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Eye of the Spider (Italian: L'occhio del ragno) is a 1971 Italian crime film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Klaus Kinski.

Eye of the Spider
Film poster
Directed by	Roberto Bianchi Montero
Screenplay by	Luigi Angelo Fabio De Agostini Aldo Crudo[1]
Story by	Roberto Bianchi Montero[1]
Produced by	Luigi Mondello[1]
Starring	Klaus Kinski Antonio Sabàto, Sr. Van Johnson Romalı Perihan
Cinematography	Fausto Rossi[1]
Edited by	Rolando Salvatori[1]
Music by	Carlo Savina[1]
Production company	Luis Film[1]
Distributed by	Variety Distribution
Release date	1 November 1971 (1971-11-01) (Italy)
Running time	92 minutes[1]
Country	Italy[1]
Box office	₤133.333 million

Cast

• Klaus Kinski - Hans Fischer
• Antonio Sabàto - Paul Valéry / Frank Vogel
• Van Johnson - Prof. Orson Krüger
• Romalı Perihan - (as Perihan)
• Lucretia Love - Gloria
• Teodoro Corrà
• Goffredo Unger - (as Fredy Unger)
• Franco Marletta
• Claudio Biava
• Brigitte Brandt
• W. E. Arnold

Style

Despite the title and posters imagery which makes the film sound like a giallo, Italian film historian Roberto Curti referred to the film as a "rather typical film noir"[1]

Release

Eye of the Spider was released on 1 November 1971 in Italy.[1] Due to the growing popularity of and commercial success of the poliziotteschi through the 1970s, the film was re-released as Caso Scorpio: sterminate quelli della calibro 39.[2] The film grossed 133,333,000 Italian lire domestically.[1]

See also

• Klaus Kinski filmography
• List of crime films of the 1970s
• List of Italian films of 1971

Notes

References

External links

• Eye of the Spider at IMDb
• Eye of the Spider at Variety Distribution

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