Paranoia (1969) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

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Kathryn West, a glamorous American widow, arrives in Italy several weeks after the death of her older, extremely wealthy husband. With the help of Brian, her lawyer, Kathryn moves into a luxurious villa and proceeds to lead a lonely, uneventful existence until one day, a handsome young man named Peter Donovan shows up at the front gate, looking for tools so he can fix his sports car. Kathryn lets him stay the night, and the next thing she knows, she's madly making love to him in the shower. Peter eventually moves in, and is soon joined by a free spirit he introduces as Eva, his sister. Kathryn enjoys their company and partying with them - until she begins to suspect that Peter and Eva aren't what they seem to be.

Cast & Crew

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Umberto Lenzi

Carroll Baker

Lou Castel

Colette Descombes

Tino Carraro

Lilla Brignone

Film Details

Also Known As

Orgasmo

MPAA Rating

Release Date

Aug 1969

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

S. N. C.; Tritone Filmindustría

Distribution Company

Commonwealth United Entertainment, Inc.

Country

France

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 31m

Sound

Mono

Color

Color (Eastmancolor)

Synopsis

Following the death of her wealthy husband, socialite Kathryn West seeks seclusion at an Italian villa rented by her lawyer, Brian Sanders. She soon becomes bored, however, and welcomes the sudden appearance of Peter Donovan, a young American student whose car has broken down near the villa. After Peter seduces the willing Kathryn in the shower, he brings his "sister" Eva into the household and initiates a series of nightly orgies in which Kathryn's sexual desires are stimulated by alcohol and drugs. As the debauchery progresses, Peter dismisses the servants and makes Kathryn his prisoner by blackmailing her with erotic photographs showing her participation in various sexual combinations with himself and Eva. Reduced to near-hysteria, Kathryn tries to contact Brian, but she is duped into thinking that he has been killed in a plane crash. While in a drugged stupor, Kathryn makes a clumsy attempt to escape and falls from the roof of the villa. Brian arrives in time to see the fall; he finds Kathryn still alive and finishes the job his cohorts began by hurling her body over a balustrade. Their plot a success, the three murderers arrive in London to collect the inheritance which Brian had tricked Kathryn into signing over to him. But Brian is arrested by Scotland Yard police, and Peter and Eva are killed when their flashy sports car crashes into a huge delivery van.

Director

Umberto Lenzi

Cast

Carroll Baker

Lou Castel

Colette Descombes

Tino Carraro

Lilla Brignone

Franco Pesce

Jacques Stany

Police inspector

Tina Lattanzi

Sara Simoni

Kathryn's aunts

Gaetano Imbro

Calisto Calisti

Mario Rosiello

Alberto Cocchi

Crew

Enzo Alabiso

Salvatore Alabiso

Giorgio Bertolini

Commonwealth United Entertainment Inc.

Del Harris

Umberto Lenzi

Umberto Lenzi

Guglielmo Mancori

Director of Photography

Adriano Merkel

Ugo Moretti

Gianni Pancani

Marcello Pandolfi

Assistant Director

Marie Claire Solleville

Averoe Stefani

Titanus

Piero Umiliani

Film Details

Also Known As

Orgasmo

MPAA Rating

Release Date

Aug 1969

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

S. N. C.; Tritone Filmindustría

Distribution Company

Commonwealth United Entertainment, Inc.

Country

France

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 31m

Sound

Mono

Color

Color (Eastmancolor)

Quotes

Trivia

Notes

Released in Italy in 1968 as Orgasmo.

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