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Toni Ucci
Antonio "Toni" Ucci (13 January 1922 – 16 or 19 February 2014) 16 February 2014 was an Italian actor and comedian. He appeared in 86 films between 1948 and 2000. Born in Rome, he started his career in the and got his first successes in . Ucci worked assiduously in the theater, playing comedies of all genres, including musical comedies. He had a distinguished career as a character actor in films and, since 1959, in television films and series. Selected filmography * ''Cuore'' (1948) * '' |
The Assassin (1961 Film)
''The Assassin'' () is a 1961 Italian-French crime drama film directed by Elio Petri starring Marcello Mastroianni. It was Petri's feature film debut as a director. Plot Antiques dealer Alfredo returns to his exclusive apartment in Rome in the early morning hours. When his fiancée Nicoletta rings him up on the phone, he pretends that he had spent the whole night at home. Shortly after, the police arrive and arrest Alfredo, as his former mistress Adalgisa, with whom he had spent the previous night, has been found murdered in her hotel at the seaside. Also, Nicoletta has suddenly disappeared. While Alfredo is in custody, the police research his past and uncover an egotistical, ruthless careerist who uses the people around him to climb the social ladder at any cost, selling fake antiques, having his mistress pay for his expenses and dropping her at the prospect of marrying Nicoletta, the daughter of a rich industrialist. When Nicoletta shows up again and the true murderer is convict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Olimpiadi Dei Mariti
''Le olimpiadi dei mariti'' (''Husbands' Olympics'') is a 1960 Italy, Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Bianchi (director), Giorgio Bianchi. Cast *Ugo Tognazzi: Ugo *Raimondo Vianello: Raimondo *Delia Scala: Delia *Sandra Mondaini: Sandra *Gino Cervi: Director of the newspaper *Hélène Chanel: Helke *Anna Rasmussen: Greta *Andrea Rapisarda: Colonel von Gruber *Francis Blanche *John Anderson (actor), John Anderson *Ernesto Calindri *Lola Braccini *Toni Ucci: Waiter References External links * 1960 films 1960 comedy films Italian comedy films Films directed by Giorgio Bianchi Films set in Rome Films set in 1960 Films about the 1960 Summer Olympics Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli 1960s Italian-language films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indovina Chi Viene A Merenda?
(i.e. "Guess who's coming to tea?") is a 1969 Italian war-comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ... written and directed by Marcello Ciorciolini and starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Plot Sicily 1943: to avoid war, Franco and Ciccio hid in the mountains. Two American paratroopers steal their clothes and leave them their uniforms in exchange, so our "heroes" are captured by the Germans and deported to Germany. They will escape, take refuge on a farm and be the protagonists of chain misadventures. After the war, believed dead, they are safe and sound up there in Germany. Cast * Franco Franchi as Franco La Rapa * Ciccio Ingrassia as Ciccio La Rapa * Mimmo Palmara as Comm. Tiger * Carlo Romano as Otto Bauer * Giacomo Rossi Stuart as Camp Commandan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Million Dollar Countdown
''The Million Dollar Countdown'' (, , also known as ''L'assalto al centro nucleare'') is a 1967 Spanish-Italian criminal comedy film directed by Mario Caiano and starring Frank Wolff.Marco Giusti. ''007 all'italiana''. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. . Cast * Frank Wolff as Brian Kervin * Rossella Como as Claudine * Giampiero Albertini as Joe * Claudio Gora as Proprietario del Yacht * Gérard Landry as Colonel * Toni Ucci as Theo * Thea Fleming as Huguette * Jesús Puente as Talbol * Josyane Gibert as Fiamma * Pippo Starnazza as Zero * Aldo Bufi Landi * Amedeo Trilli Amedeo Trilli (9 July 1906 – 30 November 1971) was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Ronciglione, Viterbo, at very young age Trilli worked as a circus artist, then in 1922 he studied performance at the Accademi ... Reception References External links * Spanish crime comedy films 1960s crime comedy films Films directed by Mario Caiano Italian crime comedy films 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honeymoon, Italian Style
