Cry of a Prostitute

Original title: Quelli che contano

1974
R
1h 37m

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Barbara Bouchet and Henry Silva in Cry of a Prostitute (1974)

A reformed prostitute joins forces with a paid assassin to end an Italian gang war.A reformed prostitute joins forces with a paid assassin to end an Italian gang war.A reformed prostitute joins forces with a paid assassin to end an Italian gang war.

Director
- Andrea Bianchi
Writers
- Piero Regnoli
- Sergio Simonetti
Stars

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6.3/10

767

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Director
- Andrea Bianchi
Writers
- Piero Regnoli
- Sergio Simonetti
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The original title of this film, Quelli che contano, roughly translates to "Those That Matter," but it was far too subtle for the U.S. distributor. When Joseph Brenner released the film stateside, it became the easier to sell Cry Of A Prostitute, with a lurid roughie style ad campaign focused on the battered and bloody visage of supporting player Barbara Bouchet.

Goofs
Even for the split second it's exposed in it's unnaturally lurid green, the customs officer in the opening scene should have recognized the sick "child" the smugglers are carrying with them is actually a clothes mannequin, which should have become all the more clear to the police and doctors in the next scene, gathered around the table where it was laid out and cut open.

Quotes
Tony Aniante: [in response to Margie's having thrown herself at him] Let's cut right through the bullshit. We both know what you are.
Margie: [with drunken enthusiasm] A whore! That's more than obvious. I was a hooker when Rico got me in the Bronx. 3 bucks a pop and 2 bucks a handjob , in a car. You think that stops me from being a woman, huh?

Connections
Referenced in Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s (2012)

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7/10

Not bad, Sergio Leone style

This film is obviously inspired by A Fistful of Dollars directed by Sergio Leone. Henry Silva is not by far what is Clint Eastwood but, he is doing his best. Andrea Bianchi, the director, the same, is not bad. The other actors are also at height. True, the whole movie is a series of clichés and deja-vu but, even so, it manages to captivate, you can follow it to the end, it's not boring. The music signed by Sante Maria Romitelli is very good. The cinematography of Carlo Carlini is also good. And, the presence of the sex symbol Barbara Bouchet(who looks like a twin sister of Jill Ireland, once the wife of Charles Bronson) is the hot spice of everything, her white panties have a role by itself...