

Escalation
They tried to turn him into a sexual square!
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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.
Cast

Claudine Auger
Carla Maria Mannini

Lino Capolicchio
Luca Lambertinghi

Gabriele Ferzetti
Augusto Lambertinghi

Didi Perego
Private investigator

Leopoldo Trieste
Priest / Guru
- P
Paola Corinti
Augusto's lover
- D
Dada Gallotti
Nurse
- H
Harold Null
Police sergeant

Jacqueline Perrier
Valeria Lambertenghi
- M
Michele Riccardini
Detective
- A
Antonietta Fiorito
Lambertenghi employee

Madeline Smith
Girl on Bicycle (uncredited)
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