

The Bloodstained Butterfly
1971-09-10 · 99 min · ★ 6.1
When a young female student is savagely killed in a park during a thunderstorm, the culprit seems obvious: TV sports personality Alessandro Marchi, seen fleeing the scene of the crime by numerous eyewitnesses. The evidence against him is damning... but is it all too convenient? And when the killer strikes again while Marchi is in custody, it quickly becomes apparent that there's more to the case than meets the eye...
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- Directors
- Duccio Tessari
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- Filmes Cinematografica
- Countries
- Italy
- Status
- Released
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Helmut BergerGiorgio
Giancarlo SbragiaAlessandro Marchi
Ida GalliMaria Marchi
Wendy D'OliveSarah Marchi
Günther StollAttorney Giulio Cordaro
Carole AndréFrançoise Pigaut
Wolfgang PreissThe Prosecutor
Lorella De LucaMarta Clerici
Silvano TranquilliInspector Berardi
Gabriella D'OliveGabriella Giusti
Stefano Oppedisano
Anna ZinnemannAnna Bellini
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