The 10th Victim (1965) on Netflix
NR19651h 32mActionComedyRomance
In the 21st century, the Big Hunt has replaced war, and violent people kill for prizes in a televised competition. Caroline Meredith wants a tenth victim. Marcello Poletti is the one chosen.
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- Rotten Tomatoes80%
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Plot summary
A third world war has ended, and to prevent a fourth, people with violent tendencies settle their aggression through the Big Hunt, the world's favorite entertainment. Each competitor plays ten rounds, half of them as hunter and half as prey, and whoever survives all ten grows rich and retires. Caroline Meredith has just made her ninth kill and is after a tenth, with the Ming Tea Company as sponsor and cameras waiting. Marcello Poletti is picked as her victim. His earlier prizes have gone to his mistress Olga and his former wife Lidia.
Cast
- Evi Riganoas Victim
- Walter Williamsas Martin Tibbett
- Richard Armstrongas Cole
- Antonio Ciani
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The 10th Victim (1965)
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- Producer Carlo Ponti was not interested in science fiction and pushed extra comedic elements into Petri's adaptation against the director's wishes, including changing the story's original pessimistic ending.
- It was the first film to feature the reality TV death game theme, later reused in Battle Royale, Series 7: The Contenders and The Hunger Games.
- The film influenced Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999); on the audio commentary, director Jay Roach says a sequence was "inspired by The Tenth Victim" and actor Mike Myers interjects that it was "Stolen from."
- Petri, working at the height of the pop art movement in Italy, built the film's vision of the future by juxtaposing pop art imagery with Rome's ancient and modern architectural structures, such as the Colosseum and the EUR district.
