La tarantola dal ventre nero (1971)

[Emiliano]

Director

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Paolo Cavara


Storyline

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A homicidal maniac persecutes the charming customers of a beauty center. The Inspector Tellini discovers that the killer, taking as an example what the wasp does to the tarantula, first immobilizes the victims with a pin and then disembowels them still alive and conscious.


Cast

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Giancarlo Giannini
Inspector Tellini

Claudine Auger
Laura

Barbara Bouchet
Maria Zani

Rossella Falk
Franca Valentino

Silvano Tranquilli
Paolo Zani

Annabella Incontrera
Mirta Ricci, the furrier

Ezio Marano
Masseur

Barbara Bach
Jenny

Stefania Sandrelli
Anna Tellini

Giancarlo Prete
Mario, the blackmailer

Anna Saia
Maria's friend

Eugene Walter (as Walter Eugene)
Ginetto, the waiter

Nino Vingelli
Inspector Di Giacomo

Daniele Dublino
Entomologist

Giuseppe Fortis
Psychiatrist

Guerrino Crivello
Informer

Fulvio Mingozzi
Surgeon at hospital

Giorgio Dolfin
Forensic officer

Carla Mancini
Beauty center client in the turkish bath

[Emiliano]

Ettore Mattia (uncredited)
"La catapulta"

Eleonora Giorgi (uncredited)
Attendant at the beauty center

Attilio Pellegatti (uncredited)
Man in road of the furrier's murder #1

Raniero Dorascienzi (uncredited)
Man in road of the furrier's murder #2

Antonio Marcolini (uncredited)
Man in road of the furrier's murder #3

"Slim man with moustache"
Man in road of the furrier's murder #4

"Young Bombolino"
Man in road of the furrier's murder #5

[Emiliano]

Filippo Perego (uncredited)
Policeman in the projection room #1

Antonio Anelli (uncredited)
Policeman in the projection room #2

Manlio Dalla Pria (uncredited)
Policeman in the projection room #3

Bruno Degni (uncredited)
Policeman in the projection room #4

Mario Pescucci (uncredited)
Policeman in the projection room #5

Silvio Klein (uncredited)
Policeman in the projection room #6

Alfonso Giganti (uncredited)
Policeman in the projection room #7

Ferruccio Fregonese (uncredited)
Policeman in the projection room #8

[Emiliano]

Bruno Alias (uncredited)
Bar customer

Giuliana Farnese (uncredited)
Mrs. Fluzzi, beauty center client

Marina Bartella (uncredited)
Beauty center client who asks for a sigarette

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Credits for the identifications

• Johan Melle: Bruno Alias, Antonio Pellegatti, Raniero Dorascienzi, Antonio Marcolini, Filippo Perego, Antonio Anelli, Bruno Degni, Manlio Dalla Pria, Silvio Klein, Marina Bartella.
• Emiliano: Eleonora Giorgi, Slim man with moustache, Young Bombolino, Mario Pescucci.
• Ciavazzaro: Giuliana Farnese.