Don't Torture a Duckling (Non si sevizia un paperino)

Name: Don't Torture a Duckling (Non si sevizia un paperino)
Duration: 1 h 45 min

1hr 45m

1hr 45m
3.7/5 (8.7K)
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When a southern Italian town is rocked by a string of child murders, the police and two urban outcasts search for the culprit amid scapegoating within the… More Details »

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Director:

Lucio Fulci

Producer:

Edmondo Amati

Writer:

Roberto Gianviti, Gianfranco Clerici

Runtime:

1hr 45m

Synopsis

When a southern Italian town is rocked by a string of child murders, the police and two urban outcasts search for the culprit amid scapegoating within the superstitious community.

Cast

Florinda Bolkan
Barbara Bouchet
Tomas Milian
Irene Papas
Marc Porel
Georges Wilson
Antonello Campodifiori
Ugo D'Alessio
Virgilio Gazzolo
Vito Passeri

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3.7

Jan 27, 2019

A wicked rural nightmare. A child killer death spree gialli of the most depressing nature, trading bright light cityscapes for small town paranoia... complete with angry villagers, forensic journalists, witchcraft, a Donald Duck head, Barbara Bouchet, and the most brutal…

759 Likes

Ian West

Sep 16, 2020

Fulci said "hey what's up with Catholic church and all these abused and dead kids? 👁️"

693 Likes

Josh Lewis

Apr 24, 2018

Yes.... ashamed that I'm just now seeing this. But glad I waited because the Arrow Video 2-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray is quite lovely. - New audio commentary by Troy Howarth, author of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films - The Blood of Innocents,…

567 Likes

Sean Baker
Feb 5, 2021

We need to talk about Lucio Fulci’s obsession with Donald Duck.

464 Likes

CinemaVoid 🏴‍☠️

Jan 7, 2021

73 Fulci paints in muted colors and decrepit landscapes on the verge of modernization, but tells a tale of the ultimate evil rooted in tradition and Catholicism. Has a death scene to rival any other in cinema history.

418 Likes

SilentDawn

Jan 3, 2018

Another excellent giallo from Lucio Fulci from before his gore-fest days! This one is about an isolated village where young boys are being murdered and, because it’s a giallo, everybody’s a suspect and nobody’s safe. It had honestly been so long since I watched this that…

329 Likes

Tony the Terror
May 8, 2019

Fulci's Twin Peaks

330 Likes

Liz

Mar 10, 2024

Easily one of the top fifteen most disturbing Donald Duck films.

255 Likes

Branson Reese

Jan 28, 2020

I always wondered whether the title of this film was one of those fantastically random titles gialli were often blessed with but no, it actually makes sense, kinda! The literal translation of the Italian title, Non si sevizia un paperino, is Don't Torture Donald Duck but…

227 Likes

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CvptvinHowdy liked

Don't Torture a Duckling

I will say I've seen some Lucio Fulci films, and I'm not exactly the biggest fan. I think most of his work has good gore, but they're mostly just okay films except for Zombi that one is good. But this one is my new favorite of his. I found it more interesting in the Giallo genre.

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Vogue Italia loved

Don't Torture a Duckling

wonderful giallo!!!! a tragic story that deals with all sorts of interesting issues! barbara bouchet is so unbelievably pretty oh my god

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