La queue du scorpion

Original title: La coda dello scorpione

1971
12
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

3.8K

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When the estranged widow of a millionaire receives a massive payout following his death, an insurance investigator works to determine any irregularities in the policy, but soon finds himself suspected of her murder.

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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.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.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

3.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Hostess
(as Annalisa Nardi)

Tomás Picó

George Barnet
(as Tomas Picot)

Ida Galli

Lisa Baumer
(as Evelyn Stewart)

Luigi Pistilli

Inspector Stavros

Franco Caracciolo

Passante in bicicletta
(uncredited)

Giulio Massimini

Speaker TV
(uncredited)

Fulvio Mingozzi

Kurt Baumer
(uncredited)

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Goofs
The 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.

Quotes
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...

Connections
Featured in Through the Keyhole: An Interview with Sergio Martino (2015)

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Featured review

8/10

Solid giallo

Well made and stylish while still ultimately making sense this thriller would work better for non giallo fans to get interested in the genre than the later Argento entries which go overboard in all directions.

For fans of these crazed Italian thrillers, they will appreciate George Hilton and the turns his character takes and what he's put through. The camera-work is fresh with dashes of graphic violence and odd, but appropriate choices and a good not overblown music score as well. The less you know about the story the better to make it work.

The only thing lacking in keeping this from being a great Sergio Martino directed giallo is that the story doesn't have that extra sexual or psychological, or both element to put it over the top. It's more a routine mystery, the characters are well defined but live or die according to the plot not according to their own virtues and flaws.

The recent DVD (2005) release is beautiful looking and definitely the way to see the film, unless these ever get art house screenings which seems unlikely.