The Fifth Cord(1971)
Franco nero plays a washed up drunken reporter, who ends up as a suspect in the series of murders that he is investigating. where the maniac leaves a black glove minus a finger at the scene of each crime.
from the chap who directed that footprints on the moon film, luigi Bazzoni. this is a pretty decent giallo in deed. with great camera work from crystal Plummage's Vittorio storaro.
it is a little slow at times however, but still worth a watch nevertheless with some great suspense scenes with a disabled woman strangled and thrown down the stairs, a young boy fighting for his life from the maniac, and a great
fight with Nero and the maniac in a scrap yard.
cast is pretty good as well, with a great performance from nero as his usual macho self knocking back the J&B and slapping around his sexy blonde girlfriend. and Edmund perdom co-starring, and laugh a minute Rossella Falk.
Good solid giallo. can't understand why the BBFC still think it warrants an 18 though. 15 max in my opinion. 72 out of 100.