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Alberto De Martino
Alberto De Martino (12 June 1929 – 2 June 2015) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, De Martino started as a child actor and later returned to the cinema where worked as a screenwriter, director and dubbing supervisor. De Martino's films as a director specialised in wellcrafted knock-offs of Hollywood hit films. These films were specifically created films in Western, horror and mythology genres which were developed for the international market. ''The Daily Telegraph, The Telegraph'' stated that his best known of these film was probably ''The Antichrist (film), The Antichrist''. ''The Antichrist'' capitalized on the box-office appeal of ''The Exorcist (film), The Exorcist'' (1973) and in its first week in the United States earned a greater box office than ''Jaws (film), Jaws''. Life and career Alberto De Martino was born on 12 June 1929 in Rome. De Martino was the son of a film make-up artist. He started his career as a child actor. On attending Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
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The Pumaman
''The Pumaman'' ( it, L'uomo puma) is a 1980 Italian superhero film co-written and directed by Alberto De Martino, starring Walter George Alton as the title character and Donald Pleasence as the villain. It was featured in a 1998 episode of '' Mystery Science Theater 3000.'' Plot Thousands of years ago, aliens visited the Earth and became gods to the Aztecs. The aliens fathered the Pumaman, a man-god with supernatural powers who would guard the people of Earth. The original Pumaman was entrusted a gold mask with the ability to control people's minds. In present-day London, Jane Dodson, archaeologist and daughter of the Dutch ambassador, has uncovered the mask and deciphered its instructions: when aimed, it can control their mind. Her employer, the villainous Dr. Kobras, plans to use it to overtake the minds of world leaders, and Jane is his first victim. Kobras, realizing the Pumaman will be after the mask, begins a campaign to discover Pumaman’s identity. American paleontolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirty Heroes
''Dirty Heroes'' ( it, Dalle Ardenne all'inferno), is a 1967 Italian war film directed by Alberto De Martino and starring Frederick Stafford. Cast * Frederick Stafford - Joe Mortimer, Sesame * Daniela Bianchi - Kristina von Keist * John Ireland - Captain O'Connor * Curd Jürgens - General Edwin von Keist * Michel Constantin - Sgt Rudolph Petrowsky * Helmuth Schneider - SS-General Hassler * Howard Ross - Randall * Fajda Nicol - Magda (as Faida Nichols) * Anthony Dawson - American Colonel (as Anthony M. Dawson) * Jacques Monod - Partisan * Adolfo Celi - Luc Rollman Production Ennio De Concinii's credit as script supervisor is unconfirmed and Louis Agotay is credited as coauthor of screenplay only by German sources. See also * Eagles Over London ''Eagles Over London'' ( it, La battaglia d'Inghilterra), is a " macaroni combat" war film from 1969 directed by Enzo G. Castellari.Severin Films DVD Case, 2009. Last accessed: September, 2009. It starred Frederick Stafford, Van Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Django Shoots First
''Django Shoots First'' ( it, Django spara per primo) is an Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Alberto De Martino. Plot Ringo, a bounty hunter, has killed the father of Glenn Garvin (Glenn Saxson) to collect a bounty. Glenn kills Ringo and then takes his father's body to town to collect the bounty himself. There he befriends Gordon (Fernando Sancho in city clothes and a bowler hat instead of his usual Mexican bandit outfit), who tells Glenn that he stands to inherit half of everything in town, which his father had owned in partnership with Ken Cluster. Cluster's henchman Ward and his men try and fail to kill Glenn, so Cluster robs his own bank and frames Glenn for murder. Glenn escapes and is taken in by Cluster's wife, Jessica, who wants Glenn to kill her husband. However, it turns out that Jessica is also married to a stranger, Doc (Alberto Lupo), who had helped Glenn earlier. Jessica escapes to Ward, whom she convinces that Cluster wants him to stash the bank robbery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMovie
AllMovie (previously All Movie Guide) is an online database with information about films, television programs, and screen actors. , AllMovie.com and the AllMovie consumer brand are owned by RhythmOne. History AllMovie was founded by popular-culture archivist Michael Erlewine, who also founded AllMusic and AllGame. The AllMovie database was licensed to tens of thousands of distributors and retailers for point-of-sale systems, websites and kiosks. The AllMovie database is comprehensive, including basic product information, cast and production credits, plot synopsis, professional reviews, biographies, relational links and more. AllMovie data was accessed on the web at the AllMovie website. It was also available via the AMG LASSO media recognition service, which can automatically recognize DVDs. In late 2007, TiVo Corporation acquired AMG for a reported $72 million. The AMG consumer facing web properties AllMusic.com, AllMovie.com and AllGame.com were sold by Rovi in August 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Mission Lady Chaplin
''Special Mission Lady Chaplin'' ( it, Missione speciale Lady Chaplin, french: L'affaire Lady Chaplin, es, Operación Lady Chaplin, also known as ''Operation Lady Chaplin'') is a 1966 Italian-French-Spanish Eurospy film directed by Alberto De Martino and Sergio Grieco. It is the third and last of the Secret Agent 077 film series starring Ken Clark as 077 and Daniela Bianchi as fashion expert and professional killer Lady Arabella Chaplin. Bianchi reprised her role as Arabella in ''Your Turn to Die'' (1967). The film was shot in New York City, London, Madrid, Rome, and Paris. Plot CIA Secret Agent 077 Dick Malloy (Jack Clifton in the German release) is sent to Madrid when someone wishes to sell a dog tag apparently recovered from the sunken American nuclear submarine USS Thresher. Once the item is identified as a genuine article, the man selling the information is killed before he can reveal how he acquired the dog tag from the ocean floor. Malloy and his boss Heston interview t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spy With Ten Faces
