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Raf Baldassarre
Raffaele "Raf" Baldassarre (17 January 1932 - 11 January 1995) was an Italian film actor. Life and career Born Raffaele Baldassarre in Giurdignano, Lecce, Apulia, he started his career in the late 1950s, being cast in many peplum and adventure films, alternating between stereotypical roles of the young villain and the loyal friend of the protagonist. Following a fashion of the time for American-sounding stage names, in the second half of the 1960s he was credited "Ralph Baldwyn" or "Ralph Baldwin" in several Spaghetti Westerns. Baldassarre was active until mid-eighties, usually cast in supporting roles, and he occasionally also worked as a producer. Selected filmography * '' Pirate of the Half Moon'' (1957) - Un corsaro * '' The Pirate of the Black Hawk'' (1958) - Pirata Rosso * ''Pia de' Tolomei'' (1958) * ''The Nights of Lucretia Borgia'' (1959) - Ruggero * ''The Night of the Great Attack'' (1959) - Young Pickpocket * ''The Loves of Salammbo'' (1960) - Capo Mercenario * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giurdignano
Giurdignano is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy. History The human presence in the area of Giurdignano dates to as early as the Bronze Age, as testified by the presence of numerous menhirs and dolmens. Later it was conquered by the Romans (archaeological findings include a 2nd-3rd century AD necropolis). Later it was part of the Byzantine Empire until the Normans conquered it in the 11th century. Main sights The territory of Giurdignano is characterized by the greatest presence of menhir and dolmen A dolmen, () or portal tomb, is a type of single-chamber Megalith#Tombs, megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table". Most date from the Late Neolithic period (4000 ... in Italy, the total exceeding 25. Other sights include the 18th century Mothern Church, the crypt of ''San Salvatore'' (8th-10th centuries, an example of Byzantine rock-carved chap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulysses Against The Son Of Hercules
''Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules'' () is a 1962 ''peplum'' film directed by Mario Caiano. Plot Hercules captures Ulysses, during the latter's return to Ithaca, by order of Zeus. The hero intends to bring him to Polyphemus, who was blinded by Ulysses years before, but during the journey, the two heroes are captured by half-men and half-bird beings. After managing to escape, Ulysses is made prisoner again, this time by the Troglodytae; Hercules carries on his journey and arrives in Greece, coming to the father of his fiancée Helena to set up an expedition against the monster people who wants to kill Ulysses. Cast * Georges Marchal: Ulysses * Mike Lane: Hercules(credited as Michael Lane) * Alessandra Panaro: Helena * Dominique Boschero: Queen * Raffaele Pisu: Assur * Gabriele Tinti: Mercuro * Yvette Lebon: Hera * Raf Baldassarre: Leuco * Tino Bianchi: King Ircano * Gianni Santuccio: Lagos * Raffaella Carrà: Adraste Production The film was shot on locatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Man In Jamaica
''Our Man in Jamaica''/''Operation Jamaica'' () is a 1965 Italian Spanish German international co-production Eurospy adventure film directed by an uncredited Mel Welles. It was credited to for reasons of European funding.p.274 Paul, Louis ''Mel Welles Interview'' ''Tales from the cult film trenches: interviews with 36 actors from horror, science fiction and exploitation cinema'' McFarland, 06/09/2007 Plot Agent 001 Ken Stewart is sent to Jamaica to locate the missing Agent 009 who vanished investigating an arms smuggling operation. After two of Stewart's friends are found dead of electrocution, 001's investigation leads him to an expatriate American criminal who was sentenced to the electric chair but escaped from prison. Seeking revenge, he assembles an army of terrorists based on an island seven miles from Jamaica called Dominica. His arms smuggling is the beginning of a scheme to attack the United States with the aid of Red China and Cuba. The film was made during the April R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legacy Of The Incas
''Legacy of the Incas'' () is a 1965 adventure film directed by Georg Marischka and starring Guy Madison, Rik Battaglia, and Heinz Erhardt. It was made as a co-production between Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, and West Germany. It is based on the 1892 novel of the same name by Karl May, and was part of a boom in adaptations of the writer's work. Location shooting took place in Peru, Spain and Bulgaria. The film's sets were designed by the art director Saverio D'Eugenio. Synopsis In nineteenth century Peru, two envoys are sent by the government to negotiate with descendants of the Incas and other tribes to stave off a rebellion. Meanwhile, a bandit who killed an Inca priest several years prior seeks to exploit the unrest to his own advantage. Cast * Guy Madison as Jaguar / Karl Hansen *Rik Battaglia as Antonio Perillo *Fernando Rey as President Castillo * William Rothlein as Haukaropora *Francisco Rabal as Gambusino *Heinz Erhardt as Professor Morgenstern * Chris Howland as Don Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse James' Kid
''Jesse James' Kid'' (, , also known as ''Son of Jesse James'') is a 1965 Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Antonio del Amo. Cast * Robert Hundar as Bill James *Mercedes Alonso as Dorothy * Adrian Hoven as Allan * Luis Induni * Roberto Camardiel * José Canalejas as Joe Kamel * Pier A. Caminnecci *José Jaspe José Jaspe () (10 August 1906 – 5 June 1974) was a Spanish film actor. He played Konev the conductor in '' Horror Express'' (1972), Ahmed in '' House of 1,000 Dolls'' (1967), Henneker in '' The Man Called Noon'' (1973), the traitor in '' The C ... * Raf Baldassarre as Bruce *Tomás Torres * John Bartha * Fernando Sánchez Polack * Adolfo Torrado * Robert Johnson Jr. References External links * 1965 films 1960s Italian-language films 1965 Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films Italian Western (genre) films Spanish Western (genre) films Films directed by Antonio del Amo 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Hours Of Gunfire
