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Où est passée Jessica

Original title: Sotto il vestito niente
  • 1985
  • 12
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
1.7K
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Renée Simonsen in Où est passée Jessica (1985)
GialloSlasher HorrorHorrorMysteryThriller

A Wyoming park ranger arrives in Milan to visit his fashion model twin sister after experiencing a premonition of her death, only to discover that she has gone missing.A Wyoming park ranger arrives in Milan to visit his fashion model twin sister after experiencing a premonition of her death, only to discover that she has gone missing.A Wyoming park ranger arrives in Milan to visit his fashion model twin sister after experiencing a premonition of her death, only to discover that she has gone missing.

  • Director
    • Carlo Vanzina
  • Writers
    • Marco Parma
    • Enrico Vanzina
    • Carlo Vanzina
  • Stars
    • Tom Schanley
    • Renée Simonsen
    • Nicola Perring
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    1.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Carlo Vanzina
    • Writers
      • Marco Parma
      • Enrico Vanzina
      • Carlo Vanzina
    • Stars
      • Tom Schanley
      • Renée Simonsen
      • Nicola Perring
    • 21User reviews
    • 36Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    • Awards
      • 3 nominations total

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    Tom Schanley
    Tom Schanley
    • Bob Crane
    Renée Simonsen
    Renée Simonsen
    • Barbara
    Nicola Perring
    • Jessica Crane
    Maria McDonald
    • Margaux Wilson
    • (as Maria Mc Donald)
    Catherine Noyes
    • Carrie Blynn
    Paolo Tomei
    • Giorgio Zanoni
    Sonia Raule
    • Cristina Landolfi
    Cyrus Elias
    • Danesi's Assistant
    Donald Pleasence
    Donald Pleasence
    • Commissario Danesi
    Anna Galiena
    Anna Galiena
    • Model Agency Boss
    Big Laura
    • Innkeeper
    Bruce McGuire
    Bruce McGuire
    • Interpol Agent
    • (as Bruce Mc Guire)
    Mimmo Sepe
    • Hotel Porter
    Isa Gallinelli
    • Postal Worker
    • (uncredited)
    Phillip Wong
    Phillip Wong
    • Keno Masayuki
    • (uncredited)
    Zaira Zoccheddu
    • Spied Girl
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Carlo Vanzina
    • Writers
      • Marco Parma
      • Enrico Vanzina
      • Carlo Vanzina
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    6trashgang

    a late entry in the giallo genre but not in the Argento style

    Sotto Il Vestito Niente or Nothing Underneath is one of those releases that never had an official uncut release on DVD. Even the US DVD clocks in at 90 minutes. To find it uncut you will have to search the Japanese VHS release on the obscure 'Suncrown' label. It clocks in at 94 minutes and 14 seconds. 4 minutes more then all DVD releases worldwide. The VHS is very hard to find but still is it all worth searching?

    If you are a giallo buff you will need this version and also the Donald Pleasance fans should search for it. He has a weird Italian accent. You can easily spot the extra 4 minutes throughout this flick, they have more drops and scratches. It's indeed a pure giallo with the black gloves and scissors but it's low on red stuff. Don't expect to see a Argento styled giallo.

    The story is also rather simple. When Bob Crane (Tom Schanley) hears that his sister is in danger he immediately goes to Milan, Italy to find Jessica (Nicola Perring). Of course nobody believes Bob and detective Danesi (Pleasance) doesn't want to help until other models do disappear. Together they go hunt the maniacal killer as it's Danesi's last case.

    When the killings happen it's all done off-camera except with the brown girl. And that doesn't help the giallo to become a classic. But it's full of gratuitous nudity and Pleasance with his worth voice is worth watching. A late entry in the giallo genre and not that good for the red stuff but the story flows smoothly, somehow you keep watching.

    Gore 0/5 Nudity 2,5/5 Effects 1/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5
    8andrabem-1

    Murder is in fashion

    "Sotto il vestito niente" (Nothing underneath) is what one could call a "standard " giallo. The film tells a straightforward story and is directed to the general audience, as it becomes clear by a more "conventional" soundtrack, but all the same – "Nothing underneath" is still a stylish and inventive film.

