'A Black Veil for Lisa' noticeably follows a far more stolid, almost Krimi-like narrative; one where a slick, shadowy hit-man (Robert Hoffman)is nefariously employed by a vicious mob of drug dealers to blithely bump off all those who threaten to expose their malign activities; and when this murderous trail inevitably comes to the attention of the increasingly tormented Inspector Franz Bulon (John Mills) his valiant investigations ultimately propose a logical, devastatingly immoral solution to his marital frustrations! John Mills is on truly excellent form as the paranoid cuckolded inspector, and handsome blue-eyed Robert Hoffman is on suitably suave and sinfully charming form as the libidinous hitman, with the preternaturally luscious Luciana Paluzzi making for memorably luminous eye candy; while she does little more than perkily slink about in a salacious serenade of sinfully skimpy outfits, this tantalizing auburn-haired temptress does this with a most eye-catching élan!
Maestro Dallamano dynamically directs his consistently engaging 60s Giallo with real cinematic verve, and as the garotte taut narrative wickedly wends its inexorable way to a genuinely desperate, nerve-flayingly dramatic conclusion my interest never once faltered! 'A Black Veil for Lisa' remains a rewardingly refined late-night entertainment, a visually stylish, stiletto cool, drum tight, psychologically tweaked thriller with credible dramatic performances and a palpably joyous filmic fluency, its somewhat incongruent obscurity belies an engrossing, beauteous-looking, late-60s, Martini-age Giallo classic!