John Richardson
Biography: John Richardson (January 19, 1934 - January 5, 2021) was an English actor, who appeared in movies from the 1950s until the 1990s. He appeared in many Italian films, including Mario Bava's Black Sunday (1960). His best known role was perhaps in One Million Years B.C. (1966), in which he played a grunting caveman who fell in love with Raquel Welch. He had small roles in the remake of The 39 Steps (1959); Tender is the Night (1962) as a young man, uncredited; and in On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) with Barbra Streisand. Richardson was cast as the male lead in both She and One Million Years BC. He was considered for the role of James Bond, but lost out to George Lazenby.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 19, 1934
Deathday: January 05, 2021
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From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic
2020-04-17
From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic
Overview: Produced for the "ultimate edition" of "Rollerball" from Capelight Pictures in Germany, 2020. The Blu-Ray of the original 1975 classic comes packed with this fascinating 85-minute documentary that charts the influence of "Rollerball" on contemporary scifi cinema, including "Mad Max", "The Warriors" and "Escape from New York", as well as the Italian variant that struck the big time with motion picture successes such as "The Bronx Warriors" franchise, "The New Barbarians" and the wonderfully trashy "Endgame".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-17
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Frankenstein '80
1972-12-12
Frankenstein '80
Overview: A mad scientist creates a monster called "Mosaico," who breaks out of the laboratory to hunt down and kill beautiful women.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-12-12
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One Million Years B.C.
1966-11-24
One Million Years B.C.
Overview: As the Earth wrestles with its agonizing birth, the peoples of this barren and desolate world struggle to survive. Driven by animal instinct they compete against the harsh conditions, their giant predators, and warring tribes. When two people from opposing clans fall in love, existing conventions are shattered forever as each tribe struggles for supremacy and Man embarks on his tortuous voyage of civilization.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-11-24
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Fever of 40!
1980-01-01
Fever of 40!
Overview: A forty-year-old man spends his working days surrounded by beautiful women, but he dares not do anything with any.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Torso
1973-01-04
Torso
Overview: A masked serial killer with psychosexual issues strangles female coeds with scarves before dismembering them. When a wealthy student identifies one of the scarves and thinks she has a lead on a suspect, she becomes the killer's next target, retreating to her family's remote cliffside villa with three of her girlfriends.
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-01-04
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Black Sunday
1960-08-11
Black Sunday
Overview: A vengeful witch, Asa Vajda, and her fiendish servant, Igor Jauvitch, return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant, Katia. Only a handsome doctor with the help of family members stand in her way.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-08-11
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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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Reflections in Black
1975-10-03
Reflections in Black
Overview: A woman dressed in black is murdering young women. The police question lawyer Anselmi for whom one of the girls worked as a secretary, and it turns out that all the victims were friends of lawyer's wife Leonora.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-10-03
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On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970-06-17
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Overview: Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking to please her fiancé, Warren. She goes to a doctor of hypnosis to do it. But once she's under, her doctor finds out that she can regress into past lives and different personalities, and he finds himself falling in love with one of them.
