Giuseppe Rosati's Indagine su un delitto perfetto is described as an "Agatha Christie-style whodunnit" in Adrian Luther Smith's Blood & Black Lace and that's a pretty apt description. You would have to be a novice to the genre not be able who the killer is early on, but the film features a star-studded cast (Gloria Guida, Adolfo Celi, Janet gren Joseph Cotton, Leonard Mann and Alida Valli) and I found it more enjoyable than expected.
I doubt Anita Ekberg ever thought she'd would ever have to play a role that required her to roll around naked on a bed with a fellow nun after her breakthrough in Fellini's La Dolce Vita in 1960. And if she thought she was slumming it when she starred in La Morte bussa due volte 10 years earlier, I wonder what she made of her role as sister Gertrude in Giulio Berruti's Sour Omicidi? 
Since Enigma Rosso was recently released on dvd by NEW, I thought it'd be a good time to post the final installment in the "Schoolgirls in peril" trilogy. As previously mentioned, this was directed by Alberto Negrin since Dallamano unfortunately died in car accident in 1976. The film shares quite a few similarities to Solange; the private school setting, the affairs with a teacher and the girls gets spied on in the showers this time as well. Fabio Testi returns (although as an Inspector rather than a teacher this time) and the film also stars Nicoletta Elmi look-alike Fausta Avelli. Although not as good as Solange and Daughters, it still remains a very entertaining and above average giallo that won’t disappoint fans of the previous films. No info on the poster design.
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