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Tag Archives: Anthony Franciosa
Assault on a Queen (1966) Jack Donohue, Frank Sinatra, Virna Lisi, Anthony Franciosa
A group of adventurers refloat a WWII German submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist Read More »
A Man Called Gannon (1968) James Goldstone, Anthony Franciosa, Michael Sarrazin, Judi West
A seasoned cowboy takes a young tender-foot under his wing. They become embroiled in a range war, and end up on opposite sides. Read More »
The Naked Maja (1958) Henry Koster, Ava Gardner, Anthony Franciosa, Amedeo Nazzari, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Love takes precedence over art and politics as Spanish painter Goya pines for an aloof duchess. Read More »
Wild Is the Wind (1957) George Cukor, Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani, Anthony Franciosa, Drama
An immigrant Nevada rancher brings a woman from Italy to be his second wife but when he neglects her, she becomes involved with his trusted assistant. Read More »
A Face in the Crowd (1957) Elia Kazan, Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Drama, Music
“A Face in the Crowd” charts the rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to local media rabble-rouser to TV superstar and political king-maker. Read More »
This Could Be the Night (1957) Robert Wise, Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas, Anthony Franciosa, Comedy
Straitlaced teacher Anne (Jean Simmons) needs extra work, so she becomes a receptionist at a swanky nightclub owned by mobster-turned-businessman Rocco (Paul Douglas), who seems tough but quickly shows his soft side. Read More »
In Enemy Country (1968) Harry Keller, Anthony Franciosa, Anjanette Comer, Guy Stockwell, Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Wartime secret agents are on a mission to destroy a deadly new type of torpedo hidden in a Nazi stronghold in France. Read More »
The Long, Hot Summer (1958) Martin Ritt, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Drama
Sixty-one year old widower Will Varner, in ill health, owns many businesses and property in Frenchman’s Bend, Mississippi, including a plantation. Read More »
Senilità / Careless (1962) Mauro Bolognini, Anthony Franciosa, Claudia Cardinale, Betsy Blair, Drama
The place is Trieste and the time is 1927. Emilio Brentani leads a peaceful and uneventful life with his older sister Amalia. Read More »
Career (1959) Joseph Anthony, Dean Martin, Anthony Franciosa, Shirley MacLaine, Drama
Playwright James Lee adapted his off-Broadway play for the screen in this high-strung adaptation, directed by Joseph Anthony. Read More »
A Hatful of Rain (1957) Fred Zinnemann, Don Murray, Eva Marie Saint, Anthony Franciosa, Drama
Based on the stage play by Michael V. Gazzo, this noir-stained drama provides a searing look at the emotional carnage of a drug addicted ex-G.I. (Don Murray) along with his family and friends. Perhaps the harshest and most realistic perspective of a grim topic that holds up better than any other film of its type.
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The Pleasure Seekers (1964) Jean Negulesco, Ann-Margret, Anthony Franciosa, Carol Lynley, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Three American lovelies room together in Madrid and all manage to get themselves into seemingly unhappy relationships with fellows.
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The Drowning Pool (1975) Stuart Rosenberg, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa
Harper is brought to Louisiana bayou country to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her hellion of a daughter. What is more, he finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants her property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.
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Go Naked in the World (1961) Ranald MacDougall, Charles Walters
Son of a successful Greek emigrant is torn between the expectations his father has for him and his passionate love affair with a beautiful prostitute.
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