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The Lonely Violent Beach

1971 film by Ernesto Gastaldi

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ121664076 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Lonely Violent Beach (Italian: La lunga spiaggia fredda) is a 1971 crime thriller film directed by Ernesto Gastaldi and starring Robert Hoffmann, Mara Maryl and Riccardo Salvino.

Plot

A couple in a troubled marriage drives to a house by the sea, however the couple soon attracts the attention of a nearby motorcycle gang who proceeds to target them.

Cast

Robert Hoffmann: Fred

Mara Maryl: Jane

Riccardo Salvino: Jonathan

Joshua Sinclair: Thomas

Walter Maestosi: Harry

Fabian Cevallos: Speed

Production

The film was shot in 25 days.

Reception

The German site ItaloCinema gave the film 8 stars out of 10.

The film is noted for its problematic ending.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “The Lonely Violent Beach” as 1971 film by Ernesto Gastaldi. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lonely, Violent and Beach.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1971—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1971-05-06, 1974-11-28—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Lonely, Violent and Beach providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “The Lonely Violent Beach”, the useful work is to connect “1971 film by Ernesto Gastaldi” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q121664076. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1971.

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This entry incorporates text from “The Lonely Violent Beach” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.