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Biagio Pelligra
Biagio Pelligra (born 24 June 1937, in Comiso) is an Italian stage, film and television actor. Life and career Born in Comiso, Province of Ragusa, Pelligra started his acting career in the second half of the sixties, and after several minor roles he got his first role of weight in 1972, in Marco Leto's ''Black Holiday''. Following the critical success of the film, from then he started appearing, often in secondary roles, in several art films, working with Roberto Rossellini, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Marco Tullio Giordana and Peter Del Monte, among others. Pelligra's popularity is however mainly linked to a series of poliziotteschi, sceneggiate and mafia films, in which he specialized in roles of criminals and villains. Partial filmography * '' Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand'' (1966) * '' Death Laid an Egg'' (1968) - Chemical operator * ''Commandos'' (1968) - Carmelo * ''L'alibi'' (1969) * ''Under the Sign of Scorpio'' (1969) * ''Le 10 meraviglie dell'amore'' (1969 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comiso
Comiso ( scn, U Còmisu), is a comune of the Province of Ragusa, Sicily, southern Italy. As of 2017, its population was 29,857. History In the past Comiso has been incorrectly identified with the ancient Greek colony of Casmene. Under the Byzantines a new borough began to grow on Comiso's present site around the monasteries of St. Nicolò and Saint Blaise, expanding further under the later Norman and Aragonese domination of Sicily. It was later a fief of the Chiaromonte, Cabrera and Naselli families: the latter, counts of the city from 1571, boosted the economy of the city and built new district outside the ancient walls. Comiso was devastated by the 1693 earthquake and rebuilt on the same spot as the old ruins in the Sicilian Baroque style. The United States Air Force deployed Ground Launched Cruise Missiles (GLCM) to Comiso Air Base in June 1983. Women from Italy, Europe, and other parts of the world created a peace camp in Comiso in 1983 to protest the building of the bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allonsanfàn
''Allonsanfàn'' () is a 1974 Italian historical drama film written and directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. The title of the film, which is also the name of a character, comes from the first words (french: Allons enfants, lit=Arise, children) of the French Revolutionary anthem ''La Marseillaise''. Set against the backdrop of the Italian Unification in early 19th-century Italy, it stars Marcello Mastroianni as an aging revolutionary who becomes disillusioned after the Restoration and tries to betray his companions, who are organizing an insurrection in Southern Italy. Plot During the Restoration in 1816, middle-aged aristocrat Fulvio Imbriani, a Jacobin who served in the Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars, is released from prison after authorities spread the rumor that he sold out the Master of his secret society of revolutionaries —the Sublime Brothers— in exchange for freedom. Promptly abducted by the latter, Fulvio is put on trial until they find out that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carcerato (1981 Film)
''Carcerato'' (i.e. "Inmate") is a 1981 Italian melodrama film written and directed by Alfonso Brescia and starring Mario Merola. Plot Francesco Improta is an honest fruit and vegetable peddler who lives with his elderly mother Assunta and daughter Fiorella. His wife Lucia left home two years earlier, as, in order to help the family, she did not hesitate to give herself to the boss Peppino Ascalone, with whom she is now forced to live together. Francesco decides to welcome his wife back to get her away from her lover: he telephones her, but the communication is interrupted by Peppino, who is accused by Lucia of the disdain for the state she is in because of him. In response, Ascalone slaps her, causing her to escape, before receiving a visit from another boss, Nicola Esposito, who colds him with three gunshots and then runs away. Just at that moment Francesco enters the villa, being therefore mistakenly found guilty of the murder of Ascalone: the man is sentenced to fifteen years. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mafia Triangle
''The Mafia Triangle'' ( it, Napoli, Palermo, New York: Il triangolo della camorra) is a 1981 Italian "poliziottesco" film written and directed by Alfonso Brescia and starring Mario Merola. It is an unofficial remake of Brescia's 1978 film ''Napoli … serenata calibro 9''. Plot Cast * Mario Merola as Don Gennaro Savarese * Howard Ross as Commissioner Galante * Giacomo Rizzo as Peppino * Lucio Montanaro as Bambinello * Massimo Mollica as Don Francesco 'O Biancone * Liana Trouche as Teresa * Guido Alberti as Police Chief * Biagio Pelligra as Coppola * Guido Leontini as Malvasia * Ugo Bologna as TV Manager * Fabrizio Nascimbene as Masaniello * Nello Pazzafini as Sgt. Martinez See also * List of Italian films of 1981 A list of films produced in Italy in 1981 (see 1981 in film): References Footnotes Sources * External linksItalian films of 1981at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1981 1981 Events January * Janu .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zappatore
''Zappatore'' is an Italian drama film directed by Alfonso Brescia and starring Mario Merola. The film was released in Italy on 5 December 1980. It is the "cine-scripted" which received the highest grossing theaters, ranking the 60th place of the most successful films in Italy in the 1980/81 season. The film is loosely based on the eponymous song, written by Libero Bovio and Albano. Story Francesco Esposito and his wife Madeleine are two farmers who raised Mario, their only child, with love and dedication. To finance his education, they became indebted to a lender. Mario becomes a brilliant lawyer in Naples, the city in which he works, and falls in love with Nancy, the daughter of an Italian-American industrialist. Despite the potential for a happy ending, the story is one of guilt and shame that Mario must reconcile his newfound social position contrasted with the humble beginnings of his parents. Cast *Mario Merola: Francesco, the digger *Regina Bianchi: Maddalena *Gerardo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Love The Damned
