Nora flies from America to Rome. She happens to get attacked and knocked out and then on regaining consciousness, witness a murder. There are other murders after this and they seem to follow a pattern- the surnames of the victims are alphabetical.

The Girl Who Knew Too Much was re-cut and released as The Evil Eye in America where it played with the film, Black Sabbath. The film also has the distinction of being named as the first Giallo film ever made.

The first thing that struck me about the film was how beautiful it was and how it’s aged extremely well. I read an early review that said that Bava was a better photographer than director and I disagree entirely. I love the direction, and the photograpy is just as good. The locations are gorgeously captured.

Leticia Roman is fantastic as Nora and the film also provides the ever-great John Saxon with an early leading role.

The plot is convoluted especially as everything is tied with a bow at the end, but hey, it’s a film not real life and it’s a great hour and a half of escapism.

3.5 out of 5 stars