''Honeymoon, Italian Style'' () is a 1966 Italian-Spanish comedy film directed by Mario Amendola and starring Tony Russel, Concha Velasco and Ferruccio Amendola.Small p.108 The film's sets were designed by the art director Francisco Canet. Cast * Tony Russel as Barone Frescobaldi * Concha Velasco as Rosetta de Curtis * Ferruccio Amendola as Pasquale * Elio Crovetto as Funzionario al Casinò * Ana María Custodio as donna di Camilo * Luigi De Filippo as Camilluccio * Alberto Farnese as Portiere dell'Hotel * Litz Kibiska as La Bionda * Anna Maestri as Pallina * Renzo Montagnani as Nicola * Antonio Ozores as Salvatore Catella * George Rigaud as Barone Luigi * Carlo Rizzo Carlo Rizzo (30 April 1907 – 26 July 1979) was an Italian stage and film actor.Chiti & Poppi p.333 He was the brother of the actor Alfredo Rizzo. A regular in post-war Italian cinema he also featured in several American films produced in It ... as Direttore dell'Hotel * Rosita Rizzo as Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiaggia Libera
''Spiaggia libera'' is a 1965 Italian comedy film directed by Marino Girolami. Cast * Dominique Boschero: Pallina * Riccardo Garrone: Riccardo * Aldo Giuffrè: Cuccurallo * Aroldo Tieri: Mario * Raimondo Vianello: Captain Oliviero * Alberto Lupo: The Engineer * Sandra Mondaini: Maria * Franca Polesello: Friend of Anna * Toni Ucci: Nando * Enzo Andronico: Maresciallo * Ennio Girolami: Ciccio * Francesco Mulé: False Priest * Luigi Pavese: Colonel * Nietta Zocchi Nietta Zocchi (10 July 1909 – 23 April 1981) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 70 films between 1936 and 1976. Selected filmography * '' The Amnesiac'' (1936) - Zelinda (uncredited) * '' To Live'' (1936) - Una spettatrice al conce ...: Countess External links * 1965 films 1960s Italian-language films 1965 comedy films Films directed by Marino Girolami Italian comedy films Films with screenplays by Marino Girolami 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin Lovers (1965 Film)
''Latin Lovers'' () is a 1965 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Costa. Plot The film is composed of five episodes in which is shown the love of the Italians in the 60s. Among the low quality of love stories, the episode stands out with Totò: ''Amore e morte'' (''Love and death''). Segment: ''Love and death'' Antonio Gargiulo is a poor accountant who goes to the hospital to collect medical records, suspecting that he has a serious bad health. But he's fine: really bad is the grandfather of a girl who does not give peace for the bad news. Antonio is sorry and tries to console her by offering to exchange the medical records so the old man, discovering he is healthy, will die happy. She accepts, and at the same time falls in love with Antonio who, wanting to have fun with her, sends the clinic record in accounting to lend him the money from the board immediately. Cast * Toni Ucci as Augusto (segment "La grande conquista") * Vittorio Congia as Maurizio (segment "La grande conqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Nights Of Love (1964 Film)
''Three Nights of Love'' () is a 1964 omnibus comedy film in three segments directed by Renato Castellani, Luigi Comencini and Franco Rossi and starring Catherine Spaak, Enrico Maria Salerno and Adolfo Celi. Cast * Adolfo Celi (segment "La moglie bambina") * Anna Maria Checchi * Diletta D'Andrea as Gabriella (segment "La moglie bambina") * Rina Franchetti * John Phillip Law as Fra Felice (segment "Fatebenefratelli") * Tiberio Murgia * Dante Posani * Aldo Puglisi (segment "La vedova") * Enrico Maria Salerno as Giuliano (segment "La moglie bambina") * Renato Salvatori as Nicola (segment "La vedova") * Joe Sentieri * Catherine Spaak as Ghiga (segment "Fatebenefratelli"), Giselle (segment "La vedova"), Cirilla (segment "La moglie bambina") * Toni Ucci Antonio "Toni" Ucci (13 January 1922 – 16 or 19 February 2014) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corpse For The Lady
