Vittorio Fanfoni
Biography: Vittorio Fanfoni was born in 1944 in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Deep Red (1975), The Last Round (1976), and The Decameron (1971).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 01, 1944
Deathday: June 12, 2016
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In the Name of the Father
1971-10-12
In the Name of the Father
Overview: In 1958 Angelo, a rich and spoiled boy, enters a religious school, where students are tired of its vice-rector, and the strict rules and old-fashioned teaching methods of priests. Soon, Angelo exerts strong leadership among his peers and incites turmoil among them, helped by intellectual Franco and shy Camma. They expel the prefect from the school, organize a Grand Guignol show, and disappear the corpse of an old professor.
Genres: History Drama Mystery Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-10-12
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Beyond the Door
1974-11-21
Beyond the Door
Overview: Jessica Barrett, wife and mother of two young children, begins to show signs of demonic possession while pregnant with her third child. As she seeks help from her husband and doctor, a mysterious man approaches her and seems to have some answers.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-11-21
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Alfredo, Alfredo
1972-09-22
Alfredo, Alfredo
Overview: Alfredo, a timid young Italian, lusts after and woos the beautiful Maria Rosa. But when he manages to marry her, he discovers life is not nearly so blissful as he expected.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-09-22
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1900
1976-08-28
1900
Overview: The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-08-28
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The Master Touch
1972-12-08
The Master Touch
Overview: A master thief, just out of prison, concocts a risky final score that would net him over a million dollars.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-12-08
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Adiós, Sabata
1970-09-30
Adiós, Sabata
Overview: Set in Mexico under the rule of Emperor Maximilian I, Sabata is hired by the guerrilla leader Señor Ocaño to steal a wagonload of gold from the Austrian army. However, when Sabata and his partners Escudo and Ballantine obtain the wagon, they find it is not full of gold but of sand, and that the gold was taken by Austrian Colonel Skimmel. So Sabata plans to steal back the gold.
Genres: Action Western War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-09-30
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Serafino
1968-12-17
Serafino
Overview: Serafino, a young and innocent shepherd, inherits a huge fortune. He immediately starts spending the entire sum on presents for his friends, causing the envy of his family.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-12-17
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The Unholy Four
1970-03-11
The Unholy Four
Overview: A young man who has lost his memory, escapes from prison with three other convicts. The other men help him find back bits of his past, until they arrive at a village where two warring families recognize him. Apparently he has a reputation for being a fast gun, and he has been paid to kill a man - who says he is his father. His younger brother is jealous of the attention the prodigal son receives, and things come to a dramatic end.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-03-11
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Body of Love
1972-01-11
Body of Love
Overview: An estranged father and son on holiday bond over the beautiful foreign girl they find unconscious on the beach.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-01-11
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Gambling City
1975-01-23
Gambling City
Overview: Luca Altieri is a gambler. He likes cards and he is a master in playing poker. He is a cardsharper too. He begins working for "The President", who has many gambling houses and everything seems to go well until Luca falls for Maria Luisa. Unfortunately for them, she is the girl of Corrado, the son of "The President"...
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-01-23
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The Italian Connection
1972-09-02
The Italian Connection
Overview: When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him to eliminate any chance of them finding out he's the wrong man.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-09-02
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The Handsome Devil
1974-06-04
The Handsome Devil
Overview: Deep South Italian seventies. The performing and penniless sales representative "Tano" Avallone, fell in love with the beautiful Mariangela, sixteen-year-old daughter of the widowed lawyer "Totonno" Fortis Pantaleo. In order to approach the girl, he enters the graces of the professional, posing as his childhood friend and saying he is willing to eliminate the elderly Donna Mercedes, mother of these, so that he can inherit the substances. Guest of the family, Tano finds himself involved in a whirlwind of feminine attentions, including the free-range governess Immaculate, unnecessarily coveted by the lawyer, and the servant Sisina, desired by the parish priest.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-06-04
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Con gli occhi dell'occidente
1979-01-01
Con gli occhi dell'occidente
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
1974-08-22
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
Overview: Count Fernando, called Didino, a shy and sexually repressed man, lives under the oedipal authority of countess Mafalda, his bloodsucking and over-controlling mother, until their family hires a new young maid that changes his life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-08-22
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Zum Zum Zum 2
1969-10-18
Zum Zum Zum 2
Overview: While happily engaged to Rosalia, Tony has the misfortune of falling for a vibrant pilot named Valeria — and that’s just the beginning of his problems.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-10-18
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The Decameron
1971-08-25
The Decameron
Overview: A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed; three brothers take revenge on their sister's lover; a young girl sleeps on the roof to meet her boyfriend at night; a group of painters wait for inspiration; a crafty priest attempts to seduce his friend's wife; and two friends make a pact to find out what happens after death.
