Ignazio Balsamo
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Catania, Italy
Adult: No
Birthday: October 26, 1912
Age: 112 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: August 07, 1994
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The Pirate and the Slave Girl
Overview: When a ship carrying the daughter of Rhodes' governor and secret documents is captured by Mediterranean pirate Dragut, the governor tasks captain Diego with their recovery before they can be sold to Sultan Selim.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-10-22
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Girls Marked Danger
Overview: A police officer meets a girl who is near to falling into the net of shady individuals. To prevent this, he invites her into the police station and tells her a story.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-09-25
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Knight of 100 Faces
Overview: Two knights, the honorful Riccardo and the sinister Fosco, are rivalling for damsel Zuela.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-08-10
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Seduction Of The South
Overview: Based on the events from the Italian civil war. In 1860's, a member of a guerrilla force captures a colonel from the opposing army and later leads one of the sides to victory.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-12-16
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Queen of the Seas
Overview: Redhead Mary is a girl who dresses like a man to better approach, and rob the jewels worn by the pretty ladies of her time.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-12-01
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Duel of Fire
Overview: Antonio Franco's sister is been murdered by a gang of bandits. He swear vengeance and manage to infiltrate the gang to find the murders.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-04-21
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I baccanali di Tiberio
Overview: Cassio, a tourist guide, and Primo, his bus driver, are taking a bus load of tourists to visit villa Jovis, at Capri island. Then they have an accident, and they knock their heads hard, losing conscience. They come awake in the times of the Roman Empire in Tiberius' villa.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-01-15
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Un dollaro di fifa
Overview: Two conmen, Alamo and Mike, find shelter in Paradise City, which is full of jokers like themselves, who assume them to be lawmen and are almost hanged.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-08-28
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Pirates of the Coast
Overview: Luis de Monterey is a ship captain who is pitted against a crafty pirates.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-11-30
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Bitter Waters
Overview: Valerio, a blind man of war, and his little sister Fiorella live with Uncle Mario, who has a shop on the coast.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-10-03
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Suonno d'ammore
Overview: Alberto loves Maria, daughter of Arturo, a rich owner of boats, his love is reciprocated by the girl and has the approval of her father.
Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-07-17
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Gli eroi del doppio gioco
Overview: Benito, son of a fascist mayor, returned from the countryside of Russia, rebels against the family and joins a group of partisans.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-08-05
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Ferdinand I King of Naples
Overview: The story of "King Lazzarone" Ferdinand I of Bourbon whose pastime was to neglect the government and disguise himself as a poor man and turn to the infamous city premises in search of love adventures. With the De Filippo brothers to complete.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-12-22
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The White Angel
Overview: In this sequel to Nobody's Children, Guido still longs for Luisa, who has become a nun. Then he meets Lina, a chorus dancer who is a dead ringer for his former lover.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-04-06
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Danger in the Middle East
Overview: A criminal making plans to pull off one big score before he retires, comes into possession of secret papers worth a fortune, but dies while attempting the hit. His wife takes those papers for herself, while discovering there are rival criminals, a powerful organization and a sleazy blackmailer.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-09-02
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I tre corsari
Overview: The castle of the counts of Ventimiglia is conquered by the spanish Van Gould, who kills the count and sends his three sons in the Antilles. The ship is attacked by pirates and the three brothers are liberated. They decide to join the pirates to have revenge on Van Gould, who has also moved to the Antilles on the command of the viceroy.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-10-16
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Two R-R-Ringos from Texas
Overview: A western comedy starring the Sicilian comedians Franco and Ciccio who produced dozens of such spoofs in the 1960s. This time, they quote mainly "The Good, the Bad And the Ugly". Ciccio is sergeant in the army and Franco volunteers to join (after too many drinks). Franco has a talking horse telling him where a treasure is buried. They have to get behind enemy lines in the civil war to get hold of it, though.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-08-25
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Il cardinale Lambertini
Overview: Papal aspirant "Cardinal Lamberti" has to tread a fine line between the powerful Duke of Montimar and doing the right thing by a young couple in love in late 1730s Bologna.
