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The Island Monster (Italian: Il mostro dell'isola/ The Monster of the Island) is a 1954 Italian thriller film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Boris Karloff, Franca Marzi and Germana Paolieri.[1][2] It was made at Cinecitta Studios with location shooting taking place on the island of Ischia.

The Island Monster
Directed by	Roberto Bianchi Montero
Written by	Roberto Bianchi Montero Carlo Lombardo Alberto Vecchietti
Produced by	Fortunato Misiano
Starring	Boris Karloff Franca Marzi Germana Paolieri
Cinematography	Augusto Tiezzi
Edited by	Jolanda Benvenuti
Music by	Carlo Innocenzi
Production company	Romana Film
Distributed by	Siden Film
Release date	2 January 1954
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Plot

Don Gaetano, an apparently respectable man but the leader of a gang of traffickers, kidnaps a little girl to force a policeman not to investigate; the latter, aided by a woman of the gang, frees the child and arrests the criminals.[3]

Cast

• Boris Karloff as Don Gaetano
• Franca Marzi as Gloria D'Auro
• Renato Vicario as Ten. Mario Andreani
• Patrizia Remiddi as Fiorella Andreani
• Jole Fierro as Giulia
• Carlo Duse as Foster
• Germana Paolieri as Adalgisa
• Giuseppe Chinnici as Maresciallo Antonio Carcani
• Giulio Battiferri as Il rapitore
• Domenico De Nimmo as Uomo di Pozzuoli
• Clara Gamberini as La contessa
• Salvatore Scibetta as Col. Della Finanza

References

Bibliography

• Barry Atkinson. Atomic Age Cinema: The Offbeat, the Classic and the Obscure. Midnight Marquee, 2013.
• Lawrence McCallum. Italian Horror Films of the 1960s: A Critical Catalog of 62 Chillers. McFarland & Company, 1998.

External links

• The Island Monster at IMDb

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