The Fifth Cord

The Fifth Cord
Directed by	Luigi Bazzoni
Produced by	Manolo Bolognini
Screenplay by	Mario di Nardo Mario Fanelli Luigi Bazzoni
Based on	The Fifth Cord by David McDonald Devine (as D.M. Devine)
Starring	Franco Nero Silvia Monti Rossella Falk Edmund Purdom Maurizio Bonuglia Pamela Tiffin
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Cinematography	Vittorio Storaro
Edited by	Eugenio Alabiso
Production company	B.R.C. Produzione S.r.l. Dario S.r.c.
Distributed by	Jumbo Cinematografica
Release dates	28 August 1971
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Fifth Cord (Italian: Giornata nera per l'ariete, lit. "Black day for Aries") is a 1971 Italian giallo film directed by Luigi Bazzoni. The film's Italian title reprises Dario Argento's practice of using animals in the titles of his thriller films.^[1] The film is based on a novel with the same name by D.M. Devine.^[2]

Cast

• Franco Nero as Andrea Bild
• Silvia Monti as Helene
• Pamela Tiffin as Lù Auer
• Wolfgang Preiss as Commissioner
• Ira von Fürstenberg as Isabel Lancia
• Edmund Purdom as Edouard Vermont
• Rossella Falk as Sophia Binni
• Renato Romano as Dr. Richard Binni
• Guido Alberti as G. Traversi
• Agostina Belli as Giulia Soavi
• Luciano Bartoli as Walter Auer
• Maurizio Bonuglia as John Lubbock
• Corrado Gaipa as Andrea's Chief
• Andrea Scotti as Vogel

Critical reception

AllMovie called it an "outstanding giallo thriller".^[3]

References

1. ↑ Giovannini, Fabio (1986). Dario Argento: il brivido, il sangue, il thrilling. Edizioni Dedalo. 
2. ↑ Poppi, Roberto; Pecorari, Mario (1996). Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gremese Editore. 
3. ↑ Firsching, Robert. "Giornata Nera Per l'Ariete - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved 1 August 2012. 

External links

• The Fifth Cord at the Internet Movie Database