Four Flies on Grey Velvet

1971 104 min ★ 6.5 Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He runs away, but he understands his troubles have just begun when the following day he receives an envelope with photos of him killing the man. Someone is killing all his friends and trying to frame him for the murders.

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Cast

Michael Brandon

Roberto Tobias

Mimsy Farmer

Nina Tobias

Jean-Pierre Marielle

Gianni Arrosio

Aldo Bufi Landi

Pathologist

Calisto Calisti

Carlo Marosi

Marisa Fabbri

Amelia, the Maid

Oreste Lionello

The Professor

Fabrizio Moroni

Mirko

Corrado Olmi

Porter

Stefano Satta Flores

Andrea

Details

Director

Dario Argento

Screenplay

Dario Argento

Tagline

"When the flies start to crawl, so will your flesh..."

Status

Released

Original Language

IT

Production

Universal Productions France, Seda Spettacoli

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

August 10, 2023

★ 6/10

This could have worked better for me had Dario Argento not cast the pretty hapless Michael Brandon in the lead. He is "Roberto", a drummer in a mediocre rock band who gets it into his head that he is being followed! One night, he lies in wait for and apprehends this man in a derelict opera house - but in the ensuing struggle he manages to stab his phantom and kill him. If that wasn't bad enough, t...