Death Carries a Cane (1973) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • A naked woman is seen through a window in the beginning of the film during a fight for her life. Her bare breasts are slightly visible.
  • More than one scene of sex, showing nudity involving breasts and buttocks.
  • A woman is photographed naked in her sleep without her consent. The sheet covering her is slowly removed, and her buttock is just visible from a side view.
  • A dancer unzips her top, showing her bare breasts adorned with removable rhinestones arranged in an artistic pattern. She then removes her pants to show netted leggings and an opaque undergarment before finishing her performance.
  • Recurring uses of "sex maniac" throughout the film.
  • A woman undresses in her sleeping quarters. We see her in a point of view shot only showing her legs and feet, only later being seen covered in a blanket. Her breasts are then shown in a struggle when she is attacked.
  • A woman dresses as a prostitute on the street as part of a police sting. A man pulls up in his car and gropes her bosom to try and solicit her.
  • A woman poses fully naked for a portrait drawn on the floor. Her buttocks and breasts are visible before she dresses herself.
  • A life sized rag doll is shown with a model of male genitalia placed accordingly on the pelvis region.

Violence & Gore

  • A woman is seen through a window from a coin slot telescope, naked and being stabbed to death while fighting for her life.
  • A man stabs and slashes a large rag doll repeatedly, no graphics.
  • A man is pulled through a window with a cane, then his throat is slashed with a cutthroat razor. Minimal blood, but a closeup on the slash, which is clearly done with props. The man's corpse is later seen.
  • A woman brandishes a switchblade for self-defense. She later trips and that switchblade is stepped on to take it from her, before her throat is cut with a straight razor. We see a close-up of the weapon with blood on her throat and the wall behind her when her corpse is shown.
  • A woman is smothered with a pillow. This is after the killer spied on her and considered a straight razor, but opted to abandoned that choice of weapon and leave it next to her. She was woken up and screamed from being startled before being murdered. The killer then barely mutilated her body after she died and removed her bedsheet. Minimal blood.
  • A woman driving is grabbed by her throat with a cane from the backseat, causing her car room swerve off the road without crashing. Her throat is slashed with a straight razor, with minimal effects of blood on her neck and the windshield.
  • A woman is chased I'm between attacks on her involving attempting to strangle her with a cane, then nearly killing her with a straight razor.

Profanity

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Brief smoking

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Jump scares and violence may be distressing for viewers.
  • Details of homicidal mania described may be overwhelming or even offensive.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • The killer is shot dead by a police inspector to stop his attack on the leading female character.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The climactic chase scene may distress viewers.

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