Genres: History Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-12-23
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It Happened at the Police Station
Overview: Everyday all kind of people pass through a Police Station, especially if it is downtown. Today, however, the chief of police has bought his first car and he has decided to test it with his wife going to Ostia. But first a theatrical company sent out of the theatre, last Alfredo Todini arrested while walking wearing a gown and in the mean a series of human cases, ranging from the pathetic to the funny one, get in the way of his wish.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-10-06
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Zorro il ribelle
Overview: California, a province of the Spanish colony Mexico. Don Ramiro, the secretary of the tyrannical governor, is charged with assuring his son, don Luis, the chief of the military police, can marry Isaballe, the daughter of don Miguel, who plans to divide his land among his tenants, a recipe for revolt. Secretly don Ramoro is Zorro, the masked leader of the popular rebels. Both parties resort to desperate means, while don Carmello, the forcefully persuasive mission priest, guards morality.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-09-12
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La Luciana
Overview: A tale of the complicated Neapolitan lives and loves of Maria and Alberto; her smuggling father Don Gennaro and some espionage.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-11-24
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Lettera napoletana
Overview: Warehouseman "Franco" is set up by the son of his boss for robbery and cigarette smuggling. Can he prove his innocence and rescue his relationship with "Anna"?
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-07-11
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Two Firefighters
Overview: The firefighter student Francesco Perricone and his cousin the brigadier Barrese fall in love both of the beautiful brunette Caramella and the barracks of Rome are transferred to the village of Sicily where the girl lives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-10-29
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The Eye of the Needle
Overview: Two young men in a village in Sicily raping a girl. In the end, two skilled lawyers will succeed in getting them to complete the trial, but one, who in the meantime has fallen in love with the victim.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-09-14
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Crypt of the Vampire
Overview: Count Karnstein sends for a doctor to help his sick daughter Laura. Her nurse believes she is possessed by the spirit of a dead ancestor, Carmilla. A young woman becomes intrigued by the mysterious deaths surrounding Laura after a carriage accident outside the castle forces her to stay. They become close friends until Laura becomes convinced the spirit of Carmilla is forcing her to kill.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-05-27
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The Secret of the Black Falcon
Overview: A secret document has fallen into the hands of pirates. Spain and England are both interested. The English commissioned a notorious pirate and the Spaniards procure their best officer, Carlos de Herrera, to retrieve the document for them.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-08-11
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The Magnificent Texan
Overview: A gang of bandits burn down the Red House belonging to Pablo Lopez. The whole Lopez family is murdered except ten year old Manuel, who is scarred for life by the horrifying sight of his dead parents and burning home. Fifteen years later, Manuel has grown up. After living through many adventures he returns to his village in disguise. Two things are on his mind: to find his long-loved Evelyn and to take revenge on those responsible for the slaughter at the Red House.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-07-28
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Two Whites in Dark Africa
Overview: To follow the beautiful Frida, Franco and Ciccio leave for Africa, where the adventurer Berrendero enlists them in a band of mercenaries. Franchi and Ingrassia in a daring parody of "Tarzan".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-10-28
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Ergastolo
Overview: Rosa Lulli, has an illegitimate 20-year-old son, named Stefano, who lives with her in the house of Professor Arlotta. Stefano is in love with Lydia, the granddaughter of the professor. The couple has a gambling addiction: the need to obtain a large sum to meet gambling debts, which pushes him to accept the loving invitation of Jeannette, owner of a dance school, where Stefano goes to play.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-05-18
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La rossa
Overview: Amelia, a beautiful and irrepressible girl known as "La Rossa", returns from Paris to her country, a small seaside town in southern Italy, where her father is the lighthouse keeper. To her father and her fellow villagers, she gives the impression that she is married to a rich gentleman. In reality she is only the friend of Pierre Dupont, an elegant Parisian bandit. Dupont, however, actually gives the girl a certain economic comfort. Later Pierre arrives in the country incognito, being wanted for a large theft of jewels in Paris, and Amelia, her lover and accomplice, helps him to hide.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-09-15
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The Dollars Are Coming!
Overview: A widow goes to Italy from South Africa to find out whether or not her late husband's five nephews are worthy of his inheritance...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-03-29
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Good night… lawyer!
Overview: A lawyer, married but temporarily alone at home, finds himself in the house a beautiful lady who tries to escape from her jealous husband. Fascinated by the beauty of the unexpected guest, the lawyer is determined to conquer her, in vain. But when the woman leaves, she discovers that she has been stolen some money.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-03-16
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It Happened in the Penitentiary
Overview: A prison warden keeps a diary in which he writes about the convicts he meets and their lives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-10-19
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The Honored Society
Overview: Salvatore and Rosalino are sentenced to death by the Mafia because they are accused of having seduced the daughters of a boss. As they are about to be shot they manage to escape with the two girls.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-03-30
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Processo contro ignoti
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Genres: Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-10-01
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Zorro, Rider of Vengeance
Overview: In Old Calfiornia, an unscrupulous adventurer massacre Indians in order to find an ancient (and precious) talisman they are supposed to hide. Zorro will be on the rescue to protect both the pioneers and the Indians. This adventure has very little in common with the traditional swashbuckling backstage of Zorro's films but many elements of a western film.
