L' UCCELLO DALLE PIUME DI CRISTALLO
Thriller. An American writer on a working holiday in Rome sees what appears to be the attempted murder of a young woman in an art gallery and thus becomes involved in a series of knife murders of young women that has baffled the police.
Argento has acknowledged that the film is an uncredited adaptation of Fredric Brown's novel 'The Screaming Mimi', previously filmed in 1958 as SCREAMING MIMI.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Sam Dalmas, a writer Tony Musante
- Julia Suzy Kendall
- Inspector Morosini Enrico Maria Salerno
- Monica Ranieri Eva Renzi
- Alberto Ranieri, gallery owner Umberto Raho
- Professor Carlo Dover, ornithologist Renato Romano
- Monti, Morosini's chief investigator Giuseppe Castellano
- Berto Consalvi, artist Mario Adorf
- Faiena, informer Pino Patti
- Garullo, pimp Gildo Di Marco
- 4th victim, photographed at the races Rosita Torosh
- Morosini investigator Omar Bonaro
- Morosini investigator Fulvio Mingozzi
- antiquarian Werner Peters
- Tina, 5th victim Karen Valenti
- girl in street Carla Mancini
- Morosini investigator Gino Erba
- [Rosita, prostitute - 2nd victim] Annamaria Spogli
- [Professor Rinoldi, psychiatrist] Gianni Di Benedetto
- [Needles, assassin] Reggie Nalder
- [old lady in the fog] Liana Del Balzo
Credits
Direction
- Director Dario Argento
- Assistant Director Roberto Pariante
- Script Girl Lida Chitarrini
Rights
Production
- Production Company Seda Spettacoli S.p.A. (Rome)
- Production Company CCC Filmkunst (Berlin)
- Produced by Salvatore Argento
- [German Co-producer] Artur Brauner
- Production Manager Camillo Teti
- [German Production Manager] Rudolph Hertzog
- [Italian Production Manager] Ugo Valenti
- Production Manager [Supervisor] Umberto Sambuco
- Administrator Angelo Tavazza
- Interiors filmed at Incir-De Paolis
Writing
- Written by Dario Argento
- Based on a novel by [German poster] Bryan Edgar Wallace
- [Loosely based on 'The Screaming Mimi'] Fredric Brown
Photography
- Director of Photography Vittorio Storaro
- Camera Operator Enrico Umetelli
- Camera Operator Arturo Zavattini
Stills
- Stills Cameraman [sic] Nuova Dial
Editing
- Editor Franco Fraticelli
- 1st Assistant Editor Cesarina Casini
- 2nd Assistant Editor Sergio Fraticelli
Design
- Set Dressing Dario Micheli
Costumes
- Costumes Dario Micheli
Make-up
- Make-up Man Pino Ferrante
- Hairdresser Lidia Puglia
Titles
- Title Design Luciano Vittori
Music
- Music by Ennio Morricone
- Music Conducted by Bruno Nicolai
Sound
- Sound Technician [Recordist] Carlo Diotallevi
- Boom Man Eugenio Fiori
- Sound Mixer Alberto Bartolomei
- Sound Editor Ken Rolls
- Sound Effects Luciano Anzellotti
- Dialogue Director Robert Rietti
Consultant
- Music Editor [Publisher] Bixio-S.A.M.