He couldn't have made a better choice.īava's masterful use of color is on full display in Danger: Diabolik and the supervillain's elaborate lair inside a mountain is a visual wonder. So, he fired Holt, commissioned a new screenplay, and hired Mario Bava as director. However, De Laurentiis did not like Holt's completed film, which starred French actor Jean Sorel as Diabolik and Gilbert Roland as the villain (he replaced an ailing George Raft). His first choice for director was Seth Holt, who made two fine suspense films for Hammer: Taste of Fear (1961) and The Nanny (1965). Producer Dino De Laurentiis had to overcome numerous challenges to bring Diabolik to the screen. Valmont focuses on Diabolik's only weakness: His love for Eva Kant. He applies pressure on underworld kingpin Ralph Valmont (Adolfo Celi) to broker an agreement in which the gangster will deliver Diabolik to the police. After Diabolik snatches an invaluable emerald necklace right out from under police protection, Inspector Ginko takes desperate measures. It opens with his ingenious theft of $10 million, which he accomplishes by using a fog machine and stealing the car containing the money on a dockyard pier. All those elements are on display in Mario Bava's movie version, which stars John Phillip Law as Diabolik.
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