---
title: 'Don''t Torture a Duckling (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lucio Fulci'
released: '1972-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 102
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dont-torture-a-duckling-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069019/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)

1972 · 102 min · Italy

Original title: Non si sevizia un paperino

## Synopsis

Don't Torture a Duckling is a 1972 Italian giallo film directed and co-written by Lucio Fulci, and starring Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas, Marc Porel and Georges Wilson. The plot follows a journalist investigating a series of child murders in an insular Italian village whose residents are riddled with superstition and mistrust. The film's score was composed by Riz Ortolani and features vocals by Ornella Vanoni.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lucio Fulci](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucio-fulci)
- **Screenplay:** [Lucio Fulci](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucio-fulci), [Gianfranco Clerici](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianfranco-clerici), [Roberto Gianviti](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-gianviti)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Riz Ortolani](https://cinepixo.com/people/riz-ortolani)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sergio D'Offizi](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergio-d-offizi)
- **Editor:** [Ornella Micheli](https://cinepixo.com/people/ornella-micheli)

## Cast

- [Linda Sini](https://cinepixo.com/people/linda-sini)
- [Georges Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-wilson)
- [Tomas Milian](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomas-milian)
- [Marc Porel](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-porel)
- [Virginio Gazzolo](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginio-gazzolo)
- [Florinda Bolkan](https://cinepixo.com/people/florinda-bolkan)
- [Ugo D'Alessio](https://cinepixo.com/people/ugo-d-alessio)
- [Carolyn De Fonseca](https://cinepixo.com/people/carolyn-de-fonseca)
- [Franco Balducci](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-balducci)
- [Irene Papas](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-papas)
- [Lucio Fulci](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucio-fulci)
- [John Bartha](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-bartha)
- [Andrea Aureli](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-aureli)
- [Rosalia Maggio](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosalia-maggio)
- [Barbara Bouchet](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-bouchet)

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