The Killer Wore Gloves (1974) [N/A]

Release Date:
August 5, 1974

Original Title:
La muerte llama a las 10

Alternate Titles:
Επαφή πριν απ' τον φόνο

Genres:
Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Production Companies:
PEA
Producciones Cinematográficas Cine XX

Production Countries:
Italy | Spain

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 90

It's diabolical! It's daring! It stalks, it cuts, it rips!

At Heathrow Airport, a man is razored to death in a toilet cubicle. A young woman, Peggy Foster, is concerned about the disappearance of Michael, her photographer boyfriend, who has been in Vietnam for months. In order to pay the rent, she reluctantly sub-lets her garret flat to a man called John Kirk Lawford. The new tenant wears sunglasses indoors and acts suspiciously. Peggy is lured to an abandoned airfield by a call from Michael but is shot at by a sniper. Back at her apartment block she is shocked to find that a man has apparently committed suicide by jumping from her balcony. While the police question Peggy, a stranger turns up and announces himself as John Kirk Lawford! Shirley, secretary to Peggy's lascivious publisher, is killed by a black-gloved intruder and the mystery deepens...

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Assistant Camera:
Javier Ferrer

Assistant Director:
José Ulloa

Assistant Editor:
Carmen Fábregas

Assistant Makeup Artist:
Ascensión Hernández

Camera Operator:
Santiago Rodríguez
Enrico Lucidi

Costume Designer:
Mario Ambrosino

Costumer:
Ana Salmerón

Dialogue:
Juan Bosch
Renato Izzo

Director:
Juan Bosch

Director of Photography:
Julio Pérez de Rozas

Editor:
Eugenio Alabiso

Hairstylist:
Rosa Luciani

Key Makeup Artist:
Práxedes Martínez

Makeup Artist:
Manlio Rocchetti

Novel:
Luisa Maria Linares

Original Music Composer:
Marcello Giombini

Production Assistant:
Jacinto Ferrer
Lamberto Andreani

Production Manager:
Alberto De Stefanis

Production Supervisor:
Pietro Nofri
Jaime Fuentes

Property Master:
Jaime Fuentes
José Malla

Screenplay:
Juan Bosch
Renato Izzo

Script Supervisor:
David García

Set Decoration:
Mario Ambrosino

Sound:
Angelo Spadoni

Still Photographer:
Angelo Pennoni

Unit Production Manager:
Luis Marin

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