The Weekend Murders (Italian: Concerto per pistola solista, also known as The Story of a Crime) is a 1970 Italian giallo film directed by Michele Lupo. It starred Ida Galli, Beryl Cunningham, Anna Moffo and Orchidea De Santis.
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Plot
A family goes to a British estate to hear the reading of a will and while there they are murdered one by one, beginning with the butler. The murders are investigated by a Scotland Yard detective and a local Police Sergeant.
Cast
Anna Moffo as Barbara Worth
Gastone Moschin as Sgt. Aloysius Thorpe
Ida Galli as Isabelle Carter
Lance Percival as Inspector Grey
Peter Baldwin as Anthony Carter
Giacomo Rossi Stuart as Ted Collins
Chris Chittell as Georgie Kemple
Marisa Fabbri as Aunt Gladys Kemple
Beryl Cunningham as Pauline Collins
Quinto Parmeggiani as Lawrence Carter
Orchidea De Santis as Evelyn, the maid
Robert Hundar as Arthur, the valet
Franco Borelli as Tom, the stranger
Ballard Berkeley as Peter, the butler
Richard Caldicot as Thornton, the lawyer
Harry Hutchinson as Harry, the gardener
Production
The film was set and filmed on location at Somerleyton Hall, both for interior and exterior shots. There are also several scenes at Somerleyton railway station.