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The Silk Worm

  • Mystery
  • Thriller

March 1, 1974 (IT)

1h 30m

Smeralda Amadier, a retired singer, lives in an isolated villa with her secretary Marcella and her lover Didier (but throws out the latter after catching him with another woman). Smeralda has huge debts and when creditors threaten her with bankruptcy she decides to sell her valu...

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