 Another famous still from the scene where the victims are forced to pose as dogs, prominently showed Franco naked, on all fours, only wearing a dog collar - a fact that didn't enhance his career (see below).Franco Merli obviously had at least one uncomfortable moment during the shooting of "Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma", as Ezio Manni – who played the guard who falls in love with the black servant girl (Ines Pellegrini) – remembers.Perhaps surprisingly it wasn't about nudity or the degrading things he and the other actors playing the victims had to undergo in front of the camera but occurred during the scene where Merli is chosen as having the most beautiful rear.