Claudio Scarchilli
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Biography: Claudio Scarchilli (10 February 1924, Rome – 25 July 1992) was an Italian film actor who appeared in films throughout the 1960s. He acted in nearly twenty films within that decade. He is best known in world cinema for his small roles in several of Sergio Leone's films, portraying Pedro, member of Tuco's gang, in the Spaghetti Western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in 1966, and Once Upon a Time in the West in 1968. His brother Sandro Scarchilli was also an actor and also appeared in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in 1966. He made his last appearance in 1970.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rome, Italy
Adult: No
Birthday: February 10, 1924
Age: 101 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: July 25, 1992
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The Fall of Rome
Overview: After the death of Emperor Constantine in Rome, the persecutions of the Christians threaten the centurion Marco forced to become a gladiator.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-02-28
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The Beast
Overview: Foul, twitchy, and deranged sex maniac Johnny Laster comes up with a plan to abduct a lovely young heiress in order to obtain her considerable inheritance.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-09-12
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A Taste of Death
Overview: Scaife, the sadistic leader of a gang of cattle thieves, terrorizes the people of a Colorado mountain town. Bill Ransom, the retired sheriff, is the only one to stand up against Scaife and his men, among whom is Dan El, a former friend of his. Dan El is also the father of Tony, Bill's adopted son...
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-09-14
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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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Hercules, Prisoner of Evil
Overview: Hercules battles an evil sorceress who turns men into werewolves. The mythic duo returns in Prisoner of Evil, where a sorceress seduces Herc and transforms him into a mindless beast. Italian horror master Antonio Margheriti directed this installment of the Hercules legend, a blend of sword-and-sandal fantasy and horror.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-07-31
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La magnifica sfida
Overview: After years of absence, Kadir returns to his hometown Semares in the center of the Arabian desert. He finds out that the new ruler Atatur is a tyrant who leads wars merely to expand his territory. After saving the life of Atatur's general Kames in an ambush, Kadir receives the opportunity to rise to high ranks in Atatur's army. But Atatur is planning a cruel war of retribution against the desert tribes of King Hussein...
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-09-10
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Dynamite Joe
Overview: In order to put an end to the numerous ambushes on the gold transports which are a real menace to the finances of the American government, the agent Joe Ford, called Dynamite Joe due to his liking for explosives, is entrusted with controlling the next transfer.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-02-15
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Vino, whisky e acqua salata
Overview: An Italian submarine commander manages to sink an English warship and take its very British commander as prisoner. The film is based on the relationship which develops between the two characters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-12-07
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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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Go For Broke
Overview: The Indian called Copper Face is suspected to have stolen a large quantity of gold from a bank.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-03-27
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The Hellbenders
Overview: A Southern Colonel, his three sons, and a card shark embark on an odyssey through the Southwest carrying a coffin full of stolen money with which the Colonel plans to revive the Confederacy.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-02-02
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Viva Cangaceiro
Overview: Brazil, the 1920s. The sadistic colonel Minas massacres the hometown of a famous cangaceiro (a kind of revolutionary bandit). The only survivor is a young farmer called Espedito; he is nursed back to health by a hermit who thinks he has been sent by God and therefore baptizes him the Redeemer. Espedito/The Redeemer forms his own gang of cangaceiros but doesn’t really understand what he’s doing until he befriends the proverbial European intellectual, a Dutch Oil prospector, who introduces him to important people. Espedito is hired by the Dutchman and a corrupt local governor, but then the Dutchman changes sides …
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-12-23
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Colossus of the Arena
Overview: A powerful man posing as a gladiator in Rome's fourth century discovers a plan to put the beautiful Queen in prison, which he thwarts by exposing a sinister duke as a traitor.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-09-13
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Lost Treasure of the Incas
Overview: A cowboy goes to help out his friend, who has been falsely accused of murder. The two find themselves in the rugged and mysterious Pallidi Mountains, where they come up against an outlaw gang that is searching for a buried Inca treasure, which is guarded by a lot Inca tribe.
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-10-15
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The Slave Merchants
Overview: The daughter of a noble man is sold into slavery, only to be later rescued by the film's hero. Repackaged from an original Sword-and-Sandal italian film.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-06-27
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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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Pontius Pilate
Overview: The events that culminated with the Passion of Christ seen from the perspective of Pontius Pilate, the Procurator of Judea who unwillingly condemned Christ to death. Based on the biblical Gospel of John.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-02-15
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Bandidos
Overview: Renowned gunman Richard Martin is traveling on a train, held up by Billy Kane, a former student of Martin's. Kane spares Martin, but only after shooting his hands. Years later, Martin meets an escaped convict, wrongly convicted for the train robbery. Martin trains his new student and both men seek out Billy Kane.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-10-15
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Gunmen Of The Rio Grande
Overview: Wyatt Earp comes to a small town, Rio Bravo, to help the woman saloon owner against the town villain and to save a mine owner from robbery.
Genres: Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1964-11-19
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The Golden Arrow
Overview: Genies help an Arabian bandit (Tab Hunter) locate a magic arrow he needs to claim heirship to the sultan's kingdom.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-09-07
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Compañeros
Overview: Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to guerilla Mongo, but the money is locked in a bank safe, the combination known only to Professor Xantos, a prisoner of the Americans. Yolaf agrees to free Xantos, accompanied by reluctant guerilla Basco, but a former business partner of Yolaf's- John 'The Wooden Hand', has other ideas.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-12-18
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