The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh

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The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh
Italian theatrical release poster
Italian	Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh
Directed by	Sergio Martino
Screenplay by	Eduardo Manzanos Brochero Ernesto Gastaldi Vittorio Caronia
Story by	Eduardo Manzanos Brochero
Produced by	Luciano Martino Antonio Crescenzi
Starring	George Hilton Edwige Fenech Conchita Airoldi Manuel Gil Carlo Alighiero Ivan Rassimov Alberto de Mendoza
Cinematography	Emilio Foriscot
Edited by	Eugenio Alabiso
Music by	Nora Orlandi
Production companies	Devon Film Copercines Cooperativa Cinematográfica
Distributed by	Interfilm
Release dates	15 January 1971 (1971-01-15) (Italy) 12 June 1972 (1972-06-12) (Spain)
Running time	100 minutes[1]
Countries	Italy Spain
Languages	Italian English
Box office	ESP 15,193,058 (Spain)

The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (Italian: Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh) is a 1971 giallo mystery film directed by Sergio Martino, and starring Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, Ivan Rassimov, and Alberto de Mendoza. Its plot follows the wife of a diplomat who finds herself being stalked by her former abusive lover in Vienna.

The letter "h" was added to the name "Ward" when an Italian woman named Mrs. Ward threatened legal action over the original title's potentially damaging her good name, just before the film was released. The film was originally released under the title Blade of the Ripper in the United States. It was also released under the alternate titles Next! and The Next Victim.