Escalation ( 1968 )

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.

Top Cast

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