70s Movie - man gets electric drill in back of skull on massage table

[darius]

This is a movie I saw in a theater in the mid/late 1970s.
A big bald headed man is lying face down on a massage table.  The masseuse is using one of those old fashioned hand-held electric massage machines.
The masseuse picks up a big drill (this thing had a 1/2" dia drill bit or bigger) and turns it on.  The bald headed guy doesn't notice the drill sound over the sound of the electric massager.
The masseuse sinks the drill into the back of the bald guy's head.
Please help me identify this film.  It had a similar atmosphere to a D Argento film.

[Mr_Vindictive]

Its been YEARS since I've seen it, but could it be Driller Killer?

[darius]

Thank you Mr. Vindictive, that could possibly be the right film but I have never seen a good trailer or read a good description.  I remember the trailer from the time period (the one they showed in theaters) - the murder of the guy on the massage table was prominently displayed in the trailer.

[Rayo Casablanca]

Could be an Italian crime flick or a giallo. Maybe SEVEN BLOOD-STAINED ORCHIDS (72). A lot of them featured drills to the head...

[Rayo Casablanca]

Actually, I got it. It is an Italian crime flick called MEAN FRANK AND CRAZY TONY (1973). It stars Lee Van Cleef and was released in the US under a slew of titles like POWER KILL, THE GUN, etc. The opening sequence -- sometimes cut from prints -- has him drill a guy in the back of the head as you described.

See: http://www.lovelockandload.net/forum/index.php?topic=1951.0 and scroll down for a screen cap of the scene.

[darius]

Italian crime flick called MEAN FRANK AND CRAZY TONY (1973)

Wow RC thanks very much for identifying that for me.  That is exactly the film title that I now recall way back in the mid 1970s when I saw it in the theater.  Thanks a lot for your help on that.  This thread can be moved to Solved.