Eye of the Spider () is a 1971 Italian crime film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Klaus Kinski. Cast Klaus Kinski - Hans Fischer Antonio Sabàto - Paul Valéry / Frank Vogel Van Johnson - Prof. Orson Krüger Romalı Perihan - (as Perihan) Lucretia Love - Gloria Teodoro Corrà Goffredo Unger - (as Fredy Unger) Franco Marletta Claudio Biava Brigitte Brandt W. E. Arnold Style Despite the title and posters imagery which makes the film sound like a giallo, Italian film historian Roberto Curti referred to the film as a "rather typical film noir" Release Eye of the Spider was released on 1 November 1971 in Italy. Due to the growing popularity of and commercial success of the poliziotteschi through the 1970s, the film was re-released as Caso Scorpio: sterminate quelli della calibro 39. The film grossed 133,333,000 Italian lire domestically. See also Klaus Kinski filmography List of crime films of the 1970s List of Italian films of 1971 Notes References External links Eye of the Spider at Variety Distribution 1971 films 1970s Italian-language films 1971 crime films Films directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero Films scored by Carlo Savina Italian crime films 1970s Italian films