The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage Italian Luccello dalle piume di cristallo is a 1970 Italian giallo film directed by Dario Argento, in his directorial debut. The film is considered a landmark in the Italian giallo genre. Written by Argento, the film is an uncredited adaptation of Fredric Browns novel The Screaming Mimi, which had previously been made into a Hollywood film, Screaming Mimi 1958, directed by Gerd Oswald.

Sam Dalmas Tony Musante is an American writer living in Rome with his model girlfriend Giulia Suzy Kendall. Suffering from writers block, Sam is on the verge of returning to America, but witnesses the attack of a woman in an art gallery by a mysterious blackgloved assailant dressed in a raincoat.Attempting to reach her, Sam is trapped between two mechanicallyoperated glass doors and can only watch as the villain makes his escape. The woman, Monica Ranieri Eva Renzi, the wife of the gallerys owner, Alberto Ranieri Umberto Raho, survives the attack and the local police confiscates Sams passport to stop him from leaving the country the assailant is believed to be a serial killer who is killing young women across the city, and Sam is an important witness. ........

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