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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Girl Who Knew Too Much |
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The Girl Who Knew Too Much is a movie shot by italian director Mario Bava in 1962.
Nore Davis is a young american girl fond of murder mysteries who has to solve the puzzle of the Alphabet Killer, a vicious murderer stabbing to death young women in Rome, Italy.
She is helped by a charming italian doctor and a former journalist in her dangerous quest.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
How difficult to spot villain?
- Challenging
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 80%
Special suspect?
- relative
Kind of mystery?
- amateur citizen investigator
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals killing each other
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair style
- medium/shoulderlgn, wavy (woman)
Body type
- skinny (woman)
Unclothed?
- Slightly see-through clothes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- average build (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
Kind of violence:
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Italian
Subtitles?
- Yes
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
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