Escalation
Overview
1968, London. Luca is living his 'swinging' years away from duties, while his father wants him to take the reins of the family business. He plots to have him kidnapped and placed in a sanitarium, where the young man undergoes electroshock therapy until 'normalised'. Luca is then made to marry a woman who is actually a psychiatrist hired to turn him into a perfect businessman.
Release date
29/02/1968
Votes
7
Popularity
1.9
Claudine Auger
Carla Maria Mannini
Lino Capolicchio
Luca Lambertinghi
Gabriele Ferzetti
Augusto Lambertinghi
Didi Perego
Private investigator
Leopoldo Trieste
Priest / Guru
Paola Corinti
Augusto's lover
Dada Gallotti
Nurse
Harold Null
Police sergeant
Jacqueline Perrier
Valeria Lambertenghi
Michele Riccardini
Detective
Antonietta Fiorito
Lambertenghi employee
Madeline Smith
Girl on Bicycle (uncredited)
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