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Franco Diogene
Franco Diogene (20 October 1947 – 27 May 2005) was an Italian actor and comedian. Life and career Born Concetto Francesco Diogene in Catania, he was the son of a Sicilian father and a Ligurian mother. At 5 years old, Diogene moved to Genoa with his family. In Genoa he completed his studies, and also started acting in a little theater of a parish. Since the early 1970s, he was one of the most active character actors in Italian cinema, often cast in humorous roles. He was also cast in several international productions, such as '' Midnight Express'' (in the role of Yesil, the Turkish lawyer who unsuccessfully defended Billy Hayes in court) and ''The Name of the Rose'', mainly thanks to his foreign language skills. Diogene was also active as a stand-up comedian, and he was the organizer of the beauty contest "Miss Top Model Universe". Diogene died of a heart attack, aged 57 years old. Selected filmography * '' Due mafiosi contro Al Capone'' (1966) - Night club Announcer * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Franchi
Francesco Benenato (18 September 1928 – 9 December 1992), known as Franco Franchi, was an Italian actor, comedian and singer. He was born in Palermo, Sicily and began his career in the 1950s, although his career only really took off in the 1960s. He starred in many comedies, mainly appearing together with Ciccio Ingrassia as the comedy duo Franco and Ciccio, but also in more dramatic material such as Luigi Comencini's ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1972, TV miniseries also edited into a theatrical film) as the Cat (Franco) the Fox (Ingrassia). In the film '' War Italian Style'' (1966), the pair worked with Buster Keaton in one of his last roles. The comedy duo Franco and Ciccio In 1959, Franco Franchi settled a contract with his friend Ciccio Ingrassia which started up a brilliant theater career. From 1961 to Franco's death in 1992, they will be one of Italy's most famous comedy duo. Their success is based on a format similar to that of Totò and Peppino De Filippo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Suspicious Death Of A Minor
''The Suspicious Death of a Minor'' (), also known as ''Too Young to Die'', is a 1975 Italian ''giallo'' film directed by Sergio Martino. Plot summary Undercover cop Paolo Germi and the mysterious Marisa meet each other at a dance hall. Germi is unaware of the secret Marisa carries with her; conditions in her life have forced her into underage prostitution. After she is brutally murdered, he decides to go after her killers. However, a killer-for-hire ensures that Germi's investigation will not be easy, while continuing to kill. Cast * Claudio Cassinelli as Paolo Germi * Mel Ferrer as Police Superintendent * Lia Tanzi as Carmela * Gianfranco Barra as Teti * Patrizia Castaldi as Marisa * Adolfo Caruso as Giannino * Jenny Tamburi as Gloria * Massimo Girotti as Gaudenzio Pesce * Carlo Alighiero as Chief of S.M.C.D. Office * Franco Alpestre as Il Menga * Fiammetta Baralla as Landlady * Barbara Magnolfi as Floriana * Aldo Massasso as Listri * Roberto Posse as Killer * C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Women
''City of Women'' () is a 1980 fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini, who co-wrote it with Bernardino Zapponi and Brunello Rondi. Amid Fellini's characteristic combination of dreamlike, outrageous, and artistic imagery, Marcello Mastroianni plays Snàporaz, a man who voyages through male and female spaces towards a confrontation with his own attitudes towards women and his wife. Plot Snàporaz wakes up during a train ride and has a brief fling with a mysterious woman in the bathroom, but it is cut short when the train suddenly stops at Fregene and the woman gets off. Snàporaz follows her through a forest and into a hotel overrun with women in attendance for a surrealistic feminist convention. He winds up in a conference about polyandry, where his presence is rejected. A frightened Snàporaz retreats to the hotel lobby, but the exit is blocked; instead, he seeks refuge inside an elevator with a young woman, Donatella, who offers her assistance. Donatella leads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday, Sunday And Friday
