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Four Flies on Grey Velvet

- When the flies start to crawl, so will your flesh...

Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He runs away, but he understands his troubles have just begun when the following day he receives an envelope with photos of him killing the man. Someone is killing all his friends and trying to frame him for the murders.

Release Date : 1971-12-17

Language :Italian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal Productions FranceSeda Spettacoli

Production Country : FranceItaly

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Roberto Tobias

Original Name : Michael Brandon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nina Tobias

Original Name : Mimsy Farmer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gianni Arrosio

Original Name : Jean-Pierre Marielle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pathologist

Original Name : Aldo Bufi Landi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carlo Marosi

Original Name : Calisto Calisti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amelia, the Maid

Original Name : Marisa Fabbri

Gender : Female

Character Name : The Professor

Original Name : Oreste Lionello

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mirko

Original Name : Fabrizio Moroni

Gender : Male

Character Name : Porter

Original Name : Corrado Olmi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Andrea

Original Name : Stefano Satta Flores

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maria

Original Name : Laura Troschel

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dalia

Original Name : Francine Racette

Gender : Female

Character Name : Diomede / Godfrey

Original Name : Bud Spencer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coffin Salesman

Original Name : Dante Cleri

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rambaldi, the Neighbor

Original Name : Guerrino Crivello

Gender : Male

Character Name : Postman

Original Name : Gildo Di Marco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Commissioner Pini

Original Name : Tom Felleghy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Musician

Original Name : Leopoldo Migliori

Gender : Male

Character Name : Music Studio Manager

Original Name : Fulvio Mingozzi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bearded guy with girlfriend

Original Name : Stefano Oppedisano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Funeral Exhibition Attendant

Original Name : Pino Patti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Extra (credit only)

Original Name : Ada Pometti

Gender : Female

Character Name : Psychiatrist

Original Name : Jacques Stany

Gender : Male

Character Name : Funeral Exhibition Visitor (uncredited)

Original Name : Fortunato Cecilia

Gender : Male

Character Name : Funeral Exhibition Visitor (uncredited)

Original Name : Franz Colangeli

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl at Party (uncredited)

Original Name : Shirley Corrigan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Masked Killer in Theater (uncredited)

Original Name : Luigi Cozzi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Funeral Exhibition Attendant (uncredited)

Original Name : Giovanni Di Benedetto

Gender : Male

Character Name : Funeral Exhibition Attendant (uncredited)

Original Name : Sandro Dori

Gender : Male

Character Name : Funeral Exhibition Attendant (uncredited)

Original Name : Renzo Marignano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Funeral Exhibition Visitor (uncredited)

Original Name : Quinto Marziali

Gender : Male

Character Name : Extra (uncredited)

Original Name : Diego Morreale

Gender : Male

Character Name : Delia's Mother (uncredited)

Original Name : Anna Maria Perego

Gender : Male

Character Name : Funeral Exhibition Visitor (uncredited)

Original Name : Pupita Lea Scuderoni

Gender : Female

Character Name : Funeral Exhibition Visitor (uncredited)

Original Name : Maurizio Streccioni

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-08-10

This could have worked better for me had Dario Argento not cast the pretty hapless Michael Brandon in the lead. He is "Roberto", a drummer in a mediocre rock band who gets it into his head that he is being followed! One night, he lies in wait for and apprehends this man in a derelict opera house - but in the ensuing struggle he manages to stab his phantom and kill him. If that wasn't bad enough, the next day he receives some photographs of him doing that very deed and his is now, of course, ripe for blackmail. But by whom? Why? In any case he'd better find out pronto as gradually we discover that many associated with him are falling foul of his new nemesis too! At times this is actually quite (deliberately) funny. Perhaps a little contrived at times, but there are moments that raise a smile as the characters all trip over themselves to get in (and out) of the action. The ending - well that's a turn up for the books that really does make the film worth sticking with. Not Argento's best work, though quite possibly Brandon's, and though it's a bit too long and a bit thinly spread, it's still just about worth a gander.