Escalation

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.

• Roberto FaenzaDirector
• Roberto FaenzaScreenplay
• Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer

• Claudine AugerCarla Maria Mannini
• Lino CapolicchioLuca Lambertinghi
• Gabriele FerzettiAugusto Lambertinghi
• Didi PeregoPrivate investigator
• Leopoldo TriestePriest / Guru
• Paola CorintiAugusto's lover
• Dada GallottiNurse
• Harold NullPolice sergeant
• Jacqueline PerrierValeria Lambertenghi
• Michele RiccardiniDetective
• Antonietta FioritoLambertenghi employee
• Madeline SmithCast