Friday, June 26, 2026

Movie review - "One on Top of the Other" (1969) **

 Hitchcockian thriller from Lucio Fulci with lots of nudity - sleazy doctor Jean Sorel is married to Marissa Mell but having an affair with Elsa Martinelli. Mell dies but then a lookallike stripper turns up and cop John Ireland leads an investigation.

The story isn't bad though it feels padded - fifteen minutes could be sliced off (especially the whole "appeal for 24 hours" sequence after we know who dunnit. Sorel is handsome, Mell is gorgeous and seen from many different angles, Martinelli pretty, there are strippers. Faith Domergue pops up as Mell's sister and there's some scenes shot in  San Francisco.

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