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The Fifth Cord (Italian: Giornata nera per l'ariete, lit. "Black Day for Aries") is a 1971 Italian giallo film directed by Luigi Bazzoni. The film's Italian title reprises Dario Argento's practice of using animals in the titles of his thriller films. The film is based on a novel with the same name by D.M. Devine.
- The Fifth Cord, by D.M. Devine
- 28 August 1971
- Manolo Bolognini
- Ennio Morricone
The Fifth Cord: Directed by Luigi Bazzoni. With Franco Nero, Silvia Monti, Wolfgang Preiss, Ira von Fürstenberg. A maverick, heavy-drinking journalist pursues a killer who is targeting acquaintances of his, prompting the police to brand him a suspect in their investigation.
- (2.4K)
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Luigi Bazzoni
- 1975-01
The Fifth Cord. Rent The Fifth Cord on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. Police seem powerless to halt a mass murderer's campaign of madness and mayhem.
- (41)
- Luigi Bazzoni
- Mystery & Thriller
- Franco Nero
Luigi Bazzoni's The Fifth Cord begins with a creepy monologue from a killer promising to kill five people. We then move into a tightly constructed but labyrinthine plot that focuses on a journalist who begins to investigate the murders and finds himself chief suspect as they are all people he knows!
- (4.8K)
- Dario, B.R.C. Produzione Film
- Luigi Bazzoni
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The Fifth Cord is a giallo from director Luigi Bazzoni, who was also responsible for another entry in the genre, the excellent Footprints on the Moon. This film is a lot more conventional than Footprints. In it, an alcoholic journalist becomes entangled in a series of murders that seem to be connected somehow.
The Fifth Cord is a 1971 Italian giallo film directed by Luigi Bazzoni. The film's Italian title reprises Dario Argento's practice of using animals in the titles of his thriller films. The film is based on a novel with the same name by D.M. Devine.