Past Film/Video | Classics

The Cat o' Nine Tails

(Il gatto a nove code, Dario Argento, 1971)

Introduced by Hope Madden, author and filmmaker

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Two men wearing dark suits are facing each other in front of a stone wall. One is looking at the other, who is wearing a dark hat and glasses and carrying a cane.

Jul 07, 2023 7:00 PM

Film/Video Theater

$7 members and adults 55 and over
$9 general public
$5 students

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Heirloom Café reopens at 6 PM until this screening begins, now serving gourmet popcorn plus beer, wine, and other refreshments. You can also find packaged snacks in the Wexner Center Store. Read the press release.

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American star Karl Malden helped make The Cat o’ Nine Tails a hit in the United States.

One of Argento’s most accessible films, The Cat o’ Nine Tails stars Karl Malden (A Streetcar Named Desire) as a blind crossword puzzle designer who teams with a reporter (James Franciscus) to investigate the death of a scientist killed in a suspicious train accident. With another great score by Ennio Morricone and a title that refers to the number of leads the pair must follow before they discover the killer, the film was a hit despite Argento’s misgivings about the finished product. In English and Italian with English subtitles. (112 mins., 4K DCP)

The screening is introduced by critic, author, and filmmaker Hope Madden of Columbus Underground and maddwolf.com and director of the horror film Obstacle Corpse (2022).

See the complete Retrospective: Dario Argento lineup.

Please note: The films in this series include scenes of violence, horror gore, and other disturbing images.

IMAGE CAPTION
The Cat o’ Nine Tails, courtesy of the American Genre Film Archive.

"Cat o’ Nine Tails begins Argento’s lifelong fascination with the grotesque close-up."

Slant Magazine

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