| The Island Monster | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Roberto Bianchi Montero |
| Written by | Roberto Bianchi Montero Carlo Lombardo Alberto Vecchietti |
| Produced by | Fortunato Misiano |
| Starring | Boris Karloff Franca Marzi Germana Paolieri |
| Cinematography | Augusto Tiezzi |
| Edited by | Jolanda Benvenuti |
| Music by | Carlo Innocenzi |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Siden Film |
Release date | 2 January 1954 |
Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The Island Monster (Italian: Il mostro dell'isola/ The Monster of the Island) is a 1954 Italian thriller film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Boris Karloff, Franca Marzi and Germana Paolieri.[1][2] It was made at Cinecitta Studios with location shooting taking place on the island of Ischia.
Plot
Don Gaetano, an apparently respectable man but the leader of a gang of traffickers, kidnaps a little girl to force a policeman not to investigate; the latter, aided by a woman of the gang, frees the child and arrests the criminals.[3]
Cast
- Boris Karloff as Don Gaetano
- Franca Marzi as Gloria D'Auro
- Renato Vicario as Ten. Mario Andreani
- Patrizia Remiddi as Fiorella Andreani
- Jole Fierro as Giulia
- Carlo Duse as Foster
- Germana Paolieri as Adalgisa
- Giuseppe Chinnici as Maresciallo Antonio Carcani
- Giulio Battiferri as Il rapitore
- Domenico De Nimmo as Uomo di Pozzuoli
- Clara Gamberini as La contessa
- Salvatore Scibetta as Col. Della Finanza
References
Bibliography
- Barry Atkinson. Atomic Age Cinema: The Offbeat, the Classic and the Obscure. Midnight Marquee, 2013.
- Lawrence McCallum. Italian Horror Films of the 1960s: A Critical Catalog of 62 Chillers. McFarland & Company, 1998.
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