Genres: Adventure Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-04-09
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Viva l'Italia!
Overview: The film shows how Italy's historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi (embodied by Renzo Ricci) leads a military campaign known as Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 and conquers Sicily and Naples. When the Bourbon monarchy has left Southern Italy, he supports Victor Emmanuel II of Italy who achieves a lasting unification under the aegis the House of Savoy. Roberto Rossellini has said he was prouder of this film than of any other film he ever made.
Genres: History Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-02-02
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I due maggiolini più matti del mondo
Overview: Two Sicilian shopowners who live in Rome pick up some beatnik hitchhikers and the group gate-crashes their seaside villa. In the meantime the two men's wives smell something fishy going on and go to the villa themselves. To make things worse the place is also invaded by three prison fugitives who terrorize the lot.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-08-29
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Samson and the Slave Queen
Overview: The king of Nogara dies, leaving behind a will naming one of his nieces as his successor. Will it be blonde and virtuous Isabella or evil, dark-haired Malva? Each woman relies on a hero to locate the will. Malva hires the bare-chested strongman Samson while Isabella relies on the masked El Toro (a.k.a. Zorro) even though her heart belongs to the mild-mannered poet, Ramon. Malva's ruthless desire for the throne soon alienates Samson and he and El Toro then team up to bring about a proper resolution to the Nogara succession. Meanwhile, Isabella learns El Toto's true identity, an identity which both surprises and pleases her.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-08-23
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The Invincible Masked Rider
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Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-03-29
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Gli innocenti pagano
Overview: Back from the war, a man discovers that his daughter has died and his wife has left their house. He searches for the girlfriend of a fellow soldier and falls for her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-04-27
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The Black Invaders
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-09-20
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Hercules Against Rome
Overview: Hercules comes from Greece to Ravenna, Italy, because a friend from childhood days has sent for him: Hercules should help the Roman Emperor who is in danger because of an intrigue lead by the leader of the pretorian guards.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-05-15
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In the Name of the Law
Overview: A young, by-the-book judge is appointed to a Sicilian village controlled by corrupt leaders and the mafia.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1949-03-13
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The Vengeance of Ursus
Overview: The evil King Zagro has designs on the beautiful Princess Sira. He wants to marry her so he can take over her kingdom and add it to his own. When Sira is kidnapped, Ursus leaves his farm to rescue her and to eventually lead a revolt against King Zagro.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-12-07
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Zorro in the Court of England
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-02-28
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Robin Hood and the Pirates
Overview: On his way to (or from) the Crusades, Robin Hood is shipwrecked but saved by pirates who plan to return him home in order to ransom him to his father.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-12-23
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The Two Magnificent Fresconi
Overview: Two fearful and incapable individuals, Ciccio and Franco, are tasked by the leader of the Sicilian Mafia to travel to Milan to sell a large batch of wine. At first they have little luck, but soon they notice one of their competitors having great success using beautiful women to push their product. They adopt this model aggressively, but the women they hire end up enjoying so much success that their husbands become concerned and suspicious of their activities.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-12-23
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Andalusia Express
Overview: Three men plan a jewelry heist abroad the Andalusia express train.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1956-09-06
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A Soldier and a Half
Overview: Nicola Carletti is a middle age 50-year old man who return to Italy with his family but he is drafted to go to the mandatory military service in Italy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-02-11
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Outlaw Girl
Overview: Beppe Musolino is falsely accused of murder. He is tried and once found guilty is imprisoned. Unexpectedly he escape from prison and to survive he start living like an outlaw brigand. He falls in love for Mara, a village girl, and with her help he hunts down all of the witnesses who lied about him at the trial.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-12-06
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Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus
Overview: Goliath (Peter Lupus) comes to the aid of the former King Selim in order to regain his throne and rescue his daughter (Anna Maria Polani).
