The Cat o’ Nine Tails 1971 123movies

Watch: Il gatto a nove code 1971 123movies, Full Movie Online – Franco Arno is a blind man who lives with his young niece and makes a living writing crossword puzzles. One night, while walking on the street, he overhears a weird conversation between two men sitting in a car parked in front of a medical institute where genetic experiments are performed. The same night, someone breaks into the institute and knocks out a guard. Arno decides to investigate with help from reporter Carlo Giordani..
Plot: A reporter and a blind, retired journalist try to solve a series of murders. The crimes are connected to experiments by a pharmaceutical company in secret research. The two end up becoming targets of the killer.
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Ratings:

	6.6/10 Votes: 11,900
	81% | RottenTomatoes
	63/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 335 Popularity: 12.29 | TMDB

Reviews:

Sixth Sense and Nine Avenues.

Il gatto a nove code (The Cat O’ Nine Tails) is written and directed by Dario Argento. It stars Karl Malden, James Franciscus, Catherine Spaak, Horst Frank, Aldo Reggiani, Carlo Alighiero and Rada Rassimov. Music is by Ennio Morricone and cinematography by Erico Menczer.

Blind puzzle solver Franco Arno (Malden) and newspaper man Carlo Giordani (Franciscus) team up to see if they can solve the mystery of the murders that are terrifying the city. With their own lives becoming increasingly in danger, and the lines of investigation splintered all over the place, the men are drawn to the mysterious Terzi Institute where geneticists are tampering with gene patterns…

Argento doesn’t like it and the fans are very much divided about the worth of it on the Argento curriculum vitae, yet The Cat O’ Nine Tails is a delightfully entertaining oddity.

The plot is labyrinthine with relish on top, spinning the viewers into the same convoluted investigative maze that Messrs Arno and Giordani find themselves in. In fact, it’s near genius that it rarely makes sense under inspection, yet still there’s a fascinating edge to the story, with its characterisations, sexual kinks and cruel murders, there’s a power to the piece that rewards if you can just run with it, buy into Argento’s Giallo singed world.

With Malden turning in a great performance and Franciscus performing to a level nobody thought was in him, the lead characters really come to life. Add to that Morricone’s creepy jazzy-garde fuelled score underlining the skew-whiff nature of the beast, and Menczer’s photography tonally muted, tech credits are at one with the themes ticking away in the narrative, a narrative that has observation, ironically, on vision, sight and minds eye. While there’s a couple of rug-pulls jostling for our attention just to keep things twisty.

Then there is the director himself. The Cat O’ Nine Tails finds him restrained compared to the excess of style over substance films that would dominate his oeuvre post release of The Cat. That’s not to say there isn’t style here, there’s plenty as Argento dallies in POV, iris vision, and a nifty trick that gives the blind Arno “sight”, further ensuring that the supposed handicapped character is the key player and potential saviour of all. A number of scenes are bursting at the seams with suspense, with a cemetery/mausoleum sequence top draw, for sure Argento is firmly getting in his stride here.

It’s not a gore movie, something which I personally think has led to some of Argento’s fans giving the film the cold shoulder, but it’s the tale (or tails of course) and characterisations that hold it up as being under valued. It’s a Giallo whodunit flecked with sexual stings and no little amount style draped all over it. 7/10

Okay giallo movie from Dario Argento has its moments and fine performances from James Franciscus and Karl Malden, but the end wasn’t exactly satisfying. Still some entertaining scenes here and there. **3.5/5**

Give this one a shot.
Okay, most critics even Argento lovers give this film poor reviews. I admit this is not his best work, but it’s not a bad mystery Giallo film and I enjoyed it a lot. From the intricate plotting, to the impressive Argento style camera-work, and those trendy (circa 1971) sets this film is a winner. I saw this at the theater when it was released, as a teenager coming off seeing Bird W/ The Crystal Plumage 2 years before so I expected at least another stylish horror film. I got it black patent leather gloves and all. Argento himself said this is his most disappointing film. I disagree it delivered the goods in a well made, suspenseful, well plotted, never boring and good looking package. His worst film by far is the atrocious Phantom of The Opera (1998). Avoid that one. Although Cat O’ Nine tails is no Suspiria or Deep Red, it still is a worthy addition to any Argento or Giallo horror film collection. I give it 8/10.

Snappy giallo in Argento’s “Animal Trilogy”
Delivered in-between the far-superior “The Bird with the Crystal Plumage” and “Four Flies on Grey Velvet”, this Dario Argento murder-mystery doesn’t quite rise to those heights–and Argento himself was dismissive of it–but there’s still a great deal to treasure here. Karl Malden is terrific as an ex-newspaperman man and puzzle-lover, blinded 15 years ago in an accident and living with his orphaned niece, who partners with reporter James Franciscus in a case involving a break-in at a forensic science institute wherein the burglar assaulted the night watchman but didn’t take anything. Soon, a doctor at the institute is killed in a mysterious ‘accident’ involving a train, followed by the photographer who snapped a picture of the man’s death–revealing that it was indeed a murder. Argento also had a hand in the original story and co-authored the screenplay with Bryan Edgar Wallace; he gives us fully-rounded characters with lives outside their jobs, including their extracurricular activities, their acquaintances, their sexual proclivities (including a stop at a gay bar that must have been eyebrow-raising in 1971). If his pacing is sometimes slow, it is deliberate, careful. He loves mounting his narrative with as much minutiae as he can stuff into a frame, although he may give viewers too much time to rethink the scenario and find faults with his plotting (on the crowded train platform, did no one notice the killer?). Argento-buffs probably won’t mind the flaws, of course, and with that boffo finale you can hardly blame them. **1/2 from ****

Other Information:

Original Language it
Runtime 1 hr 52 min (112 min), 1 hr 30 min (90 min) (cut) (USA), 32 min (Super 8-version in 2 parts) (West Germany)
Budget 1000000
Revenue 1204739
Status Released
Rated GP
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director Dario Argento
Writer Dario Argento, Luigi Cozzi, Dardano Sacchetti
Actors James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak
Country Italy, France, West Germany
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Technicolor
Film Length 3,000 m (1972) (before censorship) (Finland)
Negative Format 35 mm (2-perf)
Cinematographic Process Cromoscope (Tecnostampa prints, Italy), Techniscope (Technicolor prints, USA)
Printed Film Format 35 mm