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Tag Archives: Giovanna Ralli
The Bigamist AKA Il bigamo (1956) Luciano Emmer, Marcello Mastroianni, Franca Valeri, Giovanna Ralli
The life of Mario De Santis, sales representative, husband of Valeria, and the father Read More »
The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967) Russell Rouse, Stephen Boyd, Yvette Mimieux, Giovanna Ralli
Peter Churchman stopped robbing banks a long time ago and is now living as a wealthy and respected citizen in Pamplona, Spain. Read More »
Una prostituta al servizio del pubblico ed in regola con le leggi dello Stato (1971) Italo Zingarelli, Giovanna Ralli, Giancarlo Giannini, Denise Bataille
A prostitute and mother of two leaves her abusive husband for a young boxer Read More »
Cannon for Cordoba (1970) Paul Wendkos, George Peppard, Giovanna Ralli, Raf Vallone
In 1916, a Mexican rebel named Cordoba steals six cannons from the forces of General Pershing who’s been sent to bring order to the Texas-Mexico border. Read More »
The Taste of Violence AKA Le goût de la violence (1961) Robert Hossein, Giovanna Ralli, Mario Adorf
This European “western” by Robert Hossein (scripter, director, and lead) is set in an unnamed Latin American country suffering under a dictator. Read More »
The Girls of San Frediano (1955) Valerio Zurlini, Antonio Cifariello, Rossana Podestà, Giovanna Ralli, Comedy, Romance
The story deals with the amorous escapades of handsome garage mechanic Bob (Antonio Cifariello). Read More »
I ladri / The Thieves (1959) Lucio Fulci, Totò, Giovanna Ralli, Armando Calvo, Comedy
An Italo-American mobster is sent back to Naples from the States. He moves to Italy with all his illegal proceeds, hidden in jam jars. Read More »
Deadfall (1968) Bryan Forbes, Michael Caine, Giovanna Ralli, Eric Portman, Crime, Drama
Cat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices the Moreaus attempt to steal diamonds from the chateau of millionaire Salinas.
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Era notte a Roma / It Was Night in Rome (1960) Roberto Rossellini, Leo Genn, Giovanna Ralli, Sergey Bondarchuk, Drama, War
During WW2, in Rome , a trio of escaped Allied POWs find themselves in limbo as they try to avoid re-capture and reach their dispersed units. Michael Pemberton is a British Major, Fyodor Aleksandrovic Nazukov is a Soviet Sergeant and Peter Bradley is an American Lieutenant. A beautiful young Italian woman, Esperia Belli, agrees to give them shelter. She knows that despite Italy’s efforts to break with Nazi Germany and join the Allies there are some Italians who are Fascist sympathizers and would gladly denounce Esperia to the German authorities. Hiding enemy soldiers or escaped POWs is punishable by death. Esperia hopes to get in contact with the Italian anti-Fascist resistance which could help the three escaped Allied POWs rejoin their respective armies. Until then, the fugitives are stuck in Esperia’s attic.
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