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Black Killer
''Black Killer'' is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Carlo Croccolo and starring Klaus Kinski. Plot James Webb arrives to town with a casket full of books. He discovers that the judge co-operates with the wanted O'Hara brothers, who make farmers sign over their land deeds and then kill them. The deeds are then deposited with the judge. Webb, who has presented himself to the judge as a lawyer, finds that since these deeds are not registered they will forfeit to the judge if the O'Haras are killed. The O'Haras suspect Webb to be a government agent, but later they intercept and kill a government inspector who was sent to investigate. They also raid the town and kill the sheriff in anger when they don't receive enough protection money. Burt Collins arrives in town and asks for his brother Peter, who lives outside of town with his Native American wife, Sarah. He kills two of O'Hara's men who cheat at gambling. He seems willing to follow the advice of Ramon O'Hara (w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Croccolo
Carlo Croccolo (9 April 1927 – 12 October 2019) was an Italian actor, voice actor, director and screenwriter. Biography Born in Naples, Croccolo began his acting career on the radio and he appeared in more than 100 films since 1949. His debut came in the 1949 film ''The Firemen of Viggiù'' and he made his first television debut in 1956. He was best known for some of his collaborations with Totò mainly throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Croccolo’s international appearance came from the 1996 film '' In Love and War'' directed by Richard Attenborough. He also had an intense theatrical career as he often starred in plays directed by Eduardo De Filippo and Giorgio Strehler. As a voice actor, Croccolo performed the Italian voice of Oliver Hardy in the 1951-1953 redubs of ''Laurel and Hardy'' in which he was paired with Fiorenzo Fiorentini (the Italian voice of Stan Laurel). He returned to dub Hardy in the 1968-1970 redubs, this time, paired with Franco Latini. Since 1957, Croccolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Ross (actor)
Jerry Ross may refer to: * Jerry Ross (painter) (born 1944), Gerald, American painter * Jerry Ross (composer) (1926–1955), Jerold, American lyricist and composer * Jerry L. Ross (born 1948), U.S. Air Force officer and former NASA astronaut * Jerry Ross (record producer) Jerry Jan Ross (May 1, 1933 – October 4, 2017) was an American songwriter, A&R man, record producer, and record label owner. As a writer, his greatest success was with "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me," which he co-wrote with his protégé Kenny Ga ... (1933–2017), American songwriter and producer, founder of Heritage Records See also * Gerald Ross (other) * Gerard Ross (other) {{hndis, Ross, Jerry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spaghetti Western Films
This list of Spaghetti Western films includes Western films primarily produced and directed by Italian production companies between 1913 and 1978. For a list of non-Italian produced European Westerns see List of Euro-Western films. In the 1960s, the Spaghetti Western genre grew in popularity. Films, particularly those of the influential Dollars trilogy, spawned numerous films of the same ilk and often with similar titles, particularly from the mid to late 1960s and early 1970s. By the end of the 1970s, Spaghetti Westerns had lost their following among mainstream cinema audiences and the production had ground to a virtual halt. List by release date Spaghetti westerns from the 1980s and 90s include: * '' Comin' at Ya!'' (1981) * ''Buddy Goes West'' (1981) * ''Tex and the Lord of the Deep'' (1985) * '' Django 2: il grande ritorno'' (1987) * '' White Apache'' (1987) * '' Scalps'' (1987) * ''Lucky Luke'' (1991) * '' Troublemakers'' (1994) * ''Sons of Trinity'' (1995) * ''Gunsli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Western (genre) Films
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 66 people are killed and over 200 injured during a crush in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States television sitcom ''All in the Family'', starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS. * January 14 – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970s Italian-language Films
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Films
The year 1971 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1971 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, ''Eat the Document'', premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour. *April 23 - Melvin Van Peebles film ''Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song'' becomes the highest-grossing independent film of 1971. *May - The first permanent IMAX projection system begins showing at Ontario Place's "Cinesphere" in Toronto. *May 10 - Frank Yablans becomes President of Paramount Pictures. *Britain's National Film School begins operation at Beaconsfield Film Studios. Awards Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): :''The Go-Between'', directed by Joseph Losey, United Kingdom Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): :''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'' (''Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini''), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For A Few Dollars More
