CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1970
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1970 1h 36m ITA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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CURATING YOUR NEXT FRAME

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01 / THE STORY

A stunning portrait in psycho-terror!

Sam Dalmas (Tony Musante) is an American writer vacationing in Rome with his English model girlfriend Julia (Suzy Kendall). Suffering from writer's block, Sam is on the verge of returning to America, but witnesses the attack of a woman in an art gallery by a mysterious black-gloved assailant dressed in a raincoat.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Suzy Kendall

Julia

Werner Peters

Antique Dealer

Eva Renzi

Eva Renzi

Monica Ranieri

Tony Musante

Sam Dalmas

Enrico Maria Salerno

Inspector Morosini

Mario Adorf

Mario Adorf

Berto Consalvi

Reggie Nalder

Needles, Yellow Jacket Assassin