Loading Page
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail(1971)
Status: Released
Date: 1971-08-16
63%
90 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
Overview:
After her husband dies in a freak plane accident, a woman leaves London for Athens to collect his generous life insurance policy. She soon discovers that others besides herself are keen to get their hands on the money - and are willing to kill for it. Meanwhile, a private investigator arrives to investigate irregularities in the claim, teaming up with a beautiful reporter.
Languages: Italian.
Countries:
Italy,
Spain
ProductionCompanies:
Devon Film
Copercines
Movie: The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
Top 10 Billed Cast
George Hilton
Peter Lynch
Anita Strindberg
Cléo Dupont
Alberto de Mendoza
John Stanley
Ida Galli
Lisa Baumer
Janine Reynaud
Lara Florakis
Luigi Pistilli
Inspector Stavros
Tom Felleghy
Mr. Brenton
Luis Barboo
Sharif
Lisa Leonardi
Stewardess
Tomás Picó
George Barnett
Video Trailer The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
Video: The Case of the Scorpion's Tail - Arrow Video Channel HD
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail - Arrow Video Channel HD
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail Original Italian Trailer (Sergio Martino, 1971)
Loading Photos
Photo Type :Total items
Recommendations Movies
73%
The Big Gundown(it)
1967-03-03
Unofficial lawman John Corbett hunts down Cuchillo Sanchez, a Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a 12-year-old girl.
68%
The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh(it)
1971-01-15
When socialite and heiress Julie Wardh begins receiving blackmail letters attributed to a mysterious serial killer, she suspects her cruel and sadistic former lover Jean is behind them. With her husband Neil frequently out of town, she falls into the arms of her friend's cousin George, and as the unknown assassin begins to make his move, she fears that one of the three men in her life may be the killer.
66%
Short Night of Glass Dolls(it)
1971-10-28
An American journalist in Prague searches for his girlfriend who has suddenly disappeared.
67%
What Have You Done to Solange?(it)
1972-03-23
After several Catholic school pupils are murdered, a teacher who is having an affair with one of his students becomes a suspect. When other gruesome murders start occurring shortly thereafter, the teacher suspects that he may be the cause of them.
64%
The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion(it)
1970-11-27
The wife of a financially struggling businessman is blackmailed by a mysterious man into having a sadistic relationship with him, or he will release damning evidence that suggests that her husband is a murderer.
62%
The Good Thief(it)
1980-02-01
Caleb, "son of nobody" (Enrico Montesano) lives in Galilee in Jesus' day and struggles as a thief and con-man, pretending to be a magician. When he witnesses Jesus turning water into wine, he thinks he's found a competitor. So Caleb goes on, convinced that Jesus is a fake just as he is, always trying to figure out his tricks. In the meantime, he gets involved with a prostitute (played by Edwige Fenech), but also with the wife of a Roman patrician (played by the equally alluring Bernadette Lafont), he steals a few goats and cons a few people, he befriends a lovable dog and gets in trouble with some Roman soldiers.
51%
Bloodmoon(en)
1990-03-22
In the small town of Coopers Bay, there are two high schools situated right next to each other. There’s Winchester, an all boys comprehensive and St Elizabeth’s, a girl’s only Catholic faculty. They are separated by woodland where pupils from both can meet and engage the things that attract the attention of maniac killers. It’s not surprising then that an unseen one begins murdering the youngsters as they fornicate, strangling them with a length of barbed wire before removing their eyes and burying them under the soil. Mary, the daughter of a Hollywood movie actress, becomes involved when the killer targets her and Kevin, her boyfriend. But who is this twisted psychopath and why does he want to kill all the kids?
36%
Married People, Single Sex(en)
1994-01-01
Various husbands, wives, friends, and lovers pair off in a study of sexual dysfunction. A frustrated construction worker turns to phone sex when his wife can't satisfy him; a topless dancer submits to the alluring mind games.
73%
Carrie(en)
1976-11-03
Withdrawn and sensitive teen Carrie White faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When strange occurrences start happening around Carrie, she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers.
76%
Gattaca(en)
1997-09-07
Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.
76%
The Others(en)
2001-08-02
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.
82%
Shutter Island(en)
2010-02-14
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
76%
Ex Machina(en)
2015-01-21
Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.
80%
Oppenheimer(en)
2023-07-19
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
79%
Titanic(en)
1997-11-18
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
80%
American Beauty(en)
1999-09-15
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
82%
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion(it)
1970-10-16
Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and the social order it protects.
74%
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood(en)
2019-07-24
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…
87%
The Godfather(en)
1972-03-14
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
Similar Movies
90%
Mushi-Shi: The Shadow That Devours the Sun(ja)
2014-01-03
A strange shadow forms blocking the sun from a village following a solar eclipse. Ginko enlists the help of the villagers to solve the mystery of the shadow before it destroys their crops.
