A hypnotist is murdered in his dressing room. His ventriloquist dummy seemingly the only witness to the crime. Read More »
Tag Archives: Italy
Rice Girl AKA La risaia (1956) Raffaello Matarazzo, Elsa Martinelli, Folco Lulli, Michel Auclair
The 19-year-old Elena, who is as pretty as she is bright, works as a rice girl for the landlord Guerrini. Read More »
The Payoff AKA La mazzetta (1978) Sergio Corbucci, Nino Manfredi, Paolo Stoppa, Marisa Laurito
Sasá Iovine, a small-time Neopolitan operator, finds himself in the thick of a multi-murder Read More »
The Passionate Thief AKA Risate di gioia (1960) Mario Monicelli, Anna Magnani, Totò, Ben Gazzara
On New Year’s Eve, an insecure, struggling actress (Anna Magnani) has nothing to do. Read More »
Twinky (1970) Richard Donner, Charles Bronson, Orson Bean, Honor Blackman
A middle-aged author of pornographic novels meets and falls in love with a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl. Read More »
O.K. Nero AKA O.K. Nerone (1951) Mario Soldati, Carlo Campanini, Walter Chiari, Silvana Pampanini
Two American sailors, Fiorello and Jimmy are slugged while sight-seeing in Rome Read More »
The Butterfly Affair (1971) Jean Herman, Claudia Cardinale, Stanley Baker, Henri Charrière
Popsy double-crosses her older partner Silva. Silva has arranged to divert diamonds Read More »
Young Wolves AKA Les jeunes loups (1968) Marcel Carné, Christian Hay, Haydée Politoff, Yves Beneyton
Alain, “a young wolf”, elegant and racy, is maintained by the princess Linzani. Read More »
Salvatore Giuliano (1962) Francesco Rosi, Frank Wolff, Salvo Randone, Frederico Zardi
In 1950, 28-year-old outlaw Salvatore Giuliano is found gunned down in a Sicilian courtyard. Little is as it seems. Read More »
Leda AKA À double tour (1959) Claude Chabrol, Madeleine Robinson, Antonella Lualdi, Jean-Paul Belmondo
Leda, the flirt of Monsieur Marcoux is murdered. His wife and the police think Read More »
Guns of the Black Witch AKA Il terrore dei mari (1961) Domenico Paolella, Don Megowan, Silvana Pampanini, Emma Danieli
In the 17th century, a village was the refuge of several French buccaneers. Read More »
Seven Guns for the MacGregors AKA 7 pistole per i MacGregor (1966) Franco Giraldi, Robert Woods, Fernando Sancho, Agata Flori
Ranch owner MacGregor has seven sons and oldest Gregor leads his brothers to Las Mesas Read More »
Twenty Thousand Dollars for Seven AKA Kidnapping! Paga o uccidiamo tuo figlio (1969) Alberto Cardone, Brett Halsey, Germano Longo, Aurora Bautista
Fred Leinster, an alcoholic ex-sheriff, is paid to collect a ransom for the kidnapping of a young boy. Read More »
The Golden Madonna (1949) Luigi Carpentieri, Ladislao Vajda, Phyllis Calvert, Michael Rennie, Tullio Carminati
Patricia (Phyllis Calvert) throws away a painting members of her Italian village consider to be extremely lucky. Read More »
Terror of the Steppes AKA I predoni della steppa (1964) Tanio Boccia, Kirk Morris, Moira Orfei, Daniele Vargas
A sword and sandal extravaganza in which a musclebound hero conquers all. Read More »