DON’T TORTURE A DUCKLING (1972) – Episode 266 – Decades of Horror 1970s

Uh, director, Lucio Fulci.

Uh, written by Lucio Fulci and Roberto Gianviti, and Gianfranco Clerici.

Names.

Cast includes Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, uh, Tomas Milian, or Milian, Irene Papas, Mark Porel, George Wilson, and An- Antonello Campodanieo.

[laughs] Added an extra O at the end, but we love you.

Production company is Medusa Distribution.

Filming lo- uh, locations are in Italy.

Uh, filming dates were May the 2nd through July of 1972.

Release date was September 20th, 1972 in I- Italy.

Uh, May 29th, '75 in Mexico.

And, um, it's video premiere date was in 2000 in the US.

Wow.

It was never released in the US as, as a-

I-

... like in a release.

I'm not saying it never showed, but it was...

Never got an official release for distribution.

That's interesting.

That's interesting.

It just never made it across the seas.

All right.

Well, what's this box office?

Uh, the box office, this is interesting 'cause this number jumps out so much.

Uh, this is the Italian box office.

1.1 billion Italian lira.