''Carnal Circuit'' (, , also known as ''The Insatiables'' and ''Beverly Hills'') is a 1969 Italian-German

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written and directed by

Alberto De Martino Alberto De Martino (12 June 1929 – 2 June 2015) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, De Martino started as a child actor and later returned to the cinema where worked as a screenwriter, director and dubbing supervis ...

Plot

A man hides his best friend from the

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out to get him and suffers a violent beating. His friend gets killed, and he tries to find out why.

Cast

Dorothy Malone Dorothy Malone (born Mary Dorothy Maloney; January 29, 1924 – January 19, 2018) was an American actress. Her film career began in 1943, and in her early years, she played small roles, mainly in B-movies, with the exception of a supporting rol ...

as Vanessa Brighton * Robert Hoffmann as Paolo Vittori * Luciana Paluzzi as Mary Sullivan * Frank Wolff as Frank Donovan * John Ireland as Walter Salinger *

Roger Fritz Roger Fritz (22 September 1936 – 26 November 2021) was a German actor, director, producer and photographer, perhaps best known for '' Cross of Iron'', and his work with Rainer Werner Fassbinder in '' Querelle'', '' Lili Marleen'' and '' Berlin ...

as Giulio Lamberti * Romina Power as Gloria Brighton * Nicoletta Machiavelli as Luisa Lamberti * Ini Assmann as Salinger's secretary * Rosemarie Lindt as Patty *Elena Persiani as Claire *

Rainer Basedow Rainer Basedow (20 May 1938 – 15 May 2022) was a German film, television, and voice actor. He is known for having provided the voice of Pumbaa in the German dub of ''The Lion King'' franchise, up until his replacement with Jürgen Kluckert in ...

as Donovan's henchman *

John Karlsen John Karlsen (20 October 1919 – 5 July 2017), sometimes credited as Charles John Karlsen or John Karlson, was a New Zealand actor who was active in cinema between 1958 and 2003. He is best known for '' Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'' (19 ...

as Fletcher *

Rod Dana Rod Dana (born Roger Francke; 8 August 1934) is an American former actor, writer and model, mainly active in Italian cinema. Life and career Born in Vernal, Utah, Dana started his career as a runway and photographic model in the late 1950s.En ...

as Charlie

Production

''Carnal Circuit'' was shot in Rome between February 12, 1968, and February 1969. During an underwater scene the camera operator unexpectedly and without Romina Power's knowing, pulled down the bottom part of her swimsuit. For a moment you can see her bum. Afterwards, Romina's mother went to the producer Goffredo Lombardo shouting and complaining about director

Release

In West Germany, ''Carnal Circuit'' was released on August 13, 1970.

References

External links

* Giallo films 1969 films 1960s crime thriller films 1960s Italian-language films English-language German films English-language Italian films Films directed by Alberto De Martino Films scored by Bruno Nicolai West German films 1960s Italian films Italian multilingual films German multilingual films Foreign films set in the United States {{crime-thriller-film-stub