Franco Balducci
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Birthday: November 23, 1922
Deathday: June 07, 2001
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Romeo e Giulietta
1964-08-28
Romeo e Giulietta
Overview: Two teenagers fall in love, but their feuding families and fate itself cause the relationship to end in tragedy.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-08-28
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L'uomo dai calzoni corti
1958-06-23
L'uomo dai calzoni corti
Overview: Salvatore, known as "bread loaf", escapes from Caltanissetta's brewery to find his mother he never met. Before arriving in Venice, he stays in a small sea village where he meets people of various kinds.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1958-06-23
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The Revenge of the Crusader
1964-12-24
The Revenge of the Crusader
Overview: After wedding the beautiful Genoveffa, Count Sigfrido of Treviri employs his right-hand man to look after his bride while he's away fighting in the crusades, unaware that his supposed friend has plans of his own for the new countess.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-12-24
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Brancaleone at the Crusades
1970-12-24
Brancaleone at the Crusades
Overview: After saving an infant of royal blood, knight Brancaleone forms a new army and sets out to return the baby to his father: a prince fighting in the Crusades.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-12-24
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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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Django, Prepare a Coffin
1968-01-27
Django, Prepare a Coffin
Overview: A mysterious gunfighter named Django is employed by a local crooked political boss as a hangman to execute innocent locals framed by the boss, who wants their land. What the boss doesn't know is that Django isn't hanging the men at all, just making it look like he is, and using the men he saves from the gallows to build up his own "gang" in order to take revenge on the boss, who, with Django's former best friend, caused the death of his wife years before.
Genres: Western Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-01-27
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Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
1948-01-21
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
Overview: The story of Jean Valjean, still pursued by Javert, continues with a love developing between Cosette and radical student Marius, a blackmailing attempt by suspicious innkeeper Thenardier, and a climax on the barricades of Paris.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1948-01-21
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Don't Torture a Duckling
1972-09-29
Don't Torture a Duckling
Overview: A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town rife with superstition and a distrust of outsiders.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-09-29
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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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The Big Night
1959-11-12
The Big Night
Overview: The exploits of three young Roman criminals are chronicled in this socially conscious drama. The young men commit petty crimes all day begin with arms theft, and culminating with a night with three streetwalkers. After their pleasure, the boys try to cheat the hookers, but they ladies are smarter than that and have stolen their cash ahead of time. It's back to the city for the boys, where they continue their destructive games...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-11-12
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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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Son of the Hunchback
1952-11-20
Son of the Hunchback
Overview: 20 years after the assassination of his father, the son of Lagardère seeks revenge.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-11-20
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Manhunt in the City
1975-05-08
Manhunt in the City
Overview: A man's daughter is killed by thieves during a bank robbery. Due to the incompetence of the corrupt authorities, he decides to take to law into his own hands and track down the killers.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-05-08
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Wanted
1967-03-22
Wanted
Overview: A local sheriff is unjustly accused of murder in a small town and forced to flee. He gets rid of his enemies one by one and tries to prove his innocence.
Genres: Drama Western Romance Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-22
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The Lovemakers
1961-06-13
The Lovemakers
Overview: The death of a wealthy patriarch in 1885 sets off an interfamily power struggle. Son Ferdinando buys out his other relatives in order to gain full control over the dead man's property. But Ferdinando's nephew Amerigo holds out. Amerigo's stance is weakened when he heads for Florence and meets prostitute Bianca.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-06-13
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Milady and the Musketeers
1952-10-22
Milady and the Musketeers
Overview: Very stylish Italian swashbuckler - The Three Musketeers from the viewpoint of Milady de Winter
Genres: Drama History Action Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-10-22
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The Slave
1962-08-24
The Slave
Overview: The decurion Randus holds himself so well in the command of his troops, that Caesar promotes him to centurion. He is subsequently sent to Egypt, to keep Cesar informed on the actions and intentions of co-triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus - a man too rich, and ambitious, for Caesar's comfort. A fateful sea trip from Egypt to Rome forces Randus in captivity by mercenary troops, and leads a revolt by which he gets freedom for himself, and all the other slaves. Through an amulet he received from his late mother, a man who had fought by Spartacus' side, identifies the young man as Spartacus' and Varinia's son. At first reluctant to accept this story about his origins, Randus will be forced by the circumstances to repeat the feat of his father, twenty years later.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-08-24
