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Four Flies on Grey Velvet

Year:

1972

Duration:

104 min

Genres:

Mystery | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.8

Director:

Dario Argento

Details

Country: Italy

Release Date: 1972-08-25

Filming Locations: Incir De Paolis Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Earnings

Gross: ITL 1,231,000,000 (Italy) Admissions 992,299 (Spain)

Cast

Actor

Character

Mimsy Farmer

Bud Spencer

Michael Brandon

Roberto Tobias

Jean-Pierre Marielle

Gianni Arrosio (as Jean Pierre Marielle)

Aldo Bufi Landi

Pathologist

Calisto Calisti

Carlo Marosi

Marisa Fabbri

Amelia, the Maid

Oreste Lionello

The Professor

Fabrizio Moroni

Mirko

Corrado Olmi

Porter

Stefano Satta Flores

Andrea

Laura Troschel

Maria (as Costanza Spada)

Francine Racette

Dalia

Dante Cleri

Coffin Salesman

Guerrino Crivello

Rambaldi, the Neighbor

Gildo Di Marco

Postman

Tom Felleghy

Police Commissioner Pini

Leopoldo Migliori

Musician

Fulvio Mingozzi

Music Studio Manager

Stefano Oppedisano

Pino Patti

Funeral Exhibition Attendant

Ada Pometti

Extra

Jacques Stany

Psychiatrist

Shirley Corrigan

Girl at Party (uncredited)

Luigi Cozzi

Masked Killer in Theater (uncredited)

Giovanni Di Benedetto

Funeral Exhibition Attendant (uncredited)

Sandro Dori

Funeral Exhibition Attendant (uncredited)

Gene Luotto

The Professor (voice: English version) (uncredited)

Edward Mannix

Godfrey (voice: English version) (uncredited)

Renzo Marignano

Funeral Exhibition Attendant (uncredited)

Diego Morreale

Extra (uncredited)

Anna Maria Perego

Delia's Mother (uncredited)

Marc Smith

Gianni Arrosio (voice: English version) (uncredited)

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Trivia

The Italian poster for Argento's earlier film The Bird With the Crystal Plumage can be seen in a street shot as Roberto drives through the city.

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Argento's usual collaborator Ennio Morricone scored the film but had a major argument with Argento over some tracks Argento didn't want in the film. As a result, the director and Morricone would never work together again until 1996, and the rock group Goblin would eventually become Argento's regular composers.

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Argento didn't want to use the "image caught in the retina" plot device since it was too fantastic for the giallo genre. But once Carlo Rimbaldi showed him how the effect would look like in the finished film, he soon changed his mind.

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Faq

What are the differences between the US VHS Version (Silver Star) and the UK VHS Version (Virtual Assassin)?

Both versions are incomplete. The UK VHS offers four longer sequences that are not featured on the American VHS whereas the US VHS does include two short scenes that are missing in the UK VHS. A detailed comparison between both versions can be found here (UK <-> US) and here (US <-> UK)

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