Luca (Luis La Torre) and Mirna (Erna Schurer, Deported Women of the S.S. Special Section) have broken up and he leaves for the island of Ostuni to recover. But he’s sure she’ll follow him, but he’s wrong, as she’s already moved on. But he soon forgets, as two gorgeous young women, Claudia (Monica Strebel) and Stefania (Lorenza Guerrieri, Naked You Die), are already fighting over him. Luca and Stefania hook up on the beach and she encourages him to fulfill his roughest fantasies, throwing her all over the beach, pinning her with her arms behind her back and even choking her. Then she disappears and he gets blackmailed with the photos that were taken of their violent tryst in the sand. Why is his ex Mirna blackmailing him? What does Claudia know? And where did Stefania go?

Snapshot of a Crime isn’t a giallo that many recall or speak of here in America. It’s structure is a big odd, as it has flashbacks and scenes repeated throughout the movie. Director Ezio Alovisi — working as Arthur Saxon — was making his first movie, so he really went for something perhaps beyond his reach. But you know, we should celebrate that. He took it over from Mario Imperoli, as it was started in 1970 and finished in 1974.

The scenery is gorgeous, the trio of actresses is even more beautiful and this feels like a Lenzi giallo. The best part? The soundtrack by Franco Bixio. I have no idea why more people don’t celebrate his work. He recorded this soundtrack with the British/Italian band The Motowns and it’s a fuzzed out dream.

You can watch this on YouTube.