Friday, September 21, 2018

A Black Veil for Lisa (1968)


Commonwealth United Entertainment
Directed by Massimo Dallamano
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Olive Films)

Police detective John Mills is convinced his much younger wife Luciana Paluzzi is having an affair. He calls her incessantly from work, often getting no answer and fueling his fears. Pressure is building on him to make an arrest in a drug case, but his suspects keep turning up dead. Clues eventually lead to a hired hit man, but instead of arresting him he blackmails him into killing his wife. The plan backfires when the hit man and wife begin their own torrid affair. Mills is a bit miscast as the older detective with the beautiful young wife, never quite convincing in the role. Hamburg is a rather drab backdrop to the proceedings as well. Passable entertainment, but never engaging. 

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