A hot curling iron for Tony Saitta: bizarre giallo crime thriller with Stuart Whitman and John Saxon
This strange cross between a giallo and a police film was shot by Alberto De Martino in Ottawa and Montreal. The film was produced by Edmondo Amati. The film was released in West German cinemas in April 1978.
After a macabre joke, the beautiful student Louise Saitta (Carole Laure) collapses dead in Montreal. Poison! Her older brother Tony Saitta (Stuart Whitman), a tough cop, arrives from Ottawa. At the funeral, the tough cowboy guy meets his late sister's friends and the investigating inspector Ned Matthews (John Saxon). Tony soon realizes that a lot has changed in his little sister's life. The beautiful Louise had long since ditched her athletic boyfriend Fred (Jean Leclerc). For this she shared with her university professor. Dr. George Tracer (Martin Landau) the mattress warehouse. His son Robert (Anthony Forrest) sleeps with his attractive teacher Margie Cohn (Gayle Hunnicutt).
Frustrated by the slow pace of the investigation, Tony takes matters into his own hands. It goes without saying that he doesn't do it squeamishly. Tony prefers to strike first before asking his questions. During his investigation he also meets three transvestites with whom he has a fight that lasts for several minutes. It only ends when Tony rams a hot curling iron into the bottom of one of the three. OUCH! Meanwhile, further attacks occur. Louise's blind roommate Julie Foster (Tisa Farrow) seems to be the killer's focus...
There's a lot going on in this film, also known as "Death in College": Giallo, Poliziottescho and Whodunit all in one! Constantly in action, Stuart Whitman (1928-2020), who received an ACADEMY AWARD nomination for his performance alongside Maria Schell in THE MARK (1961), weaves his way through a turbulent and never boring plot. GOLDEN GLOBE winner John Saxon gets a little less screen presence. Martin Landau (1928-2017) was awarded an ACADEMY AWARD in 1995 for "Ed Wood". Gayle Hunnicutt is also known as J. R.'s old flame Vanessa Beaumont from the television series DALLAS. And Tisa Farrow is Mia's little sister. So the cast is impressive. And this brutal mix also ensures good entertainment.
This strange cross between a giallo and a police film was shot by Alberto De Martino in Ottawa and Montreal. The film was produced by Edmondo Amati. The film was released in West German cinemas in April 1978.
After a macabre joke, the beautiful student Louise Saitta (Carole Laure) collapses dead in Montreal. Poison! Her older brother Tony Saitta (Stuart Whitman), a tough cop, arrives from Ottawa. At the funeral, the tough cowboy guy meets his late sister's friends and the investigating inspector Ned Matthews (John Saxon). Tony soon realizes that a lot has changed in his little sister's life. The beautiful Louise had long since ditched her athletic boyfriend Fred (Jean Leclerc). For this she shared with her university professor. Dr. George Tracer (Martin Landau) the mattress warehouse. His son Robert (Anthony Forrest) sleeps with his attractive teacher Margie Cohn (Gayle Hunnicutt).
Frustrated by the slow pace of the investigation, Tony takes matters into his own hands. It goes without saying that he doesn't do it squeamishly. Tony prefers to strike first before asking his questions. During his investigation he also meets three transvestites with whom he has a fight that lasts for several minutes. It only ends when Tony rams a hot curling iron into the bottom of one of the three. OUCH! Meanwhile, further attacks occur. Louise's blind roommate Julie Foster (Tisa Farrow) seems to be the killer's focus...
There's a lot going on in this film, also known as "Death in College": Giallo, Poliziottescho and Whodunit all in one! Constantly in action, Stuart Whitman (1928-2020), who received an ACADEMY AWARD nomination for his performance alongside Maria Schell in THE MARK (1961), weaves his way through a turbulent and never boring plot. GOLDEN GLOBE winner John Saxon gets a little less screen presence. Martin Landau (1928-2017) was awarded an ACADEMY AWARD in 1995 for "Ed Wood". Gayle Hunnicutt is also known as J. R.'s old flame Vanessa Beaumont from the television series DALLAS. And Tisa Farrow is Mia's little sister. So the cast is impressive. And this brutal mix also ensures good entertainment.