The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)

Original title

Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh

Directed by

Sergio Martino

Genre

horror film, romance film, mystery film, thriller film

Country

Italy, Spain

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

18

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 171 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy American woman living in Austria is stalked by her violent ex-lover while being blackmailed over a secret affair with a charming playboy. She tries to navigate threats from all sides while trapped in a web of lies and danger.

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What happens

The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (Italian: Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh, Spanish: La perversa señora Ward, lit. 'The Perverse Mrs. Ward') is a 1971 giallo film directed by Sergio Martino, and starring George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Cristina Airoldi, Manuel Gil, Carlo Alighiero, Ivan Rassimov, and Alberto de Mendoza. Fenech plays an American expatriate to Austria who finds herself stalked by her abusive former lover (Rassimov), and blackmailed for cheating on her diplomat husband (de Mendoza) with an Australian playboy (Hilton). It was the first of several gialli produced by Luciano Martino with Fenech, after parting ways with American star Caroll Baker. Now regarded as a classic of the genre, it received a retrospective screening at the 61st Venice International Film Festival in 2004. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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