- Country: Italy
- Genres: Thriller
- Release: 1969-12-04
- Director: Piero Schivazappa
- Writers: Piero Schivazappa
- Language: Italian
- Stars: Philippe Leroy (I) , Dagmar Lassander , Lorenza Guerrieri , Varo Soleri , Maria Cumani Quasimodo , Mirella Pamphili , Manlio Dalla Pria , Salvatore Furnari , John Karlsen , Gennarino Pappagalli
- Runtime: 108 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: The Laughing Woman (United Kingdom) , Os Profissionais do Sadismo (Brazil) , Femina ridens (Japan) , Jeu d'amour, jeu de mort (France, French Republic) , Femina ridens (Poland) , Kadın Dediğin (Turkey) , Femina ridens (Korea) , Самка , Femina Ridens (Egypt) , Fright Woman (United States of America) , The Frightened Woman (Canada) , Femina ridens , Femina ridens (Italy) , The Frightened Woman (Philippines) , Le duo de la mort (France, French Republic) , The Frightened Woman (United States of America) , Femina ridens (Sweden) , The Laughing Woman (United States of America) , Femina ridens (Netherlands the)
- Plot:
Beautiful PR woman Maria finds herself trapped in the home of the sinister and troubled Dr Sayer, where she is subjected to a series of increasingly bizarre, terrifying and degradating sex games. Sayer admits that he has murdered several women after the same ordeal, always killing them at the point of orgasm. But all is not what it seems, and this is revealed to be the fantasy of a troubled man. Sayer finds salvation in Maria and falls for her, only for her to turn the tables on him and ultimately reveal that she too is not what she seems.
- IMDB:tt0124621
The Laughing Woman Cast · · · ALL
Piero Schivazappa
Director
Dagmar Lassander
Maria
Philippe Leroy
(I)
Dr. Sayer
Lorenza Guerrieri
Gida
Varo Soleri
Administrator
Maria Cumani Quasimodo
Sayer's Secretary
Mirella Pamphili
Streetwalker
Manlio Dalla Pria
Politician (uncredited)
Salvatore Furnari
Dwarf (uncredited)
John Karlsen
Manservant (uncredited)
Gennarino Pappagalli
Passerby (uncredited)
Osvaldo Peccioli
Politician (uncredited)
Filippo Perego
Politician (uncredited)