''To Love the Damned'' ( it, Maledetti vi amerò) is a 1980 Italian drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Golden Leopard award at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1980. Cast * Flavio Bucci – Riccardo, detto Svitol * Biagio Pelligra – Commissario * Micaela Pignatelli – Letizia * Alfredo Pea – Vincenzo * Anna Miserocchi – La madre * Agnès Nobecourt – Guya (as Agnès de Nobecourt) * Pasquale Zito * Massimo Jacoboni * Franco Bizzoccoli – Partigiano * Stefano Manca di Villahermosa – Carlino * David Riondino David Riondino (born 10 June 1952) is an Italian actor, singer-songwriter, comedian, writer, playwright, screenwriter, director and composer. Life and career Born in Florence, the son of a teacher, Riondino started his career in the mid-1970s ... – Beniamino References External links * 1980 films 1980s Italian-language films 1980 dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
From Corleone To Brooklyn
''From Corleone to Brooklyn'' (original title: ''Da Corleone a Brooklyn'') is an Italian ''poliziotteschi'' film directed by Umberto Lenzi. The film was released in Italy on 13 April 1979 and stars Maurizio Merli, Mario Merola (singer), Mario Merola and Van Johnson. Plot Italian police officer Giorgio Berni (Maurizio Merli) is seeking to arrest Michele Barresi Mario Merola (singer), (Mario Merola), who is hiding in New York under the name Vito Ferrando, for his role in the murder of Salvetore Santoro. He plans to accomplish this by having a witness to the murder, Salvetore Scalia, testify against Barresi in court as evidence that Barresi was involved in the crime. On their way from Italy to New York Berni and Scalia experience several lethal encounters with Barresi's men trying to prevent them from getting to Barresi. Assuming that Salvetore Scalia is dead, as a result of a newspaper report put out by the police, Barresi has his sister Liana murdered so as to eliminate all witnes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Days Of Prison
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloody Payroll
''Bloody Payroll'' ( it, Milano violenta) is a 1976 Italian noir-poliziotteschi crime film written and directed by Mario Caiano. Author Roberto Curti described the film as more of a film noir than a ''poliziottesco''. Cast *Claudio Cassinelli as Raul Montalbani, aka "The Cat" *Silvia Dionisio as Layla *John Steiner as Fausto *Vittorio Mezzogiorno as Walter *Elio Zamuto as Police Commissioner Foschi *Biagio Pelligra as Tropea *Salvatore Puntillo as Inspector Tucci Release ''Bloody Payroll'' was shown in Italy on March 5, 1976. It grossed a total of 1,015,886,510 Italian lire. The score of the film is credited to Pulsar Music Ltd. It is a funk styled score performed by pianist Enrico Pieranunzi and guitarist Silvano Chimenti. See also * List of Italian films of 1976 A list of films produced in Italy in 1976 (see 1976 in film): References Footnotes Sources * * External linksItalian films of 1976at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Hand For A Tough Cop
''Free Hand for a Tough Cop'' ( it, Il trucido e lo sbirro / The Numbskull and the Cop), also known as ''Tough Cop'', is an Italian poliziottesco-action film directed in 1976 by Umberto Lenzi and the second entry into the Tanzi/Moretto/Monnezza shared universe. In this movie Tomas Milian plays for the first time Sergio Marazzi a.k.a. "Er Monnezza", a role that he later played several more times, in Lenzi's '' Brothers Till We Die'' (1978, a sort of sequel of this movie), in ''Destruction Force'' by Stelvio Massi (1977) and, with slight differences, in '' Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici'' by Bruno Corbucci (1980) and in Francesco Massaro's ''Il lupo e l'agnello'' (1980). Plot Camilla is a little girl suffering with a kidney disorder. Before she can receive her next due treatment she gets kidnapped. The gangsters intend to blackmail her rich father. Commissario Antonio Sarti knows that time is running out on the victim and takes desperate measures. He secretly organises a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tough Ones (1976 Film)
''The Tough Ones'' ( it, Roma a mano armata, lit. "Rome at gunpoint", also known as ''Rome, Armed to the Teeth'') is a 1976 Italian ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Umberto Lenzi and first entry into the Tanzi/Moretto/Monnezza shared universe . Plot Inspector Leonardo Tanzi, the head of the anti-gang squad of the Roman branch of the Italian State Police, is pursuing Emmanuel Dominique Ferrender, a French gangster who holds a monopoly on criminal activity within Rome. A raid at a casino that Ferrender is reported to operate proves fruitless until Savelli, a one-armed criminal with ties to Ferrender, walks by the establishment. Tanzi and his partner, Inspector Francesco Caputo, arrest Savelli but are forced to release him without charge; he later kills a guard during a bank robbery. To find Savelli, Tanzi and another colleague, Poliani, question Savelli's hunchbacked brother-in-law Vincenzo Moretto during his work at a slaughterhouse, but he refuses to cooperate. To arrest him, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carabinieri
The Carabinieri (, also , ; formally ''Arma dei Carabinieri'', "Arm of Carabineers"; previously ''Corpo dei Carabinieri Reali'', "Royal Carabineers Corps") are the national gendarmerie of Italy who primarily carry out domestic and foreign policing duties. It is one of Italy's main law enforcement agencies, alongside the Polizia di Stato and the Guardia di Finanza. As with the Guardia di Finanza but in contrast to the Polizia di Stato, the Carabinieri are a military force. As the fourth branch of the Italian Armed Forces, they come under the authority of the Ministry of Defence; for activities related to inland public order and security, they functionally depend on the Ministry of the Interior. In practice, there is a significant overlap between the jurisdiction of the Polizia di Stato and Carabinieri, although both of them are contactable through 112, the European Union's Single Emergency number. Unlike the Polizia di Stato, the Carabinieri have responsibility for policing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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