Cat O' Nine Tails (DVD, 2004)

This may not be Dario Argento's best work, but it is still an interesting story and has some fine performances by Karl Malden and James Franciscus.

Some old TV watchers may remember Franciscus as Longstreet, a blind detective, that was out at the same time this film was released. In this film, it is Malden who plays the ex-reporter who is blind and engages Franciscus into exploring a couple of deaths that seem too coincidental.

The film has a good car chase and a thrilling battle on a rooftop, as well as some grisly murders in the giallo tradition. It is missing the usual Argento trademarks like the use of color, but the score by Ennio Morricone more than makes up for it.