Quelli che contano

1974
R
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

674

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Barbara Bouchet and Henry Silva in Quelli che contano (1974)

Crime Drama

A reformed prostitute joins forces with a paid assassin to end an Italian gang war.A reformed prostitute joins forces with a paid assassin to end an Italian gang war.A reformed prostitute joins forces with a paid assassin to end an Italian gang war.

Director
- Andrea Bianchi
Writers
- Piero Regnoli
- Sergio Simonetti
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Carla Mancini in Quelli che contano (1974)

Barbara Bouchet in Quelli che contano (1974)

Patrizia Gori and Pier Maria Rossi in Quelli che contano (1974)

Barbara Bouchet and Fausto Tozzi in Quelli che contano (1974)

Dada Gallotti in Quelli che contano (1974)

Pietro Torrisi in Quelli che contano (1974)

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Trivia
The original title of this film, Quelli che contano, roughly translates to "Those That Matter," but it was far too subtle for the U.S. distributor. When Joseph Brenner released the film stateside, it became the easier to sell Cry Of A Prostitute, with a lurid roughie style ad campaign focused on the battered and bloody visage of supporting player Barbara Bouchet.

Goofs
Even for the split second it's exposed in it's unnaturally lurid green, the customs officer in the opening scene should have recognized the sick "child" the smugglers are carrying with them is actually a clothes mannequin, which should have become all the more clear to the police and doctors in the next scene, gathered around the table where it was laid out and cut open.

Quotes
Tony Aniante: [in response to Margie's having thrown herself at him] Let's cut right through the bullshit. We both know what you are.
Margie: [with drunken enthusiasm] A whore! That's more than obvious. I was a hooker when Rico got me in the Bronx. 3 bucks a pop and 2 bucks a handjob , in a car. You think that stops me from being a woman, huh?

Connections
Referenced in Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s (2012)

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6/10

A fistful of Silva .......

If you are a big fan of "spaghetti westerns" then I highly recommend "Cry of a Prostitute" as a mafia version of "A Fisful of Dollars". Instead of Clint Eastwood playing both families against each other, you get a brutal Henry Silva. Barbara Bouchet taking milk baths isn't a bad thing to see either. Like the Italian Westerns the plot is secondary to style, and the outstanding soundtrack is an integral part of the story. The editing is choppy and the dubbing atrocious, but this violent film has definite entertainment value. The closeups of Henry Silva's cold black eyes certainly elicits thoughts of Lee Van Cleef, and Silva is every bit as evil as "angel eyes" ................. - MERK

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