The 10th Victim (1965)
"La decima vittima" (original title)

Some people like violence so much, that they decide to create a club in which human hunts are organized - members being alternately hunters, and prey, until they end up dead.

Director:

Elio Petri

Writers:

Robert Sheckley (story), Tonino Guerra (screenplay),

Stars:

Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Elsa Martinelli

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Marcello Mastroianni	...	Marcello Poletti
Ursula Andress	...	Caroline Meredith
Elsa Martinelli	...	Olga
Salvo Randone	...	Professor
Massimo Serato	...	Lawyer
Milo Quesada	...	Rudi
Luce Bonifassy	...	Lidia
George Wang	...	Chinese attacker
Evi Rigano	...	Victim
Walter Williams	...	Martin
Richard Armstrong	...	Cole
Antonio Ciani

Storyline

A campy futuristic tale where people hunt one another for sport. In this film, Victim and Hunter run around Italy trying to score a kill in front of the movie crews they arranged so they could make commercials from the footage.

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Plot Keywords:

violence | based on short story | stabbed in the stomach | hired killer | dangerous game | 

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Taglines:

It's the 21st century and they have a licence to kill.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

Italy France

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

20 December 1965 (USA)

Also Known As:

The 10th Victim

Filming Locations:

1285 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, Les Films Concordia

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to Simon Doonan, all the costumes for this film were by André Courrèges.

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Quotes

Narrator: One enemy a day keeps the doctor away.

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Connections

Featured in Moonlight and Valentino (1995)

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Soundtracks

"Spiral Waltz"
Written by Piero Piccioni
Lyrics by Sergio Bardotti
Performed by Mina

User Reviews

A Futuristic, sci-fi, dark comedy

In the future an organization sets up a game show that show people hunting each other. Two people are chosen: the Hunter and the Victim. Anything goes as the Victim flees for the designated time period. Marcello Mastorianni plays the most successful killer and then his number comes up as a victim. The hunters and victims have know knowledge of one another and Marcello must always be on guard. The hunter after him is the beautiful Ursula Andress, always dressed in knock-out fashions. Marcello's as cool as ever, always dressed in black, wearing sunglasses. The production design is fantastic. The colourful comic book architecture is the height of retro cool. For fan of Italian '60s pop art science fiction, this is one to check out.