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Don't Torture a Duckling is a italien film of genre Thriller directed by Lucio Fulci released in USA on 10 october 1972 with Florinda Bolkan

Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)

Non si sevizia un paperino

Don't Torture a Duckling
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Released in USA 10 october 1972
Length 1h45
Directed by
OriginItalie
Genres Thriller,    Horror
Rating70% 3.5044753.5044753.5044753.5044753.504475

Don't Torture a Duckling (Italian: Non si sevizia un paperino) is a 1972 Italian giallo film directed by Lucio Fulci. It is significant within Fulci's filmography as it is one of the first in which he began using violent gore effects, something he would continue to do in his later films, most notably Zombi 2, The Beyond and City of the Living Dead. The soundtrack was composed by Riz Ortolani and features vocals by Ornella Vanoni.

Synopsis

In the small Southern Italian village of Accendura, three local boys, Bruno, Michele, and Tonino are engaged in mischief. Giuseppe Barra (Vito Passeri) a local simpleton and peeping tom, who is seen spying on two swinging couples, is taunted by the boys.

Actors

Florinda Bolkan

(Maciara)
Barbara Bouchet

(Patrizia)
Tomás Milián

(Andrea Martelli)
Irène Papas

(Dona Aurelia Avallone)
Marc Porel

(Don Alberto Avallone)
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