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{{Infobox film
| name = Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
| image = Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Salvatore Samperi]]
| writer =  Salvatore Samperi<br> [[Dacia Maraini]]
| starring =  
| music = [[Ennio Morricone]]
| cinematography = [[Franco Di Giacomo]]
| editing =  [[Franco Arcalli]]
| producer =
| distributor = 
| released = {{Film date|1970}}
| country = Italy
| language =  Italian
| runtime = 92 minutes
| budget =
}}
'''''Uccidete il vitello grasso e arrostitelo''''' (internationally released as '''''Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It''''') is a 1970 [[Italy|Italian]] [[giallo]] film directed by [[Salvatore Samperi]].<ref name=Mereghetti>{{cite book|last=Paolo Mereghetti|title=Il Mereghetti|publisher=B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010|isbn=88-6073-626-9}}</ref><ref name="70d">{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|publisher=Gremese, 1991|isbn=8876059695}}</ref>

==Plot==
A young man returns home from his father's funeral, after which he begins to think his brother Cesare and his sister Verde are both plotting to murder him.

== Cast ==
*[[Marilù Tolo]]: Verde
*[[Jean Sorel]]: Cesare Merlo  
*[[Gigi Ballista]]: Il medico
*[[Maurizio Degli Esposti]]: Enrico Merlo
*[[Pier Paolo Capponi]]: Detective

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0066497}}

[[Category:1970 films]]
[[Category:Giallo films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Salvatore Samperi]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ennio Morricone]]
[[Category:1970 crime thriller films]]
[[Category:1970 Italian films]]


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