Opening title for 'L’assassino È Costretto Ad Uccidere Ancora' (Italy 1975).

Описание: deThe Killer Must Kill Again (1975)
Italian title: L’assassino è Costretto Ad Uccidere Ancora
Directed by Luigi Cozzi


Synopsis

Architect Giorgio Mainardi, deeply in debt and unfaithful to his wealthy wife Norma, witnesses a strange scene one night: a man disposing of a woman’s body by hiding it in a car.
Instead of reporting him to the police, Giorgio blackmails the killer — a professional hitman — and proposes a deal: he will keep silent if the killer murders his wife for him.

The hitman carries out the plan, killing Norma and placing her corpse in the trunk of his car. But everything goes wrong when a young couple, Luca and Laura, steal that same car, unaware of the body hidden inside.

Realizing what happened, the hitman pursues them relentlessly, while the police begin to suspect Giorgio. The tension escalates through a series of violent encounters and chases, culminating in a deadly confrontation at a seaside villa.
In the end, Laura manages to fight back and kill the assassin, while Giorgio is arrested for his crimes.

Main Credits

Director: Luigi Cozzi
Writers: Luigi Cozzi, Daniele Del Giudice — loosely inspired by Giorgio Scerbanenco’s novel Al mare con la ragazza (“At the Seaside with the Girl”)
Production companies: Albione Cinematografica / Git International Film / Paris-Cannes Productions
Runtime: approx. 90 minutes
Country: Italy / France

Cast

George Hilton — Giorgio Mainardi
Antoine Saint-John (credited as Michel Antoine) — The Killer
Teresa Velázquez — Norma Mainardi
Cristina Galbó — Laura
Alessio Orano — Luca
Femi Benussi — The “Dizzy Blonde”
Eduardo Fajardo — Police Inspector


The film’s original working title was Il Ragno (“The Spider”), later changed to L’assassino è Costretto Ad Uccidere Ancora (“The Killer Must Kill Again”) for marketing reasons.
Unlike most Italian giallo films, this one reveals the killer’s identity from the start, making it more of a thriller-crime hybrid than a traditional mystery.
Some violent and sexual scenes led to censorship issues; the release was delayed for nearly two years.
Director Luigi Cozzi, later known for science-fiction and horror films (Starcrash, Contamination), here delivers a stylish and tense psychological thriller.