
Birthday:
07-16-1909
Deathday:
02-12-1989 (79 years)
Birthplace:
Desenzano del Garda, Lombardy, Italy
Biography
Attilio Dottesio (16 July 1909 – 12 February 1989) was an Italian film character actor and singer.
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Return of Shanghai Joe
event1975 star_border 5.2
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A sinister town boss called Pat Barnes has exploited almost everyone in the town. If they don't succumb to his demands they normally end up dead. Barnes is finally brought down by Shanghai Joe and a smooth-talking snake-oil salesman.
Death Smiles on a Murderer
Act like Inspector Dannick
event1973 star_border 5.7
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Greta is a beautiful young woman abused by her brother Franz and left to die in childbirth by her illicit lover, the aristocrat Dr. von Ravensbrück. Bereft with grief, Franz reanimates his dead sister using a formula engraved on an ancient Incan medallion. Greta then returns as an undead avenging angel, reaping revenge on the Ravensbrück family and her manically possessive brother.
Un tango dalla Russia
Act like Fred
event1965
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A secret agent is sent to find a missing formula, stolen from a scientist by a pig-faced villain, in this fast paced Italian eurospy thriller.
The Last Traitor
Act like General
event1971 star_border 4.7
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Wedding guests awaiting the arrival of the bride suddenly become nervous when they notice that the table has been laid for 13... an ominous number. Their worries are confirmed when the bridal carriage pulls up outside bearing the lifeless bride and the corpses of three other guests. The suspicions rise between the thirteen guests, and the identity of the murderer is a shocking surprise.
C'era una volta un gangster
event1969
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A small gangster tries to to change his life and leave Italy. Unfortunately, some people have other plans for him.
Challenge of McKenna
Act like Sheriff Bill
event1970 star_border 4.7
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A former priest becomes embroiled in the drama raging between a Mexican rancher, his unhappy daughter and psychotic son whilst dealing with his own issues of guilt and a loss of faith. A new relationship with the local brothel keeper seems to offer a fresh start but the rancher and his son are set on making him pay for his interference and his own inner demons are never far away.
No Man's Land
Act like Prigioniero tedesco
event1962 star_border 7
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A group of traveling persons end up as prisoners of a German sergeant and his squad, in an isolated and precarious cabin in the country.
The Con Artists
Act like Professore
event1976 star_border 7.1
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Belle Duke, in order to get revenge on her former lover Philip Bang, organize his jail break. But instead of Philip is the Italian Felice Brianza, AKAS Felix, to escape. Now Felix is obliged to help Philip to escape. He will succeeded and from that moment on the two will join to defraud Belle. The swindle plot become more complicate when Felix falls in love for Philip's daughter.
The Climax
event1967 star_border 6.2
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A violin player is going to be father of a sixth child by his second mistress, Marisa. Quite nervous about that, he does not leave the clinic... except to drive Giulia, his legitimate wife, along with his legitimate kids to the station as they leave for a vacation at the seaside.
The Man with the Cross
Act like Il carrista ferito
event1943 star_border 5.2
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Ukraine, 1942. Italian troops are fighting against the Soviet Union. A military chaplain volunteers to stay behind with a badly wounded Italian soldier, even though this means certain capture.
More Sexy Canterbury Tales
Act like Raffaello
event1972 star_border 4.2
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The story of a group of monks, who are enjoying the forbidden pleasure of sexual adventures.
SS Experiment Love Camp
Act like Dr. Steiner
event1976 star_border 5.6
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Near the end of WW2, prisoners of war are used in experiments to perfect the Arian race.
Let's Talk About Women
Act like Prison Official
event1964 star_border 6.2
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Vittorio Gassman stars as different characters in each of the nine episodes of this unusual Italian comedy. Playing everything from a practical joker to a prisoner, he comments upon romance, love and women in general.
The Revenge of Baccarat
event1948
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In Paris, in the middle of the 19th century, the Comte de Chamery died of poisoning, leaving a considerable fortune to his long-dead son. Sir William, the count's murderer, hires a young rogue, Rocambole, to pretend to be the deceased's son. The two accomplices have the Count's fortune handed over to them. But their trickery is discovered by an intriguer, Baccarat, who finds the real Count of Chamery, a young painter without fortune, in love with Carmen de Montevecchio. Rocambole, who stops at nothing, kills Sir William, gets rid of Armand and makes Carmen love him. But Baccarat is determined not to let him continue his villainies.
Coffin Full of Dollars
Act like Charles Benson
event1971 star_border 5.3
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There's a frontier feud on the border of Mexico, where outlaw Hagen's brothers have been killed by Nevada Kid's family.
Bounty Hunter in Trinity
Act like Lawyer
event1972 star_border 4.6
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The townsfolk of Trinity decide to hire a notorious bounty hunter to protect them from a fierce band of Mexican outlaws who are terrorizing the area.
One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana!
Act like Bill / Willy McLaren (as Dan Reesy)
event1970 star_border 5.6
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The small desert town of Black City is held in a reign of terror by a nasty gang of criminals lead by the ruthless Bud Willer. Earnest, but inexperienced Sheriff Jack Ronson arrives in town to establish law and order. Mysterious bounty hunter Django helps Ronson out.
Brother Outlaw
Act like Prison director
event1971 star_border 4
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A man is falsely charged with bank robbery, prompting his brother to break him out of prison. Together the pair set out to find the real culprits, and their search leads them to a gang of outlaws headed by a notorious gunfighter.
Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre
Act like Warden
event1973
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The Governor of Kansas hires six gunfighters to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the self-appointed sheriff of Abilene.
Death Is Sweet From the Soldier Of God
Act like Hotel Bartender
event1972 star_border 4
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A man, after being accused of a robbery and escaping from jail with a bandit leader, seeks revenge for his brother and his family.
Giant of the Evil Island
Act like Lt. Esteban
event1965 star_border 4.5
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A Spanish sea captain is sent to clean out Evil Island, from where pirate bands are raiding Spanish shipping under the leadership of a pirate named Moloch.
Barrier of the Law
Act like Rodolfi
event1954
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An undercover policeman infiltrates a criminal gang.
The Terror of the Steppes
event1964 star_border 4
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Tribal chief Sandra kidnaps Samira, the daughter of the powerful Yesen Khan. He hopes to exchange her for a treasure in gold but falls in love with the girl and things gets complicated.
Viva l'Italia!
Act like Francesco Crispi
event1961 star_border 6.7
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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.
Triumph of Maciste
Act like Arsinoe
event1961 star_border 6
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The evil Queen Tenefi demands that a steady supply of young women be sacrificed to the God of Fire. Maciste intervenes and saves from this sacrifice a village's women including the beautiful Antea. Maciste then becomes involved in an effort to restore to the throne of Memphis its rightful ruler, Prince Iram.
Zambo, King Of The Jungle
Act like Prof. Woodworth
event1972 star_border 5.2
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Deep in the jungles of central Africa, a lone figure moves swiftly through the trees. Often heard, sometimes seen, but never forgotten, the legend of Zambo is about to become real! In another life he was framed for a murder he didn't commit and left to rot in a filthy African prison, only to deftly escape into the wilderness. Friend to both man and animal, Zambo selflessly protects the African people from the oppressive forces of the outside world. As the legend of Zambo becomes too big to ignore, an expedition led by explorers Professor Woodworth, Perkins, and Juanez presents Zambo with his greatest fear: discovery. With only his strength, wits, and the help of the jungle itself, Zambo is in for the fight of his life!
City of Pain
Act like Il fuggiasco
event1949 star_border 5.4
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The city of Pola is being evacuated after the peace conference of 1947 decided to assign the sovereignty to Tito's Yugoslavia. However the main character decides to stay, thinking that Communism might bring him a better future. Life turns to be hard for him and his family until he changes his mind, but he is killed before he can leave the country.
The Eye of the Needle
Act like Mario
event1963 star_border 7.2
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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.
The Ballad of Husbands
Act like The Police Commissioner
event1963 star_border 5
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Giulio and Armando, both married, attempt an escape from their respective married lives, invent a secret mission and leaves for the south.
High Time
Act like Mario
event1950
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The historic clock of a small town needs to be repaired but there is no money in the town coffers to pay for it. Don Paolo (Peppino Spadaro), the Priest, raises the money by lottery and thinks the surplus should go to the poor. The Communists and Socialists object because they are afraid the priest will get the credit and they claim it as "the people's money." The democratic mayor (Arturo Brogaglia) can think of no solution other than organizing committees and sub-committees. Finally, Rocchetti (Paola Stoppi), the town mechanic who has no answers for town problems and hates the clergy and politicians alike, comes forward and repairs the clock for the sheer joy of work.
Kill Johnny Ringo
Act like Doc
event1966 star_border 7
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Brett Halsey stars as Texas Ranger Johnny Ringo, who goes to the town of Eagle Pass to investigate a counterfeiting ring.
Gold Train
Act like Sheriff Webb
event1965 star_border 5
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Bandit leader El Diablo who controls the country with his gang plans to achieve gold destined for Mexico but he is not the only one.
Fighters from Ave Maria
Act like Sheriff Ferguson
event1970 star_border 6.7
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Three acrobats help to rid a small Californian border town of a local tyrant in the times of the Gold Rush.
Lo sgarbo
Act like Man killed in the gambling room
event1975 star_border 1
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A glamorous playboy thug's brutal trail of murder, terrorism and sexual blackmail across Las Vegas, Rome, Paris and London quickly wins him a prominent place in the Rome syndicate loosely run by an aging and decrepit Mafia Don. He even wins over the Don's much younger wife.
Heart of a Dog
event1976 star_border 6.2
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Professor Preobrazhensky puts courageous experiences, trying to turn a dog in equal to in all of the person. As a result somebody turns out Doggies. Unfortunately, experience proves that it is better for dog to remain a dog.
Lure of the Sila
Act like uomo che importuna Rosaria alla fiera
event1949 star_border 6.3
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Returning home after a night of love spent in a woodman's hut with Orsola, Pietro is arrested by the police for a crime he did not commit. His mother and youngest sister, Rosaria, go to Orsola begging her to provide Pietro with the alibi that will clear him. But Rocco, Orsola's brother, dreading a family scandal, constrains Orsola to silence. Condemned despite his innocence, Pietro escapes from prison, but the police track him down and kill him, and his mother, before the eyes of Rosaria. Years pass, and one day Rocco stumbles upon a half-frozen young woman lying in the snow. He takes her home and confides her to the care of Orsola. Later, yielding to the pleas of Orsola, Rocco and Rocco's son, Salvatore, the girl stays on in the house, and Salvatore falls in love with the beautiful stranger, who is careful to keep the family members from learning she is Rosaria, the grown up sister of Pietro seeking revenge for the deaths of her brother and mother.
Perdonami!
Act like brigadiere
event1953 star_border 3
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The story of a woman who marries the brother of a guardian who was killed by her brother.
The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine
event1974 star_border 4.5
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Lucita has been locked away in a convent by her family in order to keep her away from her lover, Esteban. The pair make plans to elope, but Esteban is accused of heresy before Lucita can escape. Hiding in the convent, Esteban discovers the horrifying depravity of the covent's abbess, Sister Incarnation. Can Esteban rescue his love from this madhouse before the inquisitor discovers what is going on and has everyone executed?
Two Escape from Sing Sing
Act like Tony Agnello
event1964 star_border 5.4
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Two attendants in a public toilet in New York save the life of the Mafia boss Attanasia. Attanasia turns one of them into a successful boxer by setting up his matches and makes the other into his right hand. When a gang war starts the two are accused of the murders and are sentenced to death. When the execution day comes they refuse to leave their cell, even when they are proved innocent.
The Spy Who Loved Flowers
Act like Police Inspector's Assistant
event1966 star_border 5.2
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Three enemy agents lead a government security man on a perilous trail as the hunter becomes the hunted.
The Return of Eva-Man
event1982 star_border 4.5
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Two transsexuals are at the service of a scientist who has invented a gun that shoots erotic rays and that will be the solution to impotence and frigidity. The couple must protect it from robbery attempts by a gang of criminals.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Act like 3rd Sombrero Onlooker at Tuco's 1st Hanging (uncredited)
event1966 star_border 8.5
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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.
