Cold Eyes of Fear
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Italian film poster for Cold Eyes of Fear
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| Directed by | Enzo G. Castellari |
| Produced by | José Frade |
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| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
| Cinematography | Antonio Lopez Ballesteros |
| Edited by | Vincenzo Tomassi |
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| Distributed by | Cineraid |
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| Box office | ₤197 million |
Cold Eyes of Fear (Italian: Gli occhi freddi della paura), aka Desperate Moments, is a 1971 Italian-Spanish thriller film directed by Enzo G. Castellari, starring Fernando Rey.
A handsome young playboy (Gianni Garko) picks up a pretty Italian girl (Giovanna Ralli) and brings her to his father's house for some fun. What he doesn't know is that two dangerous convicts are lying in wait at the house to avenge themselves on the young man's father (Fernando Rey), who was the judge who caused them to go to jail. The characters are all trapped together in the house for a very tense night, with the young playboy trying to figure out how to save his dad from a bomb planted at his father's workplace.
The film was written by Enzo G. Castellari and Tito Carpi. Although Leo Anchóriz of Spain is credited as a co-writer, he didn't have anything to do with the script. His name appears solely for co-production laws that were required to establish the film as a dual-nationality production. Capri and Castellari wrote a film based on the idea of the entire film being set in an apartment, an idea influenced by the film Wait Until Dark. Casterllari was also influenced by William Friedkin's The Boys in the Band (1970) and borrowed plot elements from William Wyler's The Desperate Hours (1955). The film was originally intended for foreign audiences so Castellari and Carpi had their script translated into English by actor Frank Wolff's wife Alice.
The film was shot at Cinecittà in Rome and on location in London. Castellari shot the film in sequence. During filming, Alice left Wolff. Wolff committed suicide a few months after production in December 1971 in his hotel room in Rome.
Cold Eyes of Fear was released in Italy on April 6, 1971 where it was distributed by Cineraid. It grossed a total of 197,089,000 lira domestically. It was released in Madrid Spain on May 21, 1972. It was also released as Desperate Moments.
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