The original title of this film, Quelli che contano, roughly translates to "Those That Matter," but it was far too subtle for the U.S. distributor. When Joseph Brenner released the film stateside, it became the easier to sell Cry Of A Prostitute, with a lurid roughie style ad campaign focused on the battered and bloody visage of supporting player Barbara Bouchet.
The base plot structure is very similar to A Fistful Of Dollars (1964).
Though JB scotch is by far the drink of choice for characters in 70's Italian cinema, here Margie chooses the distant second, Beefeater's gin, and she throws and smashes the bottle after just a single swig.
Italian censorship visa # 63653 delivered on 12 December 1973.