Escalation (1968)
They tried to turn him into a sexual square!
1968, London. Luca is living his 'swinging' years away from duties, while his father wants him to take the reins of the family business. He plots to have him kidnapped and placed in a sanitarium, where the young man undergoes electroshock therapy until 'normalised'. Luca is then made to marry a woman who is actually a psychiatrist hired to turn him into a perfect businessman.
- Date of release
- 1968-02-29
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Roberto Faenza
Casting
- Claudine Auger — Carla Maria Mannini
- Lino Capolicchio — Luca Lambertinghi
- Gabriele Ferzetti — Augusto Lambertinghi
- Didi Perego — Private investigator
- Leopoldo Trieste — Priest / Guru
- Paola Corinti — Augusto's lover
- Dada Gallotti — Nurse
- Harold Null — Police sergeant
- Jacqueline Perrier — Valeria Lambertenghi
- Michele Riccardini — Detective
- Antonietta Fiorito — Lambertenghi employee
- Madeline Smith — Girl on Bicycle (uncredited)
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