Facce per l'inferno (1968)
P.J.
Un poliziotto privato, incaricato di proteggere l'amante di un facoltoso industriale, viene coinvolto in un omicidio pagato proprio da questi. Sta per essere ammazzato anche lui, ma viene salvato dalla sua protetta che elimina l'industriale prima di esserne colpita a sua volta. Il detective, disgustato, cambia mestiere.
- Data di uscita
- 1968-03-27
- TMDB
- 5.7 / 10 (15)
- Durata
- 1 h 49 min
- Generi
- Azione, Dramma, Mistero, Crime
- Regista
- John Guillermin
Cast
- George Peppard — P.J. Detweiler
- Raymond Burr — William Orbison
- Gayle Hunnicutt — Maureen Preble
- Brock Peters — Waterpark
- Wilfrid Hyde-White — Billings Browne
- Jason Evers — Jason Grenoble
- Coleen Gray — Betty Orbison
- Susan Saint James — Linette Orbison
- Severn Darden — Shelton Quell
- Jane Van Duser — Elinor Silene (as H. Jane Van Duser)
- George Furth — Sonny Silene
- Barbara Dana — Lita
Curiosità
- Girato a: New York
P.J. is a 1968 American neo-noir mystery film directed by John Guillermin and starring George Peppard.
Production
The film was originally called Criss Cross. George Peppard's casting was announced in November 1966. John Guillermin agreed to direct shortly afterwards. In January 1967, Gayle Hunnicutt was cast as the female lead Maureen Preble. She made the film under a non-exclusive two-picture deal with Universal.
Filming started in January 1967. It was reported that Peppard's earnings for four films he made for Universal—this, Tobruk, Rough Night in Jericho, and What's So Bad About Feeling Good?—came to $1.6 million plus percentages. Raymond Burr and Peppard purportedly clashed at first but then got along. The film's title was changed to New Face in Hell then in September 1967, the title was changed from New Face in Hell to PJ. One scene has P.J.
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