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Guido Lollobrigida
Guido Lollobrigida (1927–2013) was an Italian actor and race car driver, usually credited in movies as Lee Barton or Lee Burton. He was a cousin of actress Gina Lollobrigida. Life and career Born in Rome, after graduating as a technical engineer Lollobrigida moved to South America, where in 1957 he made his acting debut in a film which was never distributed. Returned to Italy in the mid-1960s, he immediately started a prolific career in genre films, mainly Spaghetti Westerns and adventure films, sometimes cast in leading roles. Starting from the second half of the 1970s, he significantly slowed his activities. Selected filmography *'' 100.000 dollari per Ringo'' (1965) - Luke Sherry *''The Spy with Ten Faces'' (1966) - Santos *'' Kill Johnny Ringo'' (1966) - Sheriff Parker / Lee Mellin *''Django Shoots First'' (1966) - Ward *'' Two Sons of Ringo'' (1966) - Fred, Saloon Owner *''Mexican Slayride'' (1967) - Montez *'' The Cobra'' (1967) - Killer *'' O.K. Connery'' (1967) - Ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2,746,984 residents in , Rome is the list of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4,223,885 residents, is the most populous metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy. Rome metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber Valley. Vatican City (the smallest country in the world and headquarters of the worldwide Catholic Church under the governance of the Holy See) is an independent country inside the city boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And God Said To Cain
''And God Said to Cain'' (, ) is an Italian-German 1970 Gothic Western film. The story is about Gary Hamilton, who is granted a free pardon from a prison work camp and heads out after the men who framed him. The film is set at a stormy night in town when Hamilton takes his revenge. An Italian/West German co-production, the film was directed by Antonio Margheriti and stars Klaus Kinski. Film historian Howard Hughes noted that the film is a loose remake of Salvatore Rosso's '' A Stranger in Paso Bravo'' (1968), featuring many of the same plot points and character names. The film was shot in late 1969 in Italy, and following its release there on February 5, 1970, it was released in West Germany and France. It did not receive a theatrical release in either the United Kingdom or the United States. Plot Gary Hamilton, a former officer of the Union Army, is in prison sentenced to forced labor for an attempted robbery. In reality, it was his former friend Acombar who committed the cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Number One (1973 Film)
''Number One'' is an Italian crime-thriller film directed by Gianni Buffardi in 1973. It starred Renzo Montagnani, Luigi Pistilli, Claude Jade, Chris Avram, Guido Mannari, and Massimo Serato. The film is loosely based on a real-life story detailing crime and drugs in the Rome underground. After the film quickly disappeared from public view in 1973 due to political censorship, it was restored in 2021 and had its theatrical re-release and world premiere on television. It was distributed internationally by Variety Distribution. Plot Benni ( Chris Avram), the owner of a photo agency, arrives. He welcomes Leo (Venantino Venantini), the owner of the club, Sylvie Boisset (Claude Jade), a French actress and model, Mino Cattani ( Massimo Serato), the editor of the newspaper, Commenda ( Renato Turi) and the lawyer (Paolo di Tusco). There is a lot of murmuring, and the editor of the newspaper receives a phone call. He is nervous and whispers to Leo and makes another phone call. Sylvie o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brothers Blue
''Brothers Blue'' (Italian: ''Blu Gang - E vissero per sempre felici e ammazzati'') is a 1973 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Luigi Bazzoni. For this film Tony Renis won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Score. Plot The Blue brothers (Kane, Johnny and Frank) try to lead a free and independent life by robbing banks. They are pursued by a local sheriff Hillmann, who tries in vain to capture them. When the brothers finally get enough money, their life turns up into bright and rather dangerous adventure. Cast * Guido Mannari as Johnny Blue * Tina Aumont as Polly Clay * Jack Palance as Captain Hillman * Antonio Falsi as Kane Blue * Maurizio Bonuglia as Frank Blue * Paul Jabara as Teddy Fog * Guido Lollobrigida as Sheriff (as ''Lee Burton'') * Maria Michi Maria Michi (24 May 1921 – 7 April 1980) was an Italian supporting actress who worked with Roberto Rossellini on his two early Neorealism (art), neorealism films: ''Rome, Open City'' and ''Paisan, Paisà''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Those Dirty Dogs
