Death walks on high heels Death walks at midnight Container of (work): Morte cammina con i tacchi alti (Motion picture) Container of (work): Morte accarezza a mezzanotte (Motion picture) Container of (expression): Morte cammina con i tacchi alti (Motion picture). English. Container of (expression): Morte accarezza a mezzanotte (Motion picture). English. Death walks twice.
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Death stalks on high heels: Frank Wolff, Susan Scott, Simon Andreu. Death walks at midnight: Susan Scott, Simon Andreu, Peter Martell Death stalks on high heels originally released as a motion picture in 1971; Death walks at midnight originally released as a motion picture in 1972. Also issued separately. Accompanying booklet (58 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 17 cm), entitled Death walks twice : two films by Luciano Ercoli, comprises film credits, restoration information, and essays by Danny Shipka, Troy Howarth, and Leonard Jacobs. Special features: Death stalks on high heels: Audio commentary by film critic Tim Lucas; introduction to the film by screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi; From Spain with love (featurette comprising newly-edited archive footage of director Luciano Ercoli and actress Nieves Navarro, interviewed at their home in Barcelona); Master of giallo (screenwriter Gastaldi on "Death walks on high heels" and how to write a successfull giallo); Death walks to the beat (a career-spanning interview with "High heels" composer Stelvio Cipriani); original Italian and English trailers. Special features: Death walks at midnight: Audio commentary by film critic Tim Lucas; introduction to the film by screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi; extended TV version of the feature; "Crime does pay" (screenwriter Gastaldi reflects on his career in the crime film-writing business, including a look at Death walks at midnight); Desperately seeking Susan (visual essay by Michael Mackenzie exploring the distinctive giallo collaborations between director Luciano Ercoli and star Nieves Navarro); original Italian and English trailers.
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[disc 2] Death walks at midnight / an Italo-Spanish co-production, Cinecompany s.r.l., C.B. Films Produccion S.A. ; story by Sergio Corbucci ; screenplay by Ernesto Gastaldi and May Velasco ; produced by Alberto Pugliese and Luciano Ercoli ; directed by Luciano Ercoli. Death stalks on high heels / an Italian-Spanish co-production, Cinecompany s.r.l., C.C. Atlantida ; screenplay by Ernesto Gastaldi and May Velasco ; produced by Alberto Pugliese and Luciano Ercoli ; directed by Luciano Ercoli -- [disc 2] La morte accarezza a mezzanotte / una coproduzione italo-spagnola, Cinecompany s.r.l., C.B. Films Produccion S.A. ; soggeto di Sergio Corbucci ; sceneggiatura di Ernesto Gastaldi e May Velasco ; dialoghi di Guido Leon ; prodotto da Alberto Pugliese e Luciano Ercoli ; regia di Luciano Ercoli = Death walks at midnight / an Italo-Spanish co-production, Cinecompany s.r.l., C.B. Films Produccion S.A. ; story by Sergio Corbucci ; screenplay by Ernesto Gastaldi and May Velasco ; produced by Alberto Pugliese and Luciano Ercoli ; directed by Luciano Ercoli.
Summary:
Death stalks on high heels: Exotic dancer Nicole, the daughter of a murdered jewel thief, finds herself terrorized by a black-clad assailant determined on procuring her father's stolen gems. Death walks at midnight: While in the midst of an LSD-fueled photoshoot, fashion model Valentina witnesses a brutal murder in the apartment opposite hers. But when authorities refuse to believe a crime has been committed, Valentina is forced to unravel the mystery herself.
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