thriller &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:thriller @settima@mograph.social Sun, 30 Aug 2026 06:03:57 +0200 La horse [Horse] (Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1970) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-20bl <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" La horse [Horse] (Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1970)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 28/div div class="occasion" 1923/div div class="img" La horse (1970)/div div class="caption" Francis Grutti's (Armando Francioli) ID, handled by someone wielding a large stamp. His birthday is August 28, 1923. DP: Walter Wottitz./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #PierreGranierDeferre #GeorgesGodefroy #JeanGabin #DanièleAjoret #MichelBarbey #Christian Barbier #PierreDux #ArmandoFrancioli #SergeGainsbourg #WalterWottitz #drama #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #Italy #France #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

La horse [Horse] (Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1970)

Aug

28

1923

La horse (1970)

Francis Grutti's (Armando Francioli) ID, handled by someone wielding a large stamp. His birthday is August 28, 1923. DP: Walter Wottitz.

#FilmDuJour #August #PierreGranierDeferre #GeorgesGodefroy #JeanGabin #DanièleAjoret #MichelBarbey #Christian Barbier #PierreDux #ArmandoFrancioli #SergeGainsbourg #WalterWottitz #drama #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #Italy #France #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-20bl Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200 Lo strano vizio della signora Wardh [The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh] (Sergio... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-rzd8 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Lo strano vizio della signora Wardh [The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh] (Sergio Martino, 1971)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 22/div div class="occasion" 1970/div div class="img" Lo strano vizio della signora Wardh (1971).png)/div div class="caption" A German tabloid writes EIN NEUES OPFER DES IRREN MÖRDERS ("A new victim of the insane killer"). It's Saturday, August 22, 1979. DPs: Emilio Foriscot & Florian Trenker./div div class="txt" "Now I know you're trying to get away from me --- but your vice is like a room locked from the inside and only I have the key…" ### – bouquet card /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #SergioMartino #GeorgeHilton #EdwigeFenech #ConchitaAiroldi #ManuelGil #CarloAlighiero #IvanRassimov #AlbertoDeMendoza #BrunoCorazzari #NoraOrlandi #EmilioForiscot #FlorianTrenker #giallo #thriller #drama #Italy #Spain #1970s ★★☆☆☆/div /section ]]>

Lo strano vizio della signora Wardh [The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh] (Sergio Martino, 1971)

Aug

22

1970

Lo strano vizio della signora Wardh (1971)

A German tabloid writes EIN NEUES OPFER DES IRREN MÖRDERS (“A new victim of the insane killer”). It's Saturday, August 22, 1979. DPs: Emilio Foriscot & Florian Trenker.

“Now I know you're trying to get away from me —– but your vice is like a room locked from the inside and only I have the key…”

– bouquet card

#FilmDuJour #August #SergioMartino #GeorgeHilton #EdwigeFenech #ConchitaAiroldi #ManuelGil #CarloAlighiero #IvanRassimov #AlbertoDeMendoza #BrunoCorazzari #NoraOrlandi #EmilioForiscot #FlorianTrenker #giallo #thriller #drama #Italy #Spain #1970s ★★☆☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-rzd8 Sat, 22 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-zb65 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="occasion" 1959/div div class="img" Plein soleil (1960)/div div class="caption" A contract for Marge, a sailboat, dated August 20, 1959. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" "Marge, my love, my angel." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #RenéClément #PatriciaHighsmith #AlainDelon #MarieLaforêt #MauriceRonet #RomySchneider #NinoRota #HenriDecaë #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960)

Aug

20

1959

Plein soleil (1960)

A contract for Marge, a sailboat, dated August 20, 1959. DP: Henri Decaë.

“Marge, my love, my angel.”

#FilmDuJour #August #RenéClément #PatriciaHighsmith #AlainDelon #MarieLaforêt #MauriceRonet #RomySchneider #NinoRota #HenriDecaë #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-zb65 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Experiment in Terror (Blake Edwards, 1962) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-4dhs <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Experiment in Terror (Blake Edwards, 1962)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 18/div div class="occasion" 1961/div div class="img" Experiment in Terror (1962).png)/div div class="caption" A ticket to a baseball game at Candlestick Park on August 18, 1961, a Friday. Playing are the San Francisco Giants vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants won. DP: Philip H. Lathrop./div div class="txt" And July 26, Joey's birthday. He's six now. "And oh, are the Giants mad!" ### – announcer on PA /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #BlakeEdwards #GordonGordon #MildredGordon #GlennFord #LeeRemick #StefaniePowers #RoyPoole #NedGlass #AnitaLoo #PatriciaHuston #RossMartin #HenryMancini #PhilipHLathrop #drama #thriller #crime #BookAdaptation #FilmNoir #baseball #SanFrancisco #USA #1960s ★★★★☆ ♥︎/div /section ]]>

Experiment in Terror (Blake Edwards, 1962)

Aug

18

1961

Experiment in Terror (1962)

A ticket to a baseball game at Candlestick Park on August 18, 1961, a Friday. Playing are the San Francisco Giants vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants won. DP: Philip H. Lathrop.

