The Man with Icy Eyes (1971)

A state senator is murdered outside his home, and the police arrest a strange man described as having "icy eyes" for the crime. An Italian reporter finds a stripper who claims to have been ... See full summary »

Director:

Alberto De Martino

Writers:

Adriano Bolzoni, Massimo De Rita

Stars:

Antonio Sabato, Barbara Bouchet, Faith Domergue

Cast

Credited cast:
Antonio Sabato	...	Eddie Mills
Barbara Bouchet	...	Anne Saxe
Faith Domergue	...	Mrs. Valdes
Corrado Gaipa	...	Isaac Thetman
Giovanni Petrucci
Joe Pollini
Bill Stevens
James Smith
Phil Mead
Kurt Diamond
Victor Buono	...	John Hammond
Keenan Wynn	...	Harry Davis
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nello Pazzafini	...	Man in Elevator
Michael Santiago	...	Hoodlum

Storyline

A state senator is murdered outside his home, and the police arrest a strange man described as having "icy eyes" for the crime. An Italian reporter finds a stripper who claims to have been an eyewitness to the assassination and saw the man with the icy eyes commit it. At his trial she testifies against him, and he's sentenced to death. However, the reporter soon begins to find holes in the stripper's story, and other circumstances arise which makes him believe that the wrong man may have been convicted.

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Plot Keywords:

female nudity | giallo | murder | 

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 April 1971 (Italy)

Also Known As:

The Man with Icy Eyes

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinegai S.p.A.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Victor Buono's voice was dubbed by another actor.

User Reviews

Adios Sabato

Another well made, but snail paced film from Alberto De Martino, a quasi-giallo set in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which lends a surreal Breaking Bad vibe to the proceedings.

A senator is gunned down outside of his house and a man who claims he was tricked into being there is arrested and charged with his murder. Antonio Sabato is the hot shot reporter who thinks that something down quite sound right about the whole deal, and sets out to prove the man innocent, only to end up getting the guy sent down and marked for execution! Whoops! Better try harder, Antonio! Hindering or helping Antonio is his boss Keenan Wynn, a friend of the senator, and Barbara Bouchet, who claims to have witnessed a man with icy eyes talking to the accused. Antonio thinks she's full of crap, but then he starts to receive contact from the guy with the icy eyes, things get very serious.

Indeed, so serious that director De Martino must have thought that things weren't stupid enough (I'm sure he was happy things were dull enough though), so he added in the semi-supernatural plot twist of the astrologer who predicts Antonio will die just before midnight on the same day that guy in jail will get gassed. Then this guy proceeds to be everywhere Antonio is, just to remind him over and over and over again! Then there's the insurance salesman who is oblivious to the car chases and threats to Antonio while continually trying to sell him life insurance. Oh, and the bit where Antonio thinks he's survived to midnight until someone reminds him that it's Daylight Savings Time and the clocks have gone back one hour! That last hour where Antonio drives around trying to solve the case it most hilarious of all, because he zips around about forty locations, has a fight, slaps Barbara Bouchet around, drives all around town and makes it outside of the prison for the end of the film, all within one hour. Amazing.

This is yet another boring film with just the odd bit of interest from De Martino. Somehow this guy went on to work with a lot of A-list American actors. Go figure.