    The plot , derivative as it may seem, is also interesting. A model in Milan is about to be killed. Her twin brother in Wyoming, Bob Crane (Tom Schanley) feels that something is about to happen. He tries to warn her. Too late. He flies in a hurry to Milan but his sister is missing. What happened to her? He warns the detective inspector, Comissioner Danesi (Donald Pleasance), that his sister may have been killed. But, as they say, "no body, no crime". Another model is murdered and this is just the beginning. Now Comissioner Danesi and Bob Crane join forces to investigate the murders...

    As I said before, "Nothing underneath" is, like many other gialli, stylishly filmed, with good murder scenes, beautiful actresses etc., in other words, it has all the ingredients that make gialli so attractive. One can feel in "Nothing underneath" the love of Vanzina for the giallo genre, and for Hitchcock too.

    "Nothing underneath" may not be a groundbreaking film, but it's quite an enjoyable one.
    7christopher-underwood

    title turns out to be rather delightfully appropriate

    Not a top notch giallo but colourful and stylish enough and if the kills are not particularly stunning, the build ups are good and there is enough momentum to keep the film moving on. Very much a latter day entry to the genre, Mr Vazina happily includes many of the much loved elements from earlier gems, so much so that a lot of the time I found myself smiling as the good to see cinematic clichés appeared every now and again like money shots. The provocative title turns out to be rather delightfully appropriate, even if, of course, irrelevant to the story. Donald Pleasance just about keeps his end up, Tom Schanley is fine and the girls all lovely. Most enjoyable.
    6BA_Harrison

    The giallo goes commando.

    Yellowstone Park ranger Bob Crane (Tom Schanley) shares a psychic connection with his sister Jessica (Nicola Perring), a top model working in Milan. After he 'sees' Jessica being attacked in a vision, Bob flies to Italy where he discovers that she has mysteriously vanished. Local police commissioner Danesi (Donald Pleasence) is unconvinced by Bob's bizarre story, at least until another model is murdered in the same hotel from which Jessica disappeared.

    'A little bit of make-up, a beautiful dress, and nothing underneath'—so says a fashion photographer about the models he photographs in this glossy but unexceptional giallo from director Carlo Vanzina. Although the lens-man is talking figuratively, he might as well be speaking literally, for the girls in this film seem to have little call for underwear, revealing their hot bods in several sexy scenes (including one particularly gratuitous moment in which a model walks over a street grate to reveal her bare ass to the camera below!).

    If only the violence had been as unrestrained as the nudity...

    Although the hilarious 80s fashion and music, and the regular display of female flesh guarantee a reasonable time, Nothing Underneath is crying out for a few Argento-style moments of bloody excess; however, despite the film's killer brandishing a wickedly sharp pair of scissors, this is a frustratingly 'dry' giallo, a fact that will most likely disappoint the majority of the genre's fans (for whom a few really juicy kills are usually considered a must).

    5.5 out of 10, happily rounded up to 6 for the use of a power drill in the fun finale and the hilarious scene in which Bob spies a woman in the building opposite indulging in a spot of masturbation, but rather than stand there gawping like most blokes would, he pulls the curtains and proceeds to fondle a pair of his dead sister's skimpy knickers!
    8paulredwine

    A pleasant surprise

    After slogging through various 80s Italian films this one comes as a pleasant surprise. My expectations were low going in as I didn't know most of the cast and this was Donald Pleasance's phoning it in for a paycheck Era, but it was enjoyable. The performances are fine, the soundtrack is good, the filmmaking is competent. Does the story get a tad predictable? Sure, but it's fun so I give it a 7.6/10.

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      In an interview with Marc Shapiro in Fangoria magazine on the set of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), Donald Pleasence said about the film: "I rather liked Death Line (a.k.a. Raw Meat). The idea of my playing an eccentric detective who can't solve the mystery of all these bodies in the English subway was a different turn for me, as was a film I made in Italy called Nothing Underneath. I played another detective chasing down a killer who was murdering models. I don't know if it ever reached the U.S. but it's a bit of a cult film in Italy."
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      Featured in Videomannen (2018)
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      One Night in Bangkok
      Written by Benny Andersson (as Andersson), Tim Rice (as Rice) and Björn Ulvaeus (as Ulvaeus)

      Sung by Murray Head

      Courtesy of Jubal, Milan

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    • Release date
      • July 29, 1987 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Nothing Underneath
    • Filming locations
      • Milan, Lombardia, Italy
    • Production company
      • Faso Film
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 33m(93 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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