简介：Sincethisistheveryfirstuser-commentsubmittedfor"DateforaMurder",IwasreallyhopingtoenlightenallyoureadersaboutanothertotallyforgottenandfascinatingItaliancultfilmfromthelate60's!Sadly,itdidn'tturnouttobetheundiscoveredgemthatIwasdesiringtosee(withtherecentpopularitytowardsforItaliancinema,Iassumeallthegreatestfilmshavealreadybeenidentified),yetit'snonethelessaninterestingcrime/thrillerwithsomerawactionsequencesandafairlycompellingplot.TwoAmericanfriendscoincidentallymeeteachotherintheItaliancountrysideandagreetogetbacktogetheragainacoupleofdayslaterinRome,aftertheybothsettledsomeprivateaffairs.Whenoneofthemdoesn'tshowup,theotheronegetsconcernedandfearsthatsomethingsuspicioushappened.Heinvestigatesthecasehimselfanditdoesn'ttakelongbeforehe'sentangledinanetworkofindustrialespionage,blackmailandevencold-bloodedmurder.Thestory,especiallytowardsthefinale,isratherpredictableandtheobligatorylove-storyiscompletelypointless.Theheroicduo(theAmericanandalocalpolicecommissioner)arelikablecharactersandallthevillainslookeffectivelymenacing,mostnotablythecreepyguyinmotorizedwheelchair!Tofinishup,thefilmcontainsseveralbeautifulimagesofRome,thesoundtrackisexcitingandtheactionscenes(onrooftops,onremotehighways,indarkalleys,...)arewellchoreographed."DateforaMurder"waswrittenbyFernandoDiLeo–who'sreallyanexpertinthegenre–butperhapsitalsoneededafamousandexperienceddirectortomakeitmorememorable.…