The Great Swindle (1971)

Original title

Historia de una traición

Directed by

José Antonio Nieves Conde

Genre

drama film, thriller film

Country

Italy, Spain

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

18

Rating

4.3 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Carla uses seduction and lies to help herself and others take on fake identities. They get caught up in a series of dangerous plots.

suspensefulmanipulativetenseschemingnoirishcynicalcalculatingtwisty

What happens

The Great Swindle is a 1971 Spanish-Italian thriller directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde. The film follows Carla, a woman who uses seduction and deception as she and others assume false identities, engaging in a web of deadly schemes. Its Spanish title is Historia de una traición, and it is also known in Italy as Nel buio del terrore and Diabolicamente sole con il delitto. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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