A chief police inspector investigates the disappearance of a
25-year-old, mentally retarded woman, the daughter of a lonely widower.
After she turns up dead, the cops race to find the killers before the
grieving father does.
This a pretty good unknown Italian Giallo directed by Duccio Tessari.
In Italy a crime
story is nicknamed "giallo", that is to say "yellow", because a very
successful series of detective stories published before WWII by
Mondadori had yellow covers. The film stars Raf
Vallone's and his performance as the troubled father is incredibly
painful to watch. Painful as in actually being able to feel his sorrow
with his daughter missing. Frank Wolff also does a great job as the
police detective also searching for the missing girl. This was one of
his last roles.
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| A grieving father gets his revenge. |
The story involves a mentally retarded woman being kidnapped and sold
into prostitution. Both the father and the police search in every
brothel in town looking for her. The film has a slow burn approach,
focusing on the dramatic and psychological impact on those involved.
Highly recommended if you can actually find a copy.
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| Let me sing you a song before going back out to investigate murder. |
