अपनी भाषा में प्लॉट जोड़ेंAn investigator seeks to determine the legitimacy of a life insurance payout being made to a heiress in the wake of her husband's death, but he soon finds himself suspected of her murder.An investigator seeks to determine the legitimacy of a life insurance payout being made to a heiress in the wake of her husband's death, but he soon finds himself suspected of her murder.An investigator seeks to determine the legitimacy of a life insurance payout being made to a heiress in the wake of her husband's death, but he soon finds himself suspected of her murder.
- Hostess
- (as Annalisa Nardi)
- George Barnet
- (as Tomas Picot)
- Lisa Baumer
- (as Evelyn Stewart)
- Passante in bicicletta
- (बिना क्रेडिट के)
- Speaker on TV
- (बिना क्रेडिट के)
- Kurt Baumer
- (बिना क्रेडिट के)
- Mr. Brenton's Secretary
- (बिना क्रेडिट के)
फ़ीचर्ड समीक्षाएं
This was a solid if somewhat flawed giallo. As with most entries here, this one manages to get a lot to like by weaving together a generally fun and engaging central mystery. The emergence of the monumental life-insurance police and the resulting greed by the various sundry characters wanting to get their hands on it plays a prominent role here in tying together the disparate plotlines as it switches focus. Upon realizing what's happening with the numerous deaths around them and how the clues come together, there's a great storyline here featuring the hunt for the missing money and how everyone fits together in the end. As well, the central murder scenes are impressive and just an overall blast. The initial ambush in the theater and chase through the building is quite thrilling, as is the later chase inside the victims' house while the raging thunderstorm blares outside offering fun, thrilling scenes that have plenty to like while building a fine setup for later. Featuring several fun brawls featuring the killer confronting and attacking various victims in both lethal and non-lethal confrontations have some excitement to them, and with a fun finale revealing some surprise revelations, great chasing and a fun detail to the investigation there's plenty to like with this one. There are some issues to be had with this one. One of the main flaws is how the pacing is quite disjointing, as obvious cut scenes are left in to boost up the running time. The exploits of the hotel managers calling around to find out what's happening, scenes of the investigators running around the city in an attempt to understand clues or general travelogue scenes of the city are completely unnecessary to move this along and could've been taken out without any change to the film. Contrasted with the shorter, straightforward stalking scenes this leaves an indelible and obvious mark against the film. The other problem to this one is a wholly jarring and somewhat scattershot storyline which plays out here. The initial part plays out nicely with the apparent death and struggle to reclaim the policy which is a fine storyline with the potential for quite a few scummy players, but then it shifts to the investigator and then the reporter which is somewhat chaotic. This has no real logical throughput for the rapid shift of characters being thrust into the spotlight since these two just seem dropped into the story halfway through the film with little build-up and seems to be quite confusing as to why they're both involved. It's not a big issue but does lower it somewhat.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Nudity and Language.
This film serves to take you on a violent, shocking, thrill ride.
The build to each climax is short, simple and damn effective. As is the set-up for the plot. A woman is granted one million dollars, others want that hefty sum and will do anything to get their sweaty hands on it (and probably a half-naked woman in the process).
Shown through cinematography creative as anything, lots of gratuitous unappealing sexytime and unexpected conveniences is the violent, shocking, thrill ride exactly as intended.
Lisa has to go to Athens to collect the money, but runs into one of her husband's ex-lovers, Lara Florakis (Janine Reynaud, Succubus) and a knife wielding maniac. Peter Lynch (George Hilton from All the Colors of the Dark) saves her and takes her to the hotel. She asks for all of the money in cash, despite warnings to how dangerous that is.
That same maniac tries to kill Peter, then comes back to kill Lisa, sharp jazz wails staccato punctuating each stab of the knife, each rip across her body. Jump cuts and flashes and the room is covered by the police, who question him.
