Guido Leontini
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Biography: Guido Leontini (21 March 1927 – 26 April 1996) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. Born in Catania into a family of actors, Leontini debuted on stage in the post-World War II era, specializing in the Luigi Pirandello's repertoire. From 1962 to 1972 he was a member of the Teatro Stabile di Catania. In films, he was mainly cast in roles of tough guys or villains. Source: Article "Guido Leontini" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Catania, Sicily, Italy
Birthday: March 21, 1927
Deathday: April 26, 1996
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Gender: Male
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Crazy Joe
Overview: The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-08
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Blonde in Black Leather
Overview: Two racy women decide to chuck their mundane lives and go on a wild adventure.
Genres: Comedy Drama Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-09-17
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Brothers Till We Die
Overview: Vincenzo 'hunchback' plans a robbery on a armored police van with his gang. Once the job is done, his gang try to kill him and absconds with the loot. Vincenzo hides in the sewers before looking up his friend Monezza who the police later interrogate for his involvement with vincenzo. Meanwhile, Vincenzo is getting revenge on his gang by killing them off one at the time in his various brutal ways.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-08-18
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Emergency Squad
Overview: A ruthless Interpol agent goes after the man who killed his wife in Stelvio Massi's crime thriller. A gutsy robber named Marseilles pulls off a tricky heist, but he's no match for agent Ravelli, a maverick who can't control his bloodlust. And this time, it's personal: Years earlier, the daring thief murdered the operative's wife in cold blood.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-04-24
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Three Tough Guys
Overview: Isaac Hayes plays as Lee in his feature film debut, as Father Charlie and himself solve a bank robbery mystery that stretches across the city. After Lee is removed from the force due to $1,000,000 being stolen from the bank Father Charlie helps him to gain revenge for the loss of one of his friends.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-29
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The Winsome Widow
Overview: After the death of Salvatore in a car accident, his beautiful wife Catherine is preparing to collect the enormous legacy but, because the deceased did not make a will and when he was alive was sterile, his wife’s legacy will benefit only if, within three hundred days established by law, she will give birth to a son.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-08-12
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Two .38 Magnums for a City of Carrion
Overview: Franco decides to kill his girlfriend’s pimp, and from there things go bad and he gets beaten up by the henchmen of Gordon Mitchell, who also kidnaps and murders his girlfriend. So Franco buys two Magnum .38’s from a guy called “The Gypsy” and . . . it’s time for revenge.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-02
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Silence the Witness
Overview: De Luca is killed by Marchetti's chauffeur. Marchetti ordered the murder because he was to be accused by De Luca. The two have a car accident while going home to get an alibi. There is a witness, Sironi, who calls the police. But when the police arrive the car has gone and so have the two men. Inspector Santi and young judge Novelli look into the strange case. Marchetti, however, is a powerful man and Sironi and his family begin to be obsessed first by threats then by assaults.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-05-15
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Il picciotto
Overview: Eurocrime/Poliziotteschi movie from 1973
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-06
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The Warning
Overview: During a high-stakes investigation into corporate and banking elites tied to organized crime, a police chief and his team are murdered for refusing a bribe. Meanwhile, another officer finds his bank account credited with a large sum and receives anonymous instructions on how to handle the subsequent inquiry.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-08-15
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The Mafia Triangle
Overview: A Neapolitan camorra boss has retired from business but when his wife gets killed he gets back into action, and goes to the States to get his revenge.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-04-03
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Girolimoni, the Monster of Rome
Overview: In Mussolini's Rome a murderer is targeting young girls. The movie explores how the fascist mind works, how it plays its values off the sentiment of the masses and explores the role of the press in creating a unified narrative.
Genres: Drama Crime Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-09-18
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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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La bolognese
Overview: Softcore melodrama about a young woman who becomes a prostitute with the hopes of raising enough money to start a career as a model for romantic fumetti books
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-04-03
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Deported Women of the SS Special Section
Overview: Young women in Nazi-occupied countries are packed onto a train and shipped off to a prison camp, where the sadistic commandant uses them as rewards for his lesbian guards and perverted and deviate troops.
Genres: Drama Thriller War Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-11-23
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Il piatto piange
Overview: In Luino, on Lake Maggiore, during the fascist twenty years, a group of friends belonging to the bourgeoisie spend the nights in the underground gambling den of the Metropolitan Hotel between poker games, gossip, manly goliards and escapades to the house of tolerance.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-11-11
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Blazing Flowers
Overview: Pino Scalise discharged from the prison he was in for robbery, take refuge in Milan at the home of his uncle. Pino falls in love with one of the uncle's two daughters, who has become a prostitute because of Don Ciccio, head of a gang that traffics in drugs. Pino, now an informer to Police Commissioner Morani, makes plans to take the boss down.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-02-05
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Shadows Unseen
Overview: When a journalist is murdered Inspector Micheli begins to investigate. Although someone comes forward to confess to the crime, Micheli doesn't believe he acted alone and keeps investigating despite coming under pressure to close the case.
Genres: Horror Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-03-24
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Season For Assassins
Overview: As a gang of youths terrorizes a city, the weary chief of police finds himself caught between the citizens who cry for blood and a catholic priest who believes the boys will respond to kindness.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-12-27
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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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The Valachi Papers
Overview: When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-06
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The Funny Face of the Godfather
Overview: The Godfather Don Vito Monreale knows, by chance, the Italian-American singer Nick Bouillon. Since the two are alike, Don Vito decided to exploit this similarity in his favour.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-05-03
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Black Turin
Overview: Mino and Lello, two sons of a worker wrongly accused of murder, try to find out evidence of his innocence and begin to investigate mafia business in Torino.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-05-22
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Paolo il freddo
Overview: A baron, nicknamed Paolo il caldo (Paul the Hot One) because of his womanizing, asks his son, on his deathbed, to leave women alone and only think about work. The son tries hard but only gets into trouble.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-04-11
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