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The Human Factor (1975 Film)
''The "Human" Factor'' is a 1975 suspense-thriller film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring George Kennedy, John Mills, Raf Vallone, Rita Tushingham, Barry Sullivan, and Haydee Politoff. A young Danny Huston appears in his acting debut. The UK/US/Italy co-production was shot on-location in Naples. The soundtrack was by composer Ennio Morricone. It was Dmytryk's final theatrically released film. Plot John Kinsdale is an American NATO computer specialist living with his wife and two children in Naples, Italy. Trying to find a new housekeeper, she calls the number on an ad in the domestics section of a local English-language newspaper. When Kinsdale arrives home from work, he finds his family brutally murdered with the perpetrators nowhere in sight. The sudden tragedy nearly drives him to suicide, but upon seeing a television report on the deaths he instead resolves to avenge his family's murder. After the funeral, Kinsdale is visited by Inspector Lupo of the Carabinieri, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Dmytryk
Edward Dmytryk (September 4, 1908 – July 1, 1999) was a Canadian-born American film director and editor. He was known for his 1940s films noir, noir films and received an Academy Award for Best Director, Oscar nomination for Best Director for ''Crossfire (film), Crossfire'' (1947). In 1947, he was named as one of the Hollywood Ten, a group of blacklisted film industry professionals who refused to testify to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in their investigations during the Red Scare of the McCarthy era. They all served time in prison for contempt of Congress. In 1951, Dmytryk testified to the HUAC and named individuals, including Arnold Manoff, whose careers were then destroyed for many years, to rehabilitate his own career. First hired again by independent producer Stanley Kramer in 1952, Dmytryk is likely best known for directing ''The Caine Mutiny (1954 film), The Caine Mutiny'' (1954), a critical and commercial success. The second-highest-grossing film of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples
Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of Naples, province-level municipality is the third most populous Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 2,958,410 residents, and the List of urban areas in the European Union, eighth most populous in the European Union. Naples metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately . Naples also plays a key role in international diplomacy, since it is home to NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean. Founded by Greeks in the 1st millennium BC, first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope () was e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Englund
Jan Lowell ( Englund; August 23, 1927 – January 16, 2018) was an American screenwriter and actress known for her work on exploitation films from the 1950s through the 1970s. She often worked alongside her husband, writer-actor Mark Lowell. After marrying her husband, she began working as an actress for stage and screen. Her first acting roles came in a series of Hugo Haas films in the mid-1950s. Soon, they were writing film scripts for B-movies like '' High School Hellcats'' and '' His and Hers''. The pair also spent a significant amount of time living in Rome, where they worked on spaghetti Westerns like ''A Fistful of Dollars.'' Selected filmography As an actress: * '' The "Human" Factor'' (1975) * ''Paradise Alley'' (1962) * '' Suicide Battalion'' (1958) * ''Reform School Girl'' (1957) * ''Invasion of the Saucer Men'' (1957) * ''Lizzie'' (1957) * ''Hit and Run'' (1957) * '' Emergency Hospital'' (1956) * '' Hold Back Tomorrow'' (1955) * '' The Other Woman'' (1954) * '' Bai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Harrison
Richard Harrison (born May 26, 1936) is an American actor, writer, director and producer known for his work in European B-movies during the 1960s and 1970s, and exploitation films of the early 1970s. He has worked with directors such as Antonio Margheriti and Marino Girolami and Z-movie directors like Paolo Solvay, Godfrey Ho, and Alfonso Brescia. Harrison has also worked with a variety of co-stars ranging from Anita Ekberg, Michèle Mercier, Klaus Kinski, Fernando Sanco, and Helmut Berger to popular actors such as Mike Monty and Romano Kristoff. Early life Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Harrison moved to Los Angeles at 17, where he was first employed at the Vic Tanny and Bert Goodrich gyms. Certain people working in the film industry trained at the gym and these encounters led Harrison to study acting. In 1961 he married Loretta Nicholson, the daughter of American International Pictures co-chief James H. Nicholson. American film appearances He appeared in a Santa Monica stag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Houston (actor)
Daniel Sallis Huston (born May 14, 1962) is an American-British actor, director and screenwriter. A member of the Huston family of filmmakers, he is the son of director John Huston and half-brother of actress Anjelica Huston. He is known for his roles in films such as ''Ivans Xtc'' (2000), for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, ''21 Grams'' (2003), ''Birth'' (2004), '' The Aviator'' (also 2004), ''The Constant Gardener'' (2005), ''Marie Antoinette'' (2006), ''Children of Men'' (also 2006), '' The Kingdom'' (2007), ''30 Days of Night'' (also 2007), ''Robin Hood'' (2010), ''Hitchcock'' (2012), '' The Congress'' (2013), ''Big Eyes'' (2014), ''Wonder Woman'' (2017), '' Game Night'' (2018), ''Stan & Ollie'' (also 2018), and ''Angel Has Fallen'' (2019). Huston portrayed The Axeman on the FX series '' American Horror Story: Coven'' and Massimo Dolcefino on '' American Horror Story: Freak Show''. He played Ben "The Butcher" Diamond on '' Magic C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Rimmer
