Don't Torture a Duckling

Sep 29, 1972

1h 45m

★ 7.3

A classic tale of the perverse from director Lucio Fulci.

Overview

A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town rife with superstition and a distrust of outsiders.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

Medusa Produzione

Don't Torture a Duckling Trailers

Cast

Maciara

Florinda Bolkan

Patrizia

Barbara Bouchet

Andrea Martelli

Tomas Milian

Dona Aurelia Avallone

Irene Papas

Don Alberto Avallone

Marc Porel

Francesco

Georges Wilson

Police Lieutenant

Antonello Campodifiori

Captain Modesti

Ugo D'Alessio

Police Commissioner

Virgilio Gazzolo

Giuseppe Barra

Vito Passeri

Mrs. Spriano - Michele's Mother

Rosalia Maggio

Mr. Lo Cascio, Bruno's Father

Andrea Aureli

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