Scacco mortale
Paese d'origine: Germany USA
Location del set: Empress Hotel, Tea Lobby, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genere: Mystery Thriller
Lingue: English
Plot: A chess grandmaster is in a big tournament, and when his lover is found painted up and the blood drained out of her body he becomes a chief suspect. After he gets a call from the killer urging him to try and figure out the game, he cooperates with police and a psychologist to try and catch the killer, but doubts linger about the grandmaster's innocence as the string of grisly murders continues.
Colonna sonora: - "Fool That I Am" Composed by Hunt (Intersong USA) Performed by Carol Kenyon Produced by 'Anne Dudley' (qv) - "I Put A Spell On You" Composed by Hawkins / Slotkin (United Artists) Performed by Carol Kenyon Produced by 'Anne Dudley' (qv)
Visti censura internazionale: France:-12 Spain:13 Australia:M UK:18 Germany:16 USA:R
Date di uscita internazionali:
| Australia:27 August 1992 |
| France:22 April 1992 |
| Germany:14 January 1992 |
| Spain:29 May 1992 |
| LAB:Bavaria Kopierwerk GmbH, München, Germany |
| LAB:Gastown Film Labs Ltd., Vancouver, Canada |
| OFM:35 mm |
| PCS:Super 35 |
| RAT:2.35 : 1 |
| PFM:35 mm | (anamorphic) |
| Dolby SR |
| Germany:108 |
| Spain:116 |
distribuzione cinematografica nazionale:
columbia tristar films de españa, s.a.
interstar
produzione cinematografica: lamb bear entertainment republic pictures corporation ink slinger productions cinevox filmproduktion gmbh
produttore cinematografico: lambert christopher collins guy geissler dieter mark gordon (i) defait jean-luc el khoury ziad
regista: schenkel carl
attore: wilbee codie lucas murray josh turner frank c. (i) thompson don (i) leitch megan lambert christopher diakun alex mayne ferdy isobel katherine wilson mark (i) o'byrne kehli baldwin daniel skerritt tom mankuma blu marko monica marsh walter bailey-gates charles brauss arthur carby suzy malkin sam lane diane (i) baldwin elizabeth mcfee dwight bermel pat barclay elizabeth toolan rebecca macdonald aundrea perry freda chester holly norry marilyn yamamoto donna heaton tom hayward rachel sheppard kymberly hayes deryl
direttore della fotografia: lohmann dietrich
scenografia: murray graeme
montaggio: herzner norbert
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: mirman brad
costumi: everton deborah
troupe varia: kay georgina mcdaniel neil keating trish (i) monaghan tish alain carolle gradnitzer louisa hall kevin (ii) mccaffrey annette melchior klaus mills peter (ii) murphy brian c. murphy michael j. (i) nablo sylvia o'neill wendy olsen kim (i) penhall john porohowski mike robinet jerome rowand jack scott john w. sheen colin stadder rick tichenor james vivian kerry warner david s. wiens beverly williams gary a. williams pat (iv) wolfe len woods steve ludlow graham macgregor duncan peakman derek turner chris (iii) crawford shelley dudley anne druxman adam allen michelle (i) anderson grace (i) bauer anna maria bayliss trou birkett paul f. borkent peter boyd heather bridges gary (i) buckman cheryl butterworth jeffrey böhm gunthard böhner-szabautzki david callihoo jake campbell al (ii) chomos barbara ciolfitto marian clare james clothier john coedes pierre-marie conroy melissa craik douglas dennett bob doherty bill (iii) dudley roger engleman michael francis mark (i) geaghan debbie grigo-hofmann ute groseclose dan haddad jean-marc hardon dave harmer kim horkey clarence houser dennis jahn chris jang douglas kenny lori klemm berthold kolt marty kuchera burton 'joe' kunkel heinrich leenhardt francoise leindecker raoul lukas evelyn magnusson victor magura marion
varie ecomond press: doz communications video image ruben sedgwick ltd. take one! casting televictor disc, inc. the hit factory yusef & leader, london credit du nord dennis davidson associates film finances, inc. hugo boss hypo bank, munich interplay productions pro arte orchestra of london clairmont camera bavaria kopierwerk beckett productions, inc. bmw canada, inc. british & commonwealth merchant bank, plc.
produzione cinematografica: lamb bear entertainment republic pictures corporation ink slinger productions cinevox filmproduktion gmbh
produttore cinematografico: lambert christopher collins guy geissler dieter mark gordon (i) defait jean-luc el khoury ziad
regista: schenkel carl
attore: wilbee codie lucas murray josh turner frank c. (i) thompson don (i) leitch megan lambert christopher diakun alex mayne ferdy isobel katherine wilson mark (i) o'byrne kehli baldwin daniel skerritt tom mankuma blu marko monica marsh walter bailey-gates charles brauss arthur carby suzy malkin sam lane diane (i) baldwin elizabeth mcfee dwight bermel pat barclay elizabeth toolan rebecca macdonald aundrea perry freda chester holly norry marilyn yamamoto donna heaton tom hayward rachel sheppard kymberly hayes deryl
direttore della fotografia: lohmann dietrich
scenografia: murray graeme
montaggio: herzner norbert
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: mirman brad
costumi: everton deborah
troupe varia: kay georgina mcdaniel neil keating trish (i) monaghan tish alain carolle gradnitzer louisa hall kevin (ii) mccaffrey annette melchior klaus mills peter (ii) murphy brian c. murphy michael j. (i) nablo sylvia o'neill wendy olsen kim (i) penhall john porohowski mike robinet jerome rowand jack scott john w. sheen colin stadder rick tichenor james vivian kerry warner david s. wiens beverly williams gary a. williams pat (iv) wolfe len woods steve ludlow graham macgregor duncan peakman derek turner chris (iii) crawford shelley dudley anne druxman adam allen michelle (i) anderson grace (i) bauer anna maria bayliss trou birkett paul f. borkent peter boyd heather bridges gary (i) buckman cheryl butterworth jeffrey böhm gunthard böhner-szabautzki david callihoo jake campbell al (ii) chomos barbara ciolfitto marian clare james clothier john coedes pierre-marie conroy melissa craik douglas dennett bob doherty bill (iii) dudley roger engleman michael francis mark (i) geaghan debbie grigo-hofmann ute groseclose dan haddad jean-marc hardon dave harmer kim horkey clarence houser dennis jahn chris jang douglas kenny lori klemm berthold kolt marty kuchera burton 'joe' kunkel heinrich leenhardt francoise leindecker raoul lukas evelyn magnusson victor magura marion
varie ecomond press: doz communications video image ruben sedgwick ltd. take one! casting televictor disc, inc. the hit factory yusef & leader, london credit du nord dennis davidson associates film finances, inc. hugo boss hypo bank, munich interplay productions pro arte orchestra of london clairmont camera bavaria kopierwerk beckett productions, inc. bmw canada, inc. british & commonwealth merchant bank, plc.