The Double (1971 film)

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The Double
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Directed by Romolo Guerrieri
Written by Valentino Bompiani
Sandro Continenza
Sauro Scavolini
Produced byGino Mordini [1]
StarringEwa Aulin
Sergio Doria
Jean Sorel
Marilu Toto [1]
CinematographyCarlo Carlini
Music by Armando Trovajoli
Release date
  • 1971 (1971)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Double (Italian : La controfigura / The Stand-in) also known as Love Inferno, is a 1971 Italian giallo film directed by Romolo Guerrieri. [2] [3] [4] It stars Ewa Aulin (of Death Laid an Egg fame). The story was based on a novel called La controfigura by Libero Bigiaretti. [1]

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Plot

A wealthy young man named Frank (Jean Sorel), who lives off his father, is shot in a parking garage, and as he lays bleeding, he thinks back over recent past events in his life. While vacationing in Morocco with his beautiful 19-year-old girlfriend Lucia (Ewa Aulin), Frank became jealous of her interest in a young American traveler named Eddie (Sergio Doria). Frank later develops a fixation on the girl's pretty mother Nora, (Lucia Bose), and forces her physically into having sex with him. Later he follows Nora back to Rome, where he becomes convinced that now she is having relations with the young American Eddie. Frank later finds Eddie murdered in Nora's apartment, and thinking that she killed him, he tries to protect her by disposing of the corpse. But then he finds out Nora wasn't even in Rome when the murder occurred. The killer is revealed to be a notable professor who had a relationship with Eddie. He then shot Frank at a parking garage, as Frank burned Eddie's corpse. The film ends with Frank's death and the professor's escape.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Luther-Smith, Adrian (1999). Blood and Black Lace: The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies. Stray Cat Publishing Ltd. p. 43
  2. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876059695.
  3. ↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN   8860736269.
  4. ↑ Giancarlo Grossini (1985). Dizionario del cinema giallo. Dedalo, 1985. ISBN   8822045106.


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