Play Motel

1979 film

1979 (1979)

Running time

90 minutesLanguageItalian

Play Motel is a 1979 Italian giallo film written and directed by Mario Gariazzo (credited as Roy Garrett) and starring Anna Maria Rizzoli and Ray Lovelock.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Play Motel was released on blu-ray in a region 1 release by Raro Video in August 2015. The release contains an extra feature of the hardcore inserts.^[5]

Plot

Patrizia and Roberto, theatrical actors and spouses, after having stayed at the Play Motel, accidentally find a body in the trunk of their car. They leave the car at the scene and go to call the police, and when they arrive, they discover with amazement the removal of the body, which is then found in a completely different place: the police then discover that it was Maria Luisa Longhi, wife of Commendator Rinaldo Cortesi. At the request in particular of Patrizia, the two spouses improvise as investigators to help the police solve the case.

Cast

Anna Maria Rizzoli as Patrizia
Ray Lovelock as Roberto Vinci
Mario Cutini as Willy
Antonella Antinori as Anna De Marchis
Patrizia Behn as Maria Luisa Longhi
Enzo Fisichella as Commendator Rinaldo Cortesi
Marina Hedman as Loredana Salvi
Marino Masé as Massimo (Max) Liguori
Patrizia Webley as Valeria Marzotti
Vittorio Ripamonti as ing. Guido Toselli
Anthony Steffen as Commissioner De Santis
Mario Novelli as The Doorman

References

^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059695.
^ Jeremy Biltz (August 7, 2015). "Play Motel (Blu-ray) review". DVD Talk. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
^ Blair Hoyle (August 22, 2015). ""Play Motel" Blu-ray Review". Cinema Slasher. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
^ Davide Comotti (8 May 2015). "Killer Visions: Play Motel (1979) di Mario Gariazzo". Fascination Cinema. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
^ Play Motel. dvdcompare.net