The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)
When a young female student is savagely killed in a park during a thunderstorm, the culprit seems obvious: TV sports personality Alessandro Marchi, seen fleeing the scene of the crime by numerous eyewitnesses. The evidence against him is damning... but is it all too convenient? And when the killer strikes again while Marchi is in custody, it quickly becomes apparent that there's more to the case than meets the eye...
Director: Duccio Tessari
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Helmut Berger as Giorgio |
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Giancarlo Sbragia as Alessandro Marchi |
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Ida Galli as Maria Marchi |
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Wendy D'Olive as Sarah Marchi |
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Günther Stoll as Attorney Giulio Cordaro |
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Carole André as Françoise Pigaut |
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Wolfgang Preiss as The Prosecutor |
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Lorella De Luca as Marta Clerici |
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Silvano Tranquilli as Inspector Berardi |
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Peter Shepherd as The Inspector's Assistant |
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Gabriella D'Olive as Gabriella Giusti |
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Stefano Oppedisano as |
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Anna Zinnemann as Anna Bellini |
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Dana Ghia as Giorgio's Mother |
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Federica Tessari as Federica Sartesi |
| Directing | Duccio Tessari | Director |
| Writing | Gianfranco Clerici | Writer |
| Writing | Duccio Tessari | Writer |
| Camera | Carlo Carlini | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paola Comencini | Costume Design |
| Camera | Sergio Martinelli | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Sandro Borni | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Vittoria Vigorelli | Script Supervisor |
| Writing | Edgar Wallace | Novel |
| Sound | Gianni Ferrio | Original Music Composer |