Mario Brega
Biography: Mario Brega (25 March 1923 – 23 July 1994) was an Italian character actor. His heavy build meant that he regularly portrayed a thug in his films, particularly earlier in his career in westerns. Later in his career, however, he featured in numerous Italian comedy films. Brega stood at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and well over 250 pounds (110 kg) at his heaviest but after the 1960s slimmed down significantly. Brega was born in Rome. He was a butcher before he drifted into acting, where his heavy physique ensured him a plethora of character roles. Debuting with director Dino Risi, he then played some minor roles in Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western movies: A Fistful of Dollars, as Chico; For a Few Dollars More, as Niño; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as Corporal Wallace; and also as a gangster in Once Upon a Time in America. He appeared in many other Spaghetti Westerns, including Death Rides a Horse, The Great Silence, and My Name is Nobody. Later in his career he had comical roles with director Carlo Verdone, such as in Un sacco bello and Talcum Powder. He died of heart attack in Rome in 1994. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Brega, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 25, 1923
Deathday: July 23, 1994
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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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Finders Killers
1971-03-27
Finders Killers
Overview: A farmer returns home from the forest to find his family butchered. He decides to hunt down the murderers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-03-27
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Troppo forte
1986-01-30
Troppo forte
Overview: Oscar dreams of becoming an actor or a stuntman. To contact a manufacturer he stages an accident and consequently injures a young actress, then tries to limit the damage by taking the girl to his home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1986-01-30
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The Great Silence
1968-11-22
The Great Silence
Overview: A mute gunslinger fights in the defense of a group of outlaws and a vengeful young widow, against a group of ruthless bounty hunters.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-11-22
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My Name Is Nobody
1973-12-13
My Name Is Nobody
Overview: Jack Beauregard, an ageing gunman of the Old West, only wants to retire in peace and move to Europe. But a young gunfighter, known as "Nobody", who idolizes Beauregard, wants him to go out in a blaze of glory. So he arranges for Jack to face the 150-man gang known as The Wild Bunch and earn his place in history.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-12-13
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The Mascot of the Blue Devils
1947-09-15
The Mascot of the Blue Devils
Overview: An Italian child becomes blind due to an accident with German cavalrymen during an American bombing, but regains his sight thanks to American physicians.
Genres: War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1947-09-15
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Fun Is Beautiful
1980-01-19
Fun Is Beautiful
Overview: Three stories set in summer Rome, three characters all played by Verdone: an awkward young man meets a Spanish tourist; another one plans a trip towards East with a suitcase full of stockings and biro pens; a hippie is visited by his father, who tries to convince him to get back home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-01-19
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Talcum Powder
1982-01-22
Talcum Powder
Overview: Sergio Benvenuti is a shy seller of contracts for a Roman company of music, but because of his character he cannot find even a customer, so he asks for help from a fellow named Nadia.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-01-22
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The Last Round
1976-12-30
The Last Round
Overview: Stelvio Massi's crime thriller centers on a drifter who sets out to help blue-collar workers rise up against the two powerful families who are exploiting them. After settling in an industrial town and witnessing the cruelty of the factory owners, ex-mercenary Marco (Carlos Monzón) assumes the role of union agitator. When a violent confrontation erupts, the labor leader is driven to bring down the corrupt clans.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-12-30
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Death Rides a Horse
1967-08-31
Death Rides a Horse
Overview: Bill Meceita, a boy whose family was murdered in front of him by a gang, sets out 15 years later to exact revenge. On his journey, he finds himself continually sparring and occasionally cooperating with Ryan, a gunfighter on his own quest for vengeance, who knows more than he says about Bill's tragedy.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-08-31
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A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
1968-02-08
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
Overview: A famous gunman decides to change his life around and turn himself in when amnesty is declared by the new governor of the New Mexico Territory, but a vindictive sheriff sets out to stop him from reaching the Territory.
Genres: Drama Action Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-02-08
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No Room to Die
1969-01-01
No Room to Die
Overview: Mexican's are being smuggled over the border to work as cheap labour for wealthy land baron Fargo. His gang is made up of known criminals with bounties on their heads, this greatly interests two bounty hunters who may have to team up to achieve their goals.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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The Ugly Ones
1966-11-04
The Ugly Ones
Overview: Escaped outlaw Jose Gomez returns to his home town pursued by bounty killer Luke Chilson. The towns people protect Gomez, unaware, at first, that he is now a changed and dangerous man.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-11-04
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Amarsi un po'...
1984-10-05
Amarsi un po'...
