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The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire

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wrote, "Stylish director Riccardo Freda gave Italy some of its greatest horror films. This gory but preposterous giallo thriller is not one of them", calling it "one of a great director's most blatant misfires." Louis Paul, author of
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domestically. Curti described this box office performance as "rather poor", noting that other films in the genre from that year such as
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s were released with animal's names in their title. This led Riccardo Freda to follow suit and attempt a film in the genre.
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and Freda, while other credited writers André Tranché and Gunther Ebert were credited solely for co-production reasons.
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was distributed theatrically in Italy by Euro International Films on 24 August 1971. It grossed a total of 169,405,000
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Riccardo Freda was not proud of the film and was unhappy with the cast. He later said that he had initially wanted "
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thriller genre, complete with the hindrance of an unlikable cast of villains and suspects."
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films were not popular among Italian film audiences. Following the release of
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Blood and Black Lace: The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies
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A photonovel version of the film was released in the adults-only magazine
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Popular Italian Cinema: Culture and Politics in a Postwar Society
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The film's opening credits state it is based on the novel
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described the film as a "nasty and vicious entry in the
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Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker
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Riccardo Freda
Sandro Continenza
Robert Dorfmann
Luigi Pistilli
Dagmar Lassander
Silvano Ippoliti
Stelvio Cipriani
Les Films Corona
Variety Distribution

giallo
Riccardo Freda
Luigi Pistilli
Dagmar Lassander
Anton Diffring
Arthur O'Sullivan
Werner Pochath
Dominique Boschero
Valentina Cortese
Dario Argento
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
giallo
Sandro Continenza
Roger Moore
Luigi Pistilli
Ireland
Italian lire
The Cat o' Nine Tails
The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave

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