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Antonio Sabàto Sr.
Antonio Sabàto Sr. (2 April 1943 – 10 January 2021) was an Italian-American film and television actor noted for extensive work in the Italian exploitation genre. He was the father of model and actor Antonio Sabàto Jr. and Simmone Sabàto. Among Sabàto's starring roles were parts in the Spaghetti Western films '' One Dollar Too Many'' and '' Due volte Giuda''. Personal life Sabàto was previously married to Yvonne, who was born in Prague (then part of Czechoslovakia) and the daughter of a Holocaust survivor. She is of half Czech and half Jewish descent. They had two children together, a son, Antonio, and a daughter, Simonne. They divorced sometime before 1997, when she remarried to California-based businessman George F. Kabouchy. In 1985, he and his family immigrated to the United States, settling in California. He died from complications of COVID-19 at a hospice in Hemet, California, on 10 January 2021, at age 77. Selected filmography * ''Lo scandalo'' (1966) - Mauro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gang War In Milan
''Gang War in Milan'' ( it, Milano rovente, lit=Scorching Hot Milan) is a 1973 Italian ''Poliziotteschi, poliziottesco'' film directed by Umberto Lenzi. Cast * Antonio Sabàto, Sr., Antonio Sabàto: Salvatore Cangemi * Philippe Leroy (actor), Philippe Leroy: Roger Daverty * Marisa Mell: Jasmina * Antonio Casagrande: Lino Caruso * Carla Romanelli: Virginia * Tano Cimarosa: Nino Balsamo Production ''Gang War in Milan'' was Umberto Lenzi's first entry in the crime genre after making several spy and action films in the 1960s. Lenzi stated in an interview that both the film's story and script were by Franco Enna, a ''giallo'' novelist who lived in Switzerland and that the credited writer Ombretta Lanza was a daughter of one of the producers who attributed to the story. Lenzi than later claimed that he completely re-wrote the script as it was closer to a 1930s crime film than a film noir. It was filmed at Icet - De Paolis Studios in Milan and on location in Milan. Release ''Gang Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PEOPLE
A person (plural, : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal obligation, legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Men Carried Clubs And Women Played Ding-Dong
''When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong'' ( it, Quando gli uomini armarono la clava e... con le donne fecero din don) is a 1971 film directed by Bruno Corbucci. Plot While two prehistoric tribes are fighting against each other, Listra, a woman, is trying to persuade her 'husband' not to join the war. In order to achieve the same goal with their respective partners, the women of the tribe start a sex strike. Production The story is a free adaptation in Prehistoric times of two comedies by Aristophanes, ''Lysistrata'' and '' Women at the Thesmophoria'' The film was shot between Tor San Lorenzo and Tor Caldera, in the Lazio region, a location usually chosen by Corbucci and other directors for Spaghetti westerns The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o .... Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man With Icy Eyes
''L'uomo dagli occhi di ghiaccio'' (internationally released as ''The Man with Icy Eyes'') is a 1971 Italian giallo film directed by Alberto De Martino. It starred Barbara Bouchet, Antonio Sabato, Keenan Wynn, Faith Domergue and Victor Buono. It was shot in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The film was referred to as "an unusual mixture of action-thriller and giallo in Argento's style". Plot A state senator is murdered outside his home, and the police arrest a strange man with "icy eyes" as the killer. An Italian reporter finds a stripper who claims that she actually witnessed the man commit the crime. But the reporter later finds holes in her story, and eventually comes to believe that the police have the wrong man. Cast * Antonio Sabàto: Eddie Mills * Barbara Bouchet: Anne Saxe * Faith Domergue: Mrs. Valdes * Victor Buono: John Hammond * Keenan Wynn: Harry Davis * Corrado Gaipa: Isaac Thetman * Nello Pazzafini Nello Pazzafini (15 May 1933 – 9 January 1996) was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mafia Connection
''Mafia Connection'' ( it, E venne il giorno dei limoni neri, also known as ''Black Lemons'') is a 1970 Italian crime film written and directed by Camillo Bazzoni and starring Antonio Sabàto, Peter Carsten and Florinda Bolkan. Plot Cast * Antonio Sabàto as Rosario Inzulia * Peter Carsten as Orlando Lo Presti * Silvano Tranquilli as Commissioner Modica * Pier Paolo Capponi as Francesco Macaluso * Don Backy as Carmelo Rizzo * Florinda Bolkan as Rossana * Didi Perego as Concettina * Lee Burton as Michele * Raf Sparanero as Antonio * Maria Luisa Sala as Assunta * Frank Latimore as The American * Stefano Satta Flores Stefano Satta Flores (14 January 1937 – 22 October 1985) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Naples, Italy, Satta Flores graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in the Italian capital city of Rome. He bega ... as Hitman * Massimo Farinelli as Giancarlo Lo Presti * Loris Bazzocchi as Pasquale Sciortino Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diary Of A Telephone Operator
''Certo certissimo... anzi probabile'' (''Certain, Very Certain, As a Matter of Fact... Probable''; English title ''Diary of a Telephone Operator'') is a 1969 Italian film based on the story of the same title by Dacia Maraini. It stars Claudia Cardinale and Catherine Spaak. Plot Marta works as a telephone operator for a telephone company. She lives with her friend Nanda in Nanda's flat but Nanda's priority is above anything else to find a husband. When she feels she has found the right man she doesn't want Marta any longer in her flat. But while Nanda's relationship fails, Marta meets and marries a man named Pietro. Only then it turns out her husband has an old friend. The man, a foreigner, moves in with the two of them. Marta tries to pair off the foreigner with her single friend Nanda. Both women think this might work out. But Pietro's friend has bought a boat in order to sail around the world with Pietro and when the friend announces to do this alone, Marta's husband has a break ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lady Of Monza
''The Lady of Monza'' ( it, La monaca di Monza, also known as ''The Awful Story of the Nun of Monza'' and ''The Nun of Monza'') is a 1969 Italian historical drama film directed by Eriprando Visconti. It is loosely based on the real life events of Marianna de Leyva, better known as "The Nun of Monza", whose story was made famous by Alessandro Manzoni's novel '' The Betrothed''. Cast *Anne Heywood: Virginia de Leyva *Hardy Krüger: Father Paolo Arrigone * Antonio Sabàto: Giampaolo *Tino Carraro: Monsignor Barca *Luigi Pistilli: Count de Fuentes *Carla Gravina: Caterina da Meda *Margarita Lozano: Sister Benedetta Homati *Caterina Boratto: Sister Francesca Imbersaga *Giovanna Galletti: Sister Angela Sacchi * Anna Maria Alegiani: Sister Ottavia Ricci *Laura Belli: Sister Candida Colomba *Renzo Giovampietro: Vicar Saraceno *Pier Paolo Capponi Pier Paolo Capponi (9 June 1938 – 15 February 2018) was an Italian actor and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Subiaco, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbarella (film)
''Barbarella'' is a 1968 science fiction film directed by Roger Vadim, based on the French comic series of the same name by Jean-Claude Forest. The film stars Jane Fonda as the title character, a space-traveler and representative of the United Earth government sent to find scientist Durand Durand, who has created a weapon that could destroy humanity. The supporting cast includes John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O'Shea, Marcel Marceau, David Hemmings, Ugo Tognazzi and Claude Dauphin. Having expressed an interest in comics and science fiction, Vadim was hired to direct ''Barbarella'' after producer Dino De Laurentiis purchased the film rights to the comic series. Vadim attempted to cast several actresses—Brigitte Bardot and Sophia Loren—in the title role before choosing Fonda, his then-wife. A friend of Vadim's, Terry Southern, wrote the initial screenplay, which changed considerably during filming and led to seven other writers credited in the final releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond The Law (1968 Italian Film)
''Beyond the Law'' ( it, Al di là della legge) is a 1968 Spaghetti Western film directed by Giorgio Stegani and starring Lee Van Cleef as Cudlip, Antonio Sabàto Sr. as Ben Novack and Gordon Mitchell as Burton. It was first distributed in the United States in 1971. Synopsis After robbing a stagecoach, the bandit Billy Joe Cudlip (Lee Van Cleef) becomes the friend of Czech immigrant Ben Novack, an honest engineer working for the mine company of Silvertown. Cudlip is determined to "go straight", and after earning the trust of the citizens he is named the new sheriff of Silvertown. But does he really want the job, or just access to the valuable shipments of the town's silver? Cast * Lee Van Cleef as Billy Joe Cudlip/Billy Joe Cuddler * Antonio Sabàto as Ben Novack * Lionel Stander as Preacher * Graziella Granata as Sally Davis * Gordon Mitchell as Burton * Bud Spencer as James Cooper * Ann Smyrner as Betty * Herbert Fux as Denholm * Enzo Fiermonte Enzo Fiermonte (17 July 190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoot Twice
''Shoot Twice'' ( it, Due volte Giuda, es, Dos veces Judas) is a 1969 Italian Western film directed by Nando Cicero and starring Klaus Kinski and Antonio Sabàto. Cast * Klaus Kinski - Dingus / aka Victor Barrett * Antonio Sabàto - Luke Barrett * Cristina Galbó - Luke's wife * José Calvo - Russel (as Pepe Calvo) * Emma Baron - Luke's Mother * Milo Quesada * Franco Leo * Linda Sini * Narciso Ibáñez Menta * Franco Beltramme * Damián Rabal * Maite Matalonga * Claudia Rivelli * Carlos Ronda * Gastone Pescucci * Gianni Pulone (as Giancarlo Pulone) * Gaetano Scala * José Palomo * Ettore Bruson * Nino Nini * Antonietta Fiorito * Pino Sciacqua (as Giuseppe Sciacqua) * Sergio De Vecchi * Ettore Broschi Releases Wild East released this alongside ''And God Said to Cain ''And God Said to Cain'' ( it, E Dio disse a Caino, german: Satan der Rache) is a 1970 Spaghetti Western film directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Klaus Kinski. The story is about Gary Hami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hate For Hate
''Hate for Hate'' ( it, Odio per odio) is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Domenico Paolella Domenico Paolella (18 October 1915 - 7 October 2002) was an Italian director, screenwriter and journalist. Born in Foggia, between 1933 and 1935 Paolella won several contests for amateur directors; in the same years he started working as a journ .... Plot Digger Manuel has found enough gold to quit working. He is about to retire when robbers steal his fortune from him at the bank. Manuel pursues the bank robbers immediately, determined to get his gold back by all means. Unfortunately he is little later confused with them and put into prison. Cast References External links * 1967 films Films directed by Domenico Paolella Spaghetti Western films 1967 Western (genre) films Films shot in Almería 1960s Italian-language films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix (1966 Film)
''Grand Prix'' is a 1966 American sports drama film directed by John Frankenheimer, produced by Edward Lewis, and written by Robert Alan Aurthur with uncredited story contributions by Frankenheimer and rewrites by William Hanley. It stars an international ensemble cast, including James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Brian Bedford, Jessica Walter, Françoise Hardy and Antonio Sabàto. Toshiro Mifune has a supporting role as a race team owner, inspired by Soichiro Honda. The picture was photographed in Super Panavision 70 by Lionel Lindon, and presented in 70mm Cinerama in premiere engagements. Its unique racing cinematography is one of the main draws of the film. The film includes real-life racing footage and cameo appearances by drivers including Formula One World Champions Phil Hill, Graham Hill, Juan Manuel Fangio, Jim Clark, Jochen Rindt and Jack Brabham. Other drivers who appeared in the film include Dan Gurney, Ludovico Scarfiotti, Richie Ginther, Joakim Bonnier, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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