The Killer Is on the Phone

The Killer is on the Phone
Directed by Alberto De Martino
Produced by
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Alberto De Martino
  • Vincenzo Mannino
  • Adriano Bolzoni
  • Renato Izzo[2]
Starring
Music by Stelvio Cipriani[2]
Cinematography Aristide Massaccesi[1]
Edited by Otello Colangeli[2]
Production
companies
  • Difnei Cinematografica
  • S.O.D.E.P., Bruxelles[2]
Distributed by Jumbo Cinematografica[2]
Country
  • Italy
  • Belgium[1]

The Killer Is on the Phone (Italian: L'assassino... è al telefono) is a giallo film directed by Alberto De Martino.[3][4][5][6]

Cast

Reception

In a contemporary review, Scott Meek of the Monthly Film Bulletin stated that the film "will surely disappoint even the most ardent [Telly Savalas] fans as his contribution consists of scarcely a dozen lines and a series of identical non-expressions presumably intended to appear menacing." and "the greatest mystery of all is the title, which (in this version, at least) bears no relation whatsoever to the plot."[7]

In his overview of gialli film, Troy Howarth described the film as "fairly typical of Alberto De Martino's output: blandly efficient." with "pedestrian direction" and that Aristide Massaccesi's cinematography was "decent but lacks the poetic touch that he brought to What Have You Done to Solange?"[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Howarth 2015, p. 196.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "L'assassino... è al telefono (1972)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  3. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.
  4. ↑ Marco Giusti (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN 8820029197.
  5. ↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
  6. ↑ Giancarlo Grossini. Dizionario del cinema giallo. Dedalo, 1985. ISBN 8822045106.
  7. ↑ Meek, Scott (1975). "Assassino. . . è al telefono (The Killer Is on the Phone)". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 42 no. 492. p. 256.

Bibliography

  • Howarth, Troy (2015). So Deadly, So Perverse. 1. Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 1936168502.


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