Movie

Black Journal

Released: November 24, 1977 (1977)

Runtime: 112 minutes

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Horror, Comedy

A mother so insanely overprotective of her grown son decides to make a deal with death by offering alternate victims plucked from among her fellow tenants in a 1938 Italian apartment building.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Shelley Winters as Lea
Age at release: 57
Mario Scaccia as Rosario
Age at release: 57
Max von Sydow as Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal
Age at release: 48
Alberto Lionello as Berta Maner / Banker
Age at release: 47
Adriana Asti as Palma
Age at release: 46
Milena Vukotić as Tina
Age at release: 39
Renato Pozzetto as Stella Kraus / Carabiniere
Age at release: 37
Laura Antonelli as Sandra
Age at release: 35
Rita Tushingham as Maria
Age at release: 35
Franco Branciaroli as Priest Don Onorio
Age at release: 29

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Regina Bianchi as Lea (voice)
Age at release: 56
Franco Balducci
Age at release: 55
Giancarlo Badessi as Lisa's Friend
Age at release: 49
Maria Monti as Second Neighbor
Age at release: 42
Liù Bosisio as Crippled Neighbor
Age at release: 41
Catharina Dahlin as Woman at Party (uncredited)
Age at release: 33
Antonio Marsina as Michele
Age at release: 31
Gérard Caillaud as Man in Police Station (uncredited)
Age at release: 31
Alberto Squillante as Carabiniere
Age at release: Unknown
Giovanni Morosi as Man in Church (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown