The Fifth Cord

Director: Luigi Bazzoni Luigi Bazzoni

Overview

Luigi Bazzoni (Le Orme) directed this outstanding giallo thriller starring Franco Nero as a hard-drinking newspaperman who gets involved in a string of brutal murders. After he investigates the first, he becomes a suspect himself but eventually manages to unravel a complex plot involving blackmail, adultery, and private sex shows. Wolfgang Preiss plays a creepy doctor, and Edmund Purdom is around as well. The impressive score is by Ennio Morricone, and the film looks great thanks to cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, on his way to his triumph with Last Tango in Paris.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/28/2006
UPC:	0827058106597
Original Release:	1971
Rating:	NR
Source:	Blue Underground
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:33:00
Sales rank:	46,201

Special Features

Giornata Nera (Black Days) - Interviews with star Franco Nero and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Guido Alberti	Actor
Maurizio Bonuglia	Dr. Bini
Rossella Falk	Sophie Bini
Silvia Monti	Actor
Franco Nero	Andrea Bild
Wolfgang Preiss	Actor
Edmund Purdom	Edouard
Renato Romano	John Lubbock
Pamela Tiffin	Lu
Ira vonFuerstenberg	Isabel
Priess Wolfgang	Actor
Ira Furstenburg	Actor
Ennio Morricone	Composer

Technical Credits

Luigi Bazzoni

Mario di Nardo

Luigi Bazzoni	Director,Screenwriter
Manolo Bolognini	Producer
Mario di Nardo	Screenwriter

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The Fifth Cord
1. Program Start/Main Titles [5:22]
2. Happy New Year [4:20]
3. Wake-up Call [4:10]
4. Hostile Witness [2:46]
5. About John Lubbock [3:13]
6. Stuck in Bed [6:47]
7. Crime Scene [3:46]
8. Questioning Dr. Bini [3:12]
9. Lying Around [3:13]
10. The Racetrack [3:33]
11. Idle Threats [5:56]
12. Terror in the Trees [3:52]
13. The Funeral [3:00]
14. Secret Sexcapades [5:08]
15. Farewell Present [5:18]
16. Anonymous Letter [2:35]
17. Sex and Death [3:41]
18. Getting Some Answers [5:13]
19. Revealing Clues [3:32]
20. Call From Momma [3:39]
21. Child Endangerment [2:52]
22. Final Confrontation [4:23]
23. Motive for Murder [3:05]

Menu

Disc #1 -- The Fifth Cord
   Chapter Selections
   Extras
      Giornata Nera (Black Days) - Interviews With Star Franco Nero and Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro (16 Mins.)
      Theatrical Trailer
   Play