Four Flies On Grey Velvet (1971) - Credits and Details

Four Flies On Grey Velvet Credits and Details

Directed by
	Dario Argento
Written by
	Dario Argento	...	original story / screenplay
	Luigi Cozzi	...	original story
	Mario Foglietti	...	original story
	Giorgio Piferi	...	dialogue adaptation
Cast
	Michael Brandon	...	Roberto Tobias
	Mimsy Farmer	...	Nina Tobias
	Jean-Pierre Marielle	...	Gianni Arrosio (as Jean Pierre Marielle)
	Aldo Bufi Landi	...	Pathologist
	Calisto Calisti	...	Carlo Marosi
	Marisa Fabbri	...	Amelia, the Maid
	Oreste Lionello	...	The Professor
	Fabrizio Moroni	...	Mirko
	Corrado Olmi	...	Porter
	Stefano Satta Flores	...	Andrea
	Laura Troschel	...	Maria (as Costanza Spada)
	Francine Racette	...	Dalia
	Bud Spencer	...	Diomede / Godfrey
	Dante Cleri	...	Coffin Salesman
	Guerrino Crivello	...	Rambaldi, the Neighbor
	Gildo Di Marco	...	Postman
	Tom Felleghy	...	Police Commissioner Pini
	Leopoldo Migliori	...	Musician
	Fulvio Mingozzi	...	Music Studio Manager
	Stefano Oppedisano	...	Bearded guy with girlfriend
	Pino Patti	...	Funeral Exhibition Attendant
	Ada Pometti	...	Extra (credit only)
	Jacques Stany	...	Psychiatrist
Uncredited Cast
	Aldo Barozzi	...	Man in Restaurant
	Fortunato Cecilia	...	Funeral Exhibition Visitor
	Franz Colangeli	...	Funeral Exhibition Visitor
	Shirley Corrigan	...	Girl at Party
	Luigi Cozzi	...	Masked Killer in Theater
	Giovanni Di Benedetto	...	Funeral Exhibition Attendant
	Sandro Dori	...	Funeral Exhibition Attendant
	Renzo Marignano	...	Funeral Exhibition Attendant
	Quinto Marziale	...	Funeral Exhibition Visitor
	Diego Morreale	...	Extra
	Anna Maria Perego	...	Delia's Mother
	Pupita Lea Scuderoni	...	Funeral Exhibition Visitor
	Maurizio Streccioni	...	Funeral Exhibition Visitor
	Romano Targa	...	Police Agent
	Tonino Tommasi	...	Coffin Salesman
Produced by
	Salvatore Argento	...	producer
Original Music by
	Ennio Morricone
Special Effects by
	Dino Galiano	...	special effects
	Carlo Rambaldi	...	special effects

Additional Info
Premiere:	December 17, 1971
Theatrical Release:	August 25, 1972
DVD Release:	February 24, 2009
Countries:
Distributor:	Mya Communication
Websites:

Ratings
5.0 / 10	6.5 / 10

Alternate Titles
4 Mosche Di Velluto Grigio
The Four Velvet Flies

Production Companies
Seda Spettacoli (SEDA Spettacoli, Rome) (produced for)
Universal Productions France (Universal Prod. France, Paris) (produced for)

Distributors
Paramount Pictures (1972) (United States) (dubbed) (theatrical)
Silver Star Video Entertainment (1982) (United States) (VHS)
Mya Communication (2009) (United States) (DVD)
Ryko Distribution (2009) (United States) (DVD)
Malastrana Film Series (2015) (United States) (presents) (theatrical)
Anthology Film Archives (2015) (United States) (theatrical)
Severin Films (2022) (World-wide) (Ultra HD Blu-ray) (limited edition 4x disc set)

Filming Locations
23 Vialle dell'Esperanto, E.U.R., Rome, Lazio, Italy (Tobias' house)
45 Via Collegno, Turin, Piedmont, Italy (killer's palace exteriors)
Auditorium RAI - Piazza Rossaro, Turin, Piedmont, Italy (recording studio)
Conservatorio G. Verdi - Piazza Giambattista Bodoni, Turin, Piedmont, Italy (theatre exteriors)
Galleria Subalpina, Turin, Piedmont, Italy (private detective's office)
Galleria Umberto I, Turin, Piedmont, Italy (Tobias follows the man in black)
Giardino Lamarmora - Via Cernaia, Turin, Piedmont, Italy (scene during opening credits: Tobias notices being followed)
Incir De Paolis Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy (Studio)
Kairouan, Tunisia (recurring dream of the execution at the Great Mosque)
La Villa d'Este, Tivoli, Rome, Lazio, Italy (park where the maid is murdered)
Milan, Lombardia, Italy (subway scenes)
Milan, Lombardy, Italy (subway scenes)
Ponte Guglielmo Marconi, Rome, Lazio, Italy (Dio's shack on the Tiber banks)
Rome, Lazio, Italy (location)
Spoleto, Perugia, Umbria, Italy (theatre interiors: Tobias fights the man in black)
Turin, Piedmont, Italy (location)
Villa Crespi - 17 Via Giuseppe Antonio Guattani, Rome, Lazio, Italy (Villa Rapidi, mental institution)

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