“They tried to turn him into a sexual square!”
1968, London. Luca is living his 'swinging' years away from duties, while his father wants him to take the reins of the family business. He plots to have him kidnapped and placed in a sanitarium, where the young man undergoes electroshock therapy until 'normalised'. Luca is then made to marry a woman who is actually a psychiatrist hired to turn him into a perfect businessman.
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Cast
12 people
Claudine Auger
Carla Maria Mannini
Known for
Thunderball
A Bay of Blood
Lino Capolicchio
Luca Lambertinghi
Known for
The House with Laughing Windows
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Gabriele Ferzetti
Augusto Lambertinghi
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Didi Perego
Private investigator
Known for
The Exorciccio
Kapo
Leopoldo Trieste
Priest / Guru
Known for
The Godfather Part II
Cinema Paradiso
Paola Corinti
Augusto's lover
No other roles listed
Dada Gallotti
Nurse
Known for
Vieni avanti cretino
Knife of Ice
Harold Null
Police sergeant
Also in
Una macchia rosa
From Istanbul, Orders to Kill
Jacqueline Perrier
Valeria Lambertenghi
Also in
The Conjugal Bed
Per una valigia piena di donne
Michele Riccardini
Detective
Known for
Obsession
Ghosts of Rome
Antonietta Fiorito
Lambertenghi employee
Known for
God Forgives... I Don't!
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
Madeline Smith
Girl on Bicycle (uncredited)
Known for
The Vampire Lovers
Live and Let Die
Roberto Faenza Director · Ennio Morricone Composer Luigi Kuveiller Cinematographer
First release February 29, 1968 · Produced in Italy
Production
Cemo Film
Production
Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · February 29, 1968
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
March 9, 1968 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
November 6, 1968 · Theatrical
France
October 16, 1968 · Theatrical
Germany
October 18, 1968 · Theatrical
Japan
May 27, 1969 · Theatrical
Mexico
August 5, 1971 · Theatrical
Switzerland
September 26, 1968 · Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
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