Giancarlo Badessi
Biography: Giancarlo Badessi (1928 – 2011) was an Italian actor. Born in Lecco, at the age of almost 40 Badessi gave up his daily job as an accountant to embrace the theatre, making his debut in a stage play directed by Giancarlo Cobelli. He was also active in cinema and on television, often playing character roles. Badessi died in Rome at the age of 83 from a heart attack, on 6 December 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Giancarlo Badessi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 22, 1928
Deathday: December 06, 2011
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Caligula
1979-08-14
Caligula
Overview: After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-08-14
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The Grand Duel
1972-12-29
The Grand Duel
Overview: A grizzled ex-sheriff helps a man framed for murder to confront the powerful trio of brothers who want him dead.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-12-29
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A Man Called Magnum
1977-08-07
A Man Called Magnum
Overview: A drug deal goes bad and the heroin is stolen. One mob boss doesn't have his drugs and the other doesn't get his money. People are going to die until they discover who double-crossed them. Into this backdrop, Inspector Dario Mauri arrives from Milan to help clean-up Naples. His mission – find the drugs and stop the killing.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-08-07
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Tiger Joe
1982-08-12
Tiger Joe
Overview: On one of his last trips before retirement, a plane of an illegal gunrunner in Vietnam is shot down where he hooks up Annie Belle, a humanitarian rebel.
Genres: War Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-08-12
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How to Kill a Judge
1975-02-05
How to Kill a Judge
Overview: A filmmaker's popular movie about a corrupt judge who is killed by the Mafia seemingly foretells the murder of a magistrate who orders the film's seizure.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-02-05
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Amore vuol dir gelosia
1975-10-09
Amore vuol dir gelosia
Overview: A dentist is married to frigid Licia, has two daughters and three other women.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-10-09
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A Virgin Named Mary
1975-09-11
A Virgin Named Mary
Overview: A second coming? This time our savior chose a shantytown outside Turin, in the north of Italy, overcrowded by poor families coming from the south in search of a job in a factory, or less legal ways to survive. Young Maria (Cinzia De Carolis) can predict the future during her epileptic seizures, or at least that's what everyone believes, and her mother (Clelia Matania) sells her predictions and responses to the superstitious neighbors, after inducing her "trance" with electricity. One night the shock is too strong, and Maria seems to die: when she wakes up, she is found pregnant. And being a honest unmarried girl from the south, she is obviously still virgin... Notwithstanding the opposition of the local priest (Turi Ferro), everyone, including her, believes in the miracle, and prepares for a second coming, in a crescendo of fanaticism that is soon noticed by the press, and by the official church..
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-09-11
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Where Are You Going All Naked?
1969-09-12
Where Are You Going All Naked?
Overview: Totally drunk, a young banker marries a girl who has strange habits: she walks around the house completely naked.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-09-12
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Night of the Serpent
1969-12-23
Night of the Serpent
Overview: Hernandez, the sheriff of a small Mexican village, joins a group of townsmen with the intention of killing young orphan Manuel and robbing him of his inheritance. Killer Luke, now an alcoholic for having murdered his own son by mistake, who is chosen for the task, instead decides to take the defence of the poor child.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-12-23
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The Son of the Sheik
1978-02-25
The Son of the Sheik
Overview: The old Emir of the Qudmar discovers he has a natural son in Italy. Secret agents and oil companies involve the man, an aspiring gas station, in the fight for the succession to the emirate.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-02-25
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Gangsters '70
1968-04-29
Gangsters '70
Overview: An elderly gangster just released from prison plans one last job, and gathers a small crew to do the job, but the plan goes sour when one of the crew betrays the details of the operation to a rival gangster.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-04-29
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Satiricosissimo
1970-01-21
Satiricosissimo
Overview: Ciccio loves very much the novel Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter, although his friend Franco does not understand him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-01-21
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Ace High
1968-10-02
Ace High
Overview: After Cacopoulos manages to save himself from being hung on a false charge, he robs Cat Stevens and Hutch Bessy of a lot of money and steals their horses. This results in a merry chase and Stevens and Bessy become unwilling allies in Cacopoulus' revenge against the people who deserted him and framed him to get their money back.
