Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate

"A brutal murder cannot be solved. But the murderer has been recognized by someone..."

Jul 7 1972 Not Rated 1h 39m
Mystery, Thriller

When a young female student is savagely killed in a park during a thunderstorm, the culprit seems obvious: TV sports personality Alessandro Marchi, seen fleeing the scene of the crime by numerous eyewitnesses. The evidence against him is damning... but is it all too convenient? And when the killer strikes again while Marchi is in custody, it quickly becomes apparent that there's more to the case than meets the eye...

Plot

While walking through a park in a rainy day, the young Françoise Pigaut is stabbed to death by man wearing raincoat and hat. Inspector Berardi is assigned to investigate the case and soon the TV anchor Alessandro Marchi becomes the prime suspect. His daughter Sarah Marchi was Françoise's best friend and their common friend Giorgio had a crush on Françoise. Alessandro's friend and attorney Giulio Cordaro defends him in the court but Alessandro is found guilty and sent to prison. When two other women are murdered and it is found that Alessandro's wife Maria Marchi is the lover of Giulio, the defense asks for mistrial and Alessandro has another trial. Who might be the killer?

Written by

Gianfranco Clerici, Duccio Tessari, Edgar Wallace

Directed by

Duccio Tessari

Cast

Helmut Berger, Giancarlo Sbragia, Ida Galli

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Production Countries

Italy

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Languages

Italiano

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