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Actors: George Hilton, Anita Strindberg, Alberto de Mendoza, Ida Galli, Janine Reynaud, Luigi Pistilli
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Case of the Scorpion's Tail |
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THE CASE OF THE SCORPION'S TAIL (La Coda dello scorpione), a giallo, was directed by Sergio Martino in 1971.
Lisa Baumer learns that her husband Kurt, who has just died in a plane crash, had signed a $1 million life insurance in her favor. Lisa goes to Athens, Greece to cash the insurance but is killed in her hotel room by someone who steals the money. Inspector Stavros, a Greek policeman, John Stanley, an Interpol cop, and Peter Lynch, a private investigator working for the insurance company, try to find out what has happened.
They soon understand that Lisa and Kurt Baumer had organized an insurance fraud and that Kurt could very well be still alive somewhere. The next day, Lara Florakis, Kurt Baumer's mistress, is also savagely knifed and the journalist Cléo Dupont dodges a similar death only thanks to Peter Lynch's miraculous intervention. Who committed these murders ? A sex maniac, someone looking for the insurance money or Kurt Baumer who wants to eliminate embarrassing witnesses ?
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Case of the Scorpion's Tail |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- white collar fraud/theft
Criminal enemy is...
- known killer
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- private investigator
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Greece
- England/UK
Water?
Yes
Water:
- scuba under
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- sex under blankets
Kind of violence:
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- nasty human transformations
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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