Death Occurred Last Night

Original title: La morte risale a ieri sera

19701970
1h 33m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

624

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Crime Drama Thriller

A compassionate police captain searches for a mentally challenged 25 year old daughter of a widower, who's been kidnapped and forced into prostitution.A compassionate police captain searches for a mentally challenged 25 year old daughter of a widower, who's been kidnapped and forced into prostitution.A compassionate police captain searches for a mentally challenged 25 year old daughter of a widower, who's been kidnapped and forced into prostitution.

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

624

YOUR RATING

Director
- Duccio Tessari
Writers
- Biagio Proietti(screenplay)
- Duccio Tessari(screenplay)
- Giorgio Scerbanenco(novel "I milanesi ammazzano al sabato")
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Gillian Bray in Death Occurred Last Night (1970)

Beryl Cunningham and Frank Wolff in Death Occurred Last Night (1970)

Gabriele Tinti and Frank Wolff in Death Occurred Last Night (1970)

Eva Renzi and Frank Wolff in Death Occurred Last Night (1970)

Trivia
Italian censorship visa # 56704 delivered on 3-9-1970.

Goofs
A good cop wouldn't wait till they get to the morgue to tell the obviously distraught father of a murdered child that he needn't have come to ID the body since it was burned beyond recognition, as Lamberti does to Berghazi.

Quotes
Madame: Here, gentlemen, first an aperitif. It stimulates your fantasies. Please! Cheers.
Commissario Duca Lamberti: Cheers. Here are tickets for the "Show."
Madame: The "Show" begins promptly, with the most exceptional girls to be found in Milan at the moment: Giselle, French, full of depraved and morbid fantasies. Erica: Her parents were a typical SS couple in charge of a concentration camp. And this is Hildegarde, pale and dark as the Carpathians where she grew up.
Commissario Duca Lamberti: Well, I've always had a thing for tall women.

Connections
Referenced in All the Colors of Giallo (2019)

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

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Review

Featured review

7/10

An involving mystery/thriller

A mentally backward 25 year old woman mysteriously vanishes and consequently turns up dead. The investigation then tries to find out who was responsible for the brutal murder. This poliziotteschi/giallo hybrid delves into the dark underbelly of Milan, where it turns out many shady individuals reside. Tonally, this is more on the poliziotteschi side of the fence than the giallo, consequently its a bit darker and nihilistic, with a more cynical view of life overall. Its still an involving mystery/thriller whatever its categorisation though and keeps you guessing. It also benefits from the great Frank Wolff on hand as the police inspector on the case.

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