What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (Italian: La polizia chiede aiuto, lit. 'The police ask for help') is a 1974 Italian giallo and poliziottesco film directed by Massimo Dallamano.[3]
| What Have They Done to Your Daughters? | |
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 Italian theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Massimo Dallamano |
| Screenplay by |
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| Story by | Ettore Sanzò[2] |
| Produced by | Paolo Infascelli[1] |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Franco Delli Colli[2] |
| Edited by | Antonio Siciliano[2] |
| Music by | Stelvio Cipriani[2] |
Production company | Primex Italiana[1] |
| Distributed by | P.A.C. |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy[1] |
| Box office | ₤1.344 billion |
Plot
editPolice officers investigate the death of 15-year-old Silvia Polvesi who has been found hanged after receiving an anonymous phone call. After interrogating suspects and witnesses, a tape is discovered where several sexual encounters were recorded. This leads the police to an under-age prostitution ring and a motorcycle riding serial killer.
Cast
edit- Giovanna Ralli as Deputy Attorney Vittoria Stori
- Claudio Cassinelli as Commissioner Silvestri
- Mario Adorf as Commissioner Valentini
- Franco Fabrizi as Bruno Paglia
- Farley Granger as Mr. Polvesi
- Marina Berti as Miss Polvesi
- Paolo Turco as Marcello Tosti
- Corrado Gaipa as Prosecutor
- Micaela Pignatelli as Rosa
- Sherry Buchanan as Silvia Polvesi
- Attilio Dottesio as the Coroner
Production
editThe film was shot at Dear Studios in Rome.[1]
Style
editThe film is considered a hybrid of two genres: the giallo and the poliziottesco.[1] The film was one among the many hybrid gialli made predominantly between 1974 and 1975 when the popularity of the giallo was waning at the Italian box office while the poliziottesco were beginning to gain box office dominance.[1]
Release
editThe film was released in Italy on 10 August 1974 and was distributed by P.A.C.[1] The film grossed a total of 1,344,301,000 Italian lira on its domestic release.[1]
It was released on Blu-ray by Arrow Video on August 14, 2018[4] and restored from the original camera negative.[5]
Reception
editIn his book Italian Crime Filmography, 1968–1980, Roberto Curti described the film as the best of the giallo and poliziottesco hybrids, stating that "Dallamano's direction is well above average".[1][6] Danny Shipka, author of a book on European exploitation films found the film "doesn't hold as much of a grip as" What Have You Done to Solange? as it focused too much on police protocol, but was still "an intense gritty film that deserves to be seen."[3]
Footnotes
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Curti 2013, p. 125.
- ^ a b c d e Curti 2013, p. 124.
- ^ a b Shipka 2011, p. 110.
- ^ Barrett, Micahel (10 August 2018). "Blood, Police and Politics in 'What Have They Done to Your Daughters'". PopMatters. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (Blu-ray back cover). Arrow Video. 2018. AV159.
- ^ Curti 2013, p. 126.
References
edit- Shipka, Danny (14 June 2011). Perverse Titillation: The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France, 1960–1980. McFarland, 2011. ISBN 978-0786448883.
- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968–1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
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