The Devil with Seven Faces

1971 "A Sexy Chick Who Loves 'em and Leaves 'em... DEAD!"
4.5| 1h30m| en
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Carroll Baker plays a dual role as translator Julie Harrison and her twin sister Mary. The serpentine plot begins as Julie tells her lawyer Dave Barton that Mary's life is being threatened in London while Julie herself is being stalked by a mysterious stranger in Amsterdam.

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Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.
Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Verity Robins Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
Michael Ledo Julie and Mary are twins (both Carroll Baker!). Julie gets a phone call from Mary claiming she is in trouble. Julie fears for her life as she is threatened by burglars. She has some friends watch over her, but they are not there all the time. Half way through the film we discover they are looking for jewels.The restoration was fair. Note the Bic lighter used as a "flashlight" before the age of cell phones. Also Julie must stay at her home because she awaits a call from Mary. Time hasn't been kind to the production. The writing and acting are no longer entertaining.Guide: No swearing. Brief rear nudity. Implied sex. Woman gets blouse ripped open. On 50 DVD multi-packs.
Bezenby This is another one of those Italian giallo/poliziotteschi crossover movies that will keep you guessing to the end, and it's full of groovy music, funky clothes, chain smoking and that delightful sexism we've come to expect from Italian films of this era.Carrol Baker is Julie, an identical twin who works for Air India, translating things. Her sister, who is the bad twin, is on the run from some goons but little is revealed about that at first, and I'm not going to spoil things here. After being convinced she's being stalked, Julie goes for help from her lawyer buddy and his friend Tony (George Hilton). They agree to help, which is just as well as Julie is attacked the moment she leaves the lawyer's building!Although not overly violent or action-packed, I thought the mystery angle of the story kept things going, as you have no idea who is after the twins or indeed why anyone is doing what they do. This is a film that initially raises loads of questions, but in a refreshing break from the usual Italian methods, actually answers them (although sometimes that quickly that you'll have to rewind to catch what's being said). There's car chases, shoot-outs, a creepy giallo style scene with Baker in an old house. Baker in fact has a rough time here as various people terrorise her throughout the film. No idea what the title has to do with things though!
dbborroughs Not a horror film but a crime drama about a woman who gets mixed up with jewel thieves.Starring Carol Baker, George Hilton and Stephen Boyd this is actually a pretty good little crime drama. Its more the sort of thing that is best viewed when you stumble upon it on TV late at night. I liked it, but really wish that the packaging hadn't made it out to be some sort of horror film.Worth a look, its the sort of thing you'll find in the 99 cent rack and its worth the price and investment of time.Between 6 and 7 out of 10
bensonmum2 It's tough to pigeonhole a movie like The Devil Has 7 Faces. While I'm going to call it a Giallo, I do so with reservations. The Devil Has 7 Faces may not include the normal black-gloved, knife-welding mania, or even a body count usually associated with this kind of movie, but it does have enough of the Giallo feel to it in my mind to be called a Giallo. And when you mix in a smarmy George Hilton, Carroll Baker (who I'm not particularly a fan of), a super "loungey" score from Stelvio Cipriani, and a convoluted plot, the result is a film that most any Giallo/Euro-Crime fan can find something to enjoy.The plot involves a woman named Julie Harrison (Baker) who is being terrorized by a gang of jewel thieves. It soon comes out that her twin sister, Mary, was involved in major diamond heist, but double-crossed her husband/partner. Have the jewel thieves confused Julie and Mary?Unfortunately, the movie is not without its problems. Chief among them is the mediocre direction of Osvaldo Civirani. He seems incapable of creating suspense or tension even in the most obvious of moments. He also handles many of the key plot twists with all the finesse of a gorilla. Much of the movie's outcome is painfully obvious long before it should be. Finally, there are a couple of "What the . . . " type moments in The Devil Has 7 Faces. I don't want to give anything away, but there are some things that happen in the movie that just left me scratching my head.