Genres: History Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-08-25
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The Canterbury Tales
1972-09-02
The Canterbury Tales
Overview: Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-09-02
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Swept Away
1974-12-18
Swept Away
Overview: A spoiled rich woman and a brutish Communist deckhand become stranded alone on a desert island after venturing away from their cruise.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-12-18
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And His Name Was Holy Ghost
1971-11-26
And His Name Was Holy Ghost
Overview: After gaining his freedom with the help of an old friend of his father, Spirito Santo/Holy Ghost recovers in an abandoned mine the gold fruit of a previous robbery and makes preparations for a new job recruiting a strange sacristan armed with a machine-gun. Meanwhile a Native American sheriff is on his trail.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-11-26
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Long Live Robin Hood
1971-03-12
Long Live Robin Hood
Overview: Also known as The Scalawag Bunch - This bunch is none other than the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest and their feisty leader, Robin Hood. This is a '70s Italian-Spanish-French version of the often-played Robin Hood story, sometimes known as Archer of Fire.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-03-12
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From Our Copenhagen's Correspondent
1970-05-27
From Our Copenhagen's Correspondent
Overview: Two American soldiers fresh from the Vietnam War are haunted by the atrocities that they witnessed and committed while on a vacation in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-05-27
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Quickly, Shootings and Kisses for Breakfast
1971-07-27
Quickly, Shootings and Kisses for Breakfast
Overview: A diamond heist with colorful characters and crisp cinematography, the humor is best described as unsophisticated Terence Hill and Bud Spencer larks complemented by crude animation, a bright and jazzy score by Cavallone regular composer Franco Potenza and a bevy of stunning women: Maria Pia Luzi, Beryl Cunningham, Magda Konopka and Claudie Lange.
Genres: Drama Adventure Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-07-27
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Macho Killers
1977-05-12
Macho Killers
Overview: El Macho is forced to impersonate a dead outlaw killed while stealing a gold shipment. With the help of Kelly he’s able to locate Hidalgo and his outlaw gang.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-05-12
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Web of the Spider
1971-08-26
Web of the Spider
Overview: Alan Foster, a professional American journalist, travels to London to meet with Edgar Allan Poe for an interview. While in London, Alan soon finds himself in the company of Lord Blackwood, and Alan accepts a bet to spend a night in his castle
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-08-26
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Holocaust 2000
1977-11-25
Holocaust 2000
Overview: An executive in charge of a nuclear power plant in the Mid-East must stop his son-- who turns out to be the Anti Christ -- from blowing it up.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-11-25
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C.I.A. Secret Story
1975-08-21
C.I.A. Secret Story
Overview: Faccia di spia tries to tell the story of the CIA and other government intelligence agencies with lots of re-creations and dramatizations and points out some of the more brutal aspects of the intelligence community from around the world. Wars are started, all facets of everyday life are controlled, innocent people are tortured needlessly and subjected to extreme violence.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-08-21
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Puzzle
1974-08-23
Puzzle
Overview: In London, A man who has amnesia attempts to uncover the truth about his identity. A menacing individual accuses him of betrayal, and soon more pieces of his puzzling past begin to fall in place.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-08-23
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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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The Last Woman
1976-04-20
The Last Woman
Overview: Psychological drama of the compelling relationship between a young French engineer and the girl he takes into his home after his wife has left him with their baby son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-04-20
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Il piatto piange
1974-11-11
Il piatto piange
Overview: In Luino, on Lake Maggiore, during the fascist twenty years, a group of friends belonging to the bourgeoisie spend the nights in the underground gambling den of the Metropolitan Hotel between poker games, gossip, manly goliards and escapades to the house of tolerance.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-11-11
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Occhio Alla Vedova!
1976-01-01
Occhio Alla Vedova!