''The Spy with Ten Faces'' (aka it, Upperseven, l'uomo da uccidere/ ''Upper Seven, the Man to Kill''), or german: Der Mann mit den tausend Masken/''The Man of a Thousand Masks'') is a 1966 Italian-West German Eurospy film written and directed by Alberto De Martino. Plot Paul Finney aka Upperseven; played by Paul Hubschmitt, is a master of disguise by the use of masks. His task is to secure a transport of credit money for the union of some African states. An international gang manages to steal this money and wants to use it to build a missile base. Part of the film takes place in Rome. Cast * Paul Hubschmid as Paul Finney, the Upperseven * Karin Dor as CIA agent Helen Farheit * Vivi Bach as Birgit * Nando Gazzolo as Kobras * Rosalba Neri as Pauline * Guido Lollobrigida as Santos * Tom Felleghy as Gibbons * Tullio Altamura Tullio Altamura (born 18 July 1924) is an Italian actor, best known for his roles in spaghetti westerns and action films in the 1960s. Life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heroes Of Fort Worth
''Heroes of Fort Worth'' or ''Gli eroi di Fort Worth'' is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Alberto De Martino. Story After the Civil War a band of Southerners with the aid of an Indian tribe, try to defeat a Union command while trying to gain support from Emperor Maximillian. Cast External links * ''Heroes of Fort Worth''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film p ... 1965 films 1960s Italian-language films 1965 Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films Italian Western (genre) films Films directed by Alberto De Martino Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli Second French intervention in Mexico films Films set in Mexico 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Triumph Of Hercules
''The Triumph of Hercules'', the 1964 film, was one of many Italian sword and sandal epics during the 1960s craze. Originally titled ''Il Trionfo di Ercole'', the film was directed by Alberto De Martino. Hercules was portrayed by Dan Vadis. The film was released internationally as ''Hercules vs the Giant Warriors'', and also as ''Hercules and the Ten Avengers''. Plot Hercules is called upon to fight seven golden giants summoned by the Dagger of Jae, sister of Juno ( Hera), who dislikes Hercules "for certain family reasons." Hercules also fights to protect his princess love, but matters are complicated by her evil relative Milo, who has murdered her father the king but has tricked her into thinking it was someone else because she trusts him too much. Milo tricks Hercules into killing his friend, for which he is punished by his father Jove (Jupiter/Zeus) who takes away his enormous strength, because he has misused it. Milo is conspiring with his sorceress mother to take the throne f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladiators Seven
''Gladiators Seven'' ( it, La rivolta dei sette, also known as ''The Revolt of the Seven'', ''The Spartan Gladiator'' and ''The Spartan Gladiators'') is a 1964 Italian peplum film directed by Alberto De Martino and starring Tony Russel.Michele Giordano. ''Giganti buoni''. Gremese Editore, 1998. . Plot Cast * Tony Russel as Keros * Massimo Serato as Baxo * Nando Gazzolo as Milo * Livio Lorenzon as Nemete * Piero Lulli as Silone * Howard Ross as Croto * Pietro Capanna as Mardok * Helga Liné as Aspasia * Paola Piretti as Elea * Nando Angelini as The Spying Gladiator * Walter Maestosi as Criton * Gaetano Quartararo as Head of the Gladiators * Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from :wo:daqaar, daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar ... Release ''Gladiators Seven'' was released in Italy on 28 Decem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blancheville Monster
''The Blancheville Monster'', released in the UK and Italy as ''Horror'', is a 1963 horror film directed by Alberto de Martino. The film's script by Gianni Grimaldi and Bruno Corbucci is promoted as being based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, but actually only borrows elements from the short stories "The Fall of the House of Usher", "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" and "Some Words with a Mummy". Long after its release, director Alberto de Martino described his film as "a little film of no importance". Plot Emilie De Blancheville returns to her family's castle and finds things have drastically changed. Her brother Roderic is now in charge of the estate. The servants have all died and been replaced by new staff members who are cold and unfamiliar. Her father, Count Blancheville, has been horribly disfigured and lives secluded in one of the castle's isolated towers. The Count believes the Blanchevilles are under a family curse, which can only be lifted if Emilie dies before her 21st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladiators 7
''Gladiators 7'' is a 1962 film directed by Pedro Lazaga. The film has several elements from Akira Kurosawa's film ''The Seven Samurai''. Plot A Greek gladiator seeks revenge for the murder of his father and finds his lover captured by an evil tyrant. Cast * Richard Harrison as Darius *Loredana Nusciak as Aglaia *Livio Lorenzon as Panurgus *Gérard Tichy as Hiarba *Edoardo Toniolo as Milon *José Marco as Xeno * Barta Barri as Flaccus *Nazzareno Zamperla as Vargas (credited as Tony Zamperla) *Franca Badeschi as Licia *Enrique Ávila as Livius *Antonio Molino Rojo as Macrobius *Antonio Rubio as Mados *Emilia Wolkowicz as Ismere Production The film was partially shot on some of the locations where ''El Cid'' was filmed. Parts of the film were shot in Spain. Release ''Gladiators 7'' was released theatrically in Italy on 11 October 1962 with a 105 minute running time and in the United States on 6 May 1964 with a 92 minute running time. Reception In contemporary reviews, "Tube." o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
