Down Town

1975 [GERMAN]

Comedy / Crime

9
IMDb Rating 4.7/10 10 526 526

blackmail narration deception film noir murder female homosexuality

Director

Jesús Franco Photo
Jesús Franco

Top cast

Jesús Franco Photo
Jesús Franco as Al Pereira
Raymond Hardy Photo
Raymond Hardy as Pepe
Martine Stedil Photo
Martine Stedil as Lola
Roman Huber Photo
Roman Huber as
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797.4 MB
1280*720
German 2.0
NR
24 fps
1 hr 26 min
Seeds 3
1.6 GB
1920*1080
German 5.1
NR
24 fps
1 hr 26 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by unbrokenmetal 6 / 10

They think they can fool him, and they're right

Private eye Pereira agrees to assist a lady in distress. She knows her husband has a new lover, but needs photos to prove it and get divorced. The photos are however discovered later on a corpse, and Pereira is unexpectedly involved in a case of blackmail and murder - as the main suspect.Director Jess Franco plays Pereira himself in "Downtown" and with wonderful irony due to the off-monologue where he describes himself as a smart guy who cannot be fooled - whereas in the movie, it happens to him constantly. The voice in the German soundtrack (this is a Swiss production) belongs to a voice actor who also dubbed Ernie in Sesamy Street. Great fun early 70s sleaze with gratuitous nudity, but a remarkably good script compared to many other works from Franco's hand.
Reviewed by John_Mclaren 5 / 10

Downtown? Downbeat

I am a self-confessed Franco fan, but this little number from his mid period (in my view his most creative) does not rank up there with his best.He wheels out the "Barbed Wire Dolls"/"Women in Prison" team for a less edgy exercise than these WIP outings. Yes, Lina Romay, Monika Swinn and Martine Stedile are all there- and yes they get naked (a lot). However it is all curiously unerotic and the plot and love scenes are all painted by numbers. There is none of the sharp edges of his WIP flicks-and frankly it is less fun for that. Just a lot of hotel bedrooms, interior and close-up gynae shots.Franco himself stars as Al Perreira (a private detective) in this one. He doesn't get naked. At least we are all thankful for that .....
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