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Don't Torture a Duckling

Don't Torture a Duckling

A classic tale of the perverse from director Lucio Fulci.

19727.31h 45m

Overview

A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town rife with superstition and a distrust of outsiders.

Directed by Lucio Fulci
Written by Lucio Fulci, Roberto Gianviti, Gianfranco Clerici
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Top Cast

Florinda Bolkan

Florinda Bolkan

Maciara

Barbara Bouchet

Barbara Bouchet

Patrizia

Tomas Milian

Tomas Milian

Andrea Martelli

Irene Papas

Irene Papas

Dona Aurelia Avallone

Marc Porel

Marc Porel

Don Alberto Avallone

Georges Wilson

Georges Wilson

Francesco

Antonello Campodifiori

Antonello Campodifiori

Police Lieutenant

Ugo D'Alessio

Ugo D'Alessio

Captain Modesti

V

Virgilio Gazzolo

Police Commissioner

Vito Passeri

Vito Passeri

Giuseppe Barra

Themes & Keywords

policepsychopathhomicidechild murderforestmurderreporterwhodunitorphanchurchdoglynchingpsycho killermurder investigationpersecuted

About Don't Torture a Duckling

Don't Torture a Duckling is a horror film released in 1972 exploring themes of police, psychopath, homicide, child murder, forest, murder. Directed by Lucio Fulci, it stars Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian. A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town rife with superstition and a distrust of outsiders.

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