Escalation (1968)
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.
- Released
- 1968-02-29
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Roberto Faenza, Roberto Faenza
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- Claudine Auger as Carla Maria Mannini
- Lino Capolicchio as Luca Lambertinghi
- Gabriele Ferzetti as Augusto Lambertinghi
- Didi Perego as Private investigator
- Leopoldo Trieste as Priest / Guru
- Paola Corinti as Augusto's lover
- Dada Gallotti as Nurse
- Harold Null as Police sergeant
- Jacqueline Perrier as Valeria Lambertenghi
- Michele Riccardini as Detective
- Antonietta Fiorito as Lambertenghi employee
- Madeline Smith as Girl on Bicycle (uncredited)
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