10th Victim, The (La decima vittima)

The 10th Victim (La decima vittima) (1965)

The 10th Victim (La decima vittima) is a 1965 Italian/French action futuristic espionage comedy directed by Elio Petri based on Robert Sheckley 's 1953 short story "Seventh Victim". In the far off year of 2000, a private Hunt Club is created at the global level whose members, linked by computer, participate in ten hunts - alternating one as a hunter, the next as a victim. The game has a total of 10 hunts and whoever wins all ten hunts, gains immense popularity, a lot of money, a car, various discounts and benefits, etc. For American champion Caroline Meredith (Ursula Andress) the computer selects Italian Marcello Polletti (Marcello Mastroianni) as her tenth victim. The Hunter knows all about his or her victims, but the victim is only told that a hunt has started with him/her as the victim. Marcello is reluctant to kill Meredith because he is not sure whether she is his hunter and for killing non-participating person(s) one is given thirty years in prison. To maximize financial gain, Meredith has to kill her victim in front of the cameras as she has negotiated a major sponsor from the Ming Tea Company. But she falls in love with Marcello and devises a ruse how to outwit all - the Hunt Club agency, Marcello´s ex-wife and Marcello's mistress.

The following weapons were used in the movie The 10th Victim (La decima vittima):

Baby Browning

Baby Browning - .25 ACP

Girls at the Coloseum stick their Baby Brownings in Marcello's face.

Browning Hi-Power

The men working for the agency armed by Browning Hi-Power pistol.

Classic Commercial Browning Hi-Power (Belgian Mfg) - 9x19mm

Derringer pocket pistols

COP 357 Derringer - .357 Magnum

Marcello Polletti (Marcello Mastroianni) always carry them with a Derringer pistol.

Caroline (Ursula Andress) going to shoot Marcello front of the cameras.

Luger P08

Luger P08 - 9x19mm

Marcello Polletti (Marcello Mastroianni took on hunting the Luger P08.

Mauser C96

Mauser C96 in silver finish - 7.63x25mm Mauser

German victim armed Mauser C96.

The hunter used Mauser pistol.

M1911 pistol

Chinese man (George Wang) which has the task of killing Caroline Meredith as his "victim", uses M1911 pistol.

Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP

Walther P38

Olga (Elsa Martinelli) shoots after Marcello and Caroline from a Walther P38 pistol.

Walther P1 - 9x19mm. All the post-war P38 can be recognized by a better finish, the Walther logo in the flag (the only pre-war with this logo is the commercial HP) and the different grips. Sometimes the post-war P38s are used in WWII movies, is this the case of Das Boot (The Boat). But the models it's not always easy to recognize because the grips are often replaced with Nazi issued bakelite grips.