''Seven Hours of Gunfire'' (, ) is a 1965 Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent (as José Hernandez). Cast *Rik Van Nutter as Buffalo Bill (as Clyde Rogers) *Adrian Hoven as Wild Bill Hickok *Kurt Großkurth as August Mai * as Cora *Gloria Milland as Calamity Jane * Robert Johnson Jr. * Carlos Romero Marchent *Helga Liné * Alfonso Rojas as Colonel Carr *Antonio Molino Rojo * Francisco Sanz as Pastor Lieberman *Raf Baldassarre as Guillermo *Cris Huerta as Steve *María Esther Vázquez María Esther Vázquez (4 August 1937 – 25 March 2017) was an Argentine writer and journalist, best known as a collaborator and biographer of Jorge Luis Borges and Victoria Ocampo. Biography She was born in Buenos Aires in 1937 into a family ... as Agnese External links * 1965 films 1965 Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films Spanish Western (genre) films Italian Western (genre) films West German films 1960s Spanish-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seven From Texas
''The Seven from Texas'' ( , , also known as ''Seven Guns from Texas'' and ''Hour of Death'') is a 1964 Spanish-Italian Western film directed by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Spaghetti Western at the 64th Venice International Film Festival The 64th annual Venice Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival, was held from 29 August to 8 September 2007, at Venice Lido in Italy. Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou was the jury president for the main competition. Italian actress Ambra .... Cast References External links * 1964 films Italian Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films Spanish Western (genre) films 1964 Western (genre) films Texas in fiction Films directed by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent Films shot in Almería 1960s Italian films 1960s Spanish-language films {{1960s-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Fistful Of Dollars
''A Fistful of Dollars'' (, (''For a Fistful of Dollars'')) is a 1964 spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role, alongside Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp, José Calvo, Antonio Prieto and Joseph Egger. The film, an international co-production between Italy, West Germany and Spain, was filmed on a low budget (reported to be US$200,000), and Eastwood was paid $15,000 for his role. Released in Italy in 1964 and in the United States in 1967, the film initiated the popularity of the spaghetti Western genre. It is considered a landmark in cinema and one of the greatest and most influential films of all time. It was followed by ''For a Few Dollars More'' and ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'', both also starring Eastwood. Collectively, these three films became known as the ''Dollars Trilogy'', or the ''Man with No Name Trilogy'', after the United Artists publicity campaign referre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandokan To The Rescue (film)
Sandokan is a fictional late 19th-century pirate created by Italian author Emilio Salgari. His adventures first appeared in publication in 1883. Sandokan is the hero of 11 adventure novels. Within the series, Sandokan is known throughout the South China Sea as the "Tiger of Malaya". Sandokan series Emilio Salgari wrote several novels telling the adventures of Sandokan and Yanez, two of his most legendary creations. They are introduced in ''The Tigers of Mompracem'', which portrays their struggle against Dutch and British. In many sequels, they fight against James Brooke, a white-skin adventurer, self-appointed as Rajah of Sarawak; they also move to India to smash down the Thugs, a notorious band of stranglers devoted to the goddess Kali. The original series * ''The Mystery of the Black Jungle'' (''I Misteri della Jungla Nera'', 1895) * ''The Pirates of Malaysia ''(''I Pirati della Malesia'', 1896) * ''The Tigers of Mompracem ''(''Le Tigri di Mompracem'', 1900) * ''The Two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Executioner Of Venice
''The Executioner of Venice'' (), also known as ''Blood of the Executioner'',Howard Hughes. ''Cinema Italiano - The Complete Guide From Classics To Cult''. I.B.Tauris, 2011. . is a 1963 Italian swashbuckler film co-written and directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Lex Barker and Guy Madison. Plot Cast * Lex Barker as Sandrigo Bembo * Guy Madison as Rodrigo Zeno * Alessandra Panaro as Leonora Danin * Mario Petri as Boia Guarnieri * Alberto Farnese as Michele Arcà * Giulio Marchetti as Bartolo * Feodor Chaliapin Jr. as Doge Giovanni Bembo * Franco Fantasia as Pietro * Raf Baldassarre as Messere Grimani * Mirella Roxy as Smeralda * John Bartha János Bartha (6 February 1915 – 7 March 1991), better known as John Bartha, was a Hungarian actor who appeared primarily in Spaghetti Westerns in the 1960s and 1970s. He is probably most recognizable in western cinema for his role as the Sher ... as Messere Leonardo References External links * 1963 adventure films Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Implacable Three
''Implacable Three'' (, ) is a 1963 Spanish/Italian mystery western film directed by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent, written by José Mallorquí and starring Geoffrey Horne, Paul Piaget and Fernando Sancho, it is considered one of the earliest Spaghetti Western The spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's filmmaking style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ... films. Cast References External links * {{IMDb title, 0057604 Films directed by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent Films with screenplays by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent Spanish Western (genre) films Italian Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films 1963 Western (genre) films 1963 films Something Weird Video 1960s Italian films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sign Of The Coyote
''The Sign of the Coyote'' () is a 1963 Italian-Spanish western adventure film directed by Mario Caiano and starring Fernando Casanova, María Luz Galicia and Jesús Tordesillas.Ercolani p.130 The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone. Synopsis Following the Conquest of California The Conquest of California, also known as the Conquest of Alta California or the California Campaign, was a military campaign during the Mexican–American War carried out by the United States in Alta California (modern-day California), then part ..., a local adventurer battles against the new American authorities and their unjust actions against the people. Cast References Bibliography * Eugenio Ercolani. ''Darkening the Italian Screen: Interviews with Genre and Exploitation Directors Who Debuted in the 1950s and 1960s''. McFarland, 2019. External links * 1963 films Spanish historical adventure films Italian historical adventure films Italian Western (genr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |