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Director:
Mario Bava
Writer:
Mario di Nardo (story)
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Release Date:
14 February 1970 (Italy) more
Genre:
Mystery | Thriller more
Plot:
A small group of people come to an island to relax but soon find themselves trapped on the island with a murderer in their midst. full summary | full synopsis
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User Comments:
An incomprehensible but sporadically beautiful mess more (27 total)

Cast

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William Berger ... Prof. Gerry Farrell
Ira von Fürstenberg ... Trudy Farrell (as Ira Furstenberg)
Edwige Fenech ... Marie Chaney
Howard Ross ... Jack Davidson
Helena Ronee ... Peggy Davidson
Teodoro Corrà ... George Stark
Ely Galleani ... Isabel (as Justine Gall)
Edith Meloni ... Jill Stark
Mauro Bosco ... Charles
Maurice Poli ... Nick Chaney
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Five Dolls for an August Moon
Island of Terror (USA) (dubbed version)
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Runtime:
88 min | USA:78 min | France:90 min | UK:81 min
Country:
Italy
Language:
Italian
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Italy:VM18 | UK:18 | USA:Unrated
Filming Locations:
Anzio, Rome, Lazio, Italy more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Shot in only 19 days. more
Quotes:
Nick Chaney: So what was I telling you?
Marie Chaney: That I'm a dirty whore. That's why I'm taking a shower...at least now I'll be a clean whore.
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Movie Connections:
References La dolce vita (1960) more
Soundtrack:
Il Balletto di Bronzo more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
An incomprehensible but sporadically beautiful mess, 5 April 1999
Author: Jasper Sharp from London

Art direction and cinematography are as distinctive as any of Bava's other giallo films of the period, but the garbled script to what is essentially little more than a standard body-count movie really lets this one down. After a plodding and talky start, the film disintegrates into a total mess. Bava pulls off the odd visual flourish, but such scenes never gel together. Still, the mesmeric use of zooms, focus pulls, and tracking shots and the stylish use of colour ensures that, from an entirely aesthetic perspective, this film never becomes boring, and as an auteur piece, is well worth a watch. Now, if only I could work out what the hell happened in it...

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