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The Fifth Cord

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A journalist finds himself on the trail of a murderer who's been targeting people around him, while the police are considering him a suspect in their investigation.

Status: Released

Released Date: 1971-08-17

Runtime: 93 mins

Director: Luigi Bazzoni

Writer: Luigi Bazzoni, Mario Fanelli, Mario Di Nardo

Spoken language: Italiano

Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Original title: The Fifth Cord

Production Companies: Dario, B.R.C. Produzione Film

Production Countries: Italy

Cast

Franco Nero

Silvia Monti

Wolfgang Preiss

Edmund Purdom

Rossella Falk

Renato Romano

Guido Alberti

Luciano Bartoli

Agostina Belli

Maurizio Bonuglia

Pamela Tiffin

Corrado Gaipa

Andrea Scotti

Ira von Fürstenberg

Reviews

JPV852

Very average mystery-horror giallo film that at least stars Franco Nero who I liked here, but otherwise nothing all that good despite some nice cinematography. Not a complete waste of time but I lost interest by the end. **2.5/5**

2021-11-30

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