A gangster seeks those who killed his brother. A series of murders follow.A gangster seeks those who killed his brother. A series of murders follow.A gangster seeks those who killed his brother. A series of murders follow.
Gilberto Galimberti
- Maxie
- (as Gill Rolland)
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- TriviaTheme under opening credits is a thinly disguised reworking of the musical figures, rhythmic and melodic, and instrumentation of Lalo Schifrin's immortal theme from 1960's TV's "Mission Impossible,"
- GoofsSoon after entering Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge, Tony descends into a subway station. Cut to him underground, running through the station with signs identifying it as 50th Street Rockefeller Center, miles from the station he entered.
- Quotes
Leslie Garden: Tony, you don't think... you don't think I... Tony!
Tony Garden: [slapping her hard] For a handful of coins!
- Crazy creditsTheme under opening credits is a thinly disguised reworking of the musical figures, rhythmic and melodic, and instrumentation of Lalo Schifrin's immortal theme from 1960's TV's "Mission Impossible,"
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Hooray for the Elephants!
"Human Cobras" ended up in my must-see list because the (Italian) title sounds pure giallo, because the film poster looks pure giallo
and because it's included in most gialli lists, duh! But throughout at least half of the film's running time I kept on thinking: "if this is a giallo, then I'm the Queen of England". It's definitely not your typical and textbook type of giallo in which numerous scantily clad beauty models are sadistically knocked off by an unknown pervert wearing a dark raincoat and thick black gloves. No, "Human Cobras" gradually turns into that other type of giallo – albeit only halfway through the film – namely where the plot is centered on a convoluted murder conspiracy and literally all characters are involved in betrayal, corruption, adultery or sexual deviance. Generally speaking this type of giallo is less entertaining and a lot less memorable, and "Human Cobras" sadly doesn't form an exception. The first 30-40 minutes come across as a boring Poliziotesschi imitation with a lame anti- hero and poorly choreographed action footage. Tony Garden, a former criminal with a nasty face, receives a telegram to inform him that his brother Johnny has been murdered. He promptly travels to New York and visits the brother's attractive wife Leslie to find out what happened. Whenever Tony finds a person willing to talk about his brother, that particular person is murdered right before he/she has the chance to share what they know. We also know immediately who the killer is, but we don't know why. Then, for some reason I didn't quite capture, everybody travels to Kenya and from here onwards the film admittedly becomes more interesting and entertaining (although for all the wrong reasons
). It doesn't happen too often that giallo-plots take place in different locations, and definitely not in African countries. At a certain point, the characters even nonchalantly go elephant-hunting! I mean, seriously? I know it was the early 70s, but promoting stuff like that in films is never cool. Luckily enough, the hunters get into conflict and start shooting at each other instead of the elephants. One of them even gets run over by one of the massive animals and dies. Yay for the elephants! The denouement is fairly dumb and predictable, and establishes once and for all that "Human Cobras" is a passable and unworthy Italian thriller.
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- Coventry
- Oct 9, 2017
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- Human Cobras
- Filming locations
- 50th Street Rockefeller Center subway station, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(Tony running through subway station)
- Production companies
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- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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By what name was L'uomo più velenoso del cobra (1971) officially released in India in English?
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