Due occhi per uccidere (1968)

Directed by Renato Borraccetti, who wrote the script with Fernando Luciani, Two Eyes to Kill disappeared after playing theaters and never was released on video. It was sold on eBay in 2014 and was restored as part of a crowd funding mission. The reason why the version online is so short is that one of the reels is missing.

Jean (Fabio Testi) is sentenced to death but keeps his trumpet, playing jazz on the night before he’s taken to the guillotine. He claims he’s innocent until his head comes off his shoulders. The real story, however, is about nightclub owner Max (Jack Taylor), who is being sold out by one of his girls, Rosy (Gia Sandri) and her friend Pierre (Barth Warren). She’s recording everything that happens in the club using her gigantic glasses, which is pretty crazy. They’re playing a game to destroy him, even cluing his girlfriend Nadia (Aichè Nanà) into the fact that he’s assaulting young women.

Why? Well, they were friends with Jean, so we didn’t meet him for no reason. They’re trying to drive Max insane by tormenting him with the sad trumpet song Jean played before he died.

This movie has Eurospy gadgets that may be made from thick paper, lunatic women dancing on stage — Aichè Nanà has a shirtless man appear and start whipping her! — and a jazzy soundtrack by Piero Umiliano and trumpet player Nini Rosso. I wonder if we will ever see a completed cut of this or this is the best we get. Regardless, it’s pretty interesting to check out. I mean, the entire movie seems to be set in a few rooms and curtains take the place of walls.

You can watch this on YouTube.

Source: Eurofever, Cinema Italiano Database

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.