Pier Angeli
Also Known As: Anna Maria Pierangeli
Biography: Pier Angeli (19 June 1932 – 10 September 1971), also credited under her real name, Anna Maria Pierangeli, was an Italian-born film and television actress, singer, and model, who starred in American, British, and European films throughout her career. Her American motion picture debut was in the starring role of the film Teresa (1951), for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Young Star of the Year - Actress. Besides this film, she is best remembered for her roles in, Domani è troppo tardi (1950), Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) and The Angry Silence (1960).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Adult: No
Birthday: June 19, 1932
Age: 92 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: September 10, 1971
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Somebody Up There Likes Me
Overview: The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-04
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Battle of the Bulge
Overview: In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all-out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-16
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Sodom and Gomorrah
Overview: Lot leads his people to a fertile valley adjacent to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, hotbeds of vice and corruption ruled by the merciless Queen Bera. When Lot orders a dam to be busted in order to prevent the destruction of the cities by the attacking Helamites, the queen, in gratitude, allows Lot's people to settle in Sodom. Soon, however, the veneer of civilization begins crumbling as Lot and the Hebrews become corrupted by the Sodomites.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-10-04
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The Silver Chalice
Overview: A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-20
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SOS Pacific
Overview: A flying boat has to ditch off an island in the Pacific. Along with the injured owner-pilot the passengers include a policeman and his smuggler prisoner, a slimey limey witness against him, a physicist, and a globe-hopping good-time girl. On the island they find a fleet of derelict ships, farm animals tethered, and cameras in a lead-lined bunker and a stark realisation soon dawns.
Genres: Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-14
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In the Folds of the Flesh
Overview: Police are in hot pursuit of a criminal who is evading capture on a speeding motorbike. He takes refuge in an overgrown castle’s grounds and sees a pale woman burying a corpse in a shallow grave. Thirteen years later, after being recaptured and serving his sentence, the man returns to the castle, intent on blackmail — and maybe a few other things.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-05-02
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Merry Andrew
Overview: When eccentric English teacher Andrew Larabee needs a raise in order for his fiancée to marry him, his interest in archaeology leads him to an ancient statue's burial site. But when he finds a traveling circus directly above the statue's location, he accidentally becomes part of the act. With a newfound passion for performance and an attraction to the beautiful acrobat Selena, Andrew must decide what is truly important to him.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-20
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The Angry Silence
Overview: When the union in his factory walks out on strike, a family man refuses to participate, risking the wrath — and retaliation — of his fellow workers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-03-10
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Octaman
Overview: A scientific team in Mexico discover a pool of unusual baby "octopus-like" specimens. Gathering a few for analysis back at the lab, it is soon discovered that the critters belong to a gangly six-foot half man/half octopus-like creature, that's pretty angry and wants her 'babies' returned…
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-03
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Mademoiselle Nitouche
Overview: Celestin works as an organist at a girl's school. By day, Celestin is the meek and mild target of the girls' incessant practical jokes. By night, however, he is the celebrated composer of popular operas -- and the romantic vis-à-vis of a celebrated stage star. When schoolgirl Denise stumbles onto Celestin's secret, she threatens to tell all -- but only if Celestin refuses to escort her to the opening night of his latest opera. As a result, Denise falls in love with a handsome young soldier, while Celestin is accidentally shipped off to an army camp. A series of silly coincidences brings happiness to all concerned by fade-out time.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-04-21
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The Devil Makes Three
Overview: Jeff Elliot is an American GI investigating a black market gang in Munich.
Genres: Crime Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-19
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The Story of Three Loves
Overview: Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.
Genres: Drama Romance Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-26
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OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok
Overview: A secret agent sets out to stop an evil scientist who is about to unleash on the world a virulent biological strain he has developed during experiments on rats.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-06-12
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The Light Touch
Overview: An art thief tries to double cross his gangster boss.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-06
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One Step to Hell
Overview: A British colonial policeman in Africa, circa 1900, pursues a band of escaped killers across territory so wild, it lies just "one step to hell."
Genres: Adventure Action War History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-04-14
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Teresa
Overview: An Italian war bride has problems dealing with her husband's possessive mother.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-05
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The Vintage
Overview: A young Italian fugitive and his older protective brother hide among the grape pickers at a vineyard in Provence.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-08
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Sombrero
Overview: Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter's sister and lovers from feuding villages.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-22
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Musketeers of the Sea
Overview: Three pirates are saved from a shipwreck and seize a galleon bound for Maracaibo, where they will save the governor from a conspiracy. Italian adventure movie directed by Steno.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-02-23
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For One Thousand Dollars Per Day
Overview: Hud's parents were murdered, their land stolen and now Hud will dish out justice to the guilty - the three Clark brothers know they are in danger but they don't know from where the blow will come.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-03-01
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Port Afrique
Overview: An army veteran with a shattered leg returns to his home in Port Afrique after war only to find his wife has been murdered. He's determined to find the killer, even if it means uncovering family secrets he never knew about.
Genres: Romance Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-18
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Spy in Your Eye
Overview: A secret agent is assigned ot rescue the daughter of a deceased East German scienist, who discovered a valuable formula.
Genres: Adventure Mystery Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-09-17
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Flame and the Flesh
Overview: American woman in Europe romanced by local gigolo; problems ensue.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-05
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White Slave Ship
Overview: The Albatross travels from England to the New World in 1675, with a number of passengers, a couple of political prisoners along with a dozen other women convicts, these to be sold into slavery on arrival. The woman activist frees the dozen of low-cast women, and they take over the ship. After a storm, the captain takes back control of his ship. Since mutiny is punishable by death in the New World, the mutineers try to reroute the course, tossing Desny and Purdom in the brig. A practical male mutineer wants to throw the women overboard to save rations, but the women free Purdom and the captain to battle the mutineers. A British warship comes to the rescue, and the captain pardons Angeli and Purdom for having saved his life.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-12-01
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Every Bastard a King
Overview: An American reporter and his girl-friend are visiting Israel to get a "sense of the people", in the process he meets many Israelis and some Arabs as well, particularly becoming friends with an Israeli Army reserve officer as well as an idealistic young man who is a pacifist.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1968-07-17
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M.M.M. 83
Overview: A secret agent works with a scientist to recover documents outlining a new formula to make fuel.
Genres: Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-02-25
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Meet Me in Las Vegas
Overview: Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn't like to hold hands with him, at least not in the beginning...
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-09
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Domani è un altro giorno
Overview: A doctor rescues a young woman who is about to throw herself into the river and takes her to the hospital. The woman learns of three very sad stories revolving around suicide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1951-01-24
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Red Roses for the Fuhrer
Overview: James Daly is an American special soldier who goes behind enemy territory during WWII. His Objective: to steal top secret SS document that can change the course of the war.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-04-24
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Tomorrow Is Too Late
Overview: Progressive schoolteachers Landi and Anna have a profound influence on two of their young students, Mirella and Franco. The two kids are enamored with one another and decide to experiment with some of the knowledge they've gleaned in the classroom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-09-21
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Love Me, Love My Wife
Overview: A woman offers her country home to friends to help them save their marriage, but her well-meaning gesture creates a new problem.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-09-14
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The Million Dollar Nickel
Overview: Short subject anti-communist 'documentary' in which foreign-born movie stars such as Leslie Caron and Ricardo Montalban urge the audience (in their native tongues, subtitled) to write letters home speaking of how wonderful life in the United States is.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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Cry Chicago
Overview: Two brothers reunite in this story of gangland Chicago during the era of prohibition. Their syndicate becomes successful but can they survive the competition?
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1969-09-21
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The Particular Love
Overview: Quell'amore particolare is an Italian Fiction Film featuring Enrico Maria Salerno, Pier Angeli, Jean Guy Ruff.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-06-17
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