The Island Monster

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The Island Monster
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Directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero
Written byRoberto Bianchi Montero
Carlo Lombardo
Alberto Vecchietti
Produced by Fortunato Misiano
Starring Boris Karloff
Franca Marzi
Germana Paolieri
Cinematography Augusto Tiezzi
Edited by Jolanda Benvenuti
Music by Carlo Innocenzi
Production
company
Distributed bySiden Film
Release date
  • 2 January 1954 (1954-01-02)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Island Monster (Italian: Il mostro dell'isola/ The Monster of the Island) is a 1954 Italian thriller film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Boris Karloff, Franca Marzi and Germana Paolieri. [1] [2] It was made at Cinecitta Studios with location shooting taking place on the island of Ischia.

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Plot

Don Gaetano, an apparently respectable man but the leader of a gang of traffickers, kidnaps a little girl to force a policeman not to investigate; the latter, aided by a woman of the gang, frees the child and arrests the criminals. [3]

Cast

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References

  1. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876055487.
  2. ↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN   8860736269.
  3. ↑ "IL MOSTRO DELL'ISOLA - Film (1953)". ComingSoon.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-05-02.

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