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:
Günter Ebert, Renato Romano, Sandro Continenza, Riccardo Freda.
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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) |
| Production | Ennio Nobili | Producer |
| Production | Giuseppe Chevalier | Production Designer |
| Production | Alfonso Donati | Production Manager |
| Writing | Günter Ebert | Screenplay |
| Editing | Riccardo Freda | Editor |
| Production | Fritz Hammel | Unit Manager |
| Production | Franco Fumagalli | Unit Manager |
| Sound | Stelvio Cipriani | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lamberto Marini | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Riccardo Freda | Director |
| Writing | Renato Romano | Screenplay |
| Production | Robert Dorfmann | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nadia Vitali | Costume Designer |
| Writing | Sandro Continenza | Screenplay |
| Writing | André Tranché | Dialogue |
| Writing | Richard Mann | Novel |
| Camera | Silvano Ippoliti | Director of Photography |
| Art | Giuseppe Chevalier | Art Direction |
| Writing | Riccardo Freda | Screenplay |
| Directing | Leo Jahn | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Enrico Sasso | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Mario Mazzoni | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Ennio Marzocchini | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Aldo De Martino | Sound Engineer |
| Directing | Vivalda Vigorelli | Continuity |
| Sound | Nick Alexander | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | Bruno Micheli | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Renato Doria | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Leo Massa | Still Photographer |
| Production | Giuseppe Bruno Bossio | Production Secretary |
| Editing | Gertrud Petermann | Assistant Editor |