Eye of the Spider

Eye of the Spider
Film poster
Directed by	Roberto Bianchi Montero
Screenplay by	Luigi Angelo Fabio De Agostini Aldo Crudo [1]
Story by	Roberto Bianchi Montero [1]
Produced by	Luigi Mondello [1]
Starring	Klaus Kinski Antonio Sabàto, Sr. Van Johnson Romalı Perihan
Cinematography	Fausto Rossi [1]
Edited by	Rolando Salvatori [1]
Music by	Carlo Savina [1]
Production company	Luis Film [1]
Distributed by	Variety Distribution
Release date	1 November 1971 (1971-11-01)(Italy)
Running time	92 minutes [1]
Country	Italy [1]
Box office	₤133.333 million

Eye of the Spider (Italian : L'occhio del ragno) is a 1971 Italian crime film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Klaus Kinski.

Cast

• Klaus Kinski - Hans Fischer
• Antonio Sabàto - Paul Valéry / Frank Vogel
• Van Johnson - Prof. Orson Krüger
• Romalı Perihan - (as Perihan)
• Lucretia Love - Gloria
• Teodoro Corrà
• Goffredo Unger - (as Fredy Unger)
• Franco Marletta
• Claudio Biava
• Brigitte Brandt
• W. E. Arnold

Style

Despite the title and posters imagery which makes the film sound like a giallo , Italian film historian Roberto Curti referred to the film as a "rather typical film noir " ^[1]

Release

Eye of the Spider was released on 1 November 1971 in Italy. ^[1] Due to the growing popularity of and commercial success of the poliziotteschi through the 1970s, the film was re-released as Caso Scorpio: sterminate quelli della calibro 39. ^[2] The film grossed 133,333,000 Italian lire domestically. ^[1]

See also

• Klaus Kinski filmography
• List of crime films of the 1970s
• List of Italian films of 1971

Notes

1. Curti 2013, p. 49.
2. Curti 2013, p. 50.

References

• Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN   978-0786469765.

External links

• Eye of the Spider at IMDb
• Eye of the Spider at Variety Distribution