Castellari’s movie is one of the closer films that he ever made to giallo but is more reminiscent of later crime films, which were gaining in popularity in Italy at the time. It stars Gianni Garko, Giovanna Ralli, Fernando Rey, and Frank Wolff.
After a very giallo-esque beginning w/a very young Karin Schubert, the curtain is revealed to show playboy Garko pick up Ralli at a bar. They go back to his apartment where there’s a criminal waiting, gun pointed…
This film is very stylish. The majority of the film takes place in a London flat and is very well-focused and tense. It’s a slow burn, like most films of this period, but the film really unfolds, like a suitcase, layer upon layer. Ennio Morricone provides a very cool progressive jazz score. All the performances are tops. This is one which really rewards the viewer at the end.
That being said, it was released quite a while back on dvd by Redemption but they’re re-releasing it soon:
http://www.hkflix.com/xq/asp/filmID.549955/qx/details.htm
Definitely worth look for something offbeat and cool. Late.