Samson and the Slave Queen
Act like il generale Savedra
event1963 star_border 6.4
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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.
Puccini
event1953 star_border 5
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Produced in Italy in breathtaking Technicolor, this biographical story of Puccini (played by L'avventura's Gabriele Ferzetti) spans his creative life from early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madama Butterfly and his incomplete Turandot. Along the way he encounters three women who change his life, including a sexy, beautiful singer (Two for the Road's Nadia Gray) whom he drops for a small town girl (Sirocco's Marta Toren), and a servant girl who commits suicide over him. Well-selected excerpts from Manon, La Boheme, Madama Butterfly and Turandot are featured along with other Puccini music, including the voice of Beniamino Gigli. Sets, costumes and production values are first class, all sumptuously filmed by Claude Renoir.
Amore mio
Act like l'agente di polizia
event1964
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A man wants to leave his wife for another woman, but this other woman decides not to live with him.
The Sisters
Act like Party Guest
event1969 star_border 4.1
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Faced with a broken marriage, a woman decides to try to rekindle incestuous relationship with her younger sister, who is married to a wealthy older man.
SS Camp 5: Women's Hell
Act like Dr. Abraham
event1977 star_border 5.4
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During the last days of WW2, several female prisoners arrive at Camp 5 to work as sex slaves for officers and guinea pigs for horrific experiments by Nazi doctors who are trying to find a cure for burns. But these women are not going to die without a fight... Can they stay alive until the closing Red army comes to their rescue?
Run, Man, Run
Act like Manuel Etchevaria
event1968 star_border 6.4
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The legendary Tomas Milian stars as Cuchillo, a knife-throwing thief on the run from murderous bandits, sadistic American agents, his hot-blooded fiancée and a sheriff turned bounty hunter, all of whom are gunning for a hidden fortune in gold that could finance the Mexican Revolution.
Blood Feud
event1961 star_border 7
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An industrial overpowered by debts decides to kill his creditor. Not having the courage to do it in person, he hired his former employee who needs money.
Hercules Against Rome
event1964 star_border 5.2
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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.
El Puro
Act like Sheriff
event1969 star_border 5.1
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An alcoholic gunman, hunted down by five pitiless bounty hunters, is sheltered by a saloon dancer. When his enemies kill the girl the outlaw pulls himself together and faces his adversaries and takes his revenge in a final showdown. An interesting take on the reluctant gunfighter theme contains some truly surprising twists.
The Vengeance of Ursus
Act like Afro, Zagro's Servant
event1961 star_border 5
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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.
Il Magnaccio
event1969 star_border 8
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Italian 60's drama about a pimp called Il Principino and his violent and troubled relationship with a prostitute called Laura.
La bolognese
Act like Don Calogero
event1975
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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
The Sins of a Young Country Wife
Act like Reverend Argonni
event1977 star_border 5.3
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A wife of a pastor gets involved in lot of bed-hopping among the citizens of their pastoral town, which becomes even more complicated when it's revealed that one of them is an imposter.
Black Emanuelle 2
Act like The General
event1976 star_border 4.6
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Fashion model Emanuelle is experiencing psychotic freakout every time she has sex. Haunted by memories of sexual abuse from the men in her life, including her father, she turns to Dr. Gardner, who offers help while she resides at his mental health center.
Passion Plantation
Act like Doktor
event1976 star_border 3.1
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In the pre-civil war American south, Emanuelle, a plantation owner's daughter, while outwardly a dainty southern belle, brutally abuses the slaves in her charge. When her fiance is bitten by a snake, he falls for Emanuelle's beautiful African-American maid who's kindness and skill saved his life. Insanely jealous, Emanuelle continues her sadistic behaviour towards her charges, and when her fiance announces he plans to wed the maid, Emanuelle "gives" her to her even more brutal hired men, and her fiance is powerless to stop them. Can Emanuelle learn an important lesson in love before it's too late for everyone?
Fra' Tazio da Velletri
Act like Bellarmino
event1973 star_border 4.8
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Tazio Brother from Velletri has a reputation as a miracle worker. Messer Nuccio de 'Tornabuoni bets that will win Lisa, the wife of the standard-bearer of Justice Lapo de' Pazzi. To realize the dream spread the news that Brother Tazio has the power to drive the demon of lust from the body of women, after he himself claims to be the famous monk and is abusing Lisa and careful Gigliola, the Lapo sister. Thus begins a series of daring escapes, occasionally interrupted by the conquest of new girls. Meanwhile frà Tazio it suffers the ire of betrayed husbands.
Violent Rome
Act like Bus Passenger (uncredited)
event1975 star_border 6.1
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A detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds with his superiors, is finally kicked out of the department for a "questionable" shooting of a vicious criminal. However, he is soon approached by a representative for a group of citizens who themselves are fed up with what they see as criminals going unpunished, and they make him an offer he may very well not refuse.
My Pleasure Is Your Pleasure
Act like Il visconte di Turenna
event1973 star_border 5.3
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In '500 a noble Tuscan gives a banquet in which they are told bawdy stories: a cardinal tells dirty stories during a banquet that turns into a purge; a marquise is induced into temptation by an abbot; a tintora has carnal relations with a brother, and the two have a son; prisoner of Charles V , Francis I of France has a relationship with two Spanish and get an acquittal advance by the Pope; a group of cardinals contain a prostitute during a council; the Marquis Cavalcanti, rejected by the bride, vents his cravings with a syphilitic prostitute.
Escape from Galaxy 3
Act like Village Elder
event1981 star_border 3.2
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The crew of a space ship confronts an evil galactic ruler out to rule the universe. Also known as "Escape from Galaxy 3", "Starcrash II" or "Star Crash II" dubbed in English
Hotel Paradise
Act like Moreno
event1980 star_border 5.8
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At a female prison located deep within the deadly South American jungles, a group of woman are forced to mine for valuable emeralds for the local corrupt government. A group of new prisoners on the way to the jail are ambushed and are convinced to join a group of revolutionaries seeking to overthrow the prison guards and take the treasure of jewels for themselves.
Rome, the Other Face of Violence
Act like Motorbike Robbers' Victim (uncredited)
event1976 star_border 6.1
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Four bandits commit a robbery in a villa. The maid calls the police and Commissioner Carli immediately orders patrols to chase them.
Black Deep Throat
event1977 star_border 3.3
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A newspaper reporter is in search of information about an exclusive sex cult.
The Castro's Abbess
Act like Doctor (uncredited)
event1974 star_border 4.5
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A young woman is forced into a convent. However, due to her nobility she rises to be an abbess. She has to deal with corruption in the church.
The Great Adventure
Act like Father
event1975 star_border 4
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During the American Gold Rush era, an orphaned boy and his wild dog who must battle against the Yukon wilderness and human greed to help save a frontier town.
Revenge of the Black Eagle
Act like Ufficiale della guardia di Boris
event1951 star_border 7.5
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When a soldier returns home from the wars, he finds that a local landowner has been terrorizing his family. He disguises himself as a bandit known as "The Black Eagle" and begins taking revenge on the landowner by ravaging his "empire". However, things take a different turn when he falls for the landowner's beautiful daughter
The Outlaws
Act like capitano dei carabinieri
event1950 star_border 6
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Turi, having returned to Sicily from abroad, learns that his sister Maruzza is the lover of Cosimo Barrese, a militant of the Movement for the Independence of Sicily, who, abandoned by everyone, has become a bandit. The two would like to get married, but life as an outlaw seems an insurmountable obstacle. Turi asks for revenge on the bandit who has dishonored the family and uses a shady and devious lawyer to drive him into a trap.
I'm Photogenic
Act like Attilio Turchese
event1980 star_border 5.4
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Antonio Barozzi moves from Lago Maggiore to Rome to become an actor. He does not realize his agent and acting coach are only manipulating him to further their own careers.
Looking for Jesus
Act like Falegname
event1982 star_border 5.2
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An average Joe becomes the poster boy for a book about Jesus due to his Christ-like appearance, but his meek and good-hearted nature ends up clashing with the publisher's earthly-minded motives.
The Biggest Battle
Act like French Bartender
event1978 star_border 4.7
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A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.
