Downtown (1975)
A private eye who's over his head in debt takes on a job snapping photos of his client's rich husband in bed with another woman. But when the husband winds up with three bullet holes that seem to have come from the private eye's own gun, he's got to prove he's not the murderer meanwhile getting tangled deeper in a web of deceit, lies, and steamy night club dancers!
- Jesús Franco
- Christine Lembach
- Jesús Franco
Rating: 5.655/10 by 29 users
Alternative Title:
Downtown - Nackte Puppen in der Unterwelt - DE
Schwarze Nylons, wilde Engel - DE
Les putains de la ville basse - FR
Les Basfonds - FR
Miezen der Unterwelt - CH
Country:
Switzerland
Language:
Deutsch
Runtime: 01 hour 27 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: blackmail, narration, deception, film noir, murder, female homosexuality, private eye, erotic movie, hard boiled
All in all, one of the best Franco's movies, having a plausible story (albeit with some plot holes) and a quite convincing performance by the actors. As in many other movies from the same director in that period, there is no shortage of skin display by female actresses (the scrumptious Martine Stedil and the inevitable Lina Romay), perhaps encouraged by the apparent tropical climate of a place that is looking a lot like Nice in southern France (despite it being declared Porto Santo in the narration). Indeed, the main location is Beaulieu-sur-Mer, a seaside village on the French Riviera between Nice and Monaco. Italian audience will perhaps recognize Paul Konrad Müller (as Inspector Mendoza) who played Fantozzi's "megadirettore galattico" in some pictures of the 80s.
