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The Killer Wore Gloves
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The Killer Wore Gloves

Aug 5, 1974
1h 30m
★ 4.9

It's diabolical! It's daring! It stalks, it cuts, it rips!

Overview

At Heathrow Airport, a man is razored to death in a toilet cubicle. A young woman, Peggy Foster, is concerned about the disappearance of Michael, her photographer boyfriend, who has been in Vietnam for months. In order to pay the rent, she reluctantly sub-lets her garret flat to a man called John Kirk Lawford. The new tenant wears sunglasses indoors and acts suspiciously. Peggy is lured to an abandoned airfield by a call from Michael but is shot at by a sniper. Back at her apartment block she is shocked to find that a man has apparently committed suicide by jumping from her balcony. While the police question Peggy, a stranger turns up and announces himself as John Kirk Lawford! Shirley, secretary to Peggy's lascivious publisher, is killed by a black-gloved intruder and the mystery deepens...

Genres

Thriller
Crime
Mystery
Horror

Production Companies

PEA
Producciones Cinematográficas Cine XX

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Cast

Gillian Hills

Peggy Foster

Gillian Hills

Ángel del Pozo

John Kirk Lawford

Ángel del Pozo

Silvia Solar

Jackie Polianski

Silvia Solar

Stelio Candelli

Ronald James

Stelio Candelli

Carlos Otero

Mr. Lewis

Carlos Otero

Bruno Corazzari

John Kirk Lawford

Bruno Corazzari

Goyo Lebrero

Anthony

Goyo Lebrero

Manuel Gas

Inspector Walton

Manuel Gas

Gabriel Agustí

Inspector Redford

Gabriel Agustí

Irene D'Astrea

Anthony's wife

Irene D'Astrea

Orchidea De Santis

Shirley

Orchidea De Santis

Raf Baldassarre

Man at Subway Station (uncredited)

Raf Baldassarre