L'iguana dalla lingua di fuoco (1971)
In Dublin wordt het met zuur bedekte, met scheermessen doorgesneden lijk van een jonge vrouw ontdekt in de kofferbak van de limousine van de Zwitserse ambassadeur. De ambassadeur, zijn familie en medewerkers worden allemaal directe verdachten. Geconfronteerd met het probleem van de diplomatieke onschendbaarheid, schakelt de politieagent die verantwoordelijk is voor de zaak John Norton in, een ex-inspecteur die bekend staat om zijn brute methoden, om een 'onofficieel' onderzoek uit te voeren. Terwijl Norton een relatie ontwikkelt met de aantrekkelijke dochter van de ambassadeur, vinden er nog een aantal gruwelijke moorden plaats...
Regiseur:
Riccardo Freda
Schrijvers:
Riccardo Freda, Sandro Continenza, Günter Ebert, Renato Romano.
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Luigi Pistilli as ex-Inspector John Norton |
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Dagmar Lassander as Helene Sobieski |
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Anton Diffring as Ambassador Sobieski |
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Arthur O'Sullivan as Inspector Lawrence |
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Werner Pochath as Marc Sobieski (as Werner Pochat) |
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Dominique Boschero as Ambassador Sobieski's mistress |
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Renato Romano as Mandel, the chauffeur |
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Sergio Doria as Walter |
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Ruth Durley as Norton's mother |
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Valentina Cortese as Madame Sobieski |
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Emmet Bergin as Man in café (uncredited) |
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Niall Tóibín as Doctor (uncredited) |
| Writing | Riccardo Freda | Screenplay |
| Camera | Mario Mazzoni | Still Photographer |
| Writing | Sandro Continenza | Screenplay |
| Sound | Nick Alexander | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Vivalda Vigorelli | Continuity |
| Editing | Riccardo Freda | Editor |
| Production | Giuseppe Chevalier | Production Designer |
| Writing | André Tranché | Dialogue |
| Production | Robert Dorfmann | Co-Producer |
| Camera | Enrico Sasso | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lamberto Marini | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Ennio Nobili | Producer |
| Art | Giuseppe Chevalier | Art Direction |
| Writing | Günter Ebert | Screenplay |
| Editing | Bruno Micheli | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Gertrud Petermann | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Leo Massa | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Riccardo Freda | Director |
| Writing | Renato Romano | Screenplay |
| Production | Alfonso Donati | Production Manager |
| Directing | Leo Jahn | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Renato Doria | Assistant Camera |
| Writing | Richard Mann | Novel |
| Sound | Stelvio Cipriani | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Silvano Ippoliti | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nadia Vitali | Costume Designer |
| Production | Franco Fumagalli | Unit Manager |
| Sound | Aldo De Martino | Sound Engineer |
| Camera | Ennio Marzocchini | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Giuseppe Bruno Bossio | Production Secretary |
| Production | Fritz Hammel | Unit Manager |