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Cry of a Prostitute

Original title: Quelli che contano
  • 1974
  • R
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
760
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Barbara Bouchet and Henry Silva in Cry of a Prostitute (1974)
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A reformed prostitute joins forces with a paid assassin to end an Italian gang war.A reformed prostitute joins forces with a paid assassin to end an Italian gang war.A reformed prostitute joins forces with a paid assassin to end an Italian gang war.

  • Director
    • Andrea Bianchi
  • Writers
    • Piero Regnoli
    • Sergio Simonetti
  • Stars
    • Henry Silva
    • Barbara Bouchet
    • Fausto Tozzi
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    760
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Andrea Bianchi
    • Writers
      • Piero Regnoli
      • Sergio Simonetti
    • Stars
      • Henry Silva
      • Barbara Bouchet
      • Fausto Tozzi
    • 22User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Henry Silva
    Henry Silva
    • Tony Aniante
    Barbara Bouchet
    Barbara Bouchet
    • Margie
    Fausto Tozzi
    Fausto Tozzi
    • Don Ricuzzo Cantimo
    Vittorio Sanipoli
    • Don Cascemi
    Mario Landi
    • Don Turi Scannapieco
    Mauro Righi
    Dada Gallotti
    • Santa Scannapieco
    Patrizia Gori
    • Carmela
    Pier Maria Rossi
    Pier Maria Rossi
    • Paolo Cantimo
    • (as Piero Maria Rossi)
    Alfredo Pea
    • Zino
    Pietro Torrisi
    Pietro Torrisi
    • Alfio Scannapieco
    Armando Bottin
    Armando Bottin
    • Turi Scannapieco's henchman
    Giancarlo Del Duca
    Giancarlo Del Duca
    • Don Ricuzzo Henchman
    Carla Mancini
    Carla Mancini
    • Maid of Margie
    Orazio Stracuzzi
    Orazio Stracuzzi
    • Worker in carpentry
    Enrico Marciani
    • Commissoner
    Gennarino Pappagalli
    • Boss of bosses
    Giuseppe Namio
    • Mafia boss
    • Director
      • Andrea Bianchi
    • Writers
      • Piero Regnoli
      • Sergio Simonetti
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    • Trivia
      The original title of this film, Quelli che contano, roughly translates to "Those That Matter," but it was far too subtle for the U.S. distributor. When Joseph Brenner released the film stateside, it became the easier to sell Cry Of A Prostitute, with a lurid roughie style ad campaign focused on the battered and bloody visage of supporting player Barbara Bouchet.
    • Goofs
      Even for the split second it's exposed in it's unnaturally lurid green, the customs officer in the opening scene should have recognized the sick "child" the smugglers are carrying with them is actually a clothes mannequin, which should have become all the more clear to the police and doctors in the next scene, gathered around the table where it was laid out and cut open.
    • Quotes

      Tony Aniante: [in response to Margie's having thrown herself at him] Let's cut right through the bullshit. We both know what you are.

      Margie: [with drunken enthusiasm] A whore! That's more than obvious. I was a hooker when Rico got me in the Bronx. 3 bucks a pop and 2 bucks a handjob , in a car. You think that stops me from being a woman, huh?

    • Connections
      Referenced in Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s (2012)

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    Joseph Brenner does it again!!!!

    WOW! Another false ad campaign by Joseph Brenner! He mis-advertises this film at the theatres as some kind of a woman beating movie, as the poster shows a woman's face all bruised up, with the caption "for a lousy 50 bucks he could do whatever he wanted with her", when it is another Italian Mafia film with Henry Silva! Even the video box hints it is some kind of a motel sex film, when it isn't! And it isn't a good mafia movie either! This is one of the mafia films that is so bad it probably ENDED the mafia film craze! The opening credit isn't even the original, as it is a tacked in credit with music from DELTA FOX! UGH! To be avoided!
    • Serpent-5
    • Jun 18, 2000
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    • Release date
      • January 1, 1976 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Cry of a Prostitute: Love Kills
    • Filming locations
      • Pont Saint Ludovic, Menton, Nice, Alpes Maritimes, France(smugglers cross Italian border)
    • Production company
      • Alexandra Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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