The 10th Victim was a sci-fi movie combined with comedy and based on the Robert Sheckley novel "The Seventh Victim", it came at a time when the Italian film industry (1965) was a living-on-the-edge group. Directed by Elio Petri and produced by Carlo Ponti, the movie begins in New York with a armed man chasing a woman.
The woman is Caroline Meredith (Ursula Andress)
and the armed man is Asian. It is then followed by a middle-aged man telling the viewer about the TV show "The Big Hunt" in which a certain person kills someone for money. If they survive without being killed after ten attempts, they win one million dollars. The hunter and Caroline head to a private club where the man sits down. He thinks he can take a break but he can't when one of the strippers is Caroline and she kills him with her gun bra.
Then Caroline is approached by a tea company and they want to film her for a commerical since that she is one away from ten. Meanwhile, in Rome another big hunt is taking place as Marcello (Marcello Mastroianni {!}) is also racking up the number that he's killed.
He has become famous but it is hurting his finances with his bitter wife. Then the story really turns when Caroline is assigned to kill Marcello for the one million.
Instead of killing him Caroline actually loves him. I have seen this movie and I somewhat liked it. Elsa Martinelli also co-stars.
And oh yes, the movie features hands down the worst 60's costume and that is Andress wearing a deep pink jumpsuit in which she is wearing a jacket backwards and with no bra!
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