Overview: In an accident the young mechanic Marco Coccia meets Cristiana. The two fall in love with one another. Cristiana confesses only later that she is a genuine princess. For Marco it is not a problem, but for Cristiana's parents it is a very big problem. The two must separate. When one evening Cristiana calls Marco and lets him know about her forthcoming wedding, Marco with the car races toward Paris and has an accident...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1984-10-05
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Man Who Cried for Revenge
1968-07-28
Man Who Cried for Revenge
Overview: A Civil War veteran is amnesic after being shot in the head. When he returns to his hometown, he finds out that he has been declared a deserter. The local judge offers him a chance to clear his name, but he only wants to send him against some dangerous outlaw and his gang.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-07-28
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A Dangerous Toy
1979-02-21
A Dangerous Toy
Overview: A meek accountant buys himself a gun and finds out he's a natural marksman. After the friend who introduced him to shooting is killed by gangsters, he seeks revenge.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-02-21
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Death Knocks Twice
1969-11-25
Death Knocks Twice
Overview: When private detective Bob Martin looking for a stolen diamond necklace, he also has a clever serial killer on the trail ...
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-11-25
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Date for a Murder
1967-05-17
Date for a Murder
Overview: Two friends from America come together by chance in the Italian countryside. They decide to meet in Rome after both have done private deals. When one then not show up in Rome starts the other one become suspicious and fearful that something has happened to him. He begins to investigate the case himself and ends up in a spiral of industrial espionage, blackmail, and cold-blooded murder ...
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-05-17
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Halleluja for Django
1967-10-28
Halleluja for Django
Overview: After robbing $500,000, the Jarret gang hides in a small isolated western town, where they are waiting for a scout to take them through the desert to Mexico. But the unresolved conflicts between Jarret and El Santo, the brains of the bandits, who has also an eye on Jarret's girlfriend, become a problem amongst the bandits. And there is also an underestimated scalawag named Billy Rum and his friend Mark, who are trying to help the captured citizens.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-10-28
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Montecarlo Gran Casinò
1987-12-23
Montecarlo Gran Casinò
Overview: The misadventures of different Italian rascals who came to the famous Montecarlo Gran Casinò to get lucky.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-12-23
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Two hearts, a Chapel
1975-10-02
Two hearts, a Chapel
Overview: Aristide receives a big inheritance from his mother, but when he meets a beautiful redhead at the cemetery, his life changes unexpectedly.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-10-02
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El Puro
1969-12-23
El Puro
Overview: An alcoholic gunman, hunted down by five pitiless bounty hunters, is sheltered by a saloon dancer. When his enemies kill the girl the outlaw pulls himself together and faces his adversaries and takes his revenge in a final showdown. An interesting take on the reluctant gunfighter theme contains some truly surprising twists.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-12-23
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Seven Savage Men
1975-03-29
Seven Savage Men
Overview: The Cooper gang is terrorizing the town of Stanton with heinous crimes. When the gang rapes and murders an innocent young widow, the sheriff teams up with a notorious gunslinger, the brother of the murdered widow, in order to enact vengeance and justice. Because the lawman's and the gunfighter's methods are so different, two more innocent deaths occur, a friend of the sheriff and a lady friend of the gunfighter ...How will this end?
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-03-29
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Il divorzio
1970-04-20
Il divorzio
Overview: Middle-aged man leaves his wife to devote himself to a carefree life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-04-20
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Day by Day, Desperately
1961-11-23
Day by Day, Desperately
Overview: The mental illness affecting young Dario, one of the two sons of the Dominici family living in a council building in Rome, disrupts the lives of all its members.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-11-23
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Una vacanza del cactus
1981-08-16
Una vacanza del cactus
Overview: A group of five people is going to vacation on the island of Rhodes: among them is the good-natured Augusto, who intends to bring a cactus to the grave of his uncle Michael.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-08-16
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Convoy Buddies
1975-07-20
Convoy Buddies
Overview: Toby and Butch are a couple of bumbling crooks who get a truck driving job hauling insecticide from Italy to France. Unbeknownst to the clueless duo, they're really smuggling guns. A group of equally inept mobsters try to steal the guns to no avail.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-07-20
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Detective School Dropouts
1986-08-07
Detective School Dropouts
Overview: Two bumbling private detectives get themselves hired to find a missing person. They find themselves in the middle of a mob war when it turns out that the missing person is somebody the mob wants to stay missing.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-07
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The Hours of Love
1963-03-01
The Hours of Love
Overview: In "The Hours of Love," Gianni and Marietta's spark ignites as passionate lovers, yet dims in their marriage. Seeking rekindling, they dare to step outside their vows, exploring love's complexities and the heart's yearning against societal expectations.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-03-01
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The Strange Type
1963-02-28
The Strange Type