''Those Dirty Dogs'' (, , also known as ''Charge!'') is a 1973 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Giuseppe Rosati and starring Gianni Garko and Stephen Boyd. The film was made in the later part of the Spaghetti Western boom. As such it features such latter-day genre elements as self-parody, guffaw humour, near-slapstick fight scenes (with accompanying sound effects), machine guns hidden in everyday household items, and bombastic villains. Plot In Arizona, a nasty but capable bandit, Angel Sanchez, working for a mad Mexican boss who likes being called "El Supremo", leads the boss's ragtag bandit army in stealing several hundred army rifles, along with ammunition, from a U.S. army wagon-train. They kill all the army soldiers and abduct the daughter of a prominent local doctor. Three American soldiers, Captain Chadwell, Lieutenant Junger and Sergeant Smith, are sent by Washington to recover the weaponry, or failing that to destroy them so they cannot be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugantino (film)
''Rugantino'' is a 1973 Italian comedy film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile. It is based on the stage musical with the same name by Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannini. Plot summary Rome, 1800. Rugantino is a fool in love that rages eternal, though he is very unlucky in love stories and fruitful occasions. In fact, he is denounced for trying to rob the elderly uncle of his inheritance, apparently believing that he's dying and Rugantino sentenced to public torture of a squire. Rugantino is in love with young married Rosetta, whom she appears to love because of his innocence and ineptitude. The young man is then accused of murdering a Roman nobleman and sentenced to death. His fate is sealed, and after spending a few days in jail, Rugantino is beheaded. Cast *Adriano Celentano: Rugantino *Claudia Mori: Rosetta *Renzo Palmer: cardinal Severini * Maria Grazia Spina: Donna Marta Capitelli *Sergio Tofano: Marquis Michele Sacconi *Toni Ucci: Don Niccolò Capitelli *Paolo Stoppa: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gang War In Naples
''Gang War in Naples'' () is a 1972 crime film written and directed by Pasquale Squitieri. Cast * Fabio Testi: Tonino Russo * Raymond Pellegrin: Don Mario Capece * Jean Seberg: Luisa *Enzo Cannavale: Nicola Cafiero "Sciancato" *Ugo D'Alessio: Pietro Russo, padre di Tonino * Lilla Brignone: madre di Tonino * Germana Carnacina: Anna *Charles Vanel: Don Domenico De Ritis * Enzo Turco: Don Silverio *Salvatore Puntillo: il commissario Capezzuto *Renato Chiantoni: Agostino * Paul Muller: l'onorevole Production ''Gang War in Naples'' was director Pasquale Squitieri's fourth film after directing three spaghetti Westerns. Fabio Testi was cast in the film as Tonino Russo after Squitieri saw him in ''Le Tueur'' with Jean Gabin. Squitieri went to Paris to meet him despite his producers wanting to cast Massimo Ranieri and Martin Balsam for the roles. Squitieri explained that he "didn't have anything against those actors, but I needed someone who would scare the audience when he came on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Boss (film)
''Crime Boss'' () is a 1972 Italian crime film directed by Alberto De Martino. Production ''Crime Boss'' was filmed at Incir-De Paolis Film Studios in Rome and on location in Milan, Palermo, Rome and Hamburg. Director Alberto De Martino joked about the film later, stating it was "the story of Caesar and Brutus, essentially ..a bit like Shakespears so to speak." Release ''Crime Boss'' was released theatrically in Italy on 8 August 1972 where it was distributed by P.A.C. The film grossed 498,812,000 Italian lire The lira ( , ; : lire, , ) was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. It was introduced by the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy in 1807 at par with the French franc, and was subsequently adopted by the different states that would eventually fo ... on its domestic release. Reception From a retrospective review, film historian Roberto Curti praised Aristide Massaccesi's "efficient camerawork" but that the film does not "live up to its impressive opening", noting that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