''Corpse for the Lady'' () is a 1964 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Sylva Koscina. Cast * Sylva Koscina - Laura Guglielmetti * Sergio Fantoni - Commisario * Scilla Gabel - Renata * Sandra Mondaini - Marina * Lando Buzzanca - Enzo * Franco Franchi - Gianni * Ciccio Ingrassia - Luigi * Rosalba Neri - Giovanna * Elsa Vazzoler - Costanza * Francesco Mulé - Augusto Ferrante (as Francesco Mulè) * Toni Ucci - Michele * Piero Mazzarella - Tommaso Borsotti * Angelo Santi (as Angelo Santi Amantini) * Paolo Bonacelli Paolo Bonacelli (born 28 February 1937) is an Italian stage and film actor. Bonacelli graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome. After debuting on stage in Vittorio Gassman's ''Questa sera si recita a soggetto'', he had his fi ... - Gedeon References External links * 1964 films 1964 comedy films Italian comedy films 1960s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Mario Mattoli 1960 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toto And Cleopatra
''Toto and Cleopatra'' () is a 1963 Italian adventure-comedy film written and directed by Fernando Cerchio. Plot Mark Antony has a brother-lookalike, Totonno, a sinister slave trader. Totonno secretly replaces Mark Antony in the most delicate moments. The continuous alternation of the two brothers generates havoc, with Cleopatra increasingly confused about the contradictory behavior of the man. Cast *Totò as Totonno / Mark Antony * Magali Noël as Cleopatra * Franco Sportelli as Ahenobarbus * Carlo Delle Piane as Caesarion * Moira Orfei as Octavia * Lia Zoppelli as Fulvia * Gianni Agus as Senator Gaius Octavius * Toni Ucci as Senator Publio Nasone * Mario Castellani as Real Surgeon * Pietro Carloni as Lepidus * Nadine Sanders as Ancella di Cleopatra * Ignazio Leone as Apollodoro * Adriana Facchetti as Publia * Franco Ressel as the Sicilian * Dada Gallotti Dada Gallotti (born 8 April 1935) is an Italian actress. Born in Milan, Italy, as Alda Gallot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Two Colonels
''The Two Colonels'' ( Italian: ''I due colonnelli'') is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Steno and starring Totò and Walter Pidgeon. The character of Totò took inspiration from a similar character he played in '' Totò Diabolicus''. Plot The story is of Italian and British troops facing off on the Greek-Albanian border in 1943. Both sides take, lose, and retake a border village countless times during the entire movie. The village is taken and retaken by both sides so many times that the locals do not even pay attention to the battles anymore and openly collaborate with whichever side is occupying the village at that time. Both sides use the same hotel as their HQ, and a friendship and mutual respect even develop between the two opposing commanding officers. This goes on until the Germans arrive and order the Italian commander Di Maggio to destroy the village, killing its inhabitants, an order the Italian commander refuses to carry out, bringing on a death sentence. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sexy Toto
''Sexy Toto'' (Italian: ''Totòsexy'') is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Amendola and starring Totò Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò (), or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed ''il principe della risat ... and Erminio Macario. It consisted of a mere montage of scenes discarded from '' Toto's First Night''. It attracted around 880,000 spectators, considerably less than usual for a Totò film.Bìspuri p.285 Plot After being arrested for criminal activities, two street musicians swap sexy stories with the other inmates. Cast References Bibliography * Ennio Bìspuri. ''Totò: principe clown : tutti i film di Totò''. Guida Editori, 1997. External links * 1963 films 1963 comedy films Italian comedy films 1960s Italian-language films Films directed by Mario Amendola Films with screenplays by Giovanni Grimaldi Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
