Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)

How about that -- a giallo with a political conscience! This starts with a bang-up framing device (our protagonist, though apparently dead, is still conscious and able to think, and he must try and figure out how he got to this state as well as try to demonstrate some sign of life so that he doesn't get cut open and autopsied) and moves on into a fascinating murder-conspiracy tale with ringing allusions to the corruption of government and the rise of fascism (not for nothing the film's set in Prague). Stylishly shot and directed with a whopper of an ending, this is a thriller that delivers. Search this bad boy out.

Grade: A-