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Amuck! (Italian: Alla ricerca del piacere, lit. 'In Pursuit of Pleasure') is an Italian giallo film written and directed by Silvio Amadio.[2]

Amuck!
Italian theatrical release poster with art by Renato Casaro[1]
Italian	Alla ricerca del piacere
Directed by	Silvio Amadio
Written by	Silvio Amadio[2]
Produced by	Italo Zingarelli
Starring	Farley Granger Barbara Bouchet Rosalba Neri Umberto Raho Patrizia Viotti Dino Mele Petar Martinovic Nino Segurini
Cinematography	Aldo Giordani[2]
Edited by	Antonio Siciliano[2]
Music by	Teo Usuelli[2]
Production company	West Film[2]
Distributed by	Delta
Release date	1971[3]
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Italy[4]
Language	English

Plot

Greta, a beautiful blonde American, is hired as the new secretary to Richard Stuart, a famous novelist who lives on an island near Venice with his wife Eleanora. Sally, the previous secretary, had disappeared without a trace. Unbeknownst to Richard and Eleanora, Greta has taken the job in order to investigate the disappearance of her lover, Sally.

Greta learns that Sally was accidentally killed in the heat of passion during one of the kinky sex games the Stuarts hold in their mansion occasionally; a hulking man-brute named Rocco lost control and strangled the girl. The bizarre couple then kills their butler when he attempts to blackmail them over the incident. All that remains is for Greta to be disposed of, then the crimes will never be uncovered. Eleanora lures Greta into a three-way private orgy with Rocco and herself, in an attempt to get the easily excited Rocco to repeat his careless crime of passion one last time.

Cast

• Farley Granger as Richard Stuart
• Barbara Bouchet as Greta Franklin
• Rosalba Neri as Eleanora Stuart
• Umberto Raho as Giovanni, the butler
• Patrizia Viotti as Sally Reece
• Dino Mele as Sandro
• Petar Martinovic as Rocco
• Nino Segurini as Commissary Antonelli[5]

Production

The original working titles for the film included Replica de un delitto (lit. 'Repetition of a Crime') and Il passo dell'assassino (lit. 'Footsteps of the Killer').[5] In his book on Italian gialli, Troy Howarth described the film as belonging to the trend of "sexy-trashy gialli" opposed to burgeoning films influenced by the films of Dario Argento.[1]

Reception

From contemporary reviews, David McGillivray of the Monthly Film Bulletin reviewed an 81-minute version of the film titled Hot Bed of Sex.[6] McGillivray stated the film was "cluttered with preposterous suspects" and "ham-fisted attempts at building suspense."[6]

References

Bibliography

External links

• Amuck! at IMDb 
• Amuck! at AllMovie

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