Genres: Western Action Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-10-02
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Poppea: A Prostitute in Service of the Emperor
1972-11-21
Poppea: A Prostitute in Service of the Emperor
Overview: Ottone and Savio work hard to keep each other out of trouble with the Roman Centurions while scraping together food and drink with various scams. Emperor Nero's wife, the beautiful Poppea, takes an interest in Ottone, who after a short stint as a gladiator gets a region to manage and an army of his own to command, all the while assisted by his best friend and partner in crime Savio.
Genres: History Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-11-21
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The Profiteer
1974-03-20
The Profiteer
Overview: In the city of Ostuni in Puglia, the mute seminarian Ercole is designated to be the driver and nurse of Parsifal, the paraplegic son in a rich and sanctimonious family of landowners. Ercole soon becomes the lover of his master's wife, the beautiful Baroness Clotilde. In a familial and social context where only money, sex and power count, everyone tries to take advantage of everyone, but the real saprophyte turns out to be Ercole.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-20
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Aretino's Blue Stories
1972-12-26
Aretino's Blue Stories
Overview: Madonna Violante goes to Rome to find the three Armida daughters, Lorenza and Vanna, who she has not seen for many years; but first she stops by her friend Antonia from whom he learned many unseemly things about them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-12-26
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Secret Confessions in a Cloistered Convent
1972-01-01
Secret Confessions in a Cloistered Convent
Overview: A young libertine after a series of love affairs, to escape the wrath of the betrayed husband disguises himself as a monk and hides in a convent where one immediately realizes how much his presence is very welcome.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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The Swindle
1977-11-18
The Swindle
Overview: A rude Roman policeman Nico Giraldi and an English detective team up in search of a gang that has carried out an enormous fraud against the Lloyd's of London.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-11-18
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Action
1980-01-04
Action
Overview: A failed actor, broken by violence and rejection, finds refuge among outcasts and forms an unconventional bond, but their fragile peace is threatened by a jealous husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-04
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Roma bene
1971-10-08
Roma bene
Overview: A parade of corrupt and sleazy characters in the high society of Rome.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-10-08
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Black Journal
1977-11-24
Black Journal
Overview: A mother so insanely overprotective of her grown son decides to make a deal with death by offering alternate victims plucked from among her fellow tenants in a 1938 Italian apartment building.
Genres: Drama Thriller Horror Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-11-24
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Silent Action
1975-04-05
Silent Action
Overview: A number of unexplained military deaths hit Italy and are ruled to be accidental or suicides, but police inspector Giorgio Solmi suspects otherwise. When a mysterious wealthy electrician is seemingly murdered by a female escort, a sinister plot slowly begins to unravel.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-04-05
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Tepepa
1969-01-31
Tepepa
Overview: The Mexican guerilla leader Tepepa and his gang fight against the chief of police, Cascorro.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-01-31
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Salon Kitty
1976-03-02
Salon Kitty
Overview: Kitty runs a brothel in Nazi Germany where the soldiers come to "relax". Recording devices have been installed in each room by a power hungry army official who plans to use the information to blackmail Hitler and gain power himself. A girl named Margherita discovers the little ploy and with Kitty's help plans to take on the dangerous task of exposing the conspiracy.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-03-02
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Povero Cristo
1976-01-03
Povero Cristo
Overview: A provincial young man with aspirations of becoming a private investigator is approached by a stranger that promises 100 million lire if he provides evidence of the existence of Jesus Christ.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-01-03
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Halleluja to Vera Cruz
1973-03-02
Halleluja to Vera Cruz
Overview: Two American bandits disguise themselves as priests in order to work undetected in Mexico during the revolution.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-03-02
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Vermisat
1974-10-19
Vermisat
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-10-19
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One Way or Another
1976-04-30
One Way or Another
Overview: Set during a retreat of Christian Democrat politicians who practice spiritual exercises together, it is an allegory of corrupted power. Disturbing, claustrophobic settings are the background to a series of mysterious crimes.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-04-30
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Innocence and Desire
1974-03-21
Innocence and Desire
Overview: A young man is temporarily home from a Seminary, but eventually falls in love with his father's young new wife.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-03-21
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Hit Squad
1976-10-29
Hit Squad
Overview: A gang of thieves are robbing luxury apartments in Rome, but after emptying the villa of the wealthy Mr. Douglas, the thieves are beginning to die.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-10-29
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Coup D'Etat
1969-03-15
Coup D'Etat
Overview: Italy, 1972. Political elections are taking place and Christian Democrat victory is expected; but the electronic computer of the Ministry of the Interior reveals that the party with the highest number is the Italian Communist Party.
