Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (Columbia Pictures) (1966)

Exotic Homicide Filmmakers seem to be finding increasingly novel ways of committing murder these days. No longer is it completely acceptable to kill with such lethal, but old-fashioned, weapons as guns, knives or bludgeons. Even strangling is passe, or so it seems in Dino de Laurentiis’ new suspense thriller, “Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die,” at the ...... Theatre in color by Technicolor. The Columbia Pictures release stars Michael Connors, Dorothy Provine, Raf Vallone, Margaret Lee, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Beverly Adams and Terry-Thomas. In “Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die,” director Henry Levin stages some of the most bizarre murders ever put on film—with the victims all beautiful girls. Beverly Adams, for example, is killed by a snake secreted inside the lining of a feather boa, a “gift” from a lover who thinks she has been two-timing him. Another victim of the same insanely jealous lover, Raf Vallone, is Nicoletta Rangoni Machiavelli, Italian newcomer to the screen. Margaret Lee, yet another of his girl friends, receives orchids —in which Vallone has planted a deadly scorpion. But, perhaps the most bizarre of all his attempts to do away with his girl friends, occurs when Vallone dumps Dorothy Provine into the nose cone of a rocket about to be sent into orbit, first step in his campaign to rule the world! Clearly, Dorothy Provine, playing a British secret agent in Rio de Janeiro, and her American counterpart, Michael Connors, need all the help they can get when they tangle with so great a villain as Raf Vallone in “Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die.” Beverly Adams From her role as the cuddly kitten of a dream secretary in “The Silencers,” with Dean Martin as her boss, Beverly Adams has been transformed into a lovely Swedish doll in Rio de Janeiro, hapless protegee of murderous Raf Vallone in “Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die,” Dino de Laurentiis’ production for Columbia Pictures release at CHES. oes Theatre in color by Technicolor, The spy adventurecomedy also stars Michael Connors, Dorothy Provine, Raf Vallone, Margaret Lee, Nicoletta Machiavelli and Terry-Thomas. A gorgeous, green-eyed brunette whose hobby is hypnotism, Beverly already has cast a spell over critics and the movie public alike. Prior to “Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die,” she was the romantic lead opposite Soupy Sales in “Birds Do It.” If Beverly’s beautiful face and figure ring a familiar bell with movie audiences it is because she is a former magazine cover girl who has appeared on many national television shows. An only child, she was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, but was raised and educated in the U. S. After living in Illinois, the family settled in Burbank, Calif. One day, while serving as a hostess at a teenage fair, she was noticed by a talent agent. Advance Notice “Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die,” in Dino de Laurentiis’ production starring Michael Connors, Dorothy Provine, Raf Vallone, Margaret Lee, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Beverly Adams and Terry-Thomas, opens ....... at th@ue <r. Theatre. The suspenseadventure-comedy, a Columbia Pictures release in color by Technicolor, deals with a conspiracy by an insidious industrialist to take over the world by using a secret device capable of rendering mankind sterile. The comedy-thriller was filmed in part in Rio de Janeiro and the Brazilian jungle. Henry Levin directed. (Mat !C; Still No. 41) Dorothy Provine is a British secret agent wondering what Raf Vallone is up to, in this scene from the Dino de Laurentiis comedy thriller in color by Technicolor, "Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die." Also starred in the Columbia Pictures release are Michae! Connors, Margaret Lee, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Beverly Adams and Terry-Thomas. Rat Vallone Raf Vallone, who plays an insidious industrialist in “Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die,” Dino de Laurentiis’ production for Columbia Pictures’ release at the ae are a eae Theatre, has been hailed as one of the international screen’s most versatile actors. Yet, until recently he was virtually unknown outside his native Italy. Outstanding performances in such films as “The Cardinal,” “El Cid,” “A View From the Bridge,” “Two Women” and “Harlow” have established