Overview: Concetta Li Cause, deprived of her husband Oreste by the Mafia, is coveted by Bologna Marcello and Charles postman. Besides the two, there are other suitors because the widow is rich; but Cosa Nostra deploys its resources to prevent the woman from finding a new partner.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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When Love Is Lust
1973-01-01
When Love Is Lust
Overview: A decadent countess, middle-aged but still attractive, forces her young and timid daughter to marry a rich butcher. But the couple’s sexual relation is troubled, because the girl has her fair share of inhibitions. So she abandons her house and seeks refuge at her sister’s place. During her absence, her husband finds consolation in his mother in law’s arms.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity
1972-12-14
A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity
Overview: This sequel to the popular spaghetti western "Clint the Stranger" was released four years after the success of the first film and essentially uses the same plot. George Martin returns as Clint (renamed Trinity in some countries), an ex-gunslinger desperately wanting to be forgiven and accepted by his family that he abandoned years earlier. One major differences in the plot when compared to the first film is the addition of Klaus Kinski as a ruthless bounty hunter. The bounty hunter tracks Clint down and forces him to return to his violent ways to protect himself and his family.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-12-14
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Guardami nuda
1972-03-03
Guardami nuda
Overview: Charles and Meg, a young couple whose relationship is currently experiencing some distress, go on vacation in Paestum hoping to mend their problems. But along the way they pick up an aggressive and unscrupulous hitchhiker.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-03-03
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The Mattei Affair
1972-01-26
The Mattei Affair
Overview: Enrico Mattei helped change Italy’s future, first as freedom-fighter against the Nazis, then as an investor in methane gas through a public company, A.G.I.P., and ultimately as the head of ENI, a state body formed for the development of oil resources. On October 27, 1962, he died when his private airplane crashed during a flight to Milan. Officially, it is declared an accident, but many journalists explore other plausible reasons for Mattei's untimely death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-01-26
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La mafia mi fa un baffo
1974-01-01
La mafia mi fa un baffo
Overview: A two bit actor is a dead ringer for a mafia boss who has been killed by a rival gang. He's hired by the dead man's gang to take his place in public.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Una cavalla tutta nuda
1972-01-20
Una cavalla tutta nuda
Overview: The youngsters Folcacchio and Guffardo must bring an embassy to the Bishop of Volterra, and during the trip, the two boys meet the beautiful Gemmata. The woman is a poor peasant who is married to Nicholas. Folcacchio and Guffardo, to have a night of love with the girl, pretends to be magicians who can turn humans into beasts.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-01-20
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The Cousin
1974-07-26
The Cousin
Overview: Italian coming of age story about two cousins, Enzo and Agata, told in three stages.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-07-26
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Poker in Bed
1974-08-14
Poker in Bed
Overview: A poker player on a losing streak meets a beautiful young woman. He's attracted to her, but she appears to be perfectly content with her boyfriend, a somewhat wussy writer. The gambler gets the idea that if he can get this woman into bed, it will change his luck at the gambling tables.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-08-14
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Midnight Pleasures
1975-02-19
Midnight Pleasures
Overview: Tina is on trial for the murder of her lover, Gino. The violent nature of their relationship, revealed in the trial, seems to make obvious that she accidentally killed him during a fight. The lone female jury member compares her life to Tina's and, believing her to be innocent, sets out on her own to find a missing witness that can prove Tina's innocence.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-02-19
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The Exorciccio
1975-02-27
The Exorciccio
Overview: A satire on the American film "The Exorcist," but with an Italian twist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-02-27
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Eyeball
1975-01-24
Eyeball
Overview: A group of American tourists is traveling through Spain when two of them are murdered by a mysterious serial killer who removes an eyeball from every one of his victims. The tour presses on as the murders continue, with the travelers and the police trying to deduce which one of them is the killer.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-01-24
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Kill Django...Kill First
1971-02-05
Kill Django...Kill First
Overview: Johnny fights the banker Burton, who tries to acquire with the help of the strange bandit Martinez, in an unlawful way, all the gold mines in the nearer environment.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-02-05
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Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman
1971-04-29
Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman
Overview: Year 1000. At the death of King Henry, Stefano Cunningam seized with the power of power making himself crowned king of England and Scotland. Ten years later, a young Norman, Ivanhoe, returning home from the Holy Land where he fought, finds the nation prey to the violence and cruelty of Stephen and his acolytes. Conducted in prison for his opposition to the usurper, Ivanhoe learns from York, former advisor to King Henry, also held prisoner, that the "Norman sword", symbol of the power of the king of England and Scotland is not in the hands of Stefano, but is guarded by a Scottish clan loyal to the dynasty of Henry.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-04-29
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Le due orfanelle
1976-01-01
Le due orfanelle
Overview: A Drama film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Naked Fists
1974-04-25
Naked Fists
Overview: A young man comes out of a reform school properly reformed, but life outside will bring him to the underworld again. His second reform will be short-lived.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-04-25
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How Colonel Buttiglione Became a General
1974-07-14
How Colonel Buttiglione Became a General
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-07-14
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Ben & Charlie
1972-02-04
Ben & Charlie
Overview: Also known as Ben & Charlie. When Ben Bellow is released from prison, Charlie Logan is there waiting for him. Not to welcome him, but to tell him that he does not want to hear from him again. But his wish won't be granted as the the two men constantly forced to reconnect while still hating each other's guts...
