Eye of the Spider () is a 1971 Italian crime film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Klaus Kinski.
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"
Release Eye of the Spider was released on 1 November 1971 in Italy. 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. The film grossed 133,333,000 Italian lire domestically.
See also Klaus Kinski filmography List of crime films of the 1970s List of Italian films of 1971
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External links
Eye of the Spider at Variety Distribution