Rent The Fifth Cord (1971)
3.5 of 5 from 60 ratings
1h 30min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- When a man barely survives a brutal assault en route home from a New Year's party, washed-up, whisky-swilling journalist Andrea Bild (Franco Nero) is assigned to report on the case. Before long, the maniac strikes again, this time with fatal results. As the body count rises, Andrea falls under suspicion himself, making it even more imperative that he crack the case. His only clue lies in a series of black gloves found at the location of every attack, each with a finger cut off...
- Actors:
- Franco Nero, Silvia Monti, Wolfgang Preiss, Ira von Fürstenberg, Edmund Purdom, Rossella Falk, Renato Romano, Guido Alberti, Luciano Bartoli, Agostina Belli, Corrado Gaipa, Andrea Scotti, Luigi Antonio Guerra, Irio Fantini, Maurizio Bonuglia, Pamela Tiffin, Nick Alexander, Jean-Pierre Clarain, Alfonso Giganti, Anthony La Penna
- Directors:
- Luigi Bazzoni
- Producers:
- Manolo Bolognini
- Writers:
- David McDonald Devine, Mario di Nardo, Mario Fanelli, Luigi Bazzoni
- Aka:
- Giornata nera per l'ariete / Evil Fingers
- Genres:
- Classics, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Italy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 04/02/2019
- Run Time:
- 93 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0, Italian Dolby Digital 1.0
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New Audio Commentary by critic Travis Crawford
- Lines and Shadows, a new video essay on the film's use of architecture and space by critic Rachael Nisbet
- Whisky Giallore, a new video interview with author and critic Michael Mackenzie
- Black Day for Nero, a new video interview with actor Franco Nero
- The Bhythm Section, a new video interview with film editor Eugenio Alabiso
- Rare, previously unseen deleted sequence, restored from the original negative
- Original Italian and English Theatrical Trailers
- Image Gallery
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Reviews (1) of The Fifth Cord
Moments of brilliance - The Fifth Cord review by RD
It's not quite your average Gialli, which is unsurprising coming from the director of Footsteps on the Moon and The Possessed, though this film feels more in tune with that genre than say The Possessed, which is as much arthouse as it is a thriller. The performances are definitely a cut above in The Fifth Cord and there's more than a hint of Argento at his best about the film though it is a bit slow to get going, but nevertheless there are moments of visual brilliance throughout. Despite its slight shortcomings it is a film that definitely leaves you feeling enriched for having watched it, which is more than you can say for most films than exist as entertainment. Alongside his other work, it is a film that makes you wish Bazzoni had just made more films.
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