Deadly Inheritance

L'ASSASSINO HA LE MANE PULITE aka OMICIDIO PER VOCAZIONE

DEADLY INHERITANCE

Italy 1969

D: Vittorio Sindoni

P: Marino Vaccá for Sema Film//St & Sc: Romano Migliorini, Vittorio Sindoni, Aldo Bruno//DP: Ascenzio Rossi//E: Maria Schettino//M: Stefano Torossi//Art D: Franco Nonnis//Costumes: Franco Nonnis

Cast: Femi Benussi, Tom Drake, Virginio Gazzolo, Ernesto Colli, Jeanette Lens, Isarco Ravaioli, Andrea Fantasia, Ivo Garroni, Valeria Ciangottini, Aurelio Marconi, Nicolas Solari, Aldo Bruno, Silvano Spadaccino.

Oscar is killed while working for the railroad company. His 3 daughters and idiot adopted son learn that Oscar had a sizeable fortune. The catch is that until Janot (the idiot son) reaches 21 (he's currently 18) they get nada. Daughter number one, Simone (Femi Benussi) is having an affair with Jules, the owner of a club that plays bad imitation rock music. Rosalie (Jeanette Lens) is married to a loud mouth asshole named Leon. Colette, the youngest, is pretty much the typical airheaded blonde. Before you know it, people start getting killed left and right. First Janot, then Rosalie, her boorish husband Leon and finally Colette. Inspector Gerard (Tom Drake) has his hands full try to figure out who the killer is. SPOILER WARNING! In true plot twist fashion, it turns out that Janot was the mastermind behind it all. He stole Oscar's body and used it to fake his death. He then went after the rest of the cast until only Simone was left. He needed her alive to get the money (after which he intended to kill her). As a last minute kicker we see that Janot's helper in all this was Lt. Gerard. Simone ends up killing him (Janot was offed by another cop) and walks off into the sunset.

Fast forward buttons were made for films like this! What is the star of THE CYCLOPS, HOUSE OF BLACK DEATH and THE SPECTRE OF EDGAR ALLAN POE, Tom Drake, doing in this? From the looks of it, trying to make enough for that next bottle of hooch. Tom, did you get that toupee from Paul Naschy or did something die on top of your head? I will give Ernesto Colli high marks for playing the creepy Janot. Fortunately looking like a cretin helps sell the performance. And what is composer Silvano Spadaccini (SLAUGHTER HOTEL) doing playing a hysterical truck driver? Femi Benussi contributes eye candy via some nice nude scenes, but otherwise, murders are too antiseptic and reflect the fact that this film came a bit too early in the Giallo cycle.

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