Desirable Teacher
Act like Dottore
event1981 star_border 5.7
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In a school where the meeting seems more complete sampling of teachers and professors stupid airhead, there is the class of Peter, repeating in life, which is the "grandfather" to the far more young companions concerning jokes and vulgarity. Even outside the school walls, in the family or in the streets of the village where he lives, Peter is not far behind and his antics continue to freewheel.
White Fang to the Rescue
Act like Stagecoach Driver
event1975 star_border 5.6
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Set at the end of the 19th century in Canada's gold rush Klondike area, wolf-dog White Fang teams up with a prospector when his master is killed. Together they try to avenge his death.
God Is My Colt
Act like Sheriff Bill Harris
event1972 star_border 6
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A gang of landgrabbers, led by Mexican bandit Manuel, terrorizes the small town of Landford City. The sheriff asks the army for help, which orders Captain Mike Jackson to see what is going on in his old home town and also search for a government agent who has disappeared in that area. Jackson immediately finds himself in the middle of fistfights and shoot-outs with the bandits, who not only have a tight grip on the local farmers but also force Mary, the woman Jackson once intended to marry, to work as a saloon girl.
Night Police Station
Act like The Man Chained at the Lamppost (uncredited)
event1974 star_border 5.5
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Rome police headquarters. A new commissioner, promoted by the political team at "night", has to deal with the case of a girl seriously injured at Villa Borghese.
Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die
Act like Peter, Saloon Host
event1971 star_border 5.2
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Durango, a debt collector, arrives in the town of Tucson, where he is hired by a bank director called Ferguson, who refuses to pay him his fee afterwards. Durango is thrown in jail on a false accusation but manages to escape and teams up with a Mexican bandit to get even with Ferguson, who has concocted a complicated plan to rob a shipment of gold belonging to the people of Tucson.
Sawed-Off Shotgun
event1977 star_border 5.5
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Giovanni Molet is sent to jail for the murder of two of the Carraro family over a feud over land. While incarcerated, a vendetta is carried out on Molet's brother who is killed by the Carraros. While being transferred to another prison, Molet manages to escape and goes on the run. He holes up in a large villa owned by a newlywed couple and slowly starts to prepare for his revenge.
The Salamander
Act like Party Guest of Manzini's (uncredited)
event1981 star_border 5.7
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An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a salamander. The policeman begins to suspect these murders are linked to a plot to seize control of the government.
A Special Cop in Action
Act like Theft Victim
event1976 star_border 6.3
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A school bus with young children being kidnapped. Commissario Betti will solve the case. High action is promised, including hostage, bank robberies, car chases, prison scenes and mafia bosses!
Diamonds Are a Man's Best Friend
event1966 star_border 1
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Amazing Italian movie written and directed by Vittorio Sala and starring Félix Marten, Liana Orfei and Gastone Moschin. An adventurer steals a valuable diamond known as "Mountain of Light" from the museum. A band of gangsters gets on his trail to take his loot. It's going to be a long battle.
The Career of a Chambermaid
Act like il partigiano con la barba bianca
event1976 star_border 4.9
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This slight skewering of the mindset of the Fascist era when Italy’s “White Telephone” films (conservative minded sophisticated comedy-dramas revolving around the bourgeoisie) were in vogue gives Agostina Belli her best role – an ambitious Venetian girl that goes from chambermaid to prostitute to singer to film-star to mistress of ‘Il Duce’! – for which she received a special David Di Donatello award, the Italian equivalent of the Oscar.
Nerone
Act like Centurion
event1977 star_border 4.8
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Parody of real life events of the Roman emperor Nero.
Double Cross
Act like Dott. Bianchini (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 6.6
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A businessman is wrongly accused and convicted for the murder of his associate.
Deadly Chase
Act like Notary Bruni
event1978 star_border 6.6
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Police Commissioner Verrazzano (Luc Merenda) is visited by charming Giulia Medici (Janet Agren) who claims that her brother, banker Valter Medici didn't commit suicide but was murdered. The investigation leads Verrazzano to dark secrets of loan sharks.
Blood River
Act like (uncredited)
event1974 star_border 2.5
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A bunch of unscrupulous men make havoc of a tribe of Indians to take their land. A survivor of the massacre decides to avenge his people by killing the whole bunch one by one.
Paid in Blood
Act like Sheriff
event1971 star_border 4.3
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Luigi Batzella directed this spaghetti western under the pseudonym "Paolo Solvay." Gioffredo Scarciofolo stars (using his standard alias, "Jeff Cameron") as Tom Carter, whose brother was murdered and robbed by the evil Ringo Brown (William Mayor) shortly after taking all his money out of the bank to marry Cora (Krista Nell), a local saloon girl. Tom is suspicious of Cora, but she helps him unmask the real killer.
Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End
Act like Old Miner
event1970 star_border 4.5
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A gang of vicious outlaws lead by the crazed Black Burt Keller abduct Jessica Colby and decide to flee to Mexico. Shrewd bounty hunter Django and saintly roving gunslinger Sartana join forces to rescue the poor lass from the gang's vile clutches.
Karzan, Jungle Lord
Act like Mr. Reed
event1972 star_border 3
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Financed by Lord Carter and led by Captain Fox, an expedition is mounted to find and capture a jungle-man who lives in Africa.
Raptus
Act like Commissario polizia
event1969 star_border 4.8
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Franco Adami injures a condescending prostitute to photograph her, but escaped from guilt, causing her death by bleeding.
Naked Fists
Act like Doctor (uncredited)
event1974 star_border 5
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A young man comes out of a reform school properly reformed, but life outside will bring him to the underworld again. His second reform will be short-lived.
The Return of Halleluja
Act like Bartender (uncredited)
event1972 star_border 5.8
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Ramirez, the general of the Mexican revolution against Maximilian who has been appointed king of Mexico, organizes his forces to attack the king's General, Miranda. Ramirez realizes that the Aztec Indians would be allies of great value, so he offers to return to them an idol statue that has been stolen from them. Only Alleluja is capable of retrieving the idol from the thieves.
Prete, fai un miracolo
event1975
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"Priest - a miracle please" - The young Italian priest Don Alberto is sent to New York where he is alone and suffers the typical indifference of the metropolis. He is involved with a group of young hippies, the "angels of death" who announced their collective suicide to protest against the society that is deprived of love and victim of the system that kills everything.
Wolves Hunt at Night
Act like Baum
event1952 star_border 5.7
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A secret agent is summoned by the head of a counter espionage organization, to Trieste where he is to unmask a potential enemy operating in Venice.
Deep Red
Act like Florist (uncredited)
event1975 star_border 7.8
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An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his neighbor, a psychic. With the help of a tenacious young reporter he tries to discover the killer using very unconventional methods, and the two are soon drawn into a shocking web of dementia and violence.
Calling All Police Cars
Act like Forensic Doctor
event1975 star_border 6.1
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Story about a young girl, the daughter a prominent doctor. When the girl goes missing her father gets the police to jump into action because of his class status and wealth.
Yellow: The Cousins
Act like Romolo, the Gardener
event1969 star_border 5.1
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Following the death of her grandfather, Valentina settles with her husband Pierre, a sculptor, in the old family villa which she partly inherited (half of it belongs to her cousin Marta, who already resides there). Co-habitation proves to be awkward: Valentina is unscrupulous and uninhibited, while Marta is austere and virtuous - at least, on the surface. In fact, when Valentina suddenly dies, the woman initiates a seduction which eventually coaxes Pierre into her arms. The cosy situation soon changes when a police officer turns up to investigate Valentina's death...
What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
Act like Coroner (uncredited)
event1974 star_border 7.2
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An unidentified fifteen year-old girl is found hanged after an anonymous tip-off. The girl, Silvia Polvesi, is soon discovered to have been murdered. A peeping tom is caught with photos of her having sex with a teenage drop-out but he is later released due to lack of evidence. The investigation, conducted by Inspector Silvestri and the assistant public prosecutor Vittoria Stori, focuses on the girl's parents. It transpires that a private detective, Ruggero Pollente, was hired by Silvia's mother because the latter was concerned about her activities. As a conspiracy begins to emerge, Pollente's body is found dismembered and his girlfriend is subsequently attacked by a machete-wielding killer clad in motorcycle gear...
