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Blindman River Mouth
''Blindman'' (also known in Italian as ''Il Pistolero Cieco'', lit. "The Blind Gunfighter") is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and co-written and co-produced by Tony Anthony. The film's protagonist, played by Anthony, is an homage to Kan Shimozawa's Zatoichi character: a blind transient who does odd jobs and is actually a high-skilled warrior. The film has achieved cult status over the years, mainly due to the involvement of Ringo Starr, a former member of the Beatles, in one of the roles. Plot A blind but deadly gunman is hired to escort fifty mail order brides to their miner husbands. When he is double crossed by his friends and a Mexican bandit, he heads for Mexico to settle scores and save the women. Cast * Tony Anthony as Blindman/Ciego * Ringo Starr as Candy * Lloyd Battista as Domingo * Magda Konopka as Sweet Mama * Raf Baldassarre as El General * Agneta Eckemyr as Pilar * David Dreyer as Dude * Marisa Solinas as Margherita * Gaetano Scala as D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinando Baldi
Ferdinando Baldi (19 May 1917 – 12 September 2007) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Biography Baldi was born in Cava de' Tirreni, Salerno, on 19 May 1917. His early film work began in Italy in the early 1950s with films such as ''Il Prezzo dell'Onore''. He directed Orson Welles in the films ''David and Goliath'' and ''The Tartars''. Baldi died in Italy on 12 September 2007. Selected filmography *''Il prezzo dell'onore'' (1952) *''Assi alla ribalta'' (1954) *''David and Goliath'' (1960) *''Duel of Champions'' (1961) *''La spada del Cid'' (1962) * ''Taras Bulba, the Cossack'' (1962) *''Il figlio di Cleopatra '' (1964) *''Sfida al re di Castiglia'' (1964) *'' Suicide Mission to Singapore'' (1966) *''All'ombra delle aquile'' (1966) *''Texas, Adios'' (1966) *'' Massacre in the Black Forest'' (1967) *'' Io non protesto, io amo'' (1967) *'' Rita of the West '' (1967) *''Hate Thy Neighbor'' (1968) *''Django, Prepare a Coffin'' (1968) *''The Forgotten Pistolero'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mail Order Bride
A mail-order bride is a woman who lists herself in catalogs and is selected by a man for marriage. In the twentieth century, the trend was primarily towards women living in developing country, developing countries seeking men in more developed nations. The majority of the women making use of these services in the late twentieth-century and early twenty-first-century are from East Asia, East and Southeast Asia, the countries of the former Eastern Bloc, and to a lesser extent Latin America. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, large numbers of eastern European women have advertised themselves in such a way, primarily from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Georgia (country), Georgia and Moldova. Men who list themselves in such publications are referred to as "mail-order husbands", although this is much less common. The term ''mail-order bride'' is both criticized by owners (and customers) of international marriage agencies and used by them as an easily recognizable term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solvi Stubing
Solvi Stubing (19 January 1941 – 3 July 2017) was a German actress and TV personality, mainly active in Italy. Born in Berlin, Stubing obtained wide popularity in Italy with a commercial for Peroni Beer, and starred in many films, often of modest value, in several genres of Italian cinema. For many years, between the 1980s and the 1990s, she hosted a number of television programs about cinema. Stubing died on 3 July 2017 in Rome, age 76. Partial filmography * ''Le sette vipere (Il marito latino)'' (1964) - Inge * '' Sheriff Won't Shoot'' (1965) - Rita, Orphan of the Sheriff * '' I Knew Her Well'' (1965) - Susan - the foreign girl * ''Made in Italy'' (1965) - Hostess * '' Weekend, Italian Style'' (1965) - Miss Marini * '' Me, Me, Me... and the Others'' (1966) - Passenger (uncredited) * ''Secret Agent Super Dragon'' (1966) - Elizabeth * ''Due mafiosi contro Al Capone'' (1966) - Ragazza del Night Club * '' How We Robbed the Bank of Italy'' (1966) - Selma * ''The Battle of the Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janine Reynaud
