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Plot of Fear

Original title: E tanta paura
  • 1976
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
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Plot of Fear (1976)
ItalianMysteryThriller

An inspector infiltrates an S&M club that is connected to a series of killings distinguished by the murderer leaving a page from a German children's book at the scene of each crime.An inspector infiltrates an S&M club that is connected to a series of killings distinguished by the murderer leaving a page from a German children's book at the scene of each crime.An inspector infiltrates an S&M club that is connected to a series of killings distinguished by the murderer leaving a page from a German children's book at the scene of each crime.

  • Director
    • Paolo Cavara
  • Writers
    • Bernardino Zapponi
    • Paolo Cavara
    • Enrico Oldoini
  • Stars
    • Corinne Cléry
    • Michele Placido
    • Quinto Parmeggiani
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Paolo Cavara
    • Writers
      • Bernardino Zapponi
      • Paolo Cavara
      • Enrico Oldoini
    • Stars
      • Corinne Cléry
      • Michele Placido
      • Quinto Parmeggiani
    • 19User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Corinne Cléry
    Corinne Cléry
    • Jeanne
    Michele Placido
    Michele Placido
    • Inspector Gaspare Lomenzo
    Quinto Parmeggiani
    • Angelo Scanavini
    Edoardo Faieta
    • Fulvio Colaianni
    • (as Eddy Fay)
    John Steiner
    John Steiner
    • Hoffmann
    Jacques Herlin
    Jacques Herlin
    • Pandolfi
    Cecilia Polizzi
    • Woman at Villa Hoffmann
    Greta Vayan
    • Laura Falconieri
    • (as Greta Vajant)
    Sarah Crespi
    • Rosa Catena
    • (as Sarah Ceccarini)
    Enrico Oldoini
    • Lomenzo's Assistant
    Tom Skerritt
    Tom Skerritt
    • Chief Inspector
    Eli Wallach
    Eli Wallach
    • Peter Struwwel
    Giorgio Gargiullo
    • Ernesto Picozzi
    Eleonora Vivaldi
    • Elvira Meniconi
    • (as Eleonora Vivaldi)
    Guidarino Guidi
    • Mattia Grandi
    Enzo Robutti
    Enzo Robutti
    • Client with unfaithful wife
    Mary Ruth League
    • Ruth
    Susanna Radaelli
    • Lover of Jeanne
    • (as Susy Radaelli)
    • Director
      • Paolo Cavara
    • Writers
      • Bernardino Zapponi
      • Paolo Cavara
      • Enrico Oldoini
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews19

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    Related interests

    Lamberto Maggiorani in Bicycle Thieves (1948)
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    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Struwell offers Gaspare a contraband Rothmans cigarette.
    • Goofs
      With all the firepower trained on the commisario, he should have looked like bloody swiss cheese, rather than the 1/2 dozen hits shown on his body, and nothing to the head.
    • Quotes
      • Angelo Scanavini: Asshole!
    • Crazy credits
      Ending credits give Studio Gibba as Animazioni. Indeed after half an hour a Francesco Maurizio Guido's weird sadistic cartoon (called "Bloody Peanuts" like the Swedish title) is screened during the orgy at Villa Hoffmann. Even if Guido said that "this story of passing for a pornographer did not suit me well", Cavara replied "I knew that you would do a beautiful work!" (Guido's interview by Renato Venturelli for Film Doc in March 2014).
    • Connections
      Featured in Plot of Fear: Audio commentary with Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth (2025)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • September 17, 1976 (Italy)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Magnum 45
    • Filming locations
      • Italy
    • Production companies
      • Centro Produzioni Cinematografiche Città di Milano
      • G.P.E. Enterprises
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 35m(95 min)
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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