Wifemistress
event1977 star_border 5.7
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A vineyard's manager marries the owner's very young daughter; father dies. Deceit, infidelity. The husband is forced to watch from a distance as his wife blossom socially in his absence; then the plot thickens.
Colt in the Hand of the Devil
Act like Jeremy Scott
event1973 star_border 4.7
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When a cowboy is released from prison he fulfils a promise to visit a town run by a gang of ruthless gunmen. In doing so he makes a lot of enemies.
The Charterhouse of Parma
Act like Ferrante Palla (uncredited)
event1948 star_border 6.5
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This adaptation of Stendhal's timeless masterpiece of French literature tells the tale of Fabrice Del Dongo (Grard Philipe) a young archibishop who gives his heart and soul to romance rather than to the Church creating upheaval in the lives of evergone around him the Countess of Sanseverine (Maria Casares) is but one of the may women who love him. In turn she incurs jealous retributions from those in high places who desire her. For his crimes Fabrice is thrown in Prison where from Crimes Fabrice is thrown in prison where form his lonely window he falls in love with his jailer s daughter and plans a daring escape she however calls his plan insane and takes a vow to the Virgin Mary to never see him again ever if his escape succeeds the Charterhouse of Parma explodes with conflicting desires man s desire form God vs. his desire for romance.
Samson and the Sea Beasts
Act like Alvarez
event1963 star_border 1
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A terrible pirate terrorizes the Antilles plundering ships, slaughtering their crews and selling women as slaves. One of the women asks Sansone for help.
Bitter Rice
Act like Radio Reporter (Uncredited)
event1949 star_border 7.4
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Francesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, Francesca joins a group of women rice workers. She meets the voluptuous peasant rice worker, Silvana, and the soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco. Walter follows her to the rice fields, and the four characters become involved in a complex plot involving robbery, love, and murder.
Rocambole
event1948
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In the 19th century, a thug from the slums of Paris pretends to be a young aristocrat, but is unmasked by a demi-mondaine, from the same background as him.
The Tough and the Mighty
Act like Nino's Father
event1969 star_border 6.1
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Based on the story of real life Sardinian bandit Graziano Mesina.
The Executioner of God
Act like Donny
event1973 star_border 5
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A former gunman turned priest seeks vengeance on three bandits who are masquerading as law-abiding citizens.
Noi peccatori
Act like Il medico analista
event1953
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A man and a woman love each other, but they can’t marry because he’s ashamed of his unjustly incarcerated mother. What’s more, he loses his eyesight in an accident.
Don Franco and Don Ciccio in a Year of Protest
Act like Onorevole De Gaetano (uncredited)
event1970 star_border 5.3
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Italy's best loved comedy duo play rival priests in the neighboring towns of Roccapizzone and San Antonio. Did Franco crash his bike through Ciccio's new stained glass window on purpose or was he just in town for their mutual confession? Their main beef with each other concerns their opposing football teams and this feud takes up a great deal of the picture.
Dead Men Don't Make Shadows
Act like Sanchez
event1970 star_border 4.2
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Lazar, a bounty killer, teams up with a young gunfighter to blackmail Barrett, a former bandit and mine owner. At the end of the day, the bounty hunter clashes with Barrett, but something goes wrong.
The Counterfeiters
event1951
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Producers of phony currency become the object of a crackdown by law enforcement agencies.
Trouble for the Legion
Act like Fratello di Irene
event1953 star_border 5
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Alberto Gherardi, a sailor is wrongly suspected of murder, flied and enroll into the Foreign Legion. His unfaithful fiancee Irene goes to look for him with his young brother Enrico, but the latter is killed. Will she still manage to free her lover?
Hot Diamonds in Cold Blood
Act like Il maggiore Hernandez
event1967
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When $300,000,000 in diamonds are stolen from a fiery plane wreck the British Government become concerned that it might be part of a plot to undermine the value of sterling. They hire professional photographer, amateur lady-killer, and undercover agent Steve Norton to investigate.
Panic Button
event1964 star_border 4.2
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A businessman comes up with a scheme to make money by financing a film version of "Romeo and Juliet" that's destined to fail, thus giving him some major tax breaks.
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