0%
Burnt Flowers(en)
2024-01-20
Following a visit from a mysterious femme fatale, detective Francis Alban finds herself embroiled in a missing persons case in which all is not what it seems. The trail leads her to a 1960s serial killer who was never caught and a violent gangster. As Detective Alban delves deeper into the criminal underbelly of Swinging Sixties London, will she uncover more about herself than she is willing to face? Past crimes, revenge and obsessive love collide in this haunting and surreal Horror-Noir.
100%
Old Maids(da)
1966-07-29
Bettina Eriksen, manager of her Uncle Teodor's nursing home, is being framed for murder. With the help of 2 older ladies, Bettina sets out to find out the murderer's identity and motive.
66%
Angel Dust(ja)
1994-09-23
A police psychologist suspects her former lover of serial murders on the Tokyo subway.
60%
Spooked(en)
2004-10-31
Spooked is a contemporary conspiracy thriller arising from the mysterious death of Kevin Jones, who thought he was just buying second-hand computers, until he looked at the data left on the discs. Was kevin murdered or did he simply get drunk and crash his car? Investigating journalist Mort Whitman says he will find out, even if it kills him. The film is based on material from the book 'The Paradise Conspiracy' by Ian Wishart.
60%
Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill(ja)
2013-09-14
Ataru, who suffers from “savant syndrome,” has the power to discover, observe, see through, and deduct microscopic evidence of unsolved cases. Why does he always go to the criminal sites? What explains his strange behavior? Meanwhile, a mystery unfolds with Ataru and a woman named Madoka, who is a killer. The woman possesses the same extraordinary memory and deductive reasoning abilities as Ataru. Who is she?
65%
Man on the Run(en)
1949-05-20
An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds himself wanted for murder. He meets a war widow who helps him elude the police while he looks for the real criminals.
77%
ST: Aka to Shiro no Sôsa File the Movie(ja)
2015-01-10
The ST team at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department consists of eccentric members. Some members do not cooperate with others and others do not reveal themselves in front of others. With Samon as the leader of the ST team and young Inspector Tomohisa tasked with managing the team, the ST (Scientific Task Force) attempt to solve the most difficult of cases.
49%
A Suspension of Innocence(fr)
2010-09-01
In a rural setting on the weather-beaten French Atlantic coast, the ten year old daughter of a single mother is implicated in murder. Crime scene evidence contradicts the story of the talented, introverted child as expressed in her Mangas.
70%
Prince of the City(en)
1981-08-19
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy within the force to smuggle drugs to street informants.
57%
Still of the Night(en)
1982-11-19
When one of his patients is found murdered, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice is visited by the investigating officer but refuses to give up any information. He's then visited by the patient's mistress, Brooke Reynolds, whom he quickly falls for despite her being a likely murder suspect. As the police pressure on him intensifies, Rice decides to attempt solving the case on his own and soon discovers that someone is trying to kill him as well.
62%
The Black Windmill(en)
1974-05-17
A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down the kidnappers himself.
54%
Forced Vengeance(en)
1982-07-30
A casino security guard is forced into violence from when the Hong Kong mob threatens his friends.
62%
Running Wild(ko)
2006-01-13
A grissled cop with tendencies towards excessive force teams up with an ambitious and righteous prosecutor to track down a dangerous crime boss whom they both want desperately to catch. But their quarry resorts to devious methods to stall their investigation and eventually turn them against each other. Now the stage is set for a dangerous triangle.
60%
Chasing Sleep(en)
2001-05-16
A college professor wakes up to find his wife has not returned home, then struggles to understand her disappearance.
55%
48 hours in Israel(ar)
1998-01-28
Amal raises her brother Nasr after the death of her father and husband in an Israeli raid on Suez in 1956. Nasr grows up and joins the Egyptian intelligence and travels to Greece to obtain an important microfilm, but he disappears after being kidnapped. However, he manages to hide the microfilm. Amal decides to travel to Greece to search for her brother. Both the Egyptian intelligence and the Israeli intelligence (Mossad) monitor Amal to obtain the microfilm, and the events of the film continue.
68%
A Snake of June(ja)
2003-06-13
A woman is being stalked by a stranger. His stalking turns to blackmail when he sends her copies of photos of her in an embarrassing position. Now he controls her and she has to do anything he says. Anything.
65%
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff(en)
1949-05-26
Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman uses Freddie to get the killer (and it isn't the Swami).
53%
Duress(en)
2009-08-20
Haunted with nightmares of his wife's recent suicide and struggling to mend the relationship with his only daughter, Richard is caught as a witness to the violence of Abner Solvie. He finds himself at the mercy of a charismatic killer and plagued by his involvement in the city's recent murders. As Abner's new found protégé, Richard is forced to adopt the mind of his sociopathic mentor in order to protect the one he loves. Richard must decide if he's willing to kill in order to keep his daughter alive.