Four Flies on Grey Velvet
1971 · Movie · PG · 104 min · ★ 6.5 · 68% critics
A rock-band drummer is rattled by strange calls and a shadowy follower, and a confrontation spirals into an accidental killing. Soon, incriminating photos appear and the pressure mounts as someone targets people around him, pushing him into a desperate search for answers before he’s blamed for everything.
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Details
- Original title
- 4 mosche di velluto grigio
- Years
- 1971
- Release date
- 1971-12-17
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (430 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a strange, tense giallo with paranoia, dark humor, and a mystery that keeps shifting, especially if you liked The Bird with the Crystal Plumage or The Cat o' Nine Tails; Not for you if you need tight logic and steady pacing.
Pros: tense stalking set pieces; eerie, paranoid mood; memorable oddball moments | Cons: uneven lead performance; disjointed pacing; far-fetched plot turns
Themes
- photographer
- blackmail
- claustrophobia
- decapitation
- male homosexuality
- serial killer
- whodunit
Cast & crew
Michael Brandon
as Roberto Tobias
Mimsy Farmer
as Nina Tobias
Jean-Pierre Marielle
as Gianni Arrosio
Aldo Bufi Landi
as Pathologist
Calisto Calisti
as Carlo Marosi
Marisa Fabbri
as Amelia, the Maid
Oreste Lionello
as The Professor
Fabrizio Moroni
as Mirko
Corrado Olmi
as Porter
Stefano Satta Flores
as Andrea
Directed by Dario Argento