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Al tropico del cancro

  • 19721972
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
382
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Al tropico del cancro (1972)
  • Horror
  • Mystery
  • Thriller
A couple who vacationing in Haiti happens to stumble upon an old doctor friend. Dr Steffen has cooked up a powerful new hallucinogenic drug and there are quite a few different parties intere... Read allA couple who vacationing in Haiti happens to stumble upon an old doctor friend. Dr Steffen has cooked up a powerful new hallucinogenic drug and there are quite a few different parties interesting in acquiring the formula.A couple who vacationing in Haiti happens to stumble upon an old doctor friend. Dr Steffen has cooked up a powerful new hallucinogenic drug and there are quite a few different parties interesting in acquiring the formula.
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
382
YOUR RATING
  • Directors
    • Giampaolo Lomi
    • Edoardo Mulargia
  • Writers
    • Edoardo Mulargia(story)
    • Anthony Steffen(story)
    • Giampaolo Lomi(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Anthony Steffen
    • Anita Strindberg
    • Gabriele Tinti
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  • Directors
    • Giampaolo Lomi
    • Edoardo Mulargia
  • Writers
    • Edoardo Mulargia(story)
    • Anthony Steffen(story)
    • Giampaolo Lomi(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Anthony Steffen
    • Anita Strindberg
    • Gabriele Tinti
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    • 10User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    Anita Strindberg and Gabriele Tinti in Al tropico del cancro (1972)
    Anita Strindberg in Al tropico del cancro (1972)
    Gabriele Tinti in Al tropico del cancro (1972)
    Anita Strindberg and Gabriele Tinti in Al tropico del cancro (1972)
    Al tropico del cancro (1972)
    Anita Strindberg in Al tropico del cancro (1972)
    Al tropico del cancro (1972)
    Anthony Steffen in Al tropico del cancro (1972)
    Anthony Steffen and Gabriele Tinti in Al tropico del cancro (1972)
    Anita Strindberg in Al tropico del cancro (1972)
    Anthony Steffen, Anita Strindberg, Umberto Raho, and Gabriele Tinti in Al tropico del cancro (1972)
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    Anthony Steffen
    Anthony Steffen
    • Doctor Williams
    Anita Strindberg
    Anita Strindberg
    • Grace Wright
    Gabriele Tinti
    Gabriele Tinti
    • Fred Wright
    Umberto Raho
    Umberto Raho
    • Philip
    Stelio Candelli
    • Garner
    Gordon Felio
    • Mr. Peacock
    Kathryn Witt
    • Robin
    • (as Kathie Witt)
    Richard Osborne
    • Crotz
    Alfio Nicolosi
    • Peacock
    Bob Lemoine
    • Inspector
    Pierre Richard Merceron
    • Jean-Louis
    Fred Ade
    • Haitian Drug Dealer
    • Directors
      • Giampaolo Lomi
      • Edoardo Mulargia
    • Writers
      • Edoardo Mulargia(story) (screenplay)
      • Anthony Steffen(story) (screenplay)
      • Giampaolo Lomi(screenplay)
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    4/10
    Unimpressive atypical giallo effort
    Arriving in Haiti for work, a doctor trying to keep the various figure from getting their hands on a miraculous drug being developed runs into a friend and his wife on vacation trying to save their marriage, and when they all start to become involved in the growing body-count must try to stay alive against the attackers.

    This one turned out to be a rather pedestrian and underwhelming giallo. The main issue that holds it back is that hardly anything here is interesting with nothing being given a worthwhile status to them. The espionage story at the center of the film is a major obstacle with barely anything about the miraculous drug beyond lip-service denoting its hallucinogenic properties as this reputation is all that's given to this one. Basically given nothing to work with doesn't make it interesting nor does a stranger going around beating up random people trying to get information out of them intriguing as this just doesn't make for an interesting time, rather just gets confusing. On top of that, the married couple going around trying to repair their relationship is simply tedious as they go through the usual woes associated with this tope and just end up wasting time for the most part. It's also not that impressive if there's not much in the way of traditional genre action here. As the exploits of the style denoted a masked killer wandering around trying to kill someone off, this one barely has any of that occur as the focus appears to be on the doctor running around the island performing his duties or the married couple getting lost in the tourism side of the area while trying to be civil with one another until they run into him who saves the couple. This industrial espionage type of action comes across as being in the wrong film altogether as this grounds the film more realistically compared to the series of hallucinations and visions which have little connection to what's going on. All in all, these are what hold it back for the most part. There are a few slight positives to be had here. The biggest plus is that even though the hallucinations and visions feel out-of-place they're pretty impressive visually. Especially noteworthy is the big sequence often buying the fertility being statue as that's quite expressive and appealing which is quite fun. As well, there's also the intriguing amount of stalking scenes on display, which are rather fun as this one manages to bring in some excitement to this one. From the ambush in the hotel room to the stellar stalking of the henchmen looking for a secret payout in the factor which results in a nice surprising scene and the series of double-crosses and foot-chases which are featured here, there's quite a lot to enjoy here with some decent kills mixed in. Along with some fine nudity mixed in, this one offers up some decent points if not a whole lot overall.

    Rated Unrated/R: Full Nudity, Violence, Language and violence-against-animals.
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    • Release date
      • September 30, 1972 (Italy)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • Haiti
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Tropic of Cancer
    • Filming locations
      • Haiti
    • Production companies
      • 14 Luglio Cinematografica
      • Plata Cinematografica
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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