Taste of Excitement

Taste of Excitement is a 1970 British mystery film directed by Don Sharp and starring Eva Renzi, David Buck, and Peter Vaughan.[1][2]

Taste of Excitement
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Directed byDon Sharp
Produced byGeorge Willoughby
Written byDon Sharp
Brian Carton
Based onnovel "Waiting for a Tiger" by Ben Healey
StarringEva Renzi
David Buck
Peter Vaughan
Music byKeith Mansfield
Production
company
Trio Films
Group W Films
Distributed byLondon Independent Producers
Release date
1970
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Its U.S. title was Why Would Anyone Want to Kill a Nice Girl Like You?

Premise

A series of attempts are made on the life of a young woman.

Cast

Production

It was based on a 1965 novel by Brian Healey called Waiting for a Tiger. The New York Times said "the action is incessant and well varied."[3] It was the first in a series of novels by Healey about Paul Hedley.

The film was a co production between Group W and Trio Films, for whom Don Sharp had previously made The Violent Enemy.

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin called it "a standard mystery adventure."[4]

References

  1. "Taste of Excitement". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
  2. Vagg, Stephen (27 July 2019). "Unsung Aussie Filmmakers: Don Sharp – A Top 25". Filmink.
  3. Criminals at Large By ANTHONY BOUCHER. New York Times 5 Sep 1965: BR21.
  4. TASTE OF EXCITEMENT Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 37, Iss. 432, (Jan 1, 1970): 17.
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