Genres: Fantasy Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-17
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School of Thieves 2
1987-09-22
School of Thieves 2
Overview: In this second episode Dalmazio and Egisto come, respectively, from the prison and the insane asylum. They risk a second arrest for their awkwardness so they return from their "uncle" who is willing to help them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-09-22
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Duck in Orange Sauce
1975-12-19
Duck in Orange Sauce
Overview: When his wife wants a divorce -- in preference of a romantic Frenchman -- husband Livio seemingly accepts. But when he sets up a last weekend together with his secretary and his wife's lover, the trip turns out to be part of an elaborate plan to win his wife back.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-12-19
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The Vengeance of She
1968-04-14
The Vengeance of She
Overview: Beautiful young European girl, Carol, is possessed by the spirit of Ayesha – “She Who Must be Obeyed” – and led to the lost city of Kuma, where she is destined to become queen.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-04-14
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She
1965-04-18
She
Overview: The lost city of Kuma is ruled by the cruel, arrogant, beautiful queen, Ayesha, gifted with eternal life. She lures Leo Vincey into her world, seeing in him the reincarnation of the lover she long ago murdered in a fit of violent jealousy. Against all advice Leo is determined to stay and Ayesha persuades him to bathe in the flame of eternal youth... with disastrous consequences.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-18
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Murder Obsession
1981-02-24
Murder Obsession
Overview: Michael is a successful actor, but he has a scandal in his past: at a tender age he knifed his father to death. He and his girlfriend Deborah go to his mother's for the weekend, and are joined by the director and others from a recent film project, who are given a rather cool reception by the superstitious housekeeper Oliver. Soon rude things begin happening to some of the guests, and Michael fears a repeat of his nightmare past is in progress.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-02-24
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A Candidate for a Killing
1969-08-22
A Candidate for a Killing
Overview: A traveler becomes a target for various crime syndicates when it turns out he's a dead ringer for a wanted mercenary.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-08-22
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The League of Gentlemen
1960-04-15
The League of Gentlemen
Overview: Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-04-15
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Blue Paradise
1980-01-03
Blue Paradise
Overview: Another imitation of "The Blue Lagoon", starring Don Monahan (from the "Porky"-movies) and Ingmar Bergman's daughter Anna as the young lovers.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-01-03
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The Heart of a Man
1959-08-06
The Heart of a Man
Overview: Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means. Frankie tries his hand as a boxer, a bouncer and a commissionaire, and finally finds success as a singer. He also falls for the charms of night club chanteuse Julie, and this leads to further success when he wins a recording contract.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-08-06
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La bellissima estate
1974-11-20
La bellissima estate
Overview: A mother keeps making excuses for why her son's father has not returned home. Jon Marco, just celebrating his ninth birthday, concludes his parents have separated and develops a plan to place himself in dad's care. Along with a new friend they run away to Milan to search for Marco's father. Once executed, our little hero learns the truth about his famous race-car driving father. Can mom and his pals help him deal with the trauma?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-11-20
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Battle of the Stars
1978-02-17
Battle of the Stars
Overview: An alien vessel manages to break the earth defense systems. Captain Layton is sent to investigate and find the invaders. Together with friends from the planet Ganymed he discovers the enemies in a hidden underground city on earth.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-02-17
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4 Billion in 4 Minutes
1976-09-10
4 Billion in 4 Minutes
Overview: Obscure, action-packed euro-crime yarn about an imprisoned genius who organizes a bank robbery of 4 billion Lire from behind bars. It's up to superhunk Antonio Sabato to save the day, foil the baddies and bed the chick. There are great car chases and wrecks, and an occasionally enjoyable synth score.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-10
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A Nun at the Crossroads
1967-12-21
A Nun at the Crossroads
Overview: During an uprising in the Belgian Congo, a convent of nuns are besieged and the Reverend Mother is killed and Sister Maria is raped. Returning to Belgium, Sister Maria finds out to her horror that she is pregnant. Rejected by her family and her sister, she is told by the Vatican that she is supposed to either give the baby to the church and still be a nun or keep the baby and leave the order. This film follows her decision.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1967-12-21
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War of the Planets
1977-09-23
War of the Planets
Overview: A strange signal arrives on the Earth disturbing all communications, while an UFO appears above the Antarctic sea. Captain Alex Hamilton is sent with his spaceship and crew to the space outside the Solar System to find the origin of that signal. They reach an unknown planet where a giant robot enslaved a whole population of humanoids by taking their psychic energies.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-23
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Execution
1968-08-14
Execution
Overview: Clips, a bounty killer, is after one John Coler, who has fooled him, keeping all of a loot he should have shared with him. He finally catches his prey only to discover that the man is a Coler all right but not the expected one.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-08-14
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The Tough One
1966-12-15
The Tough One
Overview: The elderly O'Hara, owner of a fortune in emeralds, offers half of his estate to whoever manages to get him out of jail. The adventurer Don Casey arrives in the town of Guaynas, ruled by the tyrant Villarde, to fulfill that wish.
