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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. It starred Ida Galli, Beryl Cunningham, Anna Moffo and Orchidea De Santis.
Oct 15, 1970 · The Weekend Murders: Directed by Michele Lupo. With Anna Moffo, Ida Galli, Gastone Moschin, Peter Baldwin. A family goes to a British estate to hear the reading of a will and while there they are murdered one by one.
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- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Michele Lupo
- 1970-10-15
Don't be misled by that schlocky poster, The Weekend Murders (aka Concerto of Silent Pistols) is a lovingly done Italian lampoon of an Agatha Christie whodunit, bringing giallo and comedy together and beating Rian Johnson to the punch by nearly fifty-years.
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- Juppiter Generale Cinematografica
- Michele Lupo
Feb 8, 2020 · The Weekend Murders (1970) introduces a posh, superbly effed up family who arrive for the reading of a will but find murder instead. Hilarity, inappropriate...
The Weekend Murders (1970) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
"Weekend Murders" is basically a spoof of an Agatha Christie story, particularly "Ten Little Indians/And Then There Were None", and thus definitely not your standard type of giallo, however the highly imaginative murder methods and bizarrely eccentric characters are maintained.
The Weekend Murders may not be strictly British (well, not British at all, to be honest) - but for the first couple of minutes it comes across as one of the most "English" films ever made. A village bobby leaves his station on his pushbike, with a cry of "Mornin', padre", to the strains of music cribbed direct from a Carry On film.
