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An insurance investigator tries to determine any irregularities in the policy of a heiress' dead husband, but soon finds himself suspected of her murder.An insurance investigator tries to determine any irregularities in the policy of a heiress' dead husband, but soon finds himself suspected of her murder.An insurance investigator tries to determine any irregularities in the policy of a heiress' dead husband, but soon finds himself suspected of her murder.
Lisa Leonardi
- Hostess
- (as Annalisa Nardi)
Tomás Picó
- George Barnet
- (as Tomas Picot)
Ida Galli
- Lisa Baumer
- (as Evelyn Stewart)
Franco Caracciolo
- Passante in bicicletta
- (uncredited)
Giulio Massimini
- Speaker TV
- (uncredited)
Fulvio Mingozzi
- Kurt Baumer
- (uncredited)
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- Trivia70mm blow-up version released in Spain.
- GoofsLuis Barboo's stunt double's hair is much longer than the military cut flattop he sports.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Cléo Dupont: Oh, John, you're still in town! I was told you flew out of Athens yesterday.
John Stanley: Well, before I went anywhere, I was waiting... for a beautiful day and a beautiful girl.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Through the Keyhole: An Interview with Sergio Martino (2015)
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Thanks Again, No Shame!!!
After dipping his toes in the giallo pool with the masterful film "The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh" (1971), director Sergio Martino followed up that same year with what turns out to be another twisty suspense thriller, "The Case of the Scorpion's Tail." Like his earlier effort, this one stars handsome macho dude George Hilton, who would go on to star in Martino's Satanic/giallo hybrid "All the Colors of the Dark" the following year. "Scorpion's Tail" also features the actors Luigi Pistilli and Anita Strindberg, who would go on to portray an unhappy couple (to put it mildly!) in Martino's "Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key" (1972). (I just love that title!) I suppose Edwige Fenech was busy the month they shot this! Anyway, this film boasts the stylish direction that Martino fans would expect, as well as a twisty plot, some finely done murder set pieces, and beautiful Athenian location shooting. The story this time concerns an insurance investigator (Hilton) and a journalist (Strindberg, here looking like Farrah Fawcett's prettier, smarter sister) who become embroiled in a series of grisly murders following a plane crash and the inheritance of $1 million by a beautiful widow. I really thought I had this picture figured out halfway through, but I was dead wrong. Although the plot does make perfect sense in this giallo, I may have to watch the film again to fully appreciate all its subtleties. Highlights of the picture, for me, were Anita's cat-and-mouse struggle with the killer at the end, a particularly suspenseful house break-in, and a nifty fight atop a tiled roof; lots of good action bursts in this movie! The fine folks at No Shame are to be thanked for still another great-looking DVD, with nice subtitling and interesting extras. Whotta great outfit it's turned out to be, in its ongoing quest to bring these lost Italian gems back from oblivion.
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- ferbs54
- Oct 31, 2007
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- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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By what name was The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971) officially released in India in English?
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