Genres: Comedy Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-03-15
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What Have You Done to Solange?
1972-03-23
What Have You Done to Solange?
Overview: After several Catholic school pupils are murdered, a teacher who is having an affair with one of his students becomes a suspect. When other gruesome murders start occurring shortly thereafter, the teacher suspects that he may be the cause of them.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-03-23
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What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
1974-08-10
What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
Overview: An unidentified fifteen year-old girl is found hanged after an anonymous tip-off. The girl, Silvia Polvesi, is soon discovered to have been murdered. A peeping tom is caught with photos of her having sex with a teenage drop-out but he is later released due to lack of evidence. The investigation, conducted by Inspector Silvestri and the assistant public prosecutor Vittoria Stori, focuses on the girl's parents. It transpires that a private detective, Ruggero Pollente, was hired by Silvia's mother because the latter was concerned about her activities. As a conspiracy begins to emerge, Pollente's body is found dismembered and his girlfriend is subsequently attacked by a machete-wielding killer clad in motorcycle gear...
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-08-10
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Great Treasure Hunt
1972-02-07
Great Treasure Hunt
Overview: This dark, dusty western concerns a wealthy criminal, a blind man, and four mercenaries. The blind man wants to get his mitts on the crooks' gold. He can't do it alone, so he hires the quartet of soldiers-of-fortune to help him. There's bloodshed in abundance in pursuit of that goal.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-02-07
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Il trafficone
1974-11-28
Il trafficone
Overview: Neapolitan Vincenzo LoRusso lives of expedients in Rome, as he tries to sell at an intersection a faux suede jacket, accidentally meets Laura, a beautiful woman who invites him to her house.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-11-28
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The Big Deal
1972-03-31
The Big Deal
Overview: Three clumsy thieves come up with a robbery scheme against the "Grandi Magazzini Romani". They call to their aid a skilled "only by reputation" French burglar, Pierre Le Compte.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-03-31
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Confessions of a Police Captain
1971-03-26
Confessions of a Police Captain
Overview: A police captain arranges the release of a criminally insane prisoner, who soon winds up dead. When the District Attorney takes on the case, he uncovers corruption in the department and vows to take down the man who's responsible.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-03-26
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The Conspiracy of Torture
1969-11-14
The Conspiracy of Torture
Overview: In 1599 Italy, Beatrice Cenci is the teenage daughter of the crazed landowner and nobleman Francesco Cenci who keeps her locked up in the dungeon of his castle where he sexually abuses her. Beatrice plots with her stepmother, her besotted servant Olimpio, as well as a local bandit, named Catalano to plan Francesco’s murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-11-14
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Daniele and Maria
1973-02-16
Daniele and Maria
Overview: Directed by the Oscar-winning screenwriter Ennio De Concini, Daniele e Maria (1973) is the tale of a forbidden romance between a rich and reclusive boy and the poor girl whose kindness opens up his formerly sheltered life. As the familiar setup from Romeo and Juliet suggests, the romance can only have a tragic ending as Maria is whisked away from her love and is forced into a loveless marriage organized by the rich family sheltering Daniele…
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-02-16
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