And July 26, Joey's birthday. He's six now.

“And oh, are the Giants mad!”

– announcer on PA

#FilmDuJour #August #BlakeEdwards #GordonGordon #MildredGordon #GlennFord #LeeRemick #StefaniePowers #RoyPoole #NedGlass #AnitaLoo #PatriciaHuston #RossMartin #HenryMancini #PhilipHLathrop #drama #thriller #crime #BookAdaptation #FilmNoir #baseball #SanFrancisco #USA #1960s ★★★★☆ ♥︎

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-4dhs Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Al filo del hacha [Edge of the Axe] (José Ramón Larraz, 1988) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-32v6 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Al filo del hacha [Edge of the Axe] (José Ramón Larraz, 1988)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 16/div div class="occasion" 1978/div div class="img" detailssummary spoiler warning: click to toggle image/summary Al filo del hacha (1988)/div div class="caption" detailssummary spoiler warning: click to read/summary A computer screen with the admission date of Lillian Nebbs (Christina Marie Lane) in the psychiatric ward on August 16, 1978. Diagnosis: Psycho Amnesia [sic]. There are small pop magazine stickers on the display's bezel. DP: Tote Trenas./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #JoséRamónLarraz #BartonFaulks #ChristinaMarieLane #PageMosely #JavierElorrieta #ToteTrenas #horror #slasher #thriller #Spain #1980s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Al filo del hacha [Edge of the Axe] (José Ramón Larraz, 1988)

Aug

16

1978

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A computer screen with the admission date of Lillian Nebbs (Christina Marie Lane) in the psychiatric ward on August 16, 1978. Diagnosis: Psycho Amnesia [sic]. There are small pop magazine stickers on the display's bezel. DP: Tote Trenas.

#FilmDuJour #August #JoséRamónLarraz #BartonFaulks #ChristinaMarieLane #PageMosely #JavierElorrieta #ToteTrenas #horror #slasher #thriller #Spain #1980s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-32v6 Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Fuoco! [Fire!] (Gian Vittorio Baldi, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-mq52 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Fuoco! [Fire!] (Gian Vittorio Baldi, 1968)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" Ferragosto/div div class="img" Fuoco! (1968)/div div class="caption" The statue of the Virgin with a bullet hole right through her eye. DP: Ugo Piccone./div div class="txt" Someone opens fire on August 15, the day of Ferragosto and the Virgin's Assumption &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #GianVittorioBaldi #MarioBagnato #LidiaBiondi #GiorgioMaulini #FrancoPotenza #UgoPiccone #thriller #drama #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Fuoco! [Fire!] (Gian Vittorio Baldi, 1968)

Aug

15

Ferragosto

Fuoco! (1968)

The statue of the Virgin with a bullet hole right through her eye. DP: Ugo Piccone.

Someone opens fire on August 15, the day of Ferragosto and the Virgin's Assumption

 

#FilmDuJour #August #GianVittorioBaldi #MarioBagnato #LidiaBiondi #GiorgioMaulini #FrancoPotenza #UgoPiccone #thriller #drama #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-mq52 Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200 Vergogna, schifosi!… [Dirty Angels] (Mauro Severino, 1969) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-4wyz <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Vergogna, schifosi!… [Dirty Angels] (Mauro Severino, 1969)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 4/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Vergogna, schifosi!… (1969)-2.png)/div div class="caption" A small desk calendar. The 4 is circled. DP: Angelo Lotti./div div class="txt" While the month is never explicitly stated, there's mention of August traffic jams. "Matto, caldo, soldi, morto… girotondo…" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #MauroSeverino #LinoCapolicchio #MaríliaBranco #RobertoBisacco #DaniëlSola #IvanoDavoli #EnnioMorricone #AngeloLotti #blackmail #thriller #mystery #LGBT #Milan #Italy #1960s ★★★★/div /section ]]>

Vergogna, schifosi!… [Dirty Angels] (Mauro Severino, 1969)

Aug

4

Vergogna, schifosi!… (1969)

A small desk calendar. The 4 is circled. DP: Angelo Lotti.

