Movie: The Bloodstained Butterfly

Top 10 Billed Cast

Helmut Berger
Helmut Berger

Giorgio

Giancarlo Sbragia
Giancarlo Sbragia

Alessandro Marchi

Ida Galli
Ida Galli

Maria Marchi

Wendy D'Olive
Wendy D'Olive

Sarah Marchi

Günther Stoll
Günther Stoll

Attorney Giulio Cordaro

Carole André
Carole André

Françoise Pigaut

Wolfgang Preiss
Wolfgang Preiss

The Prosecutor

Lorella De Luca
Lorella De Luca

Marta Clerici

Silvano Tranquilli
Silvano Tranquilli

Inspector Berardi

Peter Shepherd
Peter Shepherd

The Inspector's Assistant

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  • Overview

    When a young female student is savagely killed in a park during a thunderstorm, the culprit seems obvious: TV sports personality Alessandro Marchi, seen fleeing the scene of the crime by numerous eyewitnesses. The evidence against him is damning... but is it all too convenient? And when the killer strikes again while Marchi is in custody, it quickly becomes apparent that there's more to the case than meets the eye...

  • Release Date

    1971-09-10

  • Average

    6.112

  • Rating:

    3.1 starts
  • Tagline

    A brutal murder cannot be solved. But the murderer has been recognized by someone...

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    Italiano
  • Keywords

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