Genres: Drama Adventure Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-03-03
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Neapolitan Turk
Overview: Naples/Sorrento, mid 20s. A couple of small thieves conceive a scam whereby one of them dresses up as a eunuch Turk to care for the women of the family of a wealthy man. They end up messing everything up, with lots of gags and funny events in the meantime.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-09-16
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Those Sweet Creatures
Overview: An Italo-American singer and as he arrives at the airport he is accused of being a draft dodger and is drafted. He soon begins a love story with his commander's daughter.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-09-04
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Don Camillo: Monsignor
Overview: Don Camillo (now bishop) and Peppone (now senator) return to the town of Brescello and rekindle their friendly rivalry.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-10-07
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Poppea's Hot Nights
Overview: Poppea's Hot Nights (Italian: Le calde notti di Poppea) is a 1969 Italian comedy film set in Ancient Rome. It was written and directed by Guido Malatesta and stars Olga Schoberová (credited as Olinka Berova) and Brad Harris in the main roles.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair
Overview: Collected at the age of two, under extreme conditions, by a company of Gypsies, Jolly grew up among them, together with the man who accompanied her.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-02-05
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I 2 deputati
Overview: Francesco and Franco are brothers in law but, since their respective wives can't stand each other, are always arguing. When Francesco decides to run for Parliament, Franco is kidnapped by his opposing party and forced to run as well. The clashes between the two in-laws will continue in Parliament.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Who Gave You the License?
Overview: Franco and Ciccio are the directors of a driving school. They suffer the theft of the only car they have, and their new car is prone to going completely out of his control.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-08-28
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Two Eyes to Kill
Overview: A ruthless racketeer uses his nightclub as a front for all kinds of crime, suffers a drastic reversal of fortune after sending an innocent man to the guillotine for a crime he himself committed. The executed man donated his eyes after he died and now the club is being watched…
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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The Giant of Marathon
Overview: A Greek soldier leads the fight against an invading Persian army.
Genres: Adventure History War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-12-03
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Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand
Overview: Stuck in a dream world of his own, Italian sculptor Albert Saporito, sometimes has difficulty separating truth from fiction. When he dreams that his gangster neighbor has been murdered, he reports the crime to the police, only to involve himself in a complicated situation.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-10-26
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Midnight of Love
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-07-21
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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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La Dolce Vita
Overview: Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-02-05
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Mother's Heart
Overview: An unworthy nephew, with the help of a girl who seduces the young guardian, robs the aunt of the family jewels. He also manages to put the blame for the theft on the caretaker, engaged to a young woman who is actually the woman's natural daughter. The thief also tries to blackmail his aunt by threatening to reveal the truth after so many years, but a commissioner manages to prove the innocence of the suspect and the guilt of his nephew.
Genres: Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-09-24
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La moglie è uguale per tutti
Overview: Antonio De Papis is a lawyer and his specialization is separation by mutual consent. He is contrary to marriage because he sees so many of them going wrong. So when his nephew calls on him asking for his approval to his marriage, Antonio suggests to him to spend a day in his office to see what marriage really is.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-10-21
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Hercules and the Masked Rider
Overview: In 16th century Spain, Don Francisco reluctantly betroths his daughter, Blanca, to the arrogant Don Ramiro in order to preserve the lands in the family estate. Then Don Juan, Don Francisco's nephew and Blanca's true love, returns from the war in Flanders. Don Juan dons a mask and joins with a gypsy band led by Estella to fight against the forces of Don Ramiro.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-11-17
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Cavalier in Devil's Castle
Overview: A mysterious horseman, called the Dark Knight, sets himself up as a masked vigilante and decides to free the duchet of Valgrado from the grip of a terrible tyrant.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-03-21
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Behind Closed Shutters
Overview: Sandra searches her missing sister. For this, she enters the morally degraded seaside of Genoa.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1951-03-08
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A Woman Alone
Overview: Three women share the same apartment and the same goal, to find a wealthy husband and settle down.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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Il ragazzo che sorride
Overview: Giorgio, a young mining engineer, moved to work in Africa. His wife does not want to follow him and he suspects a betrayal. In the cast also Rocky Roberts singing two songs.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-03-07
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The Magistrate
Overview: Emilia Bonelli is an overly ambitious and driven woman. This dominant personality trait has its effects on her henpecked husband Luigi, and her daughter Carla. Circumstances ultimately lead to the courtroom and an aloof judge in the persona of Andrea Morandi.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-10-07
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Rapina al Quartiere Ovest
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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La notte dell'addio
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Una sera di maggio
Overview: A man embezzles some money in order to pay his debts and the daughter of his boss, who is in love with his son, asks a rich former suitor of hers for help. When the rich man is found murdered the girl is accused of the crime. Will she be able to clear her name?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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