The Man with the Claw
1931 film
- Aldo Vergano
- Rudolph Cartier
- Egon Eis
- Otto Eis
- Nunzio Malasomma
- Dria Paola
- Carlo Fontana
- Elio Steiner
- Vasco Creti
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Release date
- November 1931 (1931-11)
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The Man with the Claw (Italian: L'uomo dall'artiglio) is a 1931 Italian mystery film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Dria Paola, Carlo Fontana, and Elio Steiner. It was made at the Cines Studios in Rome with sets designed by the art director Daniele Crespi . The film is one of several regarded as a possible precursor to the later giallo genre.[1] A separate German version The Paw was also produced.
Synopsis
A series of violent murders are carried out by an escaped criminal, armed with a strange claw.
Cast
- Dria Paola as La dottoressa Renata Vigo
- Carlo Fontana as Pietro Kruger
- Elio Steiner as Gastel
- Vasco Creti as Il commissario
- Carola Lotti as Gina Rappis
- Carlo Lombardi as Carlo Lopez
- Carlo Gualandri as Rappis
- Gino Viotti as Alberti
- Augusto Bandini
- Giuseppe N. Bellini
- Fedele Gentile
- Lucia Parisi
References
- ^ Moliterno p.150
Bibliography
- Moliterno, Gino. A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- The Man with the Claw at IMDb
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Films directed by Nunzio Malasomma
- Mister Radio (1924)
- One Minute to Twelve (1925)
- The King and the Girl (1925)
- One Against All (1927)
- Struggle for the Matterhorn (1928)
- The Call of the North (1929)
- The Son of the White Mountain (1930)
- The Man with the Claw (1931)
- The Opera Singer (1932)
- The Telephone Operator (1932)
- The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1934)
- I Don't Know You Anymore (1936)
- Lohengrin (1936)
- Red Orchids (1938)
- The Night of Decision (1938)
- The Secret Lie (1938)
- Woman Without a Past (1939)
- Then We'll Get a Divorce (1940)
- Scampolo (1941)
- Torrents of Spring (1942)
- Two Suffer Better Than One (1943)
- The White Devil (1947)
- The Devil in the Convent (1950)
- Four Red Roses (1951)
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