The Devil Has Seven Faces

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox film | name = The Devil Has Seven Faces | image = The Devil Has Seven Faces.jpg | caption = | director = Osvaldo Civirani | writer = Tito Carpi<br> Osvaldo Civirani | starring = Carroll Baker<br>Stephen Boyd<br>George Hilton | music = Stelvio Cipriani | cinematography = Walter Civirani | editing = Mauro Contini | producer = Osvaldo Civirani | runtime = 90 minutes | distributor = Variety Distribution | released = {{Film date|1971|12|09|Italy|df=y}} | country = Italy | language = Italian }}

'''''The Devil Has Seven Faces''''' ({{langx|it|Il diavolo a sette facce}}, also known as '''''The Devil with Seven Faces''''') is a 1971 Italian giallo film directed and co-written by Osvaldo Civirani.<ref name="70-79 a-l">{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|publisher=Gremese, 1991|isbn=8876059350}}</ref><ref name=stracult>{{cite book|last=Marco Giusti|title=Dizionario dei film italiani stracult|year=1999|publisher=Sperling & Kupfer|isbn=8820029197}}</ref><ref name=Mereghetti>{{cite book|last=Paolo Mereghetti|title=Il Mereghetti|publisher=B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010|isbn=8860736269}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Giancarlo Grossini|title=Dizionario del cinema giallo|year=1985|publisher=Dedalo, 1985|isbn=8822045106}}</ref> It starred George Hilton, Carroll Baker and Luciano Pigozzi. The film has also been released on video as ''Bloody Mary'' (US) and ''Nights of Terror'' (UK).<ref>Luther-Smith, Adrian (1999). ''Blood and Black Lace: The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies''. Stray Cat Publishing Ltd. p. 41</ref>

==Plot== Carroll Baker plays a dual role in this film, two identical twins named Julie and Mary. While in Holland, Julie begins receiving threats from some mysterious men who attempt to kidnap her, and one of them menaces her while wearing a gorilla mask. They are confusing her with her twin sister Mary in London, who stole a massive diamond from a Maharaja and even betrayed her husband Craig, who was in on the heist. A racecar driver named Tony (George Hilton) saves Julie from being kidnapped and hides her out in an apartment owned by an old blind woman, who later turns up murdered. Luciano Pigozzi plays an insurance investigator who is searching for the diamond.

== Cast == * Carroll Baker: Julie Harrison * Stephen Boyd: Dave Barton * George Hilton: Tony Shane * Lucretia Love: Margareth * Luciano Pigozzi: Steve Hunter * Ivano Staccioli: Hank * Daniele Vargas: James Marlowe * Franco Ressel: Inspector Rinker * Carla Mancini * Gianni Pulone * Roberto Messina<ref>Luther-Smith, Adrian (1999). ''Blood and Black Lace: The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies''. Stray Cat Publishing Ltd. p. 39</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0068292}} * {{TCMDb title|id=490302}} * [https://www.varietydistribution.it/en/catalogue/devil-with-seven-faces-the/ ''The Devil Has Seven Faces''] at Variety Distribution

{{DEFAULTSORT:Devil Has Seven Faces, The}} Category:1972 films Category:1972 crime thriller films Category:Giallo films Category:Films directed by Osvaldo Civirani Category:Films scored by Stelvio Cipriani Category:1971 Italian-language films Category:1972 Italian films Category:Italian-language crime thriller films