''For a Few Dollars More'' ( it, Per qualche dollaro in più) is a 1965 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone. It stars Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef as bounty hunters and Gian Maria Volonté as the primary villain. German actor Klaus Kinski plays a supporting role as a secondary villain. The film was an international co-production between Italy, West Germany, and Spain. The film was released in the United States in 1967, and is the second part of what is commonly known as the ''Dollars Trilogy''. Plot The man that many call Manco ("Lefty") is a bounty hunter, a profession shared by a former army officer, Colonel Douglas Mortimer. They separately learn that a ruthless, cold-blooded bank robber, "El Indio", has been broken out of prison by his gang and all but one of his jailers slaughtered. While Indio is murdering the family of the man who had captured him, he is shown to carry a musical pocket watch taken from a woman who had shot herself, as he was raping her af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bounty Hunter In Trinity
Bounty or bounties commonly refers to: * Bounty (reward), an amount of money or other reward offered by an organization for a specific task done with a person or thing Bounty or bounties may also refer to: Geography * Bounty, Saskatchewan, a ghost town located in Saskatchewan, Canada * Bounty Bay, an embayment of the Pacific Ocean into Pitcairn Island, named for the ship * Bounty Islands, a small group of 13 islets and numerous rocks in the south Pacific Ocean which are territorially part of New Zealand Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Bounty, an evil entity that possessed and took over the identity of the DC Comics character Dawnstar * Bounty, the name given by James T. Kirk's crew to their captured Bird-of-Prey in ''Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home'' Music * ''bounty'' (album), a 2013 album by iamamiwhoami * "Bounty" (song), a 2013 song by Dean Brody Films * ''Bounty'', a 1993 documentary film, the first Kinopanorama production shot in Australia * The Bounty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Danesi
Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 200 since the mid 20th century. In the English language it is translated as Anthony, and has some female derivatives: Antonia, Antónia, Antonieta, Antonietta, and Antonella'. It also has some male derivatives, such as Anthonio, Antón, Antò, Antonis, Antoñito, Antonino, Antonello, Tonio, Tono, Toño, Toñín, Tonino, Nantonio, Ninni, Totò, Tó, Tonini, Tony, Toni, Toninho, Toñito, and Tõnis. The Portuguese equivalent is António (Portuguese orthography) or Antônio (Brazilian Portuguese). In old Portuguese the form Antão was also used, not just to differentiate between older and younger but also between more and less important. In Galician the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Trionfi
Claudio Trionfi is an Italian film and television actor.Pitts p.91 Selected filmography * '' China Is Near'' (1967) * '' The Protagonists'' (1968) * ''Death Sentence'' (1968) * '' Bridge Over the Elbe'' (1969) * '' Normal Young Man'' (1969) * '' Double Face'' (1969) * '' More Dollars for the MacGregors'' (1970) * '' Black Killer'' (1971) * '' They Have Changed Their Face'' (1971) * ''Morel's Invention ''La invención de Morel'' (; 1940) — translated as ''The Invention of Morel'' or ''Morel's Invention'' — is a novel by Argentine writer Adolfo Bioy Casares. It was Bioy Casares' breakthrough effort, for which he won the 1941 First Mu ...'' (1974) References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012. External links * * Claudio Trionfi (Italian Version) 1942 births Living people Italian male television actors Italian male film actors Male actors from Rome {{Italy-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dante Maggio
Dante Maggio (2 March 1909 – 3 March 1992) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 115 films between 1940 and 1975. Born in Naples into a family of actors, Maggio had a turbulent adolescence that led his father to send him in an institute for problematic minors. He debuted on stage aged 18 years old.Antonio Virgilio Savona; Michele Lo Straniero. "Maggio, Famiglia". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp. 959-960. He worked on stage in several sceneggiate and with the companies of Anna Fougez and Raffaele Viviani before creating his own revue company. Maggio was the brother of actors Enzo, Rosalia, Beniamino and Pupella Maggio. Selected filmography * ''The Palace on the River'' (1940) * ''Un giorno nella vita'' (1946) - Carlo * ''The Ways of Sin'' (1946) - La guardia carceraria (uncredited) * ''The Great Dawn'' (1947) * '' Last Love'' (1947) - Il partner di Maria * ''Tombolo, paradiso nero'' (1947) - Agostino * ''Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