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-02-04
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Partner
1968-10-25
Partner
Overview: The story of a young man who meets his own likeness and uses him to fulfill his dreams.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-10-25
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Trinity Is Still My Name
1971-10-21
Trinity Is Still My Name
Overview: The two brothers Trinity and Bambino are exchanged by two federal agents and take advantage of the situation to steal a huge booty hidden in a monastery by a gang of outlaws.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-10-21
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A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
1975-12-16
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Overview: Expert conman Joe Thanks teams up with half-breed Bill and naive Lucy to steal $300,000 from the Indian-hating Major Cabot. Their elaborate plan is full of disguises, double-crosses, and chases, but Joe always seems to know what he's doing.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-12-16
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Trastevere
1971-11-13
Trastevere
Overview: A retired actor's search for his stray pet strings together this episodic portrait of the ancient Roman quarter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-11-13
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Deep Red
1975-03-07
Deep Red
Overview: An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his neighbor, a psychic. With the help of a tenacious young reporter he tries to discover the killer using very unconventional methods, and the two are soon drawn into a shocking web of dementia and violence.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-03-07
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The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun
1974-01-01
The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun
Overview: A war film based on the novel "Journey into the Vertigo" by Evgenija Solomonovna Ginzburg
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Who Saw Her Die?
1972-05-12
Who Saw Her Die?
Overview: Between a four-year gap in the murder of a young girl, the daughter of a well-known sculptor is discovered dead, and her parents conduct an investigation, only to discover they are in over their heads as the body-count keeps rising.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-05-12
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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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I Am Afraid
1977-10-06
I Am Afraid
Overview: During a wave of political violence in Italy, a policeman who's already survived an assassination is assigned to act as a bodyguard to a morally upright judge. He feels increasingly fearful as the links of the upper echelons of police and government to the violence become clear.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-10-06
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Creeping Death
1972-04-09
Creeping Death
Overview: A man comes to a western town willing to discover the perpetrators of the robbery of a bank, where a significant amount of gold disappeared and witnesses were cruelly murdered. One of the thieves is now getting rid of the accomplices, using some deadly snakes that only seem to obey him.
Genres: Western Mystery Crime Thriller Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-04-09
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Vendetta at Dawn
1971-06-26
Vendetta at Dawn
Overview: George Benton returns from school to his brother Jonathan's farm as a doctor and marries his fiancé Lory, but happiness doesn't last long. The Fargas brothers provide a bloodbath at the ranch and are able to divert suspicion from themselves onto a gang of passing outlaws, but one of the family has survived the massacre and knows who the actual killers are.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-06-26
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Il lumacone
1974-12-21
Il lumacone
Overview: A struggling chef and a kind-hearted thief form an unlikely bond on the streets of Rome, finding hope and a chance to rebuild their lives together.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-12-21
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Tre donne - La sciantosa
1971-09-26
Tre donne - La sciantosa
Overview: La Sciantosa is part of a project created by writer/director Alfredo Gianetti for the Italian TV. The objective was to portrait a hundred years of Italian history through three movies, all of them with Anna Magnani. The other two are "1943: un incontro" and "L'autmobile". In this first movie, La Magnani is Flora Torres, a "sciantosa" (kind of a small stage diva) who is forgotten during the WWI, living only to remember her past glory. One day she receives a letter to present herself to the high command. There, Flora is called to go to the front and entertain the troops. Along with her maid Cristina, Flora goes to the front. There they are welcomed by the young private Tonino (Massimo Ranieri). Flora starts to act like a prima donna, making absurd demands to everyone. But when she is about to present herself, the vision of the wounded soldiers makes her change her way
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-09-26
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Highway Racer
1977-10-19
Highway Racer
Overview: Maurizio Merli stars as a hot-shot police driver who has more guts than brains, often landing him in hot water with his middle-aged mentor, who was once a legendary police interceptor responsible for numerous large scale arrests.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-10-19
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Conversation Piece
1974-12-20
Conversation Piece
Overview: A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her lover, her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend, and forced to rent to them an apartment on the upper floor of his palazzo. From this point on his quiet routine is turned into chaos by his tenants' machinations, and everybody's life takes an unexpected but inevitable turn.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-12-20
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Gun Moll
1975-01-21
Gun Moll
Overview: A happy-go-lucky prostitute gets mixed up with the Mafia.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-01-21
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