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The Great Swindle

Original title: Historia de una traición
  • 19711971
  • RR
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
175
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POPULARITY
69,839
16,924
Stephen Boyd, Sylva Koscina, and Marisa Mell in The Great Swindle (1971)
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A seductive woman gets involved in relationships with several people. All of the characters play games of deceit with one another and things get more and more dangerous.A seductive woman gets involved in relationships with several people. All of the characters play games of deceit with one another and things get more and more dangerous.A seductive woman gets involved in relationships with several people. All of the characters play games of deceit with one another and things get more and more dangerous.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
175
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
69,839
16,924
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    • Director
      • José Antonio Nieves Conde
    • Writers
      • Juan José Alonso Millán(story)
      • Juan Miguel Lamet(story)
      • Giovanni Simonelli(story)
    • Stars
      • Marisa Mell
      • Sylva Koscina
      • Stephen Boyd
    Top credits
    • Director
      • José Antonio Nieves Conde
    • Writers
      • Juan José Alonso Millán(story)
      • Juan Miguel Lamet(story)
      • Giovanni Simonelli(story)
    • Stars
      • Marisa Mell
      • Sylva Koscina
      • Stephen Boyd
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    • 4User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Marisa Mell and Fernando Rey in The Great Swindle (1971)
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    Stephen Boyd and Marisa Mell in The Great Swindle (1971)
    Marisa Mell in The Great Swindle (1971)
    Sylva Koscina and Marisa Mell in The Great Swindle (1971)
    Marisa Mell in The Great Swindle (1971)
    Sylva Koscina and Marisa Mell in The Great Swindle (1971)

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    Marisa Mell
    Marisa Mell
    • Carla
    Sylva Koscina
    Sylva Koscina
    • Lola
    • (as Silva Koscina)
    Stephen Boyd
    Stephen Boyd
    • Arturo
    Fernando Rey
    Fernando Rey
    • Luis
    Massimo Serato
    Massimo Serato
    • Hugo
    María Martín
    María Martín
    • Regina
    • (as Maria Martin)
    Howard Ross
    • Joven
    Simón Andreu
    Simón Andreu
    • Il pilota
    • (as Simon Andreu)
    Vicente Vega
    • Félix
    Mario Álex
    • Dani
    Alejandro de Enciso
    • Joven 2
    Alfredo Santacruz
    • Inspector
    • (as Alfredo Santa Cruz)
    Venancio Moreno
    • Man on the Beach
    • Director
      • José Antonio Nieves Conde
    • Writers
      • Juan José Alonso Millán(story) (screenplay)
      • Juan Miguel Lamet(story) (screenplay)
      • Giovanni Simonelli(story) (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The movie's leads, Marisa Mell and Stephen Boyd, began a passionate affair while filming the movie.
    • Connections
      Featured in Twisted Sex Vol. 16 (1996)

    User reviews4

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    Top review
    8/10
    A cool and sexy hidden gem
    The Great Swindle is something of a hidden cult item. It's criminally unavailable on DVD and seemingly can only be sourced currently on a scratchy and battered VHS transfer. The condition of the print renders the film a little incomprehensible in parts but it doesn't prevent it from being enjoyable. Its story revolves around several dishonest characters that appear to be playing dangerous games on each other. The film's undoubted trump card is its lead actress, the ridiculously gorgeous Marisa Mell (most famous for her memorable role in Mario Bava's Danger: Diabolik). She is accompanied by Sylvia Koscina (also recognisable from another Bava film Lisa and the Devil). In this film Mell seems to possibly be a very high class escort girl who ends up in the middle of a complicated set of relationships with several people including – oh yes – a lesbian affair with Koscina. Things basically get complex with characters playing off one and other.

    This is certainly a very cool and chic thriller. It has beautiful women, shady guys and sun drenched locations. As is extremely typical in Euro flicks from the early 70's almost every character is at least little bit bad. So there is a fair bit of melodrama surrounding this rich and decadent jet set. It's not a film with a great deal of thrills; it's much more sexy and stylish. With Marisa Mell on board the erotica is very much of the high class kind as well. What adds to the overall feel is a very fun soundtrack from Carlo Savina consisting of various styles from lounge, Euro pop, female vocals of the 'la la la' variety and even some tense dramatic sounds towards the end.

    This one is crying out for a proper DVD release. Any movie with Marisa Mell in a starring role is well worth seeing as a rule, as she is simply one of the very best cult Euro actresses. Not only that but this movie in general just needs to be available for more folks to appreciate as it's a very nice flick overall.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 6, 1971 (Spain)
    • Countries of origin
      • Spain
      • Italy
    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Büyük Dolandırıcılık
    • Filming locations
      • Asturias, Spain
    • Production companies
      • Atlántida Films
      • International Apollo Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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