Maria Grazia Spina
Also Known As: Grazia Maria Spina
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Venezia, Italy
Adult: No
Birthday: June 03, 1936
Age: 88 years old
Gender: Female
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The Bible: In the Beginning...
Overview: Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence in the forbidden fruit sees them driven out; Cain murdering his brother Abel; Noah building an ark to preserve the animals of the world from the coming flood; and Abraham making a covenant with God.
Genres: Adventure History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-09-28
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Juke Box - Screams of Love
Overview: After serving a conviction for fraud Mario tries to continue with his life and promises Marisa to marry her...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-11-28
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Hercules Against the Mongols
Overview: Though Genghis Khan eventually sought peace with the West, his death in 1227 AD puts into power his three war-like sons: Sayan, Susdal, and Kin Khan. These sons quickly overrun the city of Tuleda and take prisoner Princess Bianca, though young Prince Alessio escapes. Hercules comes to the rescue of Bianca, winning her freedom in a tournament in exchange for becoming a slave himself. Forces from the West soon come to re-take Tuleda and Hercules -- freed from his bonds -- helps to dispatch Genghis Khan's three sons while again saving Bianca and reuniting her with her young brother.
Genres: Adventure Drama Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-11-29
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Violent Naples
Overview: Inspector Betti (Maurizio Merli) is transferred to Naples and immediately after his arrival receives a warm welcome from The Commandante (Barry Sullivan), the city's crime lord. Betti then goes on a personal mission against corruption and organized crime, and tries to force the syndicate out of town with any means necessary.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-08-07
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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 Black Duke
Overview: Cesar Borgia--a cardinal in the Catholic church, a confidant of the Pope and a member of one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in 16th-century Italy--must deal with a host of political and personal crises. He is having problems with his mistress, and members of a secret society called The Black Carnation are out to assassinate him.
Genres: Drama History Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-02-01
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La madama
Overview: In the slang of the underworld or "mala" there is a special term for cop: "Madama". But if word were to get around that the "Madama" is Vito (Christian De Sica) they might even start to like the guy. Vito is a funny sort of a cop. For a start he doesn't like the uniform (he never wears it). Things might even go smoothly for him, if it weren't for an incredible number of beautiful girls who always manage to get in his way. Especially one girl Angelo (shouldn't that have been Angela? No, the girl's name really is Angelo). Problems arise too, with his direct supervisor, who also happens to be a relative. But Vito puts up with it all and manages to stay his usual calm and polite self, even when he risks getting killed.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-01-16
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Kerim, Son of the Sheik
Overview: In the Middle East, circa 1860s, the evil Omar seeks to become Khadive by killing off his adversaries and by marrying the reluctant Fawzia, favorite niece of the current Khadive. Omar's brutal policies result in the death of a young woman named Laila. Laila's brother, Kerim, then becomes Omar's sworn enemy.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-06-29
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Il successo
Overview: Giulio has a faithful wife and a true friend, but he is convinced that only with money can one be happy. So he devotes himself to dangerous real estate speculation in Sardinia, even though he does not have the capital to deal with it. To find the necessary money, he is willing to give up even his dignity. And slowly, he alienates his most beloved ones from himself....
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-09-24
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La calandria
Overview: The luxurious Livio bets with the lord of the city to seduce a young bride in a month, at the cost of his genitals.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-12-21
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Let the Shooters Shoot
Overview: A top-secret prototype is stolen from an American base. The man who stole it, Andersen, is murdered. The investigation is led by Jeff Gordon, who discovers in Andersen's papers a photo of a woman identified as Corinne Martin. Jeff Gordon escapes an assassination attempt on his way out of Martin's house and meets Corinne again, who denies any involvement in the robbery. Her husband, in the pay of foreign spies, is in possession of the "repeller". After several scuffles, Jeff Gordon arrests Martin and his accomplices. The prototype is returned to its base.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-06-27
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Tiger of the Seven Seas
Overview: Tigre is the skipper of the Santa Maria, a pirate-ship, but he feels tired and decides to leave the command of the ship. Unfortunately he has only a daughter, Consuelo. So he will leave the command and the ship to the winner of a challenge among his men. Unexpectedly Consuelo wins. The same night Tigre is killed, William is charged with the killing and is sentenced to death. But before the sentence could be executed the Spaniards of Grand Duke Inigo arrives. Consuelo escapes, however this is only the first move of Indigo's wife to get to the pirates treasure.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-12-23
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Totò versus the Black Pirate
Overview: José is a Neapolitan petty thief who escapes from the guards and hides himself in a barrel of Jamaican rum on the quay of the port of Naples.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-03-27
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Drakut the Avenger
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-10-06
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A Sailor's Promises
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Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1958-07-07
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The Revolt of the Barbarians
Overview: A roman consul is sent to Gaul to investigate the theft of gold shipments. He discovers that the gold is being stolen by a tribe of barbarians--whose leader is the governor of Gaul.
