Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

brilliant actors, brilliant editing

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

****SPOILERS**** Former Hollywood sex symbol and now pushing 40 Carroll Baker in a duel role of twins Julie and Mary Harrison gets involved in a stolen one million dollar diamond that leads to the murders, in the last 15 minutes of the film, of almost the entire cast. Working for "India Airline" Julie Harrison is mistaken for her twin sister Mary by the crooks that were involved with her in stealing the hot rock and is on the run for her life for almost the entire length of the movie.There's lawyer friend Dave Barton, Stephen Boyd,who while talking things over with him Julie is introduced to race-car driver Tony Shane, George Hilton, and tells the two that someones been following her. That all proves to be true when she's a victim of an attempted kidnapping as soon as she leaves his office! As we soon find out it's Julie's twin sister Mary who's the one that's been targeted by the those stalking her but confuse her for Julie which confuses those of us watching to who is who, with Baker playing both parts, in the movie! ***SPOILERS*** With a number of crazy plot twist to even more confuse us the final ends up in this deserted windmill, the movie was filmed on location in Holland, where we finally get to find or figure out-Like Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump would say- just "What the hell is going on here" in the movie! That with the person behind all this confusion coming or staggering out into the open, after being shot and left for dead, and trying to finish off a terrified as well as totally confused, in trying to figure out what the hell is going on in here, Mary or is it Julie Harrison. It's Mary-I think-in attempting to escape her pursuer who ends up killing him when she mistakenly puts the tractor she's using to escape into reverse that ends up flattens him into a human pancake. ***MAJOR SPOILER*** There's still more to this very bizarre film with Jullie and Barton while on a flight out of the country end up with the hot rock that was hidden all this time in a pack of cigarettes that she was carrying on her!

If you are expecting a good giallo from the title (Il diavolo a sette facce), especially with George Hilton (The Case of the Scorpion's Tail), and Umberto Lenzi's favorite, Carroll Baker (So Sweet... So Perverse, Silent Horror, Paranoia, A Quiet Place to Kill), you will be disappointed.There is no blood and gore as most of the killing take place with a gun. It is a straight-up crime thriller.It also stars Golden Globe winner Stephen Boyd (Ben-Hur).Lots chasing around and some torture as everyone is trying to find a million dollar diamond. Some real excitement towards the end in a windmill. Not a lot of thrillers use windmills. There is Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, as well as The Black Windmill. which also involves diamonds.Enjoyable action flick.

As has been stated by others, this does not have quite the style or blood of your average giallo but does have other of the elements appreciated by fans of the genre. Carol Baker, for one, and George Hilton, a nice jingly score and probably the most pairs of hot-pants seen in one film. Not much of a plot line and yet it is still made to seem complicated and the main police guy seems to think he is in a comedy film, talking nonsense and prancing about with a magnifying glass. However, it's all done with that gialloesque, fun spirit, with lots of planes and airport scenes, car chases and lots of female (Carol Baker) screaming. Nothing special, but pleasant enough.

Despite the title, which suggests that this will be a horror film, The Devil with Seven Faces is actually a straight crime thriller. The film features several of the Giallo trademarks; but gory murder isn't one of them, and instead the plot focuses on a missing diamond worth one million pounds. The style of the film is very much Italian, with all the characters being of the slick and cool variety and the plot taking a backseat to some odd decisions and unlikely happenings. It's safe to say that this isn't the usual Giallo and some fans may be disappointed; but in its own right, The Devil with Seven Faces is a fun little thriller with lots to enjoy. The plot focuses on Julie Harrison, a woman who finds herself being chased by criminals after it emerges that her twin sister Mary stole an expensive diamond and then double crossed her partner. She meets Tony; a suave racing car driver who saves her from the criminals and gives her a place to hide. But the plot thickens when a diamond dealer turns up and mistakes Julie for her sister...The film features two of the major Giallo stars; George Hilton and Umberto Lenzi's favourite leading lady, Carroll Baker - who are reunited after 1968's The Sweet Body of Deborah. I'm not Carroll Baker's biggest fan, but she has a lot of experience playing the terrified woman and she does well with the central role. George Hilton also plays to his strengths as the charming, but strangely sinister leading man and the pair have a good on-screen chemistry. The plot flows well throughout and there's usually enough going on to ensure that the film never becomes boring. Director Osvaldo Civirani populates the film with enough car chases and shootouts to make sure that it remains entertaining even when the plot isn't doing much. It soon becomes obvious where it's going, but the ending is well handled and the twist is logical even if it isn't exactly difficult to guess. Overall, the fact that this film doesn't follow the Giallo formula may make it disappointing for people expecting a gory, murder-fuelled thrill ride - but in it's own right, this is a decent film and I recommend it.