''Saturday, Sunday and Friday'', originally titled ''Sabato, domenica e venerdì'', is a 1979 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Castellano & Pipolo, Pasquale Festa Campanile and Sergio Martino. Plot The film is divided into three episodes that have as their theme the love and public relations. I segment Nicholas La Brocca deals with public relations, but he is also an engineer and must accommodate in Italy a beautiful Japanese female engineer, arrived in the Belpaese to bury the ashes of her grandfather, as the old man wanted in the will before die. Nicola and the Japanese girl fall in love, although Nicola already has a girlfriend. II segment The truck driver Mario is convinced from the neighbor Enza to pretend to be married to her. In fact the girl is of Sicilian origin, and for years lives in the city, and knows that the parents want to see her married with children, otherwise they would not approve. So Mario has to bear all weekend the crazy needs of the false S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Policewoman On The Porno Squad
''La poliziotta della squadra del buon costume'' (internationally released as ''A Policewoman on the Porno Squad'') is a 1979 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Michele Massimo Tarantini. It is the sequel of Tarantini's '' La poliziotta fa carriera'' and it is followed by '' La poliziotta a New York''.Michele Giordano, Daniele Aramu, ''La commedia erotica italiana'', Gremese Editore, 2000. . Cast * Edwige Fenech: Gianna D'Amico * Lino Banfi: Commissioner Scappavia * Alvaro Vitali: Agent Tarallo * Gianfranco Barra: Commissioner Nardecchia * Marzio Honorato: Agent Arturo * Franco Diogene: Joe Maccarone * Giacomo Rizzo Giacomo Rizzo (born 17 January 1939) is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in more than 40 films since 1970. He starred in '' The Family Friend'', which was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' Il sindacalis ...: Cocozza * Sal Borgese: Pierre La Turraine References External links * 1979 films Commedia sexy all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardenia (film)
''Gardenia'' () is a 1979 Italian ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Domenico Paolella. It represents the first leading role for the singer-songwriter Franco Califano. Plot In the city of Rome lives Gardenia, a respected exponent of Roman organized crime who shows a certain humanity in managing his business. He runs a restaurant and a clandestine gambling house, and has a woman named Regina. Contacted by Don Salluzzo, a mafia boss, he categorically refuses to enter the drug business and sell it in his restaurant. Because of his refusal he comes into conflict with Salluzzo who tries several times to eliminate him, but with the help of some childhood friends he finally manages to win. Cast *Franco Califano as Gardenia *Martin Balsam as Salluzzo *Robert Webber as Tony Caruso *Eleonora Vallone as Regina *Licinia Lentini as Miriam Bella *Franco Diogene as Friend of Gardenia *María Baxa as Gardenia Girl *Venantino Venantini as Nocita *Lory Del Santo as Laura * Lorraine De Selle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxi Girl (film)
''Taxi Girl'' is a 1977 commedia sexy all'italiana co-written and directed by Michele Massimo Tarantini. Plot A sexy hooker comes up with a plan to operate her own taxi service for her fellow streetwalkers as a safe way to make easy money. Cast *Edwige Fenech: Marcella * Aldo Maccione: Adone Adonis *Michele Gammino: Walter * Gianfranco D'Angelo: Isidoro *Alvaro Vitali: Alvaro * George Hilton: Ramon *Enzo Cannavale: Commissioner Angelini *Giacomo Rizzo: Rocco, Adonis' Secretary *Gastone Pescucci: film director *Rossana Di Lorenzo: Ornella *Franco Diogene: sheikh Abdul Lala *Franca Scagnetti: Arab woman *Enzo Liberti: Marcella's father * Adriana Facchetti: Marcella's mother See also * List of Italian films of 1977 A list of films produced in Italy in 1977 (see 1977 in film): References Footnotes Sources * * * * * External linksItalian films of 1977at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1977 1977 Films A ... Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tentacles (film)
''Tentacles'' () is a 1977 horror-thriller film directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis and starring John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Cesare Danova, Delia Boccardo and Henry Fonda. When numerous people go missing in a seaside resort town, a reporter discovers that a rampaging giant octopus is terrorizing the coast. While a marine biologist attempts to stop the octopus before more tourists fall victim to the creature, it appears that a corporation may be connected to the cephalopod's murderous behavior. Although the film was intended to cash in on the success of '' Jaws'', ''Tentacles'' also bears numerous resemblances to the 1955 science fiction giant monster horror film ''It Came from Beneath the Sea''. Plot People are turning up dead at Solana Beach, a seaside tourist resort, their skeletons picked clean of flesh and bone marrow. The local sheriff has no leads, but newspaper reporter Ned Turner suspects the construction of an underwater tunnel by the Trojan company, own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodnight, Ladies And Gentlemen
''Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen'' (, ) is a 1976 French-Italian satirical comedy anthology film. It comprises twelve episodes on themes of corruption in various Italian institutions, each by a different writer and director collectively credited as "Cooperativa 15 Maggio". The episodes are a satire of a typical programming day of an Italian public broadcaster, with a fictional '' TG3'' journalist (Marcello Mastroianni) interviewing a number of the other characters. The film stars Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi, Nino Manfredi, Paolo Villaggio, Marcello Mastroianni, Senta Berger, Adolfo Celi, and Felice Andreasi. Cast *Marcello Mastroianni as Paolo T. Fiume, a fictional television journalist for '' TG3'' news *Vittorio Gassman as CIA agent / Inspector Tuttunpezzo (dual role) * Nino Manfredi as Cardinal Felicetto de li Caprettari *Ugo Tognazzi as the general / the retiree (dual role) * Paolo Villaggio as Professor Schmidt / quiz presenter (dual role) *Senta Berger as Signora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roma, L'altra Faccia Della Violenza
''Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza'' () is a 1976 "poliziottesco" film directed by Marino Girolami and starring Marcel Bozzuffi. Plot Cast * Marcel Bozzuffi as Commissioner Carli *Anthony Steffen as Dr. Alessi * Enio Girolami as Commissioner Ferreri *Roberta Paladini as Carol Alessi *Jean Favre as Giulio Laurenti *Stefano Patrizi as Giorgio Alessi *Franco Citti as Berté *Sergio Fiorentini as Nardi *Umberto Liberati as Stefano *Valerio Merola as Andrea *Enzo Andronico as Tarantini, the lawyer *Massimo Vanni as Vanni Release ''Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza'' was distributed in Italy by 20th Century Fox on 27 July 1976. It was distributed in Paris on 6 July 1977 as ''L'autre cote de la violence''. See also * List of Italian films of 1976 A list of films produced in Italy in 1976 (see 1976 in film): References Footnotes Sources * * External linksItalian films of 1976at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1976 1976 Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As Of Tomorrow
As of Tomorrow (Original title: ''Ab morgen sind wir reich und ehrlich'') is an Austrian-Italian-German gangster comedy film from 1976. Directed by Franz Antel, the film's main cast includes Arthur Kennedy, Curd Jürgens and Carroll Baker Carroll Baker (born May 28, 1931) is an American retired actress. After studying under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, Baker began performing on Broadway in 1954. From there, she was recruited by director Elia Kazan to play the lead in t .... Plot Former gangster Michael "Mike" Jannacone lives what some might call a well-deserved retirement in his native village in the Abruzzi mountains. Once reputed as a powerful Mafia godfather in the United States, he now wishes to enjoy his old age in his old homeland of Italy. He only managed to leave the U.S. because he had incriminating tapes of American politicians and could incriminate Senator Shelton, who is currently in the presidential election campaign. Stored in the safe of a bank in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Madama
''Sexycop'' () 1976 Italian crime comedy film directed by Duccio Tessari. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Massimo Felisatti and Fabio Pittorru. Plot Cast * Christian De Sica as Vito Militiello * Carole André as "La Madama" * Tom Skerritt as Jack *Ines Pellegrini as Irma * Oreste Lionello as Inspector Solmi * Ettore Manni as Sante Tonnaro *Gigi Ballista as The Venetian * Francesco De Rosa as Squillace Production ''Sexycop'' was based on the novel ''La Madama'' written by Massimo Felisatti and Fabio Pittorru. The term ''Madama'' itself, was a Rome-based slang for Italy's mobile police, similar to the English slang "the fuzz". The book was the third in a series of novels and was adapted to film by director Duccio Tessari who turned the film into more of a comedy oriented film. Release ''Sexycop'' was distributed theatrically in Italy by Titanus on 16 January 1976. It grossed a total of 173,627,420 Italian lire domestically. The film has also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
