David Hemmings

  • Dario Argento – Profondo rosso AKA Deep Red (1975)

    1971-1980Dario ArgentoGialloItaly

    Quote:
    From Dario Argento, maestro of the macabre and the man behind some the greatest excursions in Italian horror (Suspiria, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage), comes Deep Red – arguably the ultimate giallo movie.

    One night, musician Marcus Daly (David Hemmings, Blow Up), looking up from the street below, witnesses the brutal axe murder of a woman in her apartment. Racing to the scene, Marcus just manages to miss the perpetrator… or does he? As he takes on the role of amateur sleuth, Marcus finds himself ensnared in a bizarre web of murder and mystery where nothing is what it seems…Read More »

  • Eric Till – The Walking Stick (1970)

    United Kingdom1961-1970CrimeDramaEric Till

    A young woman’s highly ordered and structured life is turned upside-down when she meets a handsome stranger at a party. Friendship soon develops into romance and for the first time in her life she is truly happy. This happiness is short lived, however, as little by little she discovers her partner has been lying to her about his past. It is soon revealed that he and his friends have been planning to rob the auction house that she works for and they require her inside knowledge in order to pull off the crime.Read More »

  • David Hemmings – Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo AKA Just a Gigolo (1978)

    1971-1980CampDavid HemmingsDramaGermany

    Synopsis:
    ‘After the First World War a young shell-shocked Prussian officer returns to Berlin. He finds that the life he knew there has vanished for ever; he cannot adjust to the new times. He drifts along without direction until finally he becomes a gigolo employed by Baroness von Semering.’
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  • Michael Apted – The Squeeze (1977)

    1971-1980CrimeMichael AptedThrillerUnited Kingdom

    Synopsis:
    Scotland Yard’s Jim Naboth (Stacy Keach) battled the bottle instead of London’s seedy underworld and lost. But he finds one chance to get out of life’s gutter when the mob kidnaps his ex-wife in a ruthless $1-million ransom scheme. Director Michael Apted tightens The Squeeze into a penetrating study of people under stress – and a walloping bloody, sexy detective caper in the mold of great British gangland thrillers like Get Carter and The Long Good Friday. Read More »

  • Richard C. Sarafian – Fragment of Fear (1970)

    1961-1970MysteryRichard C. SarafianThrillerUnited Kingdom

    Synopsis:
    A young author is plunged into a nightmare as he tries to solve his aunt’s murder. When threats of violence, mysterious notes and deadly phone calls shatter his life, the police and his girlfriend doubt the story due to his past as a drug addict – even though his life is in danger.Read More »

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