Who Saw Her Die? (1972)

Dir: Aldo Lado

This above average giallo set in Venice sees George Lazenby and Anita Strindberg playing a couple whose young daughter (the ubiquitous but always brilliant Nicoletta Elmi) is killed and dumped in the canal. The local cops are about as incompetent as they are in any given giallo so it's down to George himself to unravel the mystery that led to his child's murder. The reveal of the killer isn't exactly unexpected or amazing and there's far too much attention paid to red herrings but the plot still manages to be darker and more emotionally engaging than usual for the genre. Perhaps this is because the murder victims are children but, coupled with a truly ferocious, near hallucinatory Morricone score, some hysterical photography and the moody atmosphere of Venice in the fog, the overall effect is a strong one. If I had to pick this or the near-identically-themed "Don't Look Now", I'd go for this one every time. ***