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Cry Of A Prostitute
''Cry of a Prostitute'' ( it, Quelli che contano, also known as ''Love Kills'' and ''Guns of the Big Shots'') is a 1974 Italian gangster film directed by Andrea Bianchi. Plot Hitman Tony Aniante returns to his native Sicily after having spent many years in the United States. Upon his arrival, the rival families Cantimo and Scannapieco contend for his services, unaware that Aniante's plan is actually to pit one against the other in order to take power, for which a reformed prostitute joins forces with him. Cast * Henry Silva as Tony Aniante * Barbara Bouchet as Margie * Fausto Tozzi as Don Ricuzzo * Vittorio Sanipoli as Don Cascemi * Patrizia Gori as Carmela * Dada Gallotti as Santa Scannapieco * Mario Landi as Don Turi Scannapieco * Alfredo Pea as Zino * Carla Mancini as Margie's Maid Production ''Cry of a Prostitute'' was filmed at Incir-De Paolis in Rome and on location in Savona. Release ''Cry of a Prostitute'' was released on 11 January 1974 in Italy, where it was dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Bianchi
Andrea Bianchi (31 March 1925 – 14 November 2013) was an Italian film Film director, director and writer. Filmography * ''Night Hair Child, Diabólica malicia'' (1972) (as Andrew White) (uncredited in English version) * ''Treasure Island (1972 live-action film), Treasure Island'' (1972) (as Andrew White) (uncredited in English version) * ''Cry of a Prostitute'' (1974) * ''Basta con la guerra... facciamo l'amore'' (1974) * ''Nude per l'assassino'' (1975) a/k/a ''Strip Nude for Your Killer'' * ