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The Killer Wore Gloves

Original title: La muerte llama a las 10
  • 1974
  • R
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
189
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Silvia Solar in The Killer Wore Gloves (1974)
MysteryThriller

A murder of a man in an airport restroom leads to a series of mysterious killings in London.A murder of a man in an airport restroom leads to a series of mysterious killings in London.A murder of a man in an airport restroom leads to a series of mysterious killings in London.

  • Director
    • Juan Bosch
  • Writers
    • Luisa-María Linares
    • Juan Bosch
    • Renato Izzo
  • Stars
    • Gillian Hills
    • Ángel del Pozo
    • Silvia Solar
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.2/10
    189
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Juan Bosch
    • Writers
      • Luisa-María Linares
      • Juan Bosch
      • Renato Izzo
    • Stars
      • Gillian Hills
      • Ángel del Pozo
      • Silvia Solar
    • 11User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Gillian Hills in The Killer Wore Gloves (1974)
    The Killer Wore Gloves (1974)
    Gillian Hills in The Killer Wore Gloves (1974)
    Gillian Hills and Ángel del Pozo in The Killer Wore Gloves (1974)
    Gillian Hills in The Killer Wore Gloves (1974)

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    Gillian Hills
    Gillian Hills
    • Peggy Foster
    Ángel del Pozo
    Ángel del Pozo
    • John KIRK Lawford
    Silvia Solar
    • Jackie Polianski
    Stelio Candelli
    • Ronald James
    Carlos Otero
    Carlos Otero
    • Mr. Lewis
    Bruno Corazzari
    Bruno Corazzari
    • JOHN Kirk Lawford
    Goyo Lebrero
    • Anthony
    Manuel Gas
    Manuel Gas
    • Insp. Walton
    Gabriel Agustí
    • Insp. Redford
    Irene D'Astrea
    • Mujer de Anthony
    Orchidea De Santis
    Orchidea De Santis
    • Shirley
    • (as Orquidea de Santis)
    Raf Baldassarre
    Raf Baldassarre
    • Man at Subway Station
    • (uncredited)
    Esteban Dalmases
    • Camarero
    • (uncredited)
    Juan Torres
    • Oficinista
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Juan Bosch
    • Writers
      • Luisa-María Linares
      • Juan Bosch
      • Renato Izzo
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    7/10
    Peggy's not good with men
    The film opens with some guy getting his throat cut in an airport toilet by a mystery figure, then switches to focus on Peggy, girlfriend of Michael, a photo-journalist who has been in Vietnam for some time and isn't showing any interest in coming home. Peggy therefore lives alone in her London apartment, with the usual variety of creepy/weird neighbours/housekeepers living around her, what with this being a giallo and what not.

    Peggy is an artist and just about everyone she knows is a complete areshole, from the lecherous guy whom she submits her art too (who keeps putting the moves on her), to Michael's ex-girlfriend Jackie (who is a total b**ch) to her upstairs, bass playing, cat loving neighbour upstairs (who looks like a time travelling, elderly Nick Cave). Peggy needs cash and as Michael off in the 'Nam she figures she might as well rent his apartment out, because that always works out well in this kind of film.

    Her new tenant turns out to Bruno Corazzari, and he seems kind of okay as he's not putting the moves on her quite as much as any other man in her life. Then again, he's wearing creepy mirrored glasses and starts rifling around in Michael's room the moment Peggy leaves. Lo and behold, the next thing that happen is that Michael is on the phone, he's back in Blighty, and wants to meet Peggy at an abandoned hangar. Or was that bit after the bit where Corazzari takes a dive off the building, leaving a corpse with a smashed up face? I can't remember. By the way, corpses with smashed up faces aren't good news in gialli, unlike in real life.

    Also, later that day, Peggy's new tenant turns up as a different guy, confusing her. What's going? What's happening? Who's that in there? This being a standard giallo, various murders start taking place, except for one character who falls in front of a subway train rather stupidly. There are many red herrings but it was easy to guess the killer. In saying that, it didn't stop me enjoying the film. You've got your usual giallo traits (boobs) and a smattering of gore (smattering not being a word you use in say, McDonalds: "I'll have a Big Mac and a smattering of chips."), and the soundtrack was nice and funky.
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    • Release date
      • July 24, 1975 (Italy)
    • Countries of origin
      • Spain
      • Italy
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • The Hot Lips of the Killer
    • Filming locations
      • Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    • Production companies
      • Producciones Cinematográficas Cine XX
      • Produzioni Europee Associate (PEA)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes

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