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Metello
1970-03-10
Metello
Overview: The story of a young man of the working class, who has grown up practically an orphan due to his father’s repeated jailings for anarchistic activism. Struggling with life in 19th-century Italy, Metello Salani is determined to change his situation for the better - but love, marriage and politics complicate things considerably...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-03-10
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Duel of the Titans
1961-12-06
Duel of the Titans
Overview: Twin brothers were raised by wolves, revolt against tyranny in pre-Roman Italy and then come to a parting of the ways as they lead their people toward the founding of a new city, the founders of Rome.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-12-06
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The Head of a Tyrant
1959-02-26
The Head of a Tyrant
Overview: A beautiful girl plans to seduce, then murder, the brutal conqueror who has taken over her city.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-02-26
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I cinque dell'Adamello
1954-11-30
I cinque dell'Adamello
Overview: The odyssey of 5 Alpine soldiers who died during the First World War because of an avalanche. Their bodies were found several years later.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-11-30
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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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Rapture
1952-12-13
Rapture
Overview: Artist Pietro Leoni is preoccupied with feminine beauty. While walking near an old castle in Italy, he sees a young woman dive in the water from a rock and becomes determined to sculpt her from memory. He rents a house near the spot and falls in love with the mentally disturbed daughter, Francesca, of the castle's owner, W. C. Hutton, while becoming involved with her sister, Marisa unaware of her identity.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-12-13
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Il monello della strada
1950-12-20
Il monello della strada
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-12-20
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Il bivio
1951-03-19
Il bivio
Overview: After the war, Aldo and his men became gangster. But now the times are changing and Aldo decides to became a policeman to help better his men in crime. He meets Giovanna and falls for her. But he begins liking his new job and after their first robbery, Aldo tries to leave his old accomplices...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1951-03-19
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Day of Anger
1967-12-19
Day of Anger
Overview: A scruffy garbage boy becomes the pupil of famed gunfighter Talby, and the stage for confrontation is set when the gunman overruns the boy's town through violence and corruption.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-12-19
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La bellezza di Ippolita
1962-09-21
La bellezza di Ippolita
Overview: Luca, a petrol dealer, marries a magazine dancer, Ippolita, a girl who likes to be courted by the many passing motorists. One day, the woman discovers that her husband has betrayed her with Adriana. Ippolita decides her revenge: she assures Luke that she will keep her duties as a wife only when she too has allowed herself similar distractions. Through a series of animated events, the two resume married life: but Luca will not be able to know if Ippolita was really unfaithful to him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-09-21
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Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Fifth Floor Neighbour
1970-10-26
Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Fifth Floor Neighbour
Overview: Pedro, a handsome gynecologist who lives in Toledo (Spain), does not have just a clientele due to the jealousy that his sex appeal causes in the husbands and boyfriends of his patients. To make matters worse, his mother still treats him like a child and the traditionalist members of his girlfriend's family don't look kindly upon Pedro. But on a trip to Madrid to attend a conference on medicine he meets Antón, his effeminate neighbor of the fifth floor, whose fashion boutique for women thrives thanks to the complicity he knows to establish with his customers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1970-10-26
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Warriors Five
1962-09-30
Warriors Five
Overview: World War II Italy...1943. After parachuting behind enemy lines on an espionage mission, an American soldier is imprisoned by the enemy. He escapes with four Italian prisoners, enlisting their aid in exploding a bridge.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-09-30
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The Suspect
1975-02-21
The Suspect
Overview: Fascism has forced the leadership of the Italian Communist Party to settle in Paris. In Italy arrests of militants are decimating the organization, so Emilio is sent on a mission in the area of Turin, to put out of harm whistleblowers.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-02-21
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Mystery of the Black Jungle
1954-02-16
Mystery of the Black Jungle
Overview: A group of religious fanatics in India, the Tughs, prey upon Europeans and natives alike, capturing and offering them up in sacrifice to their frightful goddess, Kali. The Governor of the Province sends Tremal Naik, a famous Indian hunter,on an expedition to end the savagery.
