The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)

6.9Not Rated86 minDirector: Mario Bava

1963 film by Mario Bava

The Girl Who Knew Too Much (Italian: La ragazza che sapeva troppo) is a 1963 Italian giallo film directed by Mario Bava, starring John Saxon as Dr. Marcello Bassi and Letícia Román as Nora Davis. The plot revolves around a young American woman named Nora, who travels to Rome and witnesses a murder. The police and Dr. Bassi do not believe her, since a corpse has not been found. Several more killings follow, tied to a decade-long string of murder victims chosen in alphabetical order.

The Girl Who Knew Too Much is considered to be the first giallo film, a film genre with a mixture of thriller, sexploitation and horror conventions. An alternative cut titled The Evil Eye was released in the United States and the United Kingdom by American International Pictures; this version features a score by Les Baxter, deletes several scenes, and adds others which place a greater emphasis on comedy compared to the Italian release.

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What is The Girl Who Knew Too Much about?
The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963) — Nora is a young tourist traveling through Rome which takes a sudden turn when she witnesses a murder by a serial killer that the police have sought for years for the so-called Alphabet Killings, and Nora soon finds herself in way-over-her-head trouble when the police want her coo
Is The Girl Who Knew Too Much based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is The Girl Who Knew Too Much scary?
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