Police officers investigate the death of 15-year-old Silvia Polvesi who has been found hanged after receiving an anonymous phone call. After interrogating suspects and witnesses, a tape is discovered where several sexual encounters were recorded. This leads the police to an under-age prostitution ring and a motorcycle riding serial killer.
The film is considered a hybrid of two genres: the giallo and the poliziottesco.[1] The film was one among the many hybrid gialli made predominantly between 1974 and 1975 when the popularity of the giallo was waning at the Italian box office while the poliziottesco were beginning to gain box office dominance.[1]
Releaseedit
The film was released in Italy on 10 August 1974 and was distributed by P.A.C.[1] The film grossed a total of 1,344,301,000 Italian lira on its domestic release.[1]
In his book Italian Crime Filmography, 1968–1980, Roberto Curti described the film as the best of the giallo and poliziottesco hybrids, stating that "Dallamano's direction is well above average".[1][6] Danny Shipka, author of a book on European exploitation films found the film "doesn't hold as much of a grip as" What Have You Done to Solange? as it focused too much on police protocol, but was still "an intense gritty film that deserves to be seen."[3]
Shipka, Danny (14 June 2011). Perverse Titillation: The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France, 1960–1980. McFarland, 2011. ISBN978-0786448883.
Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968–1980. McFarland. ISBN978-0786469765.
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what, have, they, done, your, daughters, italian, polizia, chiede, aiuto, police, help, 1974, italian, giallo, poliziotteschi, film, directed, massimo, dallamano, italian, theatrical, release, posterdirected, bymassimo, dallamanoscreenplay, byettore, sanzò, ma. What Have They Done to Your Daughters Italian La polizia chiede aiuto lit The police ask for help is a 1974 Italian giallo and poliziotteschi film directed by Massimo Dallamano 3 What Have They Done to Your Daughters Italian theatrical release posterDirected byMassimo DallamanoScreenplay byEttore Sanzo Massimo Dallamano 2 Story byEttore Sanzo 2 Produced byPaolo Infascelli 1 StarringGiovanna Ralli Claudio Cassinelli Mario Adorf Franco FabriziCinematographyFranco Delli Colli 2 Edited byAntonio Siciliano 2 Music byStelvio Cipriani 2 ProductioncompanyPrimex Italiana 1 Distributed byP A C Release date10 August 1974 1974 08 10 Italy Running time90 minutes 1 CountryItaly 1 Box office 1 344 billion Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Style 5 Release 6 Reception 7 Footnotes 7 1 References 8 External linksPlot editPolice officers investigate the death of 15 year old Silvia Polvesi who has been found hanged after receiving an anonymous phone call After interrogating suspects and witnesses a tape is discovered where several sexual encounters were recorded This leads the police to an under age prostitution ring and a motorcycle riding serial killer Cast editGiovanna Ralli as Deputy Attorney Vittoria Stori Claudio Cassinelli as Commissioner Silvestri Mario Adorf as Commissioner Valentini Franco Fabrizi as Bruno Paglia Farley Granger as Mr Polvesi Marina Berti as Miss Polvesi Paolo Turco as Marcello Tosti Corrado Gaipa as Prosecutor Micaela Pignatelli as Rosa Sherry Buchanan as Silvia Polvesi Attilio Dottesio as the Coroner 1 Production editThe film was shot at Dear Studios in Rome 1 Style editThe film is considered a hybrid of two genres the giallo and the poliziottesco 1 The film was one among the many hybrid gialli made predominantly between 1974 and 1975 when the popularity of the giallo was waning at the Italian box office while the poliziottesco were beginning to gain box office dominance 1 Release editThe film was released in Italy on 10 August 1974 and was distributed by P A C 1 The film grossed a total of 1 344 301 000 Italian lira on its domestic release 1 It was released on Blu ray by Arrow Video on August 14 2018 4 and restored from the original camera negative 5 Reception editIn his book Italian Crime Filmography 1968 1980 Roberto Curti described the film as the best of the giallo and poliziottesco hybrids stating that Dallamano s direction is well above average 1 6 Danny Shipka author of a book on European exploitation films found the film doesn t hold as much of a grip as What Have You Done to Solange as it focused too much on police protocol but was still an intense gritty film that deserves to be seen 3 Footnotes edit a b c d e f g h i j k Curti 2013 p 125 a b c d e Curti 2013 p 124 a b Shipka 2011 p 110 Barrett Micahel 10 August 2018 Blood Police and Politics in What Have They Done to Your Daughters PopMatters Retrieved 20 February 2019 What Have They Done to Your Daughters Blu ray back cover Arrow Video 2018 AV159 Curti 2013 p 126 References edit Shipka Danny 14 June 2011 Perverse Titillation The Exploitation Cinema of Italy Spain and France 1960 1980 McFarland 2011 ISBN 978 0786448883 Curti Roberto 2013 Italian Crime Filmography 1968 1980 McFarland ISBN 978 0786469765 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to La polizia chiede aiuto What Have They Done to Your Daughters at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title What Have They Done to Your Daughters 3F amp oldid 1199004671, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
