Ecco
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
Ecco (1963, Italy) is a Mondo film directed by Gianni Proia.
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Main Details
- Released: Nov. 1963 (Italy)/Oct. 1965 (USA)
- Color
- Running Time: 110 Min. (Italian Version) / 100 Min. (American version)
- Filmed in Panchrorama Technicolor
- Production Company: Julia Film
- Distributed by L.C.R. Films (First American Run)/A.I.P. (Pick-Up Distribution)
- Directed by: Gianni Proia
- Presented by Dick Randall and Howard Smith
- Produced by: Francesco Mazzei
- Executive Producer: Mario Russo (Original Italian production)/A.J. Lech, Jr. (American Version for L.C.R. Films)
- Edited by Roberto Cinquini (Italian Version)/Lee Frost (American Edition as R. Lee Frost)
- Original Music by Riz Ortolani
- Commentary written by Francesco Mazzei (Italian Version)/Bob Cresse (American Version as R.W. Cresse)
- Dubbing (American Version): Paul Taylor and Sam Kopetzky at Spectra Sound
- Narrator: George Sanders
- Noted faces: Evon Evah, Rita Renoir, Laura Betti
Plot Summary
- A documentary highlighting some of the oddest, strangest and more grotesque examples of human behavior. Included are a tour of the Grand Guignol theater in Paris, a man who sticks long needles through his body, footage of reindeer being castrated, and more footage of lesbians and strippers.
Also Known As
- Mondo di notte 3 (Original Italian title)
- The Shocking World (UK Release)