The Pajama Girl Case | |
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Italian theatrical release poster
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Directed by | Flavio Mogherini |
Produced by | Giorgio Salvioni |
Written by | Flavio Mogherini Rafael Sánchez Campoy |
Starring |
Ray Milland Dalila Di Lazzaro |
Music by | Riz Ortolani |
Cinematography | Raúl Artigot Carlo Carlini |
Edited by | Adriano Tagliavia |
Production
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Zodiac Produzioni
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Release date
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31 December 1977 |
Running time
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103 min. |
Country | Italy Spain |
Language | Italian |
La ragazza dal pigiama giallo (Italian for The Girl in the Yellow Pyjamas) is a 1977 Italian giallo film directed by Flavio Mogherini, distributed internationally as The Pajama Girl Case.
The film is based on a real story, one of Australia's most known unsolved murder mysteries, the "Pyjama Girl" case. It was filmed in Australia and produced by studio Zodiac Produzioni, in co-operation with Producciones Internacionales Cinematográficas Asociadas (PICASA).
The soundtrack album La ragazza dal pigiama giallo was released in Italy in 1978, and consisted of the instrumental score by composer Riz Ortolani as well as two songs with vocals by Amanda Lear: the theme tune "Your Yellow Pyjama" and "Look at Her Dancing".
The film consists of two parallel narratives. One tells about an investigation of a murder of a girl, whose severely burned body has been found on a beach in Sydney. The police have a suspect in the murder, but the retired inspector Thompson is convinced they are wrong and continues his own investigation. The second is a story of a young Dutch girl Glenda and her partner, an Italian Antonio. Although they are in relationship, Glenda keeps seeing other men.