Stateline Motel

{{Infobox film | name =Stateline Motel | image = Stateline Motel .jpg | caption = U.S. film poster | starring = Fabio Testi Ursula Andress Eli Wallach Massimo Girotti Howard Ross Barbara Bach Carlo De Mejo | director = Maurizio Lucidi | screenplay = Giovanni Fago Francesco Giorgi Vittoria Vigorelli Maurizio Lucidi Fulvio Gicca Palli | story = Giovanni Fago Francesco Giorgi Vittoria Vigorelli | based_on = {{based_on|''L'ultima chance''|Franco Enna}} | music = Luis Enriquez Bacalov | cinematography = Gábor Pogány | editing = Renzo Lucidi | producer = Nicholas Demetroules | studio = FRAL Cinematographica | distributor = Alpherat | released = {{Film date|1973|09|14|df=yes|ref1=<ref>{{cite book|last1=Roberto Curti|title=Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980|date=28 September 2013|publisher=McFarland, 2013|isbn=978-1476612089|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4VxOAQAAQBAJ&q=L%27ultima+chance+1973&pg=PA100}}</ref>}} | runtime = 87 minutes | country = Italy | language = English | budget = $250,000 | gross = $1,000,000 }} '''''Stateline Motel''''' ({{langx|it|L'ultima chance}}, also known as '''''Last Chance''''', '''''Motel of Fear''''' and '''''Last Chance for a Born Loser''''') is a 1973 Italian crime film directed by Maurizio Lucidi.

It is based on the novel of the same name written by Franco Enna.<ref name="70-79 m-z">{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|publisher=Gremese, 1991|isbn=8876059695}}</ref><ref name=odia>{{cite book|last=Roberto Curti|title=Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano|year=2006|publisher=Lindau, 2006|isbn=8871805860}}</ref><ref>"Una storia di gioielli: L'ultima chance con Fabio Testi e la Andress". ''La Stampa'' (260). 4 November 1973. p. 8.</ref> ==Plot == After being released from prison, where he had served 6 months for car theft, the young Floyd Gambino and the older Joe rob a jewelry store. The coup succeeds, but a police officer dies in the process. While on the run, the two separate and arrange to meet at the Canadian border.

Due to a minor accident, Floyd, who is carrying the loot worth half a million, has to take a room in a motel. Its owner Fred Norton and his wife Michelle get behind the true identity of their guest and prevent his discovery. After a night of love with Michelle, the diamonds have disappeared and remain untraceable. Meanwhile, Joe also makes his way to the motel, as he senses betrayal. Floyd and Michelle leave the motel separately; while he leaves in a car, Michelle takes the bus.

Joe takes up the pursuit of the bus and kills Michelle, but can not find the gems with her. Then he goes on a search with Floyd, who, however, kills him in turn. Meanwhile, Michelle's niece is celebrating the perfect crime with her fiance at the motel. Floyd, however, now knows what has been played, and puts an end to the merriment.

== Cast == * Fabio Testi as Floyd Gambino * Ursula Andress as Michelle Norton * Eli Wallach as Joe Malcomb * Massimo Girotti as Fred Norton * Howard Ross as Jacques * Barbara Bach as Emily Norton * Carlo De Mejo as Albert * Celine Lomez as Waitress * Susanna Onofri as Myriam

== See also == * List of Italian films of 1973

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0073744}}

Category:1973 films Category:Films directed by Maurizio Lucidi Category:Films set in Canada Category:Films scored by Luis Bacalov Category:English-language Italian films Category:1973 English-language films Category:1973 Italian films