The Cat o’ Nine Tails

Title: The cat o’ nine tails (Il gatto a nove code)
Country: Italy | France | Germany
Year: 1971
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Karl Malden, James Franciscus, Catherine Spaak
Duration: 110 min.
Language: English | Italian
Plot: Franco Arno is a blind man that lives with his young niece and makes a living writing crossword puzzles. One night, while walking on the street, he overhears a weird conversation between two man sitting in a car parked in front of a medical institute where genetic experiments are performed. The same night someone breaks in the institute and kills a guard. Arno decides to investigate with the help of reporter Carlo Giordani.

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