The Island Monster Explained
The Island Monster (Italian: Il mostro dell'isola/ The Monster of the Island) is a 1954 Italian thriller film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Boris Karloff, Franca Marzi and Germana Paolieri.[1] [2] It was made at Cinecitta Studios with location shooting taking place on the island of Ischia.
Plot
Don Gaetano, an apparently respectable man but the leader of a gang of traffickers, kidnaps a little girl to force a policeman not to investigate; the latter, aided by a woman of the gang, frees the child and arrests the criminals.[3]
Cast
- Boris Karloff as Don Gaetano
- Franca Marzi as Gloria D'Auro
- Renato Vicario as Ten. Mario Andreani
- Patrizia Remiddi as Fiorella Andreani
- Jole Fierro as Giulia
- Carlo Duse as Foster
- Germana Paolieri as Adalgisa
- Giuseppe Chinnici as Maresciallo Antonio Carcani
- Giulio Battiferri as Il rapitore
- Domenico De Nimmo as Uomo di Pozzuoli
- Clara Gamberini as La contessa
- Salvatore Scibetta as Col. Della Finanza
Bibliography
- Barry Atkinson. Atomic Age Cinema: The Offbeat, the Classic and the Obscure. Midnight Marquee, 2013.
- Lawrence McCallum. Italian Horror Films of the 1960s: A Critical Catalog of 62 Chillers. McFarland & Company, 1998.
Notes and References
- Book: Roberto Chiti . Roberto Poppi . Enrico Lancia . Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. 8876055487.
- Book: Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. 8860736269.
- Web site: IL MOSTRO DELL'ISOLA - Film (1953) . 2022-05-02 . ComingSoon.it . it.
