Eye of the Spider

Eye of the Spider (L'occhio del ragno) is a 1971 Italian crime film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Klaus Kinski.

Cast

 * Klaus Kinski - Hans Fischer
 * Antonio Sabàto - Paul Valéry / Frank Vogel
 * Van Johnson - Prof. Orson Krüger
 * Romalı Perihan - (as Perihan)
 * Lucretia Love - Gloria
 * Teodoro Corrà
 * Goffredo Unger - (as Fredy Unger)
 * Franco Marletta
 * Claudio Biava
 * Brigitte Brandt
 * W. E. Arnold

Style
Despite the title and posters imagery which makes the film sound like a giallo, Italian film historian Roberto Curti referred to the film as a "rather typical film noir"

Release
Eye of the Spider was released on 1 November 1971 in Italy. Due to the growing popularity of and commercial success of the poliziotteschi through the 1970s, the film was re-released as Caso Scorpio: sterminate quelli della calibro 39. The film grossed 133,333,000 Italian lire domestically.