''Brother Sun, Sister Moon'' () is a 1972 historical drama film based on the hagiography of Saint Francis of Assisi. It is directed by Franco Zeffirelli from a screenplay he co-wrote with Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Lina Wertmüller and Kenneth Ross. It stars Graham Faulkner as Francis and Judi Bowker as Clare of Assisi, along with Leigh Lawson, Kenneth Cranham, Lee Montague, Valentina Cortese and Alec Guinness. The title of the film is from Francis' " Canticle of the Sun." A co-production of Italy and the United Kingdom, the film premiered on March 3, 1972. It is also known for its song score by musician Donovan, which were later released as his 22nd studio album in 2004. The film received mixed reviews from critics, but was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Production Design and a BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design. Plot Francesco, spoiled son of wealthy textile merchant Pietro Bernardone, returns from fighting in the war between Assisi and Perugia. Illness has forced him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Sun
''Red Sun'' (, ) is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Terence Young and starring Charles Bronson, Toshirō Mifune, Alain Delon, Ursula Andress, and Capucine. The Franco-Italian international co-production was filmed in Spain by the British director Young, with a screenplay by Denne Bart Petitclerc, William Roberts, and Lawrence Roman from a story by Laird Koenig. The film was released in the United States on 9 June 1972. Plot Link Stuart and Gauche are leaders of a gang of bandits who decide to rob $400,000 from a train. There, a Japanese ambassador is on his way to Washington, carrying a ceremonial tachi sword meant as a gift for the president. Gauche steals the gold-handled tachi and kills one of the ambassador's samurai bodyguards. By Gauche's order, the bandits double-cross Link by throwing dynamite into the train car he is in, leaving him for dead. Before Gauche leaves, the surviving samurai bodyguard, Kuroda, asks his name and swears to kill him. After Lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drummer Of Vengeance
''Drummer of Vengeance'' (, also known as ''Day of Judgment'', ''Doomsday'' and ''An Eye for an Eye'') is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Mario Gariazzo and starring Ty Hardin, Rossano Brazzi and Craig Hill. Plot On his return a war veteran finds his farmhouse burned to the ground. His young Native American wife and his little son have died in the flames. Responsible are a bunch of men who killed this man's family out of rage about his stance in the war. Using a false identity he goes to the close-by town where the murderers are to be found. He finds and confronts them one by one. Each time he uses his dead son's wind-up toy to remind them on their crime while he challenges them to a duel which none of them survives. Cast * Ty Hardin as The Stranger * Rossano Brazzi as The Sheriff * Craig Hill as O'Connor * Gordon Mitchell as Deputy Norton * Edda Di Benedetto as Prairie Fowler * Rosalba Neri as Rising Sun * Guido Lollobrigida as Clay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrible Day Of The Big Gundown
''Terrible Day of the Big Gundown'' (, also known as ''Vendetta at Dawn'') is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Garrone (here credited as Willy S. Regan). Cast * George Eastman: Dr. George Benton * Ty Hardin: Jonathan Benton * Bruno Corazzari: Rod Fargas * Laura Troschel: Lorry Baxter Benson * Steffen Zacharias: Gregory * Guido Lollobrigida: Sheriff Jed * Federico Boido: Peter Fargas * Dominic Barto: Carl Fargas * Nello Pazzafini Giovanni "Nello" Pazzafini (15 May 1933 – 9 January 1996) was an Italian actor who appeared in a very large number of Peplum film genre, Peplum movies, Spaghetti Westerns and Poliziotteschi. Life and career Born in Rome from parents originall ...: Convict References External links * 1971 films Films scored by Francesco De Masi Spaghetti Western films 1971 Western (genre) films 1970s Italian-language films 1970s Italian films Italian-language Western (genre) films Films directed by Sergio Garrone {{19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
