Night of Violence (1965)

6.7/10 91 min Thriller

Overview

Carla Pratesi, a prostitute, is killed. Her death is followed by a number of attempted murders. Carla's sister undertakes her own investigation. Police enquiries uncover a drugs trade connected to a call-girls organization but the murderer remains at large. Finally, a witness identifies the killer as a well-known actor. However, he has a strong alibi (he was shooting a film). The following night, a girl who manages to escape from the maniac's clutches swears he is a different famous actor but he turns out to have a strong alibi too! Eventually the police set a trap in the park and, with the help of Carla, kill the madman. It emerges he had been disfigured by the atomic blast at Hiroshima and went crazy because his disformed features revolted women and but them off having sex with him. He created masks reproducing the features of handsome actors just to approach prostitutes!

Cast

Alberto Lupo

Commissioner Ferretti

Marilù Tolo

Sister of Carla Pratesi

Lisa Gastoni

Linda

Hélène Chanel

Carla Pratesi

Cristina Gaïoni

Franca

Nerio Bernardi

Pratesi

Elisa Mainardi

Talkative prostitute

Aldo Berti

Dada Gallotti

Maitresse

Tullio Altamura

Lover of Carla

Franco Pesce

Gianni Medici

Ugo Fangareggi

Roberto Lagosta

Luigi Batzella

Detective with a mustache (as Paolo Solvay)

Sergio Sagnotti

Franco Beltramme

Maria Pia Conte

Recommendations

Hider in the House
Black Widow
Lucky Luciano
Compulsion
The MacKintosh Man
Dead of Winter
Beyond the Reach
Nightman
Hunting Grounds
The Unknown Woman
Chief of Station
Naples in Veils
Sniper: Legacy
The Other
The Valachi Papers
The Railroad Man
Vicious
The Organization
Across 110th Street
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key