Genres: Mystery Action Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-02-16
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Black Devils of Kali
1954-03-07
Black Devils of Kali
Overview: An adventure set deep in the Indian jungle as explorers seek out an ancient idol.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-03-07
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Libera, My Love
1975-03-21
Libera, My Love
Overview: A strong-willed woman risks everything to support the cause of anti-fascism in World War II Italy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-03-21
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Amarti è il mio destino
1957-07-30
Amarti è il mio destino
Overview: Upon the death of her father, Anna, to escape economic ruin and save her family's honor, is forced to marry their main creditor, while her true love, Roberto, has to emigrate to Brazil.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-07-30
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Pigeon Shoot
1961-05-25
Pigeon Shoot
Overview: Young man Marco Laudato, after the '8/9/1943's WW2 armistice, enlists in the Italian Social Republic army, attending the last days of the old regime in decay.
Genres: War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-05-25
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Nights of Cabiria
1957-10-03
Nights of Cabiria
Overview: Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. Rescued, she resumes her life and tries her best to find happiness in a cynical world. Even when she thinks her struggles are over and she has found happiness and contentment, things may not be what they seem.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-10-03
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A Long Ride from Hell
1968-04-05
A Long Ride from Hell
Overview: Mike Sturges and his younger brother, Roy, are sentenced to Yuma Penitentiary on a trumped-up train robbery charge. Both endure cruel treatment before Mike escapes to extract revenge on their enemies.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-04-05
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Do Not Commit Adultery
1971-09-13
Do Not Commit Adultery
Overview: Pino is a young man who lives in Assisi with his father Damiano, a communist revolutionary, and his partner Nadine. One day Pino sees Maria Teresa studying Latin and starts giving her some lessons. Soon they fall in love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-09-13
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Last of the Badmen
1967-08-02
Last of the Badmen
Overview: Kitosch is charged with a crime he did not commit and joins up with Joshua Tracy, a vicious outlaw. When Tracy kidnaps and blackmails his former employer Kitosch redeems himself by saving them.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-08-02
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1870
1972-01-07
1870
Overview: Rome, 1870. Opponents of the church power are being sent to prison. Some of the exhausted prisoners are asking for the mercy of Pope. Others, like Augusto Parenti, prefer to fight for their rights until the end. His wife, Teresa is a simple woman, who gets involved with the rebels.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-01-07
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The Merchant of Venice
1953-07-12
The Merchant of Venice
Overview: A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will: only the man that picks the correct casket out of three (silver, gold, and lead) can marry her. Bassanio, unfortunately, is strapped for cash with which to go wooing, and Antonio wants to help, so Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, the money-lender. But Shylock has been nursing a grudge against Antonio's insults, and makes unusual terms to the loan. And when Antonio's business fails, those terms threaten his life, and it's up to Bassanio and Portia to save him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-07-12
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Operation Snafu
1970-03-03
Operation Snafu
Overview: World War II soldiers enter Sicily to seize German arms supply only to discover there is not a gun in sight.
Genres: War Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-03-03
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Giordano Bruno
1973-11-29
Giordano Bruno
Overview: Fleeing from his enemies in the Catholic Church, the free thinking philosopher, poet and scientist Giordano Bruno has found some protection in Venice. But the Roman Inquisition, fearing his influence in Europe, wants to bring him on trial for 'heresy'.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-11-29
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Conqueror of the Orient
1961-09-14
Conqueror of the Orient
Overview: Centuries ago in the Orient, the fiscal exactions on the people lead to a revolt against the usurper of the throne, and the empowerment of a new leader.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-09-14
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The Big Blackout
1966-11-15
The Big Blackout
Overview: Secret agent Perry Grant is called in to investigate a strange case which involves counterfeit money, industrial espionage, and a fashion company that may be functioning as a front for a secret criminal organization.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-11-15
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The Last Four Days
1974-03-27
The Last Four Days
Overview: In 1945, the dictator of fascist Italy and Hitler's close ally Benito Mussolini faces defeat. In a desperate attempt to avoid capture, he tries to flee the country with his lover Claretta Petacci, but Italian partisans are on their tail.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-03-27
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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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The Hunchback
1960-11-30
The Hunchback
Overview: Alvaro Cosenza, also known as the Hunchback from Quarticciolo, during Rome's occupation by Nazis in 1943, decides to revolt.
