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Escalation(1968)
Status: Released
Date: 1968-02-29
62%
6 Votes
Time: 1h 29m
They tried to turn him into a sexual square!
Overview:
1968, London. Luca is living his 'swinging' years away from duties, while his father wants him to take the reins of the family business. He plots to have him kidnapped and placed in a sanitarium, where the young man undergoes electroshock therapy until 'normalised'. Luca is then made to marry a woman who is actually a psychiatrist hired to turn him into a perfect businessman.
Languages: Italian.
Countries:
Italy
ProductionCompanies:
Cemo Film
Movie: Escalation
Top 10 Billed Cast
Claudine Auger
Carla Maria Mannini
Lino Capolicchio
Luca Lambertinghi
Gabriele Ferzetti
Augusto Lambertinghi
Didi Perego
Private investigator
Leopoldo Trieste
Priest / Guru
Dada Gallotti
Nurse
Jacqueline Perrier
Valeria Lambertenghi
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Overview
1968, London. Luca is living his 'swinging' years away from duties, while his father wants him to take the reins of the family business. He plots to have him kidnapped and placed in a sanitarium, where the young man undergoes electroshock therapy until 'normalised'. Luca is then made to marry a woman who is actually a psychiatrist hired to turn him into a perfect businessman.
Release Date
1968-02-29
Average
6.2
Rating:
3.1 startsTagline
They tried to turn him into a sexual square!
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