Genres: History Drama Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-12-18
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Men and Noblemen
Overview: Nicola Peccoli has always nurtured his niece Giovanna, an orphan since the age of two and now of age, but he does not look favorably on her beloved Mario because he is just a simple employee and a lower class of society.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-04-03
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The Cossacks
Overview: Set in the 1850s in Czar Alexander II's Russia, this drama and adventure film focuses on the strife between the Circassian Muslims, led by Shamil and Czar Alexander.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-02-04
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Il peccato degli anni verdi
Overview: Released from a boarding school of nuns in Como, the seventeen-year-old Milanese Elena Giordani manages to convince her parents to let her spend the summer holidays together with her Genoese friend Diana D'Aquino in her villa in Rapallo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-12-21
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Chiunque Tu Sia
Overview: Arrived in Naples to work in the Doumenec family's factories, engineer Stefano Mascardi meets Rita, wife of Junio Doumenec, eldest son of the industrialist Alfredo Doumenec, founder of the factory of the same name. A liking is born between the two but, soon, Stefano learns that Rita is involved in shady deals. The woman is in fact the lover of an unscrupulous man, Mr. Detoledo and, in agreement with him, has recently stolen an important industrial formula from Doumenec. When Mr. Detoledo is found killed, Stefano receives a mysterious phone call. A woman arranges to meet him in the very place where Detoledo's body is found by the police. It's a trap? Maybe... But in the meantime, next to Mr.'s body. Detoledo, a photograph portraying three girls is found. One of these is Rita Doumenec..
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-05-01
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Dimmi che fai tutto per me
Overview: Francesco Salmarani, a well-known doctor from Treviso, suddenly finds himself with an overdraft bank account as his wife's father has come from America demanding the purchase of a large Palladian villa. Tired of his wife, Francesco consoles himself with Paola and then lets himself be ensnared by the very young and beautiful Mary, who has come as housekeeper and father-in-law's lover. The need to fill the administrative gaps and the dream of running away with Mary lead the doctor to organize a coup against his father-in-law who, linked to the mafia, managed to transfer a large dollar patrimony, stolen from the gang, to the villa. The presence of the boy allows the commissioner to exonerate his son-in-law, Mary and Felegatti, of the death of the old mafioso. However, everyone will be left without the dreamed treasure which will fall to Mary and the son of the Salmarani who flee together.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-10-28
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Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!
Overview: Young protesters live together in a commune in Milano. One has a ventriloquist ability and is signed by national TV becoming a superstar in commercials aimed for kids. One by one his commune friends leave the protest to enter the business world except for one.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-10-08
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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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Rugantino
Overview: A beautiful girl Rosina lives In Rome. Her husband is strong as a bull and jealous as Shakespeare's Othello. Once the husband of Rosina kills a wealthy aristocrat, who sang the serenade to his wife, and now he is hiding from justice.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-10-25
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These Mad, Mad Women
Overview: Four episodes preceded with a narrator in the role of psychiatrist who tells some cases of female madness.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-05-22
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Le tardone
Overview: A collection of five episodes dealing with aging women.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-01-29
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La donna degli altri è sempre più bella
Overview: Five episodes which show Italian peoples pathological unfaithfulness in marriage.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-02-21
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Ursus and the Tartar Princess
Overview: Peplum movie from 1961
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-12-30
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Zorro in the Court of Spain
Overview: The perfidious brother of the deceased Duke of Lusitania usurps the throne from its legitimate heir, the Grand Duchess; however, an enigmatic man in black known only as the Zorro is out for justice. But, who is this valiant vindicator?
Genres: Adventure Action Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-07-25
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Me, Me, Me... and the Others
Overview: Sandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man and every woman he meets turns into a theme for his inquiry. Even his own wife, Titta.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-02-16
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High Pressure
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Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-09-02
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Fists, Girls and Sailors
Overview: Three sailors are sent to an island by their commander to steal a boat, but they are sunk by an enemy ship. Saved from the shipwreck by a fishing boat, they have to get back to the island before their commander knows about their adventure.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-11-17
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The Return of Casanova
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-01-06
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I piaceri del sabato notte
Overview: Behind the facade of a fashionable Milanese home, headed by Arabella, lies an efficient ring of high prostitution.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-05-04
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La cento chilometri
Overview: During a 100km marathon in Rome, some of the runners get involved in comical and paradoxical situations
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-09-09
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