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Director:
Jesus Franco
Writers:
Milo G. Cuccia (writer)
Carlo Fadda (writer)
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Release Date:
19 August 1969 (Italy) more
Genre:
Horror | Music | Mystery | Thriller more
Tagline:
The coat that covered paradise, uncovered hell! more
Plot:
A couple who get involved in an underground scene of kinky sex and sadism have a surprise coming to them... full summary | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
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User Comments:
"Man, it was a wild scene! Like, if they wanted to go that route, it was their bag!" more (23 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
James Darren ... Jimmy Logan
Barbara McNair ... Rita

Maria Rohm ... Wanda Reed
Klaus Kinski ... Ahmed Kortobawi
Dennis Price ... Percival Kapp
Margaret Lee ... Olga
Adolfo Lastretti ... Insp. Kaplan (as Aldo Lastretti)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Jesus Franco ... Jazz musician (uncredited)
Manfred Mann ... Jazz musician (uncredited)
Paul Muller ... Hermann (uncredited)
Mirella Pamphili ... (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jesus Franco 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Milo G. Cuccia  writer
Carlo Fadda  writer
Jesus Franco  writer
Bruno Leder  writer
Malvin Wald  writer

Produced by
Harry Alan Towers .... producer
 
Original Music by
Mike Hugg 
Manfred Mann 
Stu Phillips (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Angelo Lotti 
 
Film Editing by
Henry Batista 
Michael Pozen 
Nicholas Wentworth (original version)
Stanley Frazen (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Howard A. Anderson .... special effects
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Black Angel (UK) (working title)
Paroxsysmos
Può una morta rivivere per amore? (Italy)
Venus in Furs (USA)
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Runtime:
86 min
Country:
UK | West Germany | Italy
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
New Zealand:R18 | USA:R | Australia:R
Company:
Cinematografica Associati (CI.AS.) more

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Trivia:
The film was originally inspired to director Franco by a conversation with jazz artist Chet Baker. Franco at first conceived the film as a bi-racial love story, but the distributors felt the idea wouldn't wash with audiences of the time so the story was re-written as a surreal thriller. more
Quotes:
Jimmy Logan: How can you run from a dead person unless you're dead yourself? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Creeps (1997) more

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"Man, it was a wild scene! Like, if they wanted to go that route, it was their bag!", 18 July 2009
1/10
Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Young man with a horn freaks out after witnessing an S&M orgy/murder; the victim, a rather mannish-looking woman, washes up topless on the beach...appearing to the musician not long afterwards at a club in Rio de Janeiro for a sexual affair. Inept 'art' movie taking advantage of the new permissiveness in cinema (flashes of naked flesh, a few lesbian clinches). Star James Darren looks appropriately confused by it all, though he does manage to keep his clothes on! All the women in the movie look like first-day drag queens, and none of the action on hand is erotic or colorful in the slightest. If you do watch, try to figure out why every fourth or fifth scene is in slow-motion. Childishly jaded, hopelessly derivative, bungled and benumbed. NO STARS from ****

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