Deadly Sweet (1967) on Netflix
X19671h 44mDramaMysteryThriller
In a London nightclub, the French actor Bernard finds Jane leaning over the body of a murdered club owner. He believes she is innocent and flees with her, with criminals in pursuit.
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Plot summary
Bernard, an actor from France, meets Jane at a London nightclub where a club owner lies murdered and she bends over his body. Jane's father died in a car accident, and she believes he was killed over a photograph of his second wife. Bernard takes her word that she is innocent of the nightclub killing, and the two go on the run from a group of criminals convinced Bernard killed their boss, and from the police. The pair hope Jane's brother Jerome can help clear things up, though Jane says she does not know where he is. A dwarf and the blackmailer's men keep after them.
Cast
- Charles Kohleras Jerome Burroughs
- Luigi Bellinias Jelly-Roll
- Monique Scoazecas Veronica Yassupova
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Deadly Sweet (1967)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Tinto Brass's producers wanted Jean-Louis Trintignant for the lead, and Brass got him to accept by telling him a different story from Sergio Donati's novel; he then sent over the actual script, saying he had changed his mind.
- In Col cuore in gola, Tinto Brass said he did not film a horse but an eye or a spur, and that the characters seem two-dimensional, as in a comic.
- Col cuore in gola was the only giallo film that director Tinto Brass ever made, and it was influenced by the pop art movement.
