Tenebre (1982)

[Emiliano]

Director

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Dario Argento


Storyline

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Arriving in Rome, to present his new novel, the American famous writer Peter Neal is at the center of a series of heinous crimes that are directly inspired by his last truculent best seller. Captain Germani asks for his help to put an end to that spiral of blood that, after involving women "with aberrant behavior" like thieves and lesbians, ends up huddling around the same writer, called by the murderer as the "great corruptor".


Cast

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Anthony Franciosa
Peter Neal

Christian Borromeo
Gianni

Mirella D'Angelo
Tilde

Veronica Lario
Jane McKerrow

Ania Pieroni
Elsa Manni, the kleptomaniac

Eva Robin’s
The Rhode Island girl

Carola Stagnaro
Ispector Altieri

John Steiner
Christiano Berti

Lara Wendel
Maria Alboretto

John Saxon
Bullmer

Daria Nicolodi
Anne

Giuliano Gemma
Detective Germani

Mirella Banti
Marion

Ennio Girolami
Department store manager
(as Enio Girolami)

Marino Masé
Journalist on TV

Fulvio Mingozzi
Alboretto, the porter

Giampaolo Saccarola
Coroner (as Gianpaolo Saccarola)

Ippolita Santarelli
Prostitute

Isabella Amadeo
Bullmer's secretary

Francesca Viscardi
Department store cashier

Monica Maisani
Unidentified

[Emiliano]

Eva Axén
Woman damaging the contents of the suitcase
(uncredited)

Lamberto Bava
Mustached elevator repairman
(uncredited)

Michele Soavi
Motorcycle guy / Rhode Island boy near pool
(uncredited)

Eros Buttaglieri
Man watching from outside the shop window
(uncredited)

Mario Castaldi
Airplane passenger #1
(uncredited)

Marcella Theodoli
Airplane passenger #2
(uncredited)

Herbert Hofer
Airplane passenger #3
(uncredited)

Luciano Zanussi
Man at the New York airport / Journalist at Rome airport #1
(uncredited)

Carlo Cattaneo
Journalist at Rome airport #2
(uncredited)

Filippo Perego
Journalist at Rome airport #3
(uncredited)

Lanfranco Spinola
Journalist at Rome airport #4
(uncredited)

Decio Gambini
Journalist at Rome airport #5
(uncredited)

Dolores Calò
Woman at Rome airport
(uncredited)

Ettore Martini
Bar customer at Rome airport #1
(uncredited)

Maurizio Piacenti
Bar customer at Rome airport #2
(uncredited)

Franco Ricci
Man at Rome airport
(uncredited)

Andrea Scazzola
TV Technician
(uncredited)

Unknown "Middle-aged Greying"
Man at TV studio
(uncredited)

Unknown "Wrinkle-faced man"
Policeman at the district
(uncredited)

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Credits for the identifications

• Johan Melle (for Luciano Zanussi, Mario Castaldi, Ettore Martini, Decio Gambini, Lanfranco Spinola, Filippo Perego, Carlo Cattaneo, Herbert Hofer, "Middle-aged greying")
• Ciavazzaro (for Eros Buttaglieri, Andrea Scazzola, Franco Ricci, Maurizio Piacenti).
• Emiliano (for Eva Axèn, Marcella Theodoli, Dolores Calò, "Wrinkle-faced man").

[Emiliano]

Unidentified actors: Monica Maisani


The tramp who wants a kiss

The woman who looks Elsa from the window

Elsa Manni's neighbour

Airplane passengers

Journalists at Rome airport

The "photographer Massimino" and the "model" at the bar

Girl dressed in black at the bar

The "coin-op boys"

The effeminate friend of Tilde

Forensic policemen

Bullmer's housemaid

[Ciavazzaro]

The red-headed but quite balder man journalist is a prolific generico of the late 1970's-1980's which i know very well and which will have a topic soon (i don't have his name sadly).

[Emiliano]

The red-headed but quite balder man journalist is a prolific generico of the late 1970's-1980's which i know very well and which will have a topic soon (i don't have his name sadly).

Super! In fact he seemed to me a "known" face. I must have seen it somewhere!

[Ciavazzaro]

He have a speaking role with Vittorio Calò in Pierino contro tutti (1981) as one of the doctors in the road.

[Emiliano]

He have a speaking role with Vittorio Calò in Pierino contro tutti (1981) as one of the doctors in the road.

Aaah YES! "Quella è una sciatica precoce!"

[Johan Melle]

The journalist with the bow tie (standing next to Decio Gambini) is the porn actor Herbert Hofer.

[Ciavazzaro]

Herbert is another one i want to open a topic for because he was also a quite prolific generico !

[Emiliano]

The journalist with the bow tie (standing next to Decio Gambini) is the porn actor Herbert Hofer.

Wonder! He looked too sophisticated to be only an extra for a single movie!