Tenth Victim, The

Date: 1965
Director: Elio Petri
Production Company: Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, Les Films Concordia

Stars: Ursula Andress, Marcello Mastroianni, Elsa Martinelli
Location(s): New York, Rome

Storyline:

War has been replaced by the big hunt where assassins, followed by advertising film crews, kill their victims on camera. A sort of precursor to Turkey Shoot, The Running Man, Battle Royale and Hunger Games. SJ

Additional Information:

Originally known as ‘La Decima Vittima’ (Original Title) and ‘The 10th Victim’ (US Title)

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An assassin hunts his prey at Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street, New York

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Up come the titles over a 60s New York skyline.

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Running under the Brooklyn Bridge with Manhattan bridge to the left with the East River and Brooklyn in the background. New York, New York in the USA.

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Back to Wall Street in New York looking at Trinity Church across Broadway.

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Piazza di Siena in the parco di villa Borghese

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The modern-looking Ministry of the Great Hunt. It has to be EUR, but unfortunately this Olympic Velodrome has now been demolished barely surviving 50 years. The now green and open space can be found on the corner of Viale della Tecnica and Viale dell'Oceano Pacifico. Just south-west of locations in 'L'Eclisse'.

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Andress makes contact with her intended victim Mastroianni. On the rooftop terrace of the Palazzo dei Congressi, EUR

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Mastroianni drives to the Relaxing Service Station. Back to the velodrome and a comparison today will be a picture of grass.

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Mastroianni visits his energetic lawyer on the Scalo de Pinedo, also seen in 'Spectre'.

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Serato is in full exercise mode on his boat with Ponte Matteoti in the background.

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Marcello joins up with his cult, "The Tramontisti" to hail the sunset at Focene Beach near Fiumicino Airport.

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Rather a dark shot, of the columns between the Via Sacra and the Piazza di Santa Francesca Romana, now pedestrianised, next to the Colosseum.

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Mastroianni lures his potential assassin Andress to a swimming pool with a crocodile in it at Villa Gabrielli (also known as Villa Sara, Via dei Laghi, Marino to the south-east of Rome. It was the producer's Carlo Ponti ohome which he shared with Sophia Loren and was also seen in 'La Noia' and 'Sweet Deceptions.'