The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

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Police Inspector Morosini tells writer Sam Dalmas, "... there is a dangerous maniac at large in this city... this man is, as far as his appearance goes, quite sane..." 
”... Let’s suppose that you are insane...” 
Sam: ”You’re out of your mind...” (0:13)

Sam tells a woman, "... don’t worry..." (0:15)

Book: "DYLAN THOMAS" (0:17)

Morosini: "Bring in the perverts." 
Morosini tells Sam, ”... We can’t rule out the possibility that he is a pervert.” 
Detective: ”Sandro Larrani... exhibitionist...” 
Morosini, referring to a man dressed as a woman: ”... Ursula Andress belongs with the transvestites, not the perverts...” (0:18)

Gallery owner Alberto Ranieri tells Sam, referring to the victim, Monica Ranieri, "... She’s in bed under sedation at the moment..." (0:22)

His model girlfriend Julia tells Sam, "Looks a bit perverted to me." (0:28)

Sam: "... This damn thing is turning into an obsession." (0:32)

Julia tells Morosini, referring to Sam, "... you’re appealing to his humane instincts." (0:35)

Morosini tells Sam, "Now it’s my turn to make a fool of myself..." (0:37)

Monica tells Sam, "... if you hadn’t been there, that madman would have killed me..." (0:39)

Pimp Garullo tells Sam, "... If I don’t I stutter." 
Garullo status. (0:39)

Theater marquee: "La donna scarlatta" (0:46)

Speaker: "... There’s the problem of... indemnity for permanent disability..." (0:47)

Morosini tells Sam and Julia, referring to their bodyguard, "He died without regaining consciousness. Fractured spine and skull..." (0:47)

Garullo stutters. 
Sam: ”Don’t worry.” (0:51)

By telephone, someone tells Sam, "Get smart, Mr. Dalmas..." 
”... There is a limit to my patience.” (0:54)

Sam picks up a syringe. (0:58)

A police technician plays a recording: "Be smart, Mr. Dalmas..." (0:59)

Sam plays his recording: "... There is a limit to my patience..." 
”... There’s a limit to my patience...” (1:02)

Sam tells Julia, "... There’s no need to worry..." 
Julia: ”... I’m a fool.” (1:05)

The driver tells Sam, referring to artist Berto Consalvi"... The man’s crazy..." (1:05)

Consalvi tells Sam, "... A maniac got hold of a girl I knew... They put him in an asylum for life..." (1:08)

By telephone, Sam tells Julia, "Oh don’t worry..." (1:11)

Professor Carlo Dover tells Julia and Sam, "... Peeping Tom, eh?..." (1:18)

A produce seller tells a boy, "His head busted open like a watermelon." (1:23)

Morosini strikes Monica on the head. (1:32)

Television reporter: "... the final curtain has fallen on this tragic affair, which has kept the whole city in a state of shock. Monica Ranieri, hopelessly insane, is in custody at the psychiatric hospital..." 
Morosini: ”... Professor Renoldi, the well known psychiatrist...” 
Renoldi: ”... Monica Renieri, who had already evident paranoid tendencies... suffered a severe trauma. Nevertheless, she recovered sufficiently... Her mental disturbance remained dormant for ten years... Her latent madness came to life...she did not identify herself with the victim... In order to explain the behavior of her husband... suffered from an induced psychosis... influenced by his paranoid wife... becoming homicidally psychotic himself.” (1:33)