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The Silk Worm(1974)
Status: Released
Date: 1974-03-01
65%
2 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
Overview:
Smeralda Amadier, a retired singer, lives in an isolated villa with her secretary Marcella and her lover Didier (but throws out the latter after catching him with another woman). Smeralda has huge debts and when creditors threaten her with bankruptcy she decides to sell her valuable jewels. That evening, she meets Costas, a handsome young man who seduces her. Next morning, there is no sign of him or the jewels. He was apparently a penniless gigolo, but who was his secret partner in the theft?
Languages: Italian.
Countries:
Italy
ProductionCompanies:
Grado Film
Movie: The Silk Worm
Top 10 Billed Cast
Nadja Tiller
Smeralda Amadier
George Hilton
Didier
Riccardo Garrone
Commissioner Guarnieri
Guy Madison
Robert, Smeralda's ex-husband
Evi Marandi
Yvonne, Smeralda's sister
Mario Feliciani
Planget, a lawyer
Osvaldo Ruggieri
Raffaele
Vivi Gioi
Costa's ex lover
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