The Cat O' Nine Tails
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
The Cat O' Nine Tails (1971, Italy/France/Germany) is a Giallo film directed by Dario Argento.
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- Featured in: Celluloid Bloodbath: More Prevues From Hell | Dario Argento's World of Horror
- Included in: Giallo Cinema: 20 Classic Spaghetti Slashers
The Tarantino Connection
The track "Paranoia Prima" by Ennio Morricone is reused in Death Proof.
The track "Paranoia Prima" by Ennio Morricone is reused in Death Proof.
Main Details
- Released in 1971 | Color
- Running Time: USA:90 min (cut version) | Austria:114 min (Limited Uncut Integral-Version) | West Germany:32 min (Super 8-version in 2 parts) | Spain:110 min | USA:112 min | Argentina:115 min
- Production Co: Labrador Films | Seda Spettacoli | Terra-Filmkunst | Transconta SA
- Distribution Co: Mondial Films (1971) (France) (theatrical) | National General Pictures (1971) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed) | Constantin Film (1971) (West Germany) (theatrical) | Valio-Filmi (1972) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Directed by Dario Argento
- Written by Dario Argento, Luigi Collo, Dardano Sacchetti, Bryan Edgar Wallace
- Starring James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak
- Produced by Salvatore Argento
- Original Music by Ennio Morricone
- Cinematography by Erico Menczer
- Film Editing by Franco Fraticelli
Plot Summary
- A newspaper reporter and a retired, blind journalist try to solve a series of killings connected to a pharmaceutical company's experimental, top-secret research projects and in so doing, both become targets of the killer.
Also Known As
- El Gato de las nueve colas (Argentina / Spain)
- Le Chat à neuf queues (France)
- Dokuz kuyruklu kedi (Turkey) (Turkish title)
- O Gato das Sete Vidas (Portugal)
- O Gato de Nove Caudas (Brazil)
- O Gatos me tis 9 oures (Greece)
- Hiipivä kauhu (Finland)
- Kot o dziesieciu ogonach (Poland)
- Die Neunschwänzige Katze (Germany)
- De Nio heta spåren (Sweden)
- Smygande skräck (Finland) (Swedish title)
Taglines
- It's nine times more suspenseful!
- Caught between the truth and a murderer's hand!