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Stateline Motel

1973 · 106 min

A slow-burning, paranoid crime drama where trust erodes in an isolated motel, keeping you tense and guessing until the end.

Directed by: Maurizio Lucidi
Genres: Drama, Crime
Starring: Fabio Testi, Ursula Andress, Eli Wallach

Tagline: Trust Nobody ... Not Even Yourself!
Overview: After robbing a jewelry shop in Canada, two Americans arrange a meeting near the US borders in order to split the loot. One of them has an accident with his car on his way there and gets stuck in an isolated motel until his car is fixed. The owner of the motel, a sexy woman in her thirties, falls in love with him, but her suspicions about him begin to multiply, as the police arrive at the motel...

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Directed by: Maurizio Lucidi
Genres: Drama, Crime
Starring: Fabio Testi, Ursula Andress, Eli Wallach

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
greed
crime
deception
love
Places: road trip
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Action	4
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: drama, crime
Directed by: Maurizio Lucidi
Written by: Francesco Giorgi, Fulvio Gicca Palli, Maurizio Lucidi, Vittoria Vigorelli
Starring: Fabio Testi, Ursula Andress, Eli Wallach, Barbara Bach, Massimo Girotti, Carlo De Mejo, Howard Ross, Céline Lomez
Music: Luis Bacalov
Cinematography: Gábor Pogány
Runtime: 106 min
Country: Italy, France, Canada
Languages: Italian

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