Genres: Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-12-15
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Pirates of Tortuga
1961-08-25
Pirates of Tortuga
Overview: After a lengthy voyage, Capt. Bart docks his ship in a London harbor and is given a new mission by British Admiralty: capture the notorious Henry Morgan, a pirate who has been wreaking havoc throughout the Caribbean. After recruiting some former shipmates for his crew, Capt. Bart sets sail in search of the infamous buccaneer, and is joined by a beautiful female stowaway in the process.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-08-25
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John the Bastard
1967-11-16
John the Bastard
Overview: Johnny Donald, a cynical seducer of women, discovers he is actually the son of Don Diego Tenorio, a wealthy Mexican landowner. Accompanied by his trusty servant Morenillo, he travels south in search of vengeance and riches, but manages to deflower and make enemies all along the way until he finally meets his match in the person of a Mormon assassin and a stone statue.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-11-16
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The Tree with Pink Leaves
1974-09-11
The Tree with Pink Leaves
Overview: Little Marco suffers from his parents' divorce. He runs away from home and is hit by a car. He drags on but eventually dies under a tree with pink leaves, remembering a story his grandmother told him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-09-11
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On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...
1967-12-01
On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...
Overview: A chastity belt provides an endless amount of grief for a woman whose jealous husband has gone off to the Crusades.
Genres: Romance Adventure Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-12-01
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The Church
1989-03-10
The Church
Overview: In a Gothic cathedral built on the mass grave of a Teutonic purge, an ancient discovery by the new librarian will release an unholy maelstrom of madness, violence and demonic vengeance.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1989-03-10
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Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment
1973-11-27
Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment
Overview: A beautiful but poor young girl finds all the money and material goods she never had when she becomes the girlfriend of a crime boss, but soon learns that there is a price to be paid for that kind of life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-11-27
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Sawed-Off Shotgun
1977-08-05
Sawed-Off Shotgun
Overview: Giovanni Molet is sent to jail for the murder of two of the Carraro family over a feud over land. While incarcerated, a vendetta is carried out on Molet's brother who is killed by the Carraros. While being transferred to another prison, Molet manages to escape and goes on the run. He holes up in a large villa owned by a newlywed couple and slowly starts to prepare for his revenge.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-08-05
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Sapphire
1959-11-02
Sapphire
Overview: Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects -- including the girl's white boyfriend and his disapproving parents -- the detectives wade through a stubbornly entrenched sludge of racism and bigotry.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-11-02
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Milner
1994-12-19
Milner
Overview: Stephen Milner is a solicitor, but he fits uneasily into the world of Lewis Strange and Partners, who are an upmarket firm of solicitors. The film follows Milner's fraught relationship with a lucrative client, Ron Jesson. When one of his offices goes up in flames, the press are convinced that Ron arranged the fire for insurance purposes. Milner also has to cope with an estranged wife, batty mother and debt ridden younger brother.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-19
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Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987-06-26
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Overview: A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips from Hammer productions and interviews with actors, actresses, directors and producers who worked on these films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-26
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Nine Guests for a Crime
1977-01-12
Nine Guests for a Crime
Overview: Nine members of an extremely rich and hateful family have decided to have a reunion on a remote island in the Mediterranean. No sooner than their arrival, old grudges, resentments, and feuds make themselves known, along with allusions to some more macabre events in their past. But when their boats are sabotaged, thus stranding them without any connection to the mainland, it becomes clear that someone is not willing to let old wounds heal, a fact made all the more clear as bodies start to pile up...
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-01-12
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Tender Is the Night
1962-01-19
Tender Is the Night
Overview: Against the counsel of his friends, psychiatrist Dick Diver marries Nicole Warren, a beautiful but unstable young woman from a moneyed family. Thoroughly enraptured, he forsakes his career in medicine for life as a playboy, until one day Dick is charmed by Rosemary Hoyt, an American traveling abroad. The thought of Dick possibly being attracted to someone else sends Nicole on an emotional downward spiral that threatens to consume them both.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-19
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Bachelor of Hearts
1958-12-12
Bachelor of Hearts
Overview: A German scholar has girl troubles while studying at Cambridge.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-12
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