The Weekend Murders

Original title: Concerto per pistola solista

1970
R
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

615

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Dark Comedy Parody Comedy Crime Mystery Thriller

A family goes to a British estate to hear the reading of a will and while there they are murdered one by one.A family goes to a British estate to hear the reading of a will and while there they are murdered one by one.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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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

615

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Francesco de Mari's score under the introductory credits is virtually identical--orchestrations, chord progressions, measure for measure, rhythmic figures--everything except melodic line, to Tchaikovsky's famous 1st piano concerto, the opening chords of which reverberate throughout the film score.

Quotes
Aunt Gladys Kemple: Little Miss Florence Nightingale had it all figured out, she did! The sneaky bitch!
Georgie Kemple: [shocked at his mummy's outburst] Mummy!
Aunt Gladys Kemple: Drop Dead!

Crazy credits
Francesco de Mari's score under the introductory credits is virtually identical--orchestrations, chord progressions, measure for measure, rhythmic figures--everything except melodic line, to Tchaikovsky's famous 1st piano concerto, the opening chords of which reverberate throughout the film score.

Alternate versions
A censored version was created by MGM for American and international markets, removing zooms and close-ups of bloody content as well some as sexual interplay and dialogue. Only the original Italian version was uncensored.

Connections
Featured in Eurotika!: So Sweet, So Perverse (1999)

Soundtracks
Piano Concerto No. 1
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Review

Featured review

6/10

Homage to Agatha Christie

The Weekend Murders is disconcertingly British. It's not just that this Italian giallo is in UK English but that the setting, style and even the lame quaint humor are all indicative of a mid-century cozy English mystery-comedy.

I must say that i was completely taken by surprise by who the murderer is and what method they used. However, this isn't unusual in Agatha Christie mysteries which totally cheat and throw so many red herrings at the reader that the end is usually a nice surprise. Either you get it or you don't, no review on Earth will talk someone into the sheer relaxing enjoyment of watching a formulaic mystery set on a European estate where you'll never be able to figure out the murderer by discerning the clues.

This effort is solid, the cinematography and musical score are lovely, but in a very mainstream MGM sort of way.