An INTERPOL agent, Inspector Stavros (Luigi Pistilli, The Good, the Bad and The Ugly, Your Vice is a Locked Door and Only I Have the Key), offers to help Peter with the case and the moment he goes to talk to Lara, he's attacked by the gloved man.
That brings in Cléo Dupont(Anita Strindberg, Who Saw Her Die?), a journalist who pretty much instantly falls in love with our hero. They go up to his room, but it's been turned over by the police, with even the bed sliced open looking for the million dollars that went missing when Lisa was killed.
Turns out the gloved man wasn't on Lara's side — he or she slits her throat, then runs up a spiral staircase as a guard gives chase. This reveals a room full of one eyed baby dolls and a strange oil painting. Between the woman's face against the glass with blood spraying everywhere and these reveals, this film is really tipping its hat toward Argento.
The bodyguard chases after the killer, but is knocked off the roof. One slash across the fingers and we have another dead body. It's 45 minutes in and most of the IMDb cast is already dead!
That said — there's a stewardess that gets the gift of scorpion earrings from an unseen lover. So there's that.
Meanwhile, Peter and Cléo make love on an orange shag couch while a peeping tom watches from the window. You know how Bruce Banner always has on purple slacks and you wonder, "Who wears purple slacks?" Peter does.
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Sergio Martino's The Case of the Scorpion's Tail might not be the most innovative of giallos, but it does meet many fans' expectations of the genre, making it a very enjoyable way to waste some time.
An animal in the title: the insect of the title refers to the Scorpion-shaped cuff-link discovered at the scene of an attempted murder.
A convoluted plot: this one's got twists and turns aplenty, making it a thoroughly engrossing mystery from start to finish A character struggling to recall a vital clue: Peter Linch is convinced that he knows something that will help to solve the case.
Red herrings: there are lots of these, but to tell you about them would be to spoil the film.
Exotic locations: the film opens in London, but the action soon moves to sun-kissed Athens.
Stylish cinematography and lighting: Martino employs some crazy camera angles to help spice up proceedings, and lights certain scenes with vivid colour.
Sexy women in peril: there are several Euro-babes in this giallo, a couple of whom meet very nasty fates. Anita Strindberg as French photojournalist Cléo Dupont, Peter's love interest, provides the obligatory T&A, happily showing off her '70s silicone implants.
Creepy dolls/freaky paintings: it has absolutely nothing at all to do with the story, but there is a scene featuring several dolls with missing eyes and limbs, and a portrait of a man with bug-eyes.
Gruesome murders: Martino ensures that gore-hounds are kept happy with two bloody throat slashings, a nasty knife in the abdomen, an even nastier broken bottle in the eye, and a victim having the back of their hands slashed with a switchblade before falling from a height to their death.
A leather-gloved killer: goes without saying.
Blatant product placement: fancy a glass of J&B Scotch? You might do after watching this film.
Cops who figure out the truth in the nick of time: the law waits till the very last moment before arriving on the scene to save the heroine.
In fact, all that's missing is a haunting lullaby/nursery rhyme.
7.5/10, happily rounded up to 8 for IMDb.
क्या आपको पता है
- गूफ़The jeweler speaks of filigree work in conjunction with the scorpion cuff link. Filigree is a delicate tracery of metals, none of which is evident in the object's design.
- भाव
John Stanley: In my opinion, the murderer's a sex maniac.
Inspector Stavros: A sex maniac who murders men and women and steals a million dollars?
John Stanley: Well, even a sex maniac must pay his laundry bill.
Inspector Stavros: Hmm...
- कनेक्शनFeatured in Through the Keyhole: An Interview with Sergio Martino (2015)
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- रिलीज़ की तारीख़
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- भाषाएं
- इस रूप में भी जाना जाता है
- The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
- फ़िल्माने की जगहें
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- चलने की अवधि1 घंटा 35 मिनट
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- पक्ष अनुपात
- 2.35 : 1