Five Women for the Killer

Original title: 5 donne per l'assassino

1974
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

559

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Horror Mystery Thriller

A reporter comes home from an overseas assignment to find his baby in the hospital and his wife dead.A reporter comes home from an overseas assignment to find his baby in the hospital and his wife dead.A reporter comes home from an overseas assignment to find his baby in the hospital and his wife dead.

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

559

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The bar ashtrays say "J&B Scotch Whiskey".

Goofs
In the Spanish version, during the Professor's police interview, lines are omitted from the audio, though his mouth moves silently on screen.

Quotes
Fabrizio: You spoke very well today, Father, and certainly no one could have faulted you for being too brief! I am brother to the deceased, and this is my wife.
Fabrizio's wife.: [nods to priest] Father
[to Fabrizio as they turn away]
Fabrizio's wife.: Of all times to act like an imbecile!

Alternate versions
In the Spanish version, during the Professor's police interview, lines are omitted from the audio, though his mouth moves silently on screen.

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Complications...

In FIVE WOMEN FOR THE KILLER, a man (Francis Matthews) returns home from a trip to find his wife dead. Soon, other women begin meeting the same fate, all sharing one thing in common.

This is a rather languid, by-the-numbers giallo, although the setup is novel. There is the expectedly-gloved killer, as well as a bevy of beautiful, female victims and a school of red herrings. There's just not a lot of action and the pacing is quite sluggish. This sort of film needs to be more suspenseful or at least have a good chase or two. As it is, there's not enough going on to make it all that interesting.

Recommended only for the die-hard giallo completist...