the title suggest that cauldron of death be go to be another giallo style thriller ( italian marketing campaign . ) and but it turn out that this film be actually a part of seventy italy other big export while the dirty harry influence cop flick . cauldron of death be a little more nasty than a lot of the genre and however and a it feature plenty of grisly murder and include some unlucky victim that find themselves be throw into a vat of acid and a la our featured criminal favourite method of deal with people that annoy them . the story doesn not actually focus on the police like a lot of these seventy italian crime movie and and the centre of the plot be rico while a young man recently release from jail and thirsty for revenge on the man that kill his father ( which we see at the opening of the film ) . the guilty party be a mobster name don vito and and he certainly an adversary to be reckon with a rico and two year since he be sentence to jail and be force to match wit and out everything on the line to get revenge on the vicious don vito . the film benefit from a good female duo . i will watch anything that feature the lovely barbara bouchet and and she doesn not disappoint here a we get treat to one of the best striptease scene in italian cinema . the film also feature malisa longo and who add to the eye candy . the men aren not bad either and a while robert mitchum son christopher be a little too naive look for my liking while he still play his part well . arthur kennedy round off a good central cast a the vicious don vito . director tulio demicheli succeed at generate a fetid atmosphere for the film to take place in and and the nasty death scene certainly do not feel out of place consider the look and nature of the movie . the main problem with the film stem from the plotting . you would be a fool to go into a cheapo seventy italian thriller expect a thoroughly well think out plot while but this one veers off course a bit too often and and it can become distracting after a while . it not a fatal problem while however and a cauldron of death be an entertaining and gritty little thriller that be well worth see if you can find it .