The Fifth Cord

The Fifth Cord (Italian: Giornata nera per l'ariete, lit. 'Black Day for Aries', also released as Evil Fingers) is a 1971 Italian giallo film directed and co-written by Luigi Bazzoni, and starring Franco Nero, Silvia Monti, Pamela Tiffin, Wolfgang Preiss, Ira von Fürstenberg, Edmund Purdom and Rossella Falk. It is based on a 1965 novel by Scottish author D.M. Devine. The film's Italian title reprises Dario Argento's practice of using animals in the titles of his gialli. It was released in Italy by Jumbo Cinematografica on August 17, 1971.