A University professor is being blackmailed by his own daughter for having an affair with one of her friends.A University professor is being blackmailed by his own daughter for having an affair with one of her friends.A University professor is being blackmailed by his own daughter for having an affair with one of her friends.
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- TriviaCostumes by CARNABY STREET Rome.
- GoofsCostumes are credited to Carnaby Street, Rome, but Carnaby Street's in London, not Rome.
- Quotes
Soundtrack: [sung, brightly, over slides of Riccardo and Benedetta] Someone took a picture of you last night. Doesn't it show that someone knows you're there? Someone took a picture of you last night. Isn't it nice to know somebody cares?
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These people do not play a lot of tennis...
The tennis club in this film reminded me of the indoor-football club I was part of 20 years ago. My friends and I would meet on Fridays to play half an hour of football and then we would sit in the cafeteria and drink for five or six hours. My sports' club was an excuse to drink and meet friends, whereas the tennis club in this movie seems like an excuse to indulge in love-affairs and blackmail the other members...
Many late 60s gialli revolve around adultery and blackmail, but "Crime at the Tennis Club" differs from all of those in two very important departments. #1: there is always at least some murdering to accompany the blackmailing, and #2: the blackmailers usually have a good reason or a kind of motivation to extort others. In this film, a trio of people blackmails a fancy businessman for no apparent reason! Even when they ask each other why they even do what they're doing, they can't answer.
Ricardo has an affair with Benedetta, the daughter of his best friend, but Benedetta also forms an alliance with Ricardo's own daughter and her boyfriend (who's also Ricardo's tennis instructor). They blackmail Ricardo with his affair and even fake Benedetta's death from a drug overdose. Why? No reason. Absolutely no reason! Needless to say, "Crime at the Tennis Court" (I refuse to use totally irrelevant international title "The Rage Within") is one of the dullest and most pointless gialli ever made. The only reasons why I kept watching are the beautiful lead actresses (Anna Gaël and especially Angela McDonald) and the surprisingly good soundtrack.
Many late 60s gialli revolve around adultery and blackmail, but "Crime at the Tennis Club" differs from all of those in two very important departments. #1: there is always at least some murdering to accompany the blackmailing, and #2: the blackmailers usually have a good reason or a kind of motivation to extort others. In this film, a trio of people blackmails a fancy businessman for no apparent reason! Even when they ask each other why they even do what they're doing, they can't answer.
Ricardo has an affair with Benedetta, the daughter of his best friend, but Benedetta also forms an alliance with Ricardo's own daughter and her boyfriend (who's also Ricardo's tennis instructor). They blackmail Ricardo with his affair and even fake Benedetta's death from a drug overdose. Why? No reason. Absolutely no reason! Needless to say, "Crime at the Tennis Court" (I refuse to use totally irrelevant international title "The Rage Within") is one of the dullest and most pointless gialli ever made. The only reasons why I kept watching are the beautiful lead actresses (Anna Gaël and especially Angela McDonald) and the surprisingly good soundtrack.
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- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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By what name was Delitto al circolo del tennis (1969) officially released in Canada in English?
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