Janine Reynaud (13 August 1930 – 13 May 2018) was a French film actress best known for her appearances in several films by director Jesús Franco, in particularly the 1968 film ''Succubus''. Biography Reynaud was born in Paris, France in 1930. She appeared in the films '' Six Days a Week'' and ''Mission to Caracas'' (both 1965) before starring in several films directed by Jesús Franco, including '' Kiss Me Monster'' (1967) and ''Succubus'' (1968). Reynaud was married to her ''Succubus'' co-star Michel Lemoine for a time, though they eventually separated. Reynaud retired to the United States, settling in Texas. She died on 13 May 2018 in Sugar Land, a suburb of Houston. Selected filmography * '' Six Days a Week'' (1965) * ''Mission to Caracas'' (1965) * '' Bob Fleming... Mission Casablanca'' (1966) * '' Special Code: Assignment Lost Formula'' (1966) * '' Kiss Me Monster'' (1967) * ''Succubus'' (1968) * '' The Black Hand'' (1968) * '' Human Cobras'' (1971) * ''The Case of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krista Nell
Krista Nell (1946–1975) was an Austrian film actress. Born Doris Kristanel, Krista Nell debuted in French cinema, then moved to Rome where became a minor starlet in Italian genre films, especially Spaghetti Westerns and commedie sexy all'italiana."Decameroticus", ''Nocturno Dossier'' n.56, March 2007, p.10 Nell went on to star in such films as '' Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman'', and Spaghetti Westerns such as '' Paid in Blood'', '' Blindman'', '' Kill Django... Kill First'' and '' Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End''. Nell's final film was ''The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance'' in which she was supposed to be the main actress, but, because of her physical conditions, she turned in a secondary role. Nell died of leukemia at age 28 on 19 June 1975. She was the companion of actor Ettore Manni. Partial filmography * '' Pierrot le Fou'' (1965) - Madame Staquet (uncredited) * '' Your Money or Your Life'' (1966) - Geneviève * ''The Beckett Affair'' (1966) - Paulette * ''M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malisa Longo
Malisa Longo (born 13 July 1950) is an Italian actress, model and writer. Life and career Born Maria Luisa Longo in Venice, at young age Longo moved to Rome where she started a career as a model; she entered the Miss Italia beauty contest, winning the Miss Cinema and the Miss Lazio titles. After having appeared in a number of commercials, Longo made her acting debut in 1968, in the Antonio Margheriti's giallo film '' The Young, the Evil, and the Savage''. She then appeared in a number of films, sometimes in main roles, and was especially active in the Nazisploitation and commedia sexy all'italiana genres. She is perhaps most famous worldwide for her cameo early in Bruce Lee's film ''Way of the Dragon''. Malisa was directed three times by the great master of Italian erotica, Tinto Brass, in films such as ''Salon Kitty'' (1976) and '' Miranda'' (1985), in which she opposite Serena Grandi. Longo retired from acting in 1997. In 2000 she debuted as a writer with the novel ''Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mal Evans
Malcolm Frederick Evans (27 May 1935 – 5 January 1976) was an English road manager and personal assistant employed by the Beatles from 1963 until their break-up in 1970. In the early 1960s, Evans was employed as a telephone engineer, and also worked part-time as a bouncer at the Cavern Club. The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, later hired Evans as the group's assistant roadie, in tandem with Neil Aspinall. Evans contributed to recordings, and appeared in some of the films the group made. After the Beatles stopped touring in 1966, Evans carried on assisting them until their break-up in 1970. From 1969, Evans also found work as a record producer (most notably with Badfinger's top 10 hit " No Matter What"). At age 40, Evans was shot and killed by police at his home in Los Angeles, when he threatened officers with what turned out to be an air rifle. Early life Malcolm Frederick Evans was born in Liverpool to Frederick and Joan Evans and grew up in Waldgrave Road, Wavertre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tito García
