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The Cat o' Nine Tails

Year:

1971

Duration:

Genres:

Mystery | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.7

Director:

Dario Argento

Details

Country: Italy

Release Date: 1971-05-21

Filming Locations: Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Earnings

Budget: $1,000,000

Gross: ITL 1,141,000,000 (Italy) Admissions 1,314,780 (Spain)

Cast

Actor

Character

Rada Rassimov

James Franciscus

Carlo Giordani

Karl Malden

Franco Arnò

Catherine Spaak

Anna Terzi

Pier Paolo Capponi

Police Supt. Spini

Horst Frank

Dr. Braun

Aldo Reggiani

Dr. Casoni

Carlo Alighiero

Dr. Calabresi

Vittorio Congia

Righetto (cameraman)

Ugo Fangareggi

Gigi the Loser

Tom Felleghy

Dr. Esson

Emilio Marchesini

Dr. Mombelli

Fulvio Mingozzi

Spimi's man

Corrado Olmi

Morsella

Pino Patti

Barber

Umberto Raho

Manuel's ex-lover

Jacques Stany

Prof. Manera

Stefano Oppedisano

Taxi driver

Ada Pometti

Telephone operator

Walter Pinelli

Sascha Helwin

(as Sacha Helwin)

Marie Louise Sinclair

Film starlet (as Marie Luise Zetha)

Martial Boschero

Cinzia De Carolis

Lori

Werner Pochath

Manuel

Tino Carraro

Prof. Fulvio Terzi

Aristide Caporale

Smoker in the Billiard Hall (uncredited)

Giovanni Di Benedetto

Chief of Police Salmi (uncredited)

Margherita Horowitz

Lori's Babysitter (uncredited)

Giuseppe Marrocco

Man at Table in the Saint Peter's Club (uncredited)

Gennarino Pappagalli

Man in the Terzi's Institute (uncredited)

Aldo Parenti

(uncredited)

Franco Ukmar

Policeman - Speaks with Morsella About Food (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

On one gravestone at the cemetery is written "Di Dario" = "From Dario".

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Although it's one of his most successful films, this is the least favorite of Dario Argento among his pictures.

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Goofs

Early in the graveyard scene, as they are walking, the position of the actors changes between shots. In the side angle Malden has his left arm raised with his hand on Franciscus' right shoulder, in the angle showing them from the front, Malden has his arm down and Franciscus is gripping his shoulder.

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Quotes

Gigi the Loser: Nothing's easy for me. I can't even knock over a chair without getting caught.

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Franco Arno: Put the lid back on the coffin.

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Carlo Giordani: Do you know how many people are together right now making love this very second?

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Faq

What are the differences between the US VHS Version and the Uncensored Version?

In the US, one of Argento's first movies and the second one of his so-called "animal trilogy" was released with heavy cuts on VHS. Besides violence, many plot elements are missing as well. Probably to be able to use a shorter tape (shorter = cheaper). Almost 24 minutes are missing in this version and a detailed comparison between both cuts with pictures can be found here.

What are the differences between the old British VHS and the Uncensored Version?

The old British Version misses two plot scenes of nearly two minutes. A detailed comparison between both versions can be found here.In Greece a rather similar version was released on VHS but it does feature one cut more erasing the killing of Bianca. Again a detailed comparison can be seen here.

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