELY has a connection with the film but is usually a loose translation of the original title name that is stylized to entice the American audience!