Shane Lance Deacon (May 28, 1929 – March 29, 2019), known professionally as Shane Rimmer, was a Canadian actor and screenwriter who spent the majority of his career in the United Kingdom. The self-proclaimed "Rent-A- Yank" of the British entertainment industry, he appeared in over 160 films and television programmes from 1957 until his death in 2019, usually playing supporting North American characters. Among his best known roles were the voice of Scott Tracy in the original '' Thunderbirds'' series, Air Force Captain "Ace" Owens in '' Dr. Strangelove'', Joe Donnelli and Malcolm Reid on ''Coronation Street'', Edward R. Murrow in ''Gandhi'', and Louie Watterson on the Cartoon Network series ''The Amazing World of Gumball''. He appeared in several James Bond films. He made several on-stage appearances for the Royal National Theatre, and wrote scripts for ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'' and '' Joe 90''. Early life Rimmer was born Shane Lance Deacon in Toronto, Ontario to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Hunter (actor)
Thomas O'Driscoll Hunter (December 19, 1932 – December 27, 2017) was an American actor known for work in Spaghetti Westerns and as a Hollywood screenwriter. He was also the founder of the New England Repertory Company. Biography Born in Savannah, Georgia, Hunter served in the United States Marine Corps and graduated from the University of Virginia. He studied acting with Sanford Meisner and Uta Hagen. He entered film in a small role in Blake Edwards' ''What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?'' (1966). After completing the film, a chance meeting with Dino De Laurentiis led him to be invited to star as the lead in ''The Hills Run Red (1966 film), The Hills Run Red'' leading him to a career in European - primarily Italian - cinema with guest appearances in American television series. His dissatisfaction with European cinema led him to found the New England Repertory Company. Hunter published two books. The novel ''Softly Walks the Beast'' is an end-of-the-world story that takes place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Franz
Arthur Sofield Franz (February 29, 1920 – June 17, 2006) was an American actor whose most notable feature film role was as Lieutenant, Junior Grade H. Paynter Jr. in ''The Caine Mutiny'' (1954). Early life Franz was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey on Leap Year Day 1920, a Sunday. His interest in acting developed while he was still a student in high school. Military service During World War II, Franz served as a B-24 Liberator navigator in the United States Army Air Forces. He was shot down over Romania and incarcerated in a POW camp, from which he later escaped. Stage Franz's Broadway credits include ''Command Decision'' (1947), ''The Moon Vine'' (1942), ''Little Darling'' (1942), and ''Hope for a Harvest'' (1941). Film Franz made his screen debut in '' Jungle Patrol'' (1948). He appeared in '' Roseanna McCoy'' (1949), '' Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man'' (1951), '' Eight Iron Men'' (1952), '' Invaders From Mars'' (1953), '' The Unholy Wife'' (1957), and '' Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Sullivan (actor)
Patrick Barry Sullivan (August 29, 1912 – June 6, 1994) was an American actor of film, television, theatre, and radio. In a career that spanned over 40 years, Sullivan appeared in over 100 movies from the 1930s to the 1980s, primarily as a leading actor after establishing himself in the industry, and later as a character actor. Memorable films and TV programs that Sullivan appeared in include ''The Great Gatsby'', '' The Bad and the Beautiful'', '' Forty Guns'', '' The Price'', and '' Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid''. He was a featured guest performer in the top television series of his day, starring in two series, '' Harbormaster'' and '' The Tall Man.'' He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his performance on the 1955 teleplay '' The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.'' Ronald Bergan wrote in ''The Guardian'' in 1994: "Second division Hollywood actors like Barry Sullivan ... are usually faintly praised for being reliable or solid. However, when given the chance, Sullivan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA; ) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world and conducting covert operations. The agency is headquartered in the George Bush Center for Intelligence in Langley, Virginia, and is sometimes metonymously called "Langley". A major member of the United States Intelligence Community (IC), the CIA has reported to the director of national intelligence since 2004, and is focused on providing intelligence for the president and the Cabinet. The CIA is headed by a director and is divided into various directorates, including a Directorate of Analysis and Directorate of Operations. Unlike the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the CIA has no law enforcement function and focuses on intelligence gathering overseas, with only limited domestic intelligence collection. The CIA is responsibl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal government of the United States, federal government and is the Powers of the president of the United States#Commander-in-chief, commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. The power of the presidency has grown since the first president, George Washington, took office in 1789. While presidential power has ebbed and flowed over time, the presidency has played an increasing role in American political life since the beginning of the 20th century, carrying over into the 21st century with some expansions during the presidencies of Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Presidency of George W. Bush, George W. Bush. In modern times, the president is one of the world's most powerful political figures and the leader of the world's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pompeii
Pompeii ( ; ) was a city in what is now the municipality of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy. Along with Herculaneum, Stabiae, and Villa Boscoreale, many surrounding villas, the city was buried under of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Largely preserved under the ash, Pompeii offers a unique snapshot of Culture of ancient Rome, Roman life, frozen at the moment it was buried, as well as insight into ancient urban planning. It was a wealthy town of 10,000 to 20,000 residents at the time it was destroyed. It hosted many fine public buildings and luxurious private houses with lavish decorations, furnishings and artworks, which were the main attractions for early excavators; subsequent excavations have found hundreds of private homes and businesses reflecting various architectural styles and social classes, as well as numerous public buildings. Organic remains, including wooden objects and human bodies, were interred in the as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