Genres: Drama War Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-11-30
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I due pezzi da 90
1971-10-28
I due pezzi da 90
Overview: Franco and Ciccio are forced to abandon their sausage factory to reach the godfather of Franco: Nico Cavallaro. The two do not know that this is a smuggler of drugs and that you want to serve them to transport the goods.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-10-28
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The Sicilian Checkmate
1972-02-03
The Sicilian Checkmate
Overview: Taking place almost entirely during a murder trial, the film details in significant detail the deep roots sunk by organised crime into the business and political life of Sicily.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-02-03
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A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
1971-02-18
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
Overview: Carol Hammond, daughter of a politician, has vivid nightmares involving sex orgies and LSD. In a dream, she murders a neighbor she envies and wakes up to a real investigation into her neighbor's murder.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-02-18
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The Pirates of Malaysia
1964-10-16
The Pirates of Malaysia
Overview: Filmed in Singapore it tells the story of Sandokan who is a Malaysian rebel who, with a group of renegades, goes up against a British General who is trying to force the King to resign.
Genres: Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-10-16
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A Man Called Sledge
1970-11-14
A Man Called Sledge
Overview: James Garner is Luther Sledge, the leader of a pack of rebels who are planning to steal a stash of gold. But after the thieves actually manage to get away with the bounty, they soon discover that the enemy lies within their midst. As they begin to bicker over who should get the biggest cut, the stage is set for a deadly showdown. Claude Akins and John Marley co-star in this Italian Western directed by Vic Morrow.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-11-14
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The Upper Hand
1966-03-02
The Upper Hand
Overview: In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. And an undercover US Treasury Department agent is trying to infiltrate the smuggling business.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-03-02
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Made in Italy
1965-12-22
Made in Italy
Overview: A group of Italians take a flight to Sweden: among them there are the tourists, and the immigrants.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-12-22
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Arms of the Avenger
1963-10-31
Arms of the Avenger
Overview: Using Leonardo Da Vinci's innovative designs for weapons of war, flying engines and other machinery, three brothers join forces to fight a wicked and powerful Duke in early-Renaissance Italy.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-10-31
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I Kill, You Kill
1965-03-25
I Kill, You Kill
Overview: Six sketches with as many ways of murdering someone, and getting away with it.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-03-25
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A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof
1968-08-14
A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof
Overview: The bandit Pratt, looking for Tim, who is responsible for the death of his two sons, attacks a caravan killing all the passengers. Harry, the vagabond, after having robbed the dead, casually meets Tim and they become friends. Running away together from Pratt, they reach Harry's farm, but their hiding place is soon discovered.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-08-14
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Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon
1964-12-25
Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon
Overview: Hercules goes to Babylon to rescue the Queen of the Hellenes and free the people of Babylon from slavery.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-12-25
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Cross Current
1971-08-20
Cross Current
Overview: A speed-boat racer suffers amnesia after an boating accident and goes to his isolated villa to recuperate. His relationship with his wife is troubled, so he starts an affair (sort of) with the another woman, which results in one of the three of them being shot. But there are several more twists--and more murders--to come.
Genres: Crime Horror Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-08-20
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You're on Your Own
1959-09-04
You're on Your Own
Overview: In post war Italy during the fifties it is very difficult to find a house to rent and a family ends up living in a former brothel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-09-04
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The Queens
1966-04-21
The Queens
Overview: Four comedic shorts explore quirky relationships and misadventures: a teenage girl's journey home, a self-serving babysitter, a husband confronting infidelity, and a wealthy woman's drunken escapades with her butler.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-04-21
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Stranger on the Prowl
1952-03-12
Stranger on the Prowl
Overview: A down-and-out crook on the lam befriends a young street urchin, in an Italian port city. At first amused that the boy is a sneak thief, he tries to deflects the kid from a life of crime. Tipped off by a woman anxious to collect the reward for him (who is wanted for murder), the police pursue the two lost souls.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-03-12
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Two Women
1960-12-22
Two Women
Overview: A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up with them.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-12-22
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The Shortest Day
1963-02-14
The Shortest Day
Overview: Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
Genres: Comedy History War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-02-14
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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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Ciao pais..!
1956-01-01
Ciao pais..!
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Genres: War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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One on Top of the Other
1969-08-15
One on Top of the Other
Overview: A San Francisco doctor encounters a prostitute who bears a striking resemblance to his late wife.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-08-15
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Closed Circuit
1978-02-22
Closed Circuit
Overview: At the local cinema, an audience watches a Spaghetti Western matinee. During the film's on-screen climactic duel, a bullet is fired into a patron. With no leads and a theater full of suspects, police investigators lock the doors, put everyone back in their seats, and run the movie again. But will this shot in the dark reveal the real killer?
Genres: Crime TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-02-22
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