The Weekend Murders
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| The Weekend Murders | |
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 Italian film poster | |
| Directed by | Michele Lupo |
| Screenplay by | Fabio Pittorru Massimo Felisatti Sergio Donati |
| Dialogue by | Sergio Donati |
| Produced by | Antonio Mazza |
| Starring | Anna Moffo Eveline Stewart Peter Baldwin Lance Percival Marisa Fabbri Orchidea De Santis Christopher Chittell Beryl Cunningham Giacomo Rossi Stuart Gastone Moschin |
| Cinematography | Guglielmo Mancori |
| Edited by | Vincenzo Tomassi |
| Music by | Francesco De Masi |
Production company | Jupiter Generale Cinematografica |
| Distributed by | Fida Cinematografica (Italy) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (International) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Languages | Italian English |
The Weekend Murders (Italian: Concerto per pistola solista, also known as The Story of a Crime) is a 1970 Italian giallo film directed by Michele Lupo.[1][2][3][4] It starred Ida Galli, Beryl Cunningham, Anna Moffo and Orchidea De Santis.
Plot
[edit | edit source]A family goes to a British estate to hear the reading of a will and while there they are murdered one by one, beginning with the butler. The murders are investigated by a Scotland Yard detective and a local Police Sergeant.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Anna Moffo as Barbara Worth
- Gastone Moschin as Sgt. Aloysius Thorpe
- Ida Galli as Isabelle
- Lance Percival as Inspector Grey
- Peter Baldwin as Anthony Carter
- Chris Chittell as Georgie Kemple
- Quinto Parmeggiani as Lawrence Carter
- Giacomo Rossi Stuart as Ted Collins
- Beryl Cunningham as Pauline Collins
- Marisa Fabbri as Gladys Kemple
- Orchidea De Santis as Evelyn, the maid
- Robert Hundar as Arthur, the valet
- Ballard Berkeley as Peter, the butler
- Richard Caldicot as Thornton, the lawyer
- Harry Hutchinson as Harry, the gardener
Production
[edit | edit source]The film was set and filmed on location at Somerleyton Hall, both for interior and exterior shots. There are also several scenes at Somerleyton railway station.
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External links
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Categories:
- 1970 films
- 1970 crime thriller films
- Giallo films
- 1970s Italian-language films
- English-language Italian films
- 1970s English-language films
- Films directed by Michele Lupo
- Films scored by Francesco De Masi
- Films with screenplays by Sergio Donati
- Films set in the United Kingdom
- Films shot in Suffolk
- 1970 multilingual films
- Italian multilingual films
- 1970s Italian films
- English-language crime thriller films
- Italian-language crime thriller films
- 1970s Italian film stubs
- Crime thriller film stubs