Overview: Peppino, a slow-witted local villager of the Italian resort town of Amalfi, is bribed to impersonate famed rock and roll star Adriano Celentano for autographs and personal appearances. While Celentano tries to romance Emanuela Mazzolani, the daughter of a well-to-do resident who dissaproves of the union between his daughter and the man he thinks of as a "punk", Peppino, unaware of the true nature of his job to impersonate Celentano, tries to deal with his girlfriend's newborn baby which gets switched around between him and Celentano.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-02-28
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Gli scontenti
1961-03-11
Gli scontenti
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-03-11
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No Diamonds for Ursula
1967-08-06
No Diamonds for Ursula
Overview: A beautiful, but naive, young woman kills a rapist in self defense. But her degenerate, crippled uncle, senses an opportunity and weaves a complex web of blackmail around her to steal a stash of diamonds.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-08-06
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Cose di Cosa Nostra
1971-01-08
Cose di Cosa Nostra
Overview: A young man unwantedly gets caught up in an international gang war in this humorous crime farce!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-01-08
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Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West
1964-11-19
Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West
Overview: Colonel William Cody, alias Buffalo Bill, intends to put an end to the dishonest relations between a gang of white swindlers and the Indian, Yellow Hand. So he goes to the chief of Yellow Hand's tribe, Wise Fox, and tries to convince him to sign a peace treaty with the Federal troops. In order to avoid this, Yellow Hand abducts Wise Fox's daughter, pretending that the soldiers have done it.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-11-19
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How Beautiful Is Bernarda, All Black, All Hot
1975-01-12
How Beautiful Is Bernarda, All Black, All Hot
Overview: A wizard of the Middle Ages, while exorcising a girl, swallows eggnog and tells two suckers various Boccaccio stories.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-01-12
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966-12-22
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Overview: While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-12-22
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Why
1971-10-27
Why
Overview: Giuseppe Di Noi, an Italian surveyor living in Switzerland, gets arrested at the border while going back to Italy with his family for a vacation. But can someone tell the man why?
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-10-27
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Crack
1991-09-06
Crack
Overview: Although the drug is present in this film, the Crack this movie is about is, metaphorically, the crack in society which all the protagonists inhabit in a rundown neighborhood in Rome.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1991-09-06
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Basta con la guerra... facciamo l'amore
1974-04-24
Basta con la guerra... facciamo l'amore
Overview: A comedy directed by Andrea Bianchi.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-04-24
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Charleston
1974-09-10
Charleston
Overview: Sonny, a New York wise guy, dreams of becoming a feared gangster. He runs errands for the mob and is rewarded by being given the control over Mulberry Street, which is a street that faces a boxing gym.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-09-10
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March on Rome
1962-12-20
March on Rome
Overview: March on Rome (Italian: La marcia su Roma) is a 1962 comedy film by Dino Risi with Vittorio Gassman and Ugo Tognazzi, aimed at describing the March on Rome of Benito Mussolini's black shirts from the point of view of two newly recruited, naïve black shirts
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-12-20
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Pierino the Pest to the Rescue
1982-01-09
Pierino the Pest to the Rescue
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-01-09
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Man of Straw
1958-03-11
Man of Straw
Overview: Andrea Zaccardi has returned home from hunting. He and his wife Luisa are very close. Their young son Giulio develops a cough. The doctor recommends the seaside. Luisa leaves with Giulio for several weeks. Andrea stays to work at the metal shop.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1958-03-11
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I motorizzati
1962-11-30
I motorizzati
Overview: A guy is about to become the millionth citizen to buy a car in Rome. Frightened, he decides to remain pedestrian, and recalls several stories, with new car owners as protagonists. Episodic comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-11-30
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The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
1968-09-26
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
Overview: Childhood friends Franco and Jolanda accidentally meet again after 15 years and both know it is love. This comedy traces their troubled relationship.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-09-26
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Two Gangsters in the Wild West
1964-06-30
Two Gangsters in the Wild West
Overview: In the late 1800's, Sicilians Franco and Ciccio are serving 20 years of prison for stealing two mules, when they are helped to escape by an American who says he is a friend of their grandfathers, who were killed in Texas by a gang of bandits who wanted to take over their gold mine. The two friends travel to America to take posses of the gold mine, but they soon discover that they are not the only ones who want it.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-06-30
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Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio
1983-11-30
Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio
Overview: The film is divided into two episodes, The Hair of Disgrace and The Magician, both focusing on the theme of the occult and beliefs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1983-11-30
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Christmas Holidays
1983-12-22
Christmas Holidays
Overview: Christmas holidays on the snow of Cortina D'Ampezzo. Mario, a guy from Rome who has not much money, falls in love with the American Samantha, the girlfriend of hypochondriac Roberto. Billo, a singer and a playboy, meets Ivana: she's married with a rich man, Donatone, but in the past she had a flirt with Billo, who wants to reignite the flame.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1983-12-22
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Bianco, rosso e Verdone
1981-02-20
Bianco, rosso e Verdone
Overview: Three Italians travel to their hometown to vote for elections: Pasquale is a Southern immigrant living in Munich who's genuinely happy to come back to Italy, even if just for a few days, but the country he dreams of is far from reality; Furio travels to Rome with his family, but his niggling attitude threatens to push his wife Magda over the edge; young Mimmo is also going to Rome, but the trip is repeatedly interrupted by worries about his grandma's health.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-02-20
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Decameron II
1972-03-17
Decameron II
Overview: During a banquet, the diners begin to tell various stories to be happy. All the novels speak of betrayals and erotic adventures
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-03-17
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A Girl in Australia
1971-12-22
A Girl in Australia
Overview: The film is about an old fashioned Italian with moral values of the 1930/40's , who has to find a wife in the modern, woman's liberated society of Australia of the 1960/70's.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-12-22
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Once Upon a Time in America
1984-05-23
Once Upon a Time in America
Overview: A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-23
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Destruction Force
1977-10-01
Destruction Force
Overview: A shoot out after a robbery ends with the death of the Chief of Police. Police detective Ghini goes in search of a suspect, Lanza, to avenge the death of his boss. Ghini's search leads him to Belli, a Sicilian gangster and 'Trashy', the dirty leader of a gang of killers. The action is violent as both police and criminals track down Belli who still finds some time to attempt a couple of robberies...
Genres: Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-10-01
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Sotto a chi tocca!
1972-10-24
Sotto a chi tocca!
Overview: Straccio, a young acrobat, wants to free his beloved Julia, held prisoner in the tyrant's castle. He designs a good plan, and develops it with the help of his three friends, Pietro, Bitonto, and Gatto Mammone. When he thinks he achieved both his ends - overthrowing Fregonese from power, and winning Julia's love - he finds that his countrymen cupidity for the tyrant's gold is more difficult to deal with.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-10-24
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Eighteen in the Sun
1962-08-11
Eighteen in the Sun
Overview: An Italian variation on the Frankie & Annette-Gidget beach party movies that were all the rage in North America in the early 60s. Nicole Molino (Catherine Spaak) and Nicola Molino (Gianni Garko) are not related to one another. In fact, they don’t even know each other until both are inadvertently assigned the same hotel room on the island of Ischia. Nicole isn’t interested in any hanky-panky, so Nicola reluctantly promises to keep his hands to himself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-08-11
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Da Scaramouche or se vuoi l'assoluzione baciar devi sto... cordone!
1973-05-31
Da Scaramouche or se vuoi l'assoluzione baciar devi sto... cordone!
Overview: Scaramouche, a skilled swordsman, goes to the Este court to steal a letter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-05-31
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A Fistful of Dollars
1964-09-12
A Fistful of Dollars
Overview: The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-09-12
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For a Few Dollars More
1965-12-18
For a Few Dollars More
Overview: Two bounty hunters both pursue a brutal and sadistic bandit El Indio who has a massive bounty on his head.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-12-18
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The Monsters
1963-10-30
The Monsters
Overview: The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-10-30
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The Cat
1977-12-16
The Cat
Overview: Amedeo and Ofelia, middle aged brother and sister, own jointly an old decadent, but still attractive, condominium. They want to sell it, but before they have to evict all the tenants. Of course, these don't want to leave at all. The cat (Il Gatto), mascot and beloved by all, dies and this gives the two an excuse to enter the tenants' life. Amedeo starts to court the young Wanda and Ofelia seduces the priest Don Pezzolla. In the meantime police is looking for the cat killer...
Genres: Comedy Mystery Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-12-16
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An Angel for Satan
1966-05-04
An Angel for Satan
Overview: At the end of the 19th century, in a little Italian village by a lake an old statue is recovered. Soon a series of crimes start and the superstitious people of the village believe that the statue carries an ancient malediction.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-05-04
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Let's Talk About Women
1964-03-28
Let's Talk About Women
Overview: Vittorio Gassman stars as different characters in each of the nine episodes of this unusual Italian comedy. Playing everything from a practical joker to a prisoner, he comments upon romance, love and women in general.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-03-28
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The Lusty Wives of Canterbury
1972-01-01
The Lusty Wives of Canterbury
Overview: The writer, Geoffrey Chaucer, finds himself in an inn, together with pilgrims who are going to Canterbury. Since the bad weather prevents departure, the men entertain themselves by telling each other spicy stories.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Cronache del '22
1961-11-23
Cronache del '22
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-11-23
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Il mondo dei miracoli
1959-06-25
Il mondo dei miracoli
Overview: An actor fails to find success in the film world but falls in love with a theatre manager's daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-06-25
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