IMDb RATING
6.3/10
1.4K
YOUR RATING
A troubled race-car driver plots to kill her ex-husband at the behest of his new wife, but their scheme quickly goes awry.A troubled race-car driver plots to kill her ex-husband at the behest of his new wife, but their scheme quickly goes awry.A troubled race-car driver plots to kill her ex-husband at the behest of his new wife, but their scheme quickly goes awry.
Luis Dávila
- Albert Duchamps
- (as Luis Davila)
Lisa Halvorsen
- Solange
- (as Liz Halvorsen)
Francesco Narducci
- 2nd Cop
- (as Franco Narducci)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe first line of the title track "You" states "You represent everything I detest in a man." and then goes on to individually catalog these detestable qualities, pretty much summed up in the character Maurice. Appropriate then, that he should choose to put on the record as soon as he arrives at the hunting lodge, plotting Helen's death.
- GoofsWhen Helen finds the missing washer for her engine in Maurice's breast pocket, there is no explanation, other than maybe x-ray vision, that she should know it was there, particularly as Maurice would have been unlikely to fool around with her engine in a dress suit.
- Quotes
Lily Harmer: You represent everything I detest in a man.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits are shown against a background of scenes from the movie, but in negative form.
- Alternate versionsThere are two versions available. Running times are: "1h 34m(94 min)" and "1h 28m(88 min) (Spain)".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Super 8½ (1994)
Featured review
'A glamorously engaging, jet-set jazzy Giallo gem!'
The engaging, jet-set jazzy thriller, 'A Quiet Place to Kill' (1970) aka 'Paranoia' is another visually resplendent, sinfully stylish Giallo from the playful master of sexual intrigue, Umberto 'Eyeball' Lenzi. Many Gialli fans share the opinion that this murderously Machiavellian Mediterranean outing is markedly inferior to his iconic, highly regarded, Martini-cool Giallo masterclass, 'Orgasmo' (1969), but maestro Lenzi's fizzy, cocktail-fuelled psychodrama, 'A Quiet Place to Kill' distils a no less intoxicating plot, as our emotionally fragile heroine, Helen (Carroll Baker) recuperates from a car accident, she fatefully reunites with her dashingly duplicitous ex-husband Maurice (Jean Sorel), and before you can say 'lashings of J&B-laced jiggery-pokery', increasingly fell deeds turn Helen's louche, seaside convalescence into a memorably murderous ménages à trois!
With its luxurious lounge-core soundtrack, ubiquitously labyrinthine plotting, glamorous vistas, sublime fashions, and a nuenced performance from one of the most delectably diminutive divas of Gialli, the golden-haired, sinfully skittish, glitteringly glamorous screen goddess, Carroll Baker. Sadly, poor Helen suffers greatly at the manicured hands of her scheming, beguilingly suave, cocksure paramour Maurice. This preternaturally gorgeous male, disingenuously clad in benign, pastel-hued v-neck sweaters, slyly harbours hateful plots against his significant others! Incredibly, Sorel's perverse preference for Val Donican's Christmas wardrobe does little to mute his sleekly manipulative portrait of a callous, languidly libidinous playboy on the make, thereby making the appealingly sin-dappled, breezily-paced, 'A Quiet Place to Kill' a scintillating, must-see Giallo for all Lenzi-Baker Gialli fans!
With its luxurious lounge-core soundtrack, ubiquitously labyrinthine plotting, glamorous vistas, sublime fashions, and a nuenced performance from one of the most delectably diminutive divas of Gialli, the golden-haired, sinfully skittish, glitteringly glamorous screen goddess, Carroll Baker. Sadly, poor Helen suffers greatly at the manicured hands of her scheming, beguilingly suave, cocksure paramour Maurice. This preternaturally gorgeous male, disingenuously clad in benign, pastel-hued v-neck sweaters, slyly harbours hateful plots against his significant others! Incredibly, Sorel's perverse preference for Val Donican's Christmas wardrobe does little to mute his sleekly manipulative portrait of a callous, languidly libidinous playboy on the make, thereby making the appealingly sin-dappled, breezily-paced, 'A Quiet Place to Kill' a scintillating, must-see Giallo for all Lenzi-Baker Gialli fans!
helpful•54
- Weirdling_Wolf
- Jan 23, 2014
- How long is A Quiet Place to Kill?Powered by Alexa
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Un tranquilo lugar para matar
- Filming locations
- Palma de Majorca, Majorca, Islas Balearicas, Spain(City Helen drives through to meet Maurice, Marina, Maurice's Villa)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content