So Sweet, So Dead

So Sweet, So Dead

So Sweet, So Dead

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So Sweet, So Dead

"One day you'll get closer to the violence of death... but THIS IS AS FAR AS WE DARE TAKE YOU... with any hope of bringing you back!"

1972

1h 40m

6.0(42 votes)

Crime

Drama

Horror

Mystery

Romance

Thriller

Overview

A serial killer is on the loose. His victims are unfaithful wives and he always leaves compromising photographs at the crime scene.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Farley Granger

Farley Granger

Inspector Capuana

Sylva Koscina

Sylva Koscina

Barbara Capuana

Silvano Tranquilli

Silvano Tranquilli

Paolo Santangeli

Annabella Incontrera

Annabella Incontrera

Franca Santangeli

Chris Avram

Chris Avram

Professor Casali

Sandro Pizzochero

Sandro Pizzochero

Roberto

Krista Nell

Krista Nell

Renata

Angela Covello

Angela Covello

Bettina Santangeli

Fabrizio Moresco

Fabrizio Moresco

Piero

Andrea Scotti

Andrea Scotti

Gianni

Creative team

Directed by: Roberto Bianchi Montero
Written by: Italo Fasan
Luigi Angelo
Produced by: Eugenio Florimonte

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