Carnal Circuit

Carnal Circuit (Italian: Femmine insaziabili, German: Mord im schwarzen Cadillac, also known as The Insatiables and Beverly Hills) is a 1969 Italian-German giallo written and directed by Alberto De Martino.^[3][1][4][5]

Carnal Circuit
Directed by	Alberto De Martino
Screenplay by	Lianella Carell Carlo Romano Alberto De Martino Vincenzo Flamini
Produced by	Hans Pflüger
Starring	Dorothy Malone John Ireland Luciana Paluzzi Romina Power Frank Wolff Robert Hoffmann
Cinematography	Sergio D'Offizi
Edited by	Otello Colangeli
Music by	Bruno Nicolai
Production companies	Empire Films S.r.l. Corona Filmproduktion GmbH[1]
Distributed by	Fida Nora Filmverleih GmbH & Co. KG[1][2]
Release dates	August 14, 1969 (1969-08-14) (Italy) August 13, 1970 (1970-08-13) (West Germany) [1]
Running time	93 minutes[2]
Countries	Italy West Germany[2]
Languages	Italian English

Plot

A man hides his best friend from the criminals out to get him and suffers a violent beating. His friend gets killed, and he tries to find out why.

Cast

• Dorothy Malone as Vanessa Brighton
• Robert Hoffmann as Paolo Vittori
• Luciana Paluzzi as Mary Sullivan
• Frank Wolff as Frank Donovan
• John Ireland as Walter Salinger
• Roger Fritz as Giulio Lamberti
• Romina Power as Gloria Brighton
• Nicoletta Machiavelli as Luisa Lamberti
• Ini Assmann as Salinger's secretary
• Rosemarie Lindt as Patty
• Elena Persiani as Claire
• Rainer Basedow as Donovan's henchman
• John Karlsen as Fletcher
• Rod Dana as Charlie

Production

Carnal Circuit was shot in Rome between February 12, 1968, and February 1969.^[2]

During an underwater scene the camera operator unexpectedly and without Romina Power's knowing, pulled down the bottom part of her swimsuit. For a moment you can see her bum. Afterwards, Romina's mother went to the producer Goffredo Lombardo shouting and complaining about director Alberto De Martino.^[6]

Release

In West Germany, Carnal Circuit was released on August 13, 1970.^[2]