The Suspicious Death of a Minor
1975 film
- Ernesto Gastaldi
- Sergio Martino[1]
- Claudio Cassinelli
- Mel Ferrer
- Jenny Tamburi
- Massimo Girotti
Production
company
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Dania Film[1]
Release date
- 12 August 1975 (1975-08-12) (Italy)
Running time
The Suspicious Death of a Minor (Italian: Morte sospetta di una minorenne), also known as Too Young to Die,[2] is a 1975 Italian giallo film directed by Sergio Martino.[3][4][5]
Plot summary
Undercover cop Paolo Germi and the mysterious Marisa meet each other at a dance hall. Germi is unaware of the secret Marisa carries with her; conditions in her life have forced her into underage prostitution. After she is brutally murdered, he decides to go after her killers. However, a killer-for-hire ensures that Germi's investigation won't be easy, while continuing to kill...
Cast
- Claudio Cassinelli as Paolo Germi
- Mel Ferrer as Police Superintendent
- Lia Tanzi as Carmela
- Gianfranco Barra as Teti
- Patrizia Castaldi as Marisa
- Adolfo Caruso as Giannino
- Jenny Tamburi as Gloria
- Massimo Girotti as Gaudenzio Pesce
- Carlo Alighiero as Chief of S.M.C.D. Office
- Franco Alpestre as Il Menga
- Fiammetta Baralla as Landlady
- Barbara Magnolfi as Floriana
- Aldo Massasso as Listri
- Roberto Posse as Killer
- Carlotta Wittig as Director of S.M.C.D.
Production
The Suspicious Death of a Minor was developed under the title Milano Violenta (transl. Violent Milan), a title later used for Mario Caiano's film Bloody Payroll.[6] The film was a hybrid of a crime film and a giallo.[6] The screenwriter, Ernesto Gastaldi, later spoke about the film stating "In my opinion, it's a minor film [...] the usually very good Martino didn't manage to give the film a decisive shot-in-the-arm."[6]
Release
The Suspicious Death of a Minor was distributed theatrically by Titanus in Italy on 12 August 1975.[1] The film grossed a total of 507,396,250 Italian lire on its domestic release.[1] The film is also known as Too Young to Die.[7]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Curti 2013, p. 151.
- ^ "Too Young to die (2002)". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059695.
- ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
- ^ Giancarlo Grossini (1985). Dizionario del cinema giallo. Dedalo, 1985. ISBN 8822045106.
- ^ a b c Curti 2013, p. 152.
- ^ "Too Young to die (2002)". Rotten Tomatoes.
References
- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
External links
- The Suspicious Death of a Minor at IMDb
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Films directed by Sergio Martino
- Arizona Colt Returns (1970)
- The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)
- The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)
- All the Colors of the Dark (1972)
- Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
- Milano trema: la polizia vuole giustizia (1973)
- Torso (1973)
- Giovannona Long-Thigh (1973)
- La bellissima estate (1974)
- The Visitor (1974)
- Gambling City (1975)
- Sex with a Smile (1975)
- The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975)
- Silent Action (1975)
- Sex with a Smile II (1976)
- Mannaja (1977)
- Slave of the Cannibal God (1978)
- The Great Alligator River (1979)
- Island of the Fishmen (1979)
- Cornetti alla crema (1981)
- Spaghetti a mezzanotte (1981)
- The Scorpion with Two Tails (1982)
- 2019, After the Fall of New York (1983)
- L'allenatore nel pallone (1984)
- Vendetta dal futuro (1986)
- The Opponent (1988)
- Casablanca Express (1989)
- Un orso chiamato Arturo (1992)
- L'allenatore nel pallone 2 (2008)
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