Pablo García González, known as Tito García (1931–2003) was a Spanish actor. Biography Working as a torero in his youth, he played a minor role in ''Pelusa'' (1961). After this, he intended to dedicate himself to an acting career, and came to be one of the most frequently featured supporting actor in the Spanish cinema of the 1960s and 1970s. He often played villains in the ''Spaghetti Western'' genre of the 1960s. During his later career, during the 1980s and 1990s, he reduced his activity in cinema productions and appeared more frequently on television. He died in April 2003 aged 71. Filmography Films * ''La quiniela'' (1960) as Ayudante del locutor de radio (uncredited) * '' Pelusa'' (1960) * '' Bello recuerdo'' (1961) * ''Salto mortal'' (1962) * '' The Awful Dr. Orlof'' (1962) * ''Héroes de blanco'' (1962) * ''Accidente 703'' (1962) as Pedro * ''The Twin Girls'' (1963) * '' Harbor Lights'' (1963) as Cardinal's Man (uncredited) * ''Han robado una estrella'' (1963) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Mannari
Guido Mannari (13 December 1944 Castiglioncello — 10 August 1988 Castiglioncello ) was an Italian actor of film and television. Life and career Guido was born in Castiglioncello, Province of Livorno into a large family. He had three half-brothers. His father was a farmer, who worked on a local farm. His mother was one of the most beautiful women in the town. Before starting his acting career, Mannari was a semi-professional soccer player and played for his local team. He was a fullback at Unione Sportiva Città di Pontedera. Guido Mannari moved to Rome at young age and decided to pursue a career as an actor, inspired by the movie ''Il sorpasso'', which was filmed in Castiglioncello, his native town. After playing in the avant-garde theatre for a short time in the capital, he decided to go to the United States for year in order to master his future profession. Spending a year in America, he returned back to Italy and made his first debut in Arabella, directed by Mauro Bologn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaetano Scala
Gaetano Scala (born 6 December 1932) is an Italian modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held .... References 1932 births Living people Italian male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes of Italy Modern pentathletes at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Naples {{Italy-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marisa Solinas
Marisa Anna Solinas (30 May 1939 – 12 February 2019), best known as Marisa Solinas, was an Italian actress and singer. Life Born in Genoa to a Sardinian father and a Tuscan mother from Garfagnana, Marisa Solinas made her film debut in 1961, but her career was launched the following year when she was chosen by Mario Monicelli to be the main actress in "''Renzo e Luciana''", one of the four episodes of ''Boccaccio '70''; the same year she appeared in Bernardo Bertolucci's film debut, '' La commare secca'' and acted on stage in ''Fogli d'album'' at the Festival dei Due Mondi. Later she starred in a large number of genre films, especially Spaghetti Westerns, and appeared in several successful TV-series. She was also a singer, and published two albums and several singles, one of these released by La voce del padrone. She died on 12 February 2019, at the age of 79. References External links * Marisa Solinasat Discogs Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agneta Eckemyr
Agneta Marie-Anne Eckemyr (2 July 1950 – 29 December 2018) was a Swedish actress, model and clothing designer. Biography Eckemyr was born in Karlsborg in the county of Västra Götaland. She started modelling at a young age, and moved to New York City in the United States when she was 20 years old. She was photographed by '' Life Magazine'' appearing opposite the five semi finalist actors for the role of James Bond in '' On Her Majesty's Secret Service''. Shortly after appearing in the 1974 Disney family film production ''The Island at the Top of the World,'' Eckemyr appeared on the front cover and within the October 1975 edition of ''Playboy'' magazine, as a Playboy Playmate. Her success in the US led to offers of high-profile roles in Sweden, and in 1975 she appeared in ''Lejonet och jungfrun (The Lion and the Virgin)'' with Sven-Bertil Taube and directed by Lars-Magnus Lindgren. After retirement from being an actress, she turned her talents to clothing design. Her fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |