Luciano Ercoli — Director (3)

Movie

Portrait of a 60% Perfect Man (1975)
La polizia ha le mani legate WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
卢恰诺·埃尔科利 actor: 克劳迪奥·卡西内利 / Arthur Kennedy …
other title: La polizia ha le mani legate / The Police Can't Move …
Shot in a beautiful techniscope and released in France with the quite bizarre title "BOITE À FILLETTES" on the print (VHS cover gives LA POLICE A LES MAINS LIEES as box title !) though there is no virgin nymph involved by the plot whatsoever, it is a rare and interesting testimony of the political situation in Italy near the 75's. Atmosphere is quite dense and heavy, since it tells the story of a judge (Athur Kennedy) and a Police officer (Claudio Cassinelli) wandering between "Red Brigade" and "Black Section" of Secret Services on the other wings... the bombing sequence is very well-made and the Milano outdoors takes are, as usual in Italian thriller of that time and genre, very realistic. Very pessimistic and dark movie since Franco Fabrizzi dies, then Arthur Kennedy is said by end titles to be soon murdered (good side) and all the bad ones too are dying except their undercover (not for the spectator)leaders.

Movie

Death Walks at Midnight (1972)
La morte accarezza a mezzanotte Douban
Luciano Ercoli actor: 列薇思·纳瓦罗 / Simón Andreu
other title: 午夜死神 / La morte accarezza a mezzanotte …
Valentina, a beautiful fashion model, takes an experimental drug as part of a scientific experiment. While influenced by the drug, Valentina has a vision of a young woman being brutally murdered with a viciously spiked glove. It turns out that a woman was killed in exactly the same way not long ago and soon Valentina finds herself stalked by the same killer..