Four Flies on Grey Velvet

Four Flies on Grey Velvet

104 mins | Thriller, Horror, Mystery | Dec. 17, 1971

Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He runs away, but he understands his troubles have just begun when the following day he receives an envelope with photos of him killing the man. Someone is killing all his friends and trying to frame him for the murders.

Four Flies on Grey Velvet

104 mins | Thriller, Horror, Mystery | Dec. 17, 1971

Four Flies on Grey Velvet
Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He runs away, but he understands his troubles have just begun when the following day he receives an envelope with photos of him killing the man. Someone is killing all his friends and trying to frame him for the murders.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Universal Productions France S.A., Seda Spettacoli
Original title 4 mosche di velluto grigio
Directors Patrizia Zulini, Roberto Pariante, Dario Argento
Writers Mario Foglietti, Luigi Cozzi, Dario Argento

Cast

Michael Brandon

as Roberto Tobias

Mimsy Farmer

as Nina Tobias

Jean-Pierre Marielle

as Gianni Arrosio

Aldo Bufi Landi

as Pathologist

Calisto Calisti

as Carlo Marosi

Marisa Fabbri

as Amelia, the Maid

Oreste Lionello

as The Professor

Fabrizio Moroni

as Mirko

Corrado Olmi

as Porter

Laura Troschel

as Maria

Francine Racette

as Dalia

Bud Spencer

as Diomede / Godfrey

Dante Cleri

as Coffin Salesman

Guerrino Crivello

as Rambaldi, the Neighbor

Gildo Di Marco

as Postman

Tom Felleghy

as Police Commissioner Pini

Leopoldo Migliori

as Musician

Fulvio Mingozzi

as Music Studio Manager

Stefano Oppedisano

as Bearded guy with girlfriend

Pino Patti

as Funeral Exhibition Attendant

Ada Pometti

as Extra (credit only)

Jacques Stany

as Psychiatrist

Fortunato Cecilia

as Funeral Exhibition Visitor (uncredited)

Franz Colangeli

as Funeral Exhibition Visitor (uncredited)

Shirley Corrigan

as Girl at Party (uncredited)

Luigi Cozzi

as Masked Killer in Theater (uncredited)

Giovanni Di Benedetto

as Funeral Exhibition Attendant (uncredited)

Sandro Dori

as Funeral Exhibition Attendant (uncredited)

Renzo Marignano

as Funeral Exhibition Attendant (uncredited)

Quinto Marziali

as Funeral Exhibition Visitor (uncredited)

Diego Morreale

as Extra (uncredited)

Anna Maria Perego

as Delia's Mother (uncredited)

Pupita Lea Scuderoni

as Funeral Exhibition Visitor (uncredited)

Maurizio Streccioni

as Funeral Exhibition Visitor (uncredited)

Lella Cattaneo

as Funerary art exposition visitor (uncredited)