Vallone as a world star. Costarred with Vallone in the suspenseful thriller are Michael Connors and Dorothy Provine, as secret agents, and TerryThomas in a dual role. Vallone also has trouble with such beauties as Margaret Lee, Nicoletta Machiavelli and Beverly Adams. Henry Levin directed the thriller, in color by Technicolor. Vallone registered his first impact on audiences outside his native country in “Bitter Rice,” a great worldwide success, but subsequently appeared in films rarely seen outside Italy. Born in Tropea, Italy, Vallone spent his boyhood years in Turin, then enrolled at the University of Turin, intending to become a lawyer. He changed his mind when he became interested in acting and writing. During his successful acting career, Vallone has also achieved a reputation as a writer, and a critic of the cinema. He contributes regularly to the Italian weekly magazine “Le Ore.” He is fluent in French and wrote a play in that language, “Le Repos du Guerrier” (Warrior’s Rest), which was presented in Paris and filmed by Brigitte Bardot. SUSI... cee Dorothy Provine Kelly 22.5. eee Michael Connors dates. 5 eae st Terry-Thomas Lord Aldrieic.5 ee. Terry-Thomas Ardoman® cto cae de Raf Vallone Ringo... ee es Oliver McGreevy INA ie ee hee: Sandro Dori Karin |... ....... Beverly Adams SViWid oa ee Nicoletta Rangoni Crate 6s eee Margaret Lee The Cast Gioia... i Came Marilu Tolo Wilma. saong ie ...05..0, Seyna Seyn British Ambassador .......... Jack Quillim Major Davis... Michael Audley Papal Envoy... Nerio Bernardi Lingus stan Bee Ae eee Andy Ho Kagel ce le ee K. Wang Reet ds. On ats). tenes H. Thoren MWMeatia: <h nee e s Edith Peters a ee aes me: Credits Produced by .......... Dino de Laurentiis Directed by)! 4c Henry Levin SHON BY. Setsetne saree ag Dino Maiuri Screenplay by .................. Jack Pulman, Dino Maiuri Music and special musical effects by Mario Nascimbene Conducted by ........ Roberto Pregadio Harmonica soloist ........ John Sebastian The song "Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die" is sung by Lydia MacDonald LyricseDy. i.cqe Howard Greenfield Director of Photography ...... Aldo Tonti Art Director .............. Mario Garbuglia Costumes by ............ Maria De Matteis Miss Provine's Costumes Piero Gherardi Executive Producers Salvatore Argento, Dino Maiuri Assistant to Producer ........ Ralph Serpe Production Manager ...Mario Del Papa Film Editor .................. Ralph Kemplen Assistant Directors Giorgio Gentili, Gianni Cozzo Sound Mixer ................ Luciano Welich Sound. Editor 5. es Leslie Hodgson Sound re-recorded by Alberto Bartolomei Casting Director... Guidarino Guidi Assistant Art Director Ferdinando Giovannoni Set Construction ........... Aldo Puccini Ser Dressing 2: Emilio D'Andria Sonat Or. Elaine Schreyeck Make-Up Supervisor... Otello Fava Hairdresser ............. Renata Magnanti Assistant to Film Editor Eunice Mountjoy Production Assistant......Giorgio Morra Special Optical Effects Joseph Natanson Second Unit Direction Alberto Pieralisi, Leopoldo Savona Special Effects ......... Augie Lohman Color by Technicolor® A Dino de Laurentiis Production A Columbia Pictures Release a. eae ne se (Not for Publication) In Rio de Janeiro, CIA agent Kelly learns a mysterious industrialist, Mr. Ardonian, has agreed to sell to the Chinese means of making men of other nations sterile, through ultrasonic waves directed from a satellite in orbit. Ardonian, whose girl friends habitually disappear or die when he tires of them, also is the assignment of a beautiful blonde British agent, Susan Fleming, posing as a socialite complete with Rolls Royce and uniformed chauffeur, James. Susan eventually is imprisoned in Ardonian's underground lab oratory, where she learns she will join the missing girls in hibernation; he plans to repopulate the earth, after he has wiped out the rest of mankind with his ultrasonic waves. After he gets their $500 million in gold, Ardonian murders the Chinese emissaries. When Susan proves troublesome and Ardonian places her in the nose cone of the sterilizing capsule, which he is about to launch, Kelly breaks his way into the lab, while James goes to enlist the aid of the Brazilian Army. Running Time: 101 minutes ae a as ee ee COLUMBIA PICTURES 25% A DINO de LAURENTIIS PRODUCTION 30% MICHAEL CONNORS DOROTHY PROVINE 50% RAF VALLONE MARGARET LEE 50% NICOLETTA MACHIAVELLI BEVERLY ADAMS 25% »d TERRY THOMAS oe, KISS THE GIRLS AND MAKE THEM DIE 100% Produced by DINO de LAURENTIIS Directed by HENRY LEVIN 65h TECHNICOLOR® 25% Page 9