Night of Violence

Night of Violence (Italian: Le notti della violenza) is a 1965 Italian film directed by Roberto Mauri and starring Helene Chanel and Marilu Tolo. It was initially banned in Italy on the time of its release, and released in France first as Call Girls 66. It was released later in Italy heavily edited and with some re-dubbed dialogue.

Nights of Violence
Directed by	Roberto Mauri
Written by	Roberto Mauri, Edoardo Mulargia
Starring	Alberto Lupo, Hélène Chanel, Marilù Tolo, Lisa Gastoni
Edited by	Nella Nannuzzi
Music by	Aldo Piga
Distributed by	Metropolis
Release date	1965 (1965)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Italy

Premise

The police strive to catch a masked serial killer who focuses on women.

Cast

• Alberto Lupo as Insp. Ferretti
• Marilù Tolo as the sister of Carla Pratesi
• Lisa Gastoni as Linda
• Hélène Chanel as Carla Pratesi
• Cristina Gaioni as Franca
• Nerio Bernardi as Pratesi
• Dada Gallotti as Maitresse
• Elisa Mainardi
• Luigi Batzella
• Aldo Berti
• Alberto Cevenini
• Gepi De Rosa
• Maria Pia Conte
• Tullio Altamura
• Franco Pesce
• Gianni Medici
• Ugo Fangareggi

Production

Night of Violence was developed under the name L'uomo venuto da Hiroshima.

Release and reception

Night of Violence was initially banned in Italy for obscenity due to the amount of female nudity in the film. It was eventually released in France under the title Call Girls 66 in 1965 and released months later in 1966 in Italy under the title Le notti della violenza. The theatrical released had many cuts and some re-dubbed dialogue.

It received a brief release in Milan in 1967, where it had a brief review in Corriere della Sera who described it as a "crude fumetto."

References

Sources

• Poppi, R; Pecorari, M. (1992). Dizionario del Cinema Italiano. 3: 363. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
• Curti, Roberto (2022). Italian Giallo in Film and Television. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-8248-8.

External links

• Le notti della violenza at IMDb