Paul Stassino
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 01, 1930
Deathday: June 22, 2012
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Where the Spies Are
1966-01-26
Where the Spies Are
Overview: A local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the Middle East, only to experience that his mission is complicated by a sexy female double agent.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-26
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Sammy Going South
1963-03-18
Sammy Going South
Overview: After he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to go by himself from the Suez Canal to Durban in South Africa where his nearest relative, Aunt Jane, lives. On the way he meets a variety of different people who help or hinder his journey - including an ageing diamond smuggler.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-03-18
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The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1961-12-28
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Overview: Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a play she is about to take to Broadway. Her businessman husband, 20 years her senior, has been the angel for the play and gives her a way out: They are off to a holiday in Rome for his health. He suffers a fatal heart attack on the plane. Mrs. Stone stays in Rome. She leases a magnificent apartment with a view of the seven hills from the terrace. Then the contessa comes calling to introduce a young man named Paolo to her. The contessa knows many presentable young men and lonely American widows.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-28
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The Long Ships
1964-04-22
The Long Ships
Overview: Moorish ruler El Mansuh is determined to locate a massive bell made of gold known as the "Mother of Voices." Viking explorer Rolfe also becomes intent on finding the mythical treasure, and sails with his crew from Scandinavia to Africa to track it down. Reluctantly working together, El Mansuh and Rolfe, along with their men, embark on a quest for the prized object, but only one leader will be able to claim the bell as his own — if it even exists at all.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-04-22
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Echo of Barbara
1961-04-29
Echo of Barbara
Overview: Barbara is the long-lost sister of no-good Mike Roscoe (Ronald Hines). Paula Brown (Maureen Connell) is the stripper whom Mike hires to pose as Barbara. It's all part of a scheme to fool Mike's ex-convict dad Sam Roscoe (Mervyn Johns). The son hopes to entice Sam into revealing the whereabouts of his stolen money, and Paula is hopefully going to do the trick. Based on a novel by Jonathan Burke, Echo of Barbara is a better-than-usual British programmer, entertaining despite its surplus of unpleasant leading characters.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-04-29
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The High Bright Sun
1964-11-01
The High Bright Sun
Overview: This story of love and espionage focuses on political turmoil as a small nation struggles to free itself from colonial rule, and one man tries to serve both justice and his own heart.
Genres: Adventure Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-01
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Sands of Beersheba
1964-07-15
Sands of Beersheba
Overview: During the Palestinian War of 1948, an American falls in love with her late fiance's friend, an Israeli gunrunner.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-07-15
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The Stranglers of Bombay
1959-12-04
The Stranglers of Bombay
Overview: In 1826 British-ruled India, the secret Cult of Thugee demonstrates their worship of their goddess, Kali, by the mutilation and mass murder of thousands of Indians while pirating the shipments of the British East-Indian Tea Company. As the British military leaders play down the implications of the piracy and disappearances, a lone captain realizes that they are not just coincidence and sets out to uncover the source of the deviltry, at the risk of his career. Based on history.
Genres: Thriller Crime Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-12-04
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Moment of Danger
1960-01-26
Moment of Danger
Overview: Having been coerced unto helping a criminal pull off a jewellery theft, a locksmith is double crossed by the crook and heads off to Spain with an eye to getting even.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-26
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Tiger Bay
1959-03-01
Tiger Bay
Overview: In Tiger Bay, the docklands of Cardiff, rough-and-tumble street urchin Gillie witnesses the brutal killing of a young woman at the hands of visiting Polish sailor Korchinsky. Instead of reporting the crime to the authorities, Gillie merely pockets a prize for herself — Korchinsky's shiny black revolver — and flees the scene. When Detective Graham discovers that Gillie has the murder weapon, the fiery young girl weaves a web of lies to throw him off course.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-01
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The Great Van Robbery
1959-01-16
The Great Van Robbery
Overview: Interpol detective Caesar Smith tracks robbers of the Royal Mint van. He travels to Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Paris and establishes the guilt of a London coffee importer.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-16
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Thunderball
1965-12-11
Thunderball
Overview: A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-11
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Man Detained
1961-10-01
Man Detained
Overview: A petty burglar sets a chain of events in motion when he steals some money that the owner doesn't want the authorities to know about.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-01
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Stolen Hours
1963-10-02
Stolen Hours
Overview: A woman diagnosed with a brain tumor falls in love with her doctor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-10-02
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The Moon-Spinners
1964-07-08
The Moon-Spinners
Overview: Young English girl Nikky and her aunt arrive at the Moon-Spinners, a hotel on Crete, to a less than enthusiastic welcome. The coolness of the owner is only out-done by the surliness of her brother Stratos, recently back from London. But then there is nice English lad Mark to make friends with, at least until Stratos and his pal take a shot at him one night. When Nikky helps him hide she finds the Greeks are after her too.
Genres: Mystery Family Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-07-08
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The Verdict
1964-01-01
The Verdict
Overview: A racketeer, deported back from America, faces murder charge and hatches jury rigging plot with accomplice. Cross and double-cross follow.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Ill Met by Moonlight
1957-01-31
Ill Met by Moonlight
Overview: Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.
Genres: War Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-31
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That Riviera Touch
1966-03-29
That Riviera Touch
Overview: Eric and Ernie decide to take a holiday to the South of France and unwittingly become mixed up with a band of jewel thieves.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-03-29
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Ice Cold in Alex
1958-06-24
Ice Cold in Alex
Overview: A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria.
Genres: War Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-06-24
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Die Screaming Marianne
1971-08-13
Die Screaming Marianne
Overview: After their parents divorce, one daughter lives with her mother in England while the other lives with her father in Portugal. After the untimely death of her mother, the one daughter stands to inherit a large sum of money and also a number of documents containing information that will incriminate her father, who was a crooked judge. While her father wants the documents, her sister wants the money and they will each stop at nothing, even murder, to get what they want.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-08-13
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Escape to Athena
1979-05-21
Escape to Athena
Overview: During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a Greek island are trying to escape. They not only want their freedom, but also seek an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the summit of the island's mountain.
Genres: Adventure Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-21
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You Can't Win 'Em All
1970-07-23
You Can't Win 'Em All
Overview: During the 1922 Turkish Civil War, two Americans and a group of foreign mercenaries offer their services to a local Turkish governor who hires them as guards for a secret transport.
Genres: War Adventure Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-07-23
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The Criminal
1960-09-13
The Criminal
Overview: When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-09-13
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Exodus
1960-12-15
Exodus
Overview: Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-15
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Interpol
1957-04-02
Interpol
Overview: Spurred on by the death of his drug-addicted sister at the hands of ruthless narcotics kingpin Frank McNally, U.S. drug enforcement agent Charles Sturgis embarks on an investigation that takes him from New York to London, Lisbon, Rome, Naples and finally Athens in pursuit of McNally's shapely associate, Gina Broger.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-04-02
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The Bandit Of Zhobe
1959-04-01
The Bandit Of Zhobe
Overview: British soldiers in India must contend with an outlaw bandit.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-04-01
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The Magus
1968-12-10
The Magus
Overview: A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.
Genres: Mystery Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-10
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Adventure Story
1961-06-12
Adventure Story
Overview: The story of Alexander the Great.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-06-12
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The Man Who Liked Funerals
1959-01-01
The Man Who Liked Funerals
Overview: A man wants to help a youth club that is in danger of closure. He decides to resort to blackmailing the relatives of the recently deceased, threatening to publish incriminating stories about them. Then he tries to blackmail the family of a prominent villain.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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