While the month is never explicitly stated, there's mention of August traffic jams.

“Matto, caldo, soldi, morto… girotondo…”

#FilmDuJour #August #MauroSeverino #LinoCapolicchio #MaríliaBranco #RobertoBisacco #DaniëlSola #IvanoDavoli #EnnioMorricone #AngeloLotti #blackmail #thriller #mystery #LGBT #Milan #Italy #1960s ★★★★

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-4wyz Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200 The Outfit (John Flynn, 1973) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-zmrz <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Outfit (John Flynn, 1973)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 31/div div class="occasion" bread/div div class="img" The Outfit (1973).png)/div div class="caption" A white man in a dark coat in an undefined room. A concrete wall, a metal pipe, a loaf of white bread on a walnut counter. DP: Bruce Surtees./div div class="txt" "I don't talk to guys wearing aprons." ### – Earl Macklin /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #bread #JohnFlynn #DonaldEWestlake #RobertDuvall #KarenBlack #JoeDonBaker #RobertRyan #TimothyCarey #JerryFielding #BruceSurtees #BookAdaptation #thriller #crime #USA #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Outfit (John Flynn, 1973)

Jul

31

bread

The Outfit (1973)

A white man in a dark coat in an undefined room. A concrete wall, a metal pipe, a loaf of white bread on a walnut counter. DP: Bruce Surtees.

“I don't talk to guys wearing aprons.”

– Earl Macklin

#FilmDinner #bread #JohnFlynn #DonaldEWestlake #RobertDuvall #KarenBlack #JoeDonBaker #RobertRyan #TimothyCarey #JerryFielding #BruceSurtees #BookAdaptation #thriller #crime #USA #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-zmrz Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:03:49 +0200 Goodbye & Amen (Damiano Damiani, 1977) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-yn63 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Goodbye & Amen (Damiano Damiani, 1977)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 25/div div class="occasion" cereal/div div class="img" Goodbye & Amen (1977).png)/div div class="caption" Mrs. De Mauro (Claudia Cardinale) peeks around her hotelroom door. Waiting for her is a room service cart with coffee, coffee cups, and numerous boxes of Post Toasties. DP: Luigi Kuveiller./div div class="txt" "Twelve boxes of cornflakes - all for himself?" ### – Jack /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #cereal #cornflakes #DamianoDamiani #FrancisClifford #TonyMusante #ClaudiaCardinale #JohnSteiner #RenzoPalmer #FabrizioJovine #JohnForsythe #GuidoDeAngelis #MaurizioDeAngelis #LuigiKuveiller #drama #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆ ♥︎/div /section ]]>

Goodbye & Amen (Damiano Damiani, 1977)

Jul

25

cereal

Goodbye & Amen (1977)

Mrs. De Mauro (Claudia Cardinale) peeks around her hotelroom door. Waiting for her is a room service cart with coffee, coffee cups, and numerous boxes of Post Toasties. DP: Luigi Kuveiller.

“Twelve boxes of cornflakes – all for himself?”

– Jack

#FilmDinner #cereal #cornflakes #DamianoDamiani #FrancisClifford #TonyMusante #ClaudiaCardinale #JohnSteiner #RenzoPalmer #FabrizioJovine #JohnForsythe #GuidoDeAngelis #MaurizioDeAngelis #LuigiKuveiller #drama #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆ ♥︎

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-yn63 Sat, 25 Jul 2026 17:22:51 +0200 The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-qc3r <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="occasion" 1940/div div class="img" detailssummary spoiler warning: click to toggle image/summary The Killers (1946)/div div class="caption" The July 21 headline. DP: Elwood Bredell./div div class="txt" "Don't ask a dying man to lie his soul into Hell." ### – Lt. Sam Lubinsky /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #RobertSiodmak #ErnestHemingway #BurtLancaster #AvaGardner #EdmondOBrien #AlbertDekker #SamLevene #MiklósRózsa #ElwoodBredell #drama #crime #FilmNoir #thriller #sports #BookAdaptation #USA #1940s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946)

Jul

20

1940

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The July 21 headline. DP: Elwood Bredell.

“Don't ask a dying man to lie his soul into Hell.”

– Lt. Sam Lubinsky

#FilmDuJour #July #RobertSiodmak #ErnestHemingway #BurtLancaster #AvaGardner #EdmondOBrien #AlbertDekker #SamLevene #MiklósRózsa #ElwoodBredell #drama #crime #FilmNoir #thriller #sports #BookAdaptation #USA #1940s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-qc3r Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200