Omicidio per appuntamento
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| Directed by | Mino Guerrini |
| Produced by | Giuliano Simonetti |
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| Music by | Ivan Vandor |
| Cinematography | Franco Delli Colli |
| Edited by | Franco Fraticelli |
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Release date
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1966 |
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Running time
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1:45:00 |
| Country | Italy West Germany |
| Language | Italian |
Omicidio per appuntamento (translation: Murder by Appointment) is a 1966 giallo film directed by Mino Guerrini. The film stars George Ardisson, Günther Stoll and Ella Karin. The film has been described as "stylish" and "flamboyant", and has been seen as inspired by the work of Mario Bava.
Omicidio per appuntamento depicts the investigation of a disappearance by Vince Dreyser (Ardisson), a private detective in Rome who is searching for a vanished friend. Dreyser's investigation leads him into the city's criminal underworld.
Vince Dreyser (George Ardisson), an American private detective working in Rome, meets with his old friend Walter Dempsey (Hans von Borsody) in the countryside. Several days later, Dempsey has vanished under suspicious circumstances, leading Dreyser to investigate the disappearance. Dempsey was in the country to be married, and the search for his whereabouts leads Dreyser into a web of organised crime, while trying to keep an eye on the hippie daughter of a wealthy client. The detective is beaten and left for dead by two thugs, after which he manages to kill the gangster who disposed of his friend. One sequence features a death scene in which a gangster is shown falling to his death from the roof of a building as the camera follows him down in a point-of-view shot. Vince continues on, trying to find his missing friend.
Omicidio per appuntamento was written and directed by Mino Guerrini. Guerrini had previously worked as a script supervisor on the film La ragazza che sapeva troppo, which has been described as the first giallo film. Guerrini's screenplay, written alongside Fernando Di Leo, was based on the story "Tempo di massacro" by Franco Enna.
Actors Giorgio Ardisson and Graziella Granata—credited as George Ardisson and Ella Karin respectively—had previously appeared together in the horror film The Long Hair of Death, with Karin credited as Halina Zelewska. Guerrini also appeared in a cameo role.
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