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Leonard Mann (actor)
Leonardo Manzella (born March 1, 1947), best known as Leonard Mann, is an American social worker, writer, and former actor. He played numerous leading roles in Italian genre films between 1969 and 1989, especially in Spaghetti westerns and '' poliziotteschi''. He was discovered by producer Manolo Bolognini as he was walking along Via Veneto and Bolognini, impressed by his face that reminded him of Franco Nero and Terence Hill, immediately put him on the screen, launching his career with the leading role of Sebastian in ''The Forgotten Pistolero''. Since retiring from showbusiness in 1989, he has worked as a social worker and therapist for the Los Angeles Unified School District in addition to a private practice San Luis Obispo. A vocal advocate of prison reform, he has written and produced a play, ''Cages'', about his experiences working with inmates. Selected filmography * ''The Forgotten Pistolero'' (1969) * '' Chuck Moll'' (1970) * '' Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Forgotten Pistolero
''The Forgotten Pistolero'' ( Italian: ''Il pistolero dell'Ave Maria'', lit. "The Gunman of Hail Mary") is a 1969 Italian Spaghetti Western film co-written and directed by Ferdinando Baldi. The film is a western adaptation of the Greek myth of Orestes, subject of three famous drama-plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. Ulrich P. Bruckner puts it among the "most interesting and most touching Spaghetti Westerns of the late sixties". Plot A wounded man by the name of Rafael ( Peter Martell) shows up one day at the home of loner Sebastian ( Leonard Mann). Sebastian helps him recover and later saves him from a group of gunmen who want him alive. Rafael reveals himself to be his childhood friend and he explains that Maria, the woman who raised Sebastian until her death, was not his mother. Fifteen years earlier, Sebastian's father, Mexican general Juan Carrasco ( José Suárez), was murdered by his treacherous wife Anna ( Luciana Paluzzi) and her lover Tomas ( Alberto de Mend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Body (1974 Film)
''The Body'' () is a 1974 Italian erotic drama film written and directed by Luigi Scattini. Plot In Trinidad, Princess arouses a violent passion in two men, the young penniless Alain and the mature and alcoholic Antoine. Cast * Zeudi Araya as Princess *Enrico Maria Salerno as Antoine * Leonard Mann as Alan *Carroll Baker as Madeliene See also * List of Italian films of 1974 A list of films produced in Italy in 1974 (see 1974 in film): Notes Footnotes References * * * * External linksItalian films of 1974at the Internet Movie DatabaseFilmografia di Liliana Cavani {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1974 197 ... References External links * 1970s Italian-language films 1970s erotic drama films Italian erotic drama films Films set in Trinidad and Tobago Films directed by Luigi Scattini Films scored by Piero Umiliani 1974 drama films 1974 films 1970s Italian films {{erotic-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flowers In The Attic (1987 Film)
''Flowers in the Attic'' is a 1987 American psychological drama film directed by Jeffrey Bloom and starring Louise Fletcher, Victoria Tennant, Kristy Swanson, and Jeb Stuart Adams. Its plot follows four youngsters who, after the death of their father, are held captive in the attic of their abusive grandmother's sprawling estate by their cruel and manipulative mother. It is based on V. C. Andrews' 1979 novel of the same name. At one point, Wes Craven was scheduled to direct the film, and had completed a screenplay draft. Producers were disturbed by his approach to the incest-laden story, and Jeffrey Bloom ended up with writing and directing duties. Plot After the sudden death of their father, teenagers Chris and Cathy Dollanganger and 5-year-old twins Cory and Carrie are forced to travel with their mother Corrine to live with her wealthy parents, who disowned her years ago. Corrine's mother Olivia, a religious fanatic, takes in her daughter and grandchildren on the conditi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cut And Run (film)
''Cut and Run'' () is a 1985 Italian exploitation adventure thriller film directed by Ruggero Deodato, co-written by Dardano Sacchetti, and starring Lisa Blount, Leonard Mann, Willie Aames, Richard Lynch, Michael Berryman, and Eriq La Salle in his film debut. The film is the third part of Deodato's "Cannibal Trilogy" - preceded by ''Ultimo mondo cannibale'' (1977) and ''Cannibal Holocaust'' (1980), and follows a news reporter caught in a war between drug traffickers and a murderous cult in the Amazon jungle. Plot News reporter Fran Hudson and her cameraman Mark Ludman investigate a war in the jungles of South America between drug cartels and the cult-like army of Colonel Brian Horne, a Vietnam War veteran and former associate of Jim Jones. Cast Production ''Cut and Run'' was originally developed as a project by director Wes Craven with the working title ''Marimba''. It was initially going to star Tim McIntire, Dirk Benedict, and Christopher Mitchum, with a screenplay writte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unfaithfully Yours (1984 Film)
''Unfaithfully Yours'' is a 1984 American romantic comedy film directed by Howard Zieff, starring Dudley Moore and Nastassja Kinski and featuring Armand Assante and Albert Brooks. The screenplay was written by Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson, and Robert Klane based on Preston Sturges' screenplay for the 1948 film of the same name. The original music score is by Bill Conti and the song "Unfaithfully Yours (One Love)" was written for the film and performed by Stephen Bishop. Plot Claude Eastman is a composer and the conductor of a prestigious symphony who has recently married beautiful Daniella, a much younger woman. While traveling, he sends a message to his friend Norman Robbins to keep an eye on his wife, but the message is garbled by Claude's Italian valet Giuseppe, and Norman hires a private detective named Keller to investigate Daniella. The private eye's report, which comes with a fuzzy video, is that Daniella had an assignation with a man who, by wearing Argyle socks, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copkiller
''Copkiller'' ( Italian: ''Copkiller (L'assassino dei poliziotti)''), also released as ''Corrupt'', ''Corrupt Lieutenant'', and ''The Order of Death'', is a 1983 Italian crime thriller film directed by Roberto Faenza and starring Harvey Keitel and John Lydon, the lead singer for the bands Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd. It is based on Hugh Fleetwood's 1977 novel ''The Order of Death'', with a screenplay by Fleetwood, Faenza and Ennio De Concini. The music was composed by Ennio Morricone. The plot follows a psychological cat-and-mouse game between a corrupt police officer (Keitel) and a disturbed young man (Lydon) against the backdrop of murders committed by a serial killer who is targeting police officers. The film was shot on-location in New York City and at Cinecittà Studios in Rome between March and April, 1982. It is Lydon's only starring role in film to date. Upon release, it received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, and has since fallen into the public dom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night School (1981 Film)
''Night School'' (also known as ''Terror Eyes'' in the United Kingdom) is a 1981 American slasher film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Rachel Ward, in her film debut, Leonard Mann, and Drew Snyder. The plot revolves around a series of brutal murders in Boston, Massachusetts. Alfred Sole was the film's original director, but he passed on the project. Hughes was ultimately brought in to direct, and ''Night School'' was his final film. The music score was composed by Brad Fiedel. The film premiered at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival in 1981. ''Night School'' was released theatrically in the United States on September 11, 1981, and was panned by critics upon release. In England, it became a video nasty. The film has developed a small cult following among slasher fans, and was given its first DVD release by Warner Archive with a remastered transfer in 2011. Plot Anne Barron is a teacher's aide at a Boston daycare center. One evening, she is relaxing on the playground caro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Humanoid (1979 Film)
''L'umanoide'', internationally released as ''The Humanoid'' or ''Humanoid'', is a 1979 Italian science fiction film directed by Aldo Lado (credited as George B. Lewis). The film bears many similarities to the original ''Star Wars.'' Plot Sometime in the distant future, the planet Metropolis (once known as Earth) is a peaceful utopia led by a leader called The Great Brother. His world is threatened by his brother Graal who has escaped from a prison satellite, stolen a warship and enlisted the help of a mad scientist named Dr. Kraspin. Kraspin has a plan to make an army of unstoppable supersoldiers he calls "Humanoids," but to mutate them he requires the powerful element Kapitron that is being kept at the Grovan Institute on Metropolis. Graal sends down a squad of soldiers to break into the institute and steal the Kapitron. They are also ordered to kill a woman named Barbara Gibson, a scientist who once worked with Kraspin but who realized the horrendous potential of the element ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Perfect Crime (1978 Film)
''The Perfect Crime'' (/ ''Investigation of a Perfect Crime'') is a 1978 Italian giallo-crime film directed by Giuseppe Rosati and starring Leonard Mann. It was one of the last features for actor Anthony Steel. Cast * Gloria Guida as Polly Rennie * Leonard Mann as Sir Paul De Revere * Joseph Cotten as Sir Arthur Dundy * Adolfo Celi as Sir Harold Boyd * Anthony Steel as Supt. Jeff Hawks * Janet Agren as Lady Gloria Boyd * Alida Valli as Lady Clementine de Revere * Franco Ressel as Sgt. Phillips * Paul Muller as Gibson * Mario Novelli (as Anthony Freeman) as saboteur * Elio Stefanizzi * Claudio Gora * Tom Felleghy Tom Felleghy (born Tamás Fellegi; 26 November 1921 – 13 September 2005) was a Hungarian-born Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1958. Felleghy died in Bracciano, Lazio on 13 September 2005, at the age of 83. Film ... as Dr. Hobbes (uncredited) References External links * 1978 films 1978 crime films Italian crime films 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Steps In The Dark
''Death Steps in the Dark'' (, which translates as ''Death Steps Lost in the Dark'') is a 1977 Italian-Greek giallo film directed by Maurizio Pradeaux. Pradeaux directed only one other giallo, the 1973 ''Death Carries a Cane''. Plot Italian reporter Luciano Morelli (Leonard Mann) is taking an express train to Greece from Istanbul with his girlfriend, Swedish up-and-coming model Ingrid Stelmossen. Several other passengers are in their car, including a Lebanese man, a Greek socialite woman, a Turkish priest, and a nervous young French woman. One passenger goes to the lavatory to clip some wires for the lighting in their car, leaving their black gloves behind. As the train goes into a darkened tunnel, a scream is heard, and once light comes through again, the young, nervous woman is seen murdered. Luciano's letter opener is lodged in her heart. Despite the inspector questioning all the passengers in the car, Luciano is treated as the prime suspect due to the murder weapon. No suspe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Criminals Attack
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wifemistress
''Wifemistress'' () is a 1977 Italian romantic movie directed by Marco Vicario. Plot Ever since her husband pronounced her frigid on the night of their wedding, Antonia DeAngelis (Laura Antonelli) has been bedridden. When her husband disappears, she sets off in his horse and buggy on his route to find out what happened to him. She learns about her husband's business, his passions, his political writing, his mistresses, and his indifference to the peasants on her family's land. Her growing knowledge about her husband's life causes her own passions to stir, and she takes over her husband's business, his habits, his thoughts, and even his mistress. She begins an affair with a young foreign doctor, improves the conditions of the peasants, and publishes her husband's writings. In reality, a murder charge has forced Luigi into hiding directly across the street from his own home, where he watches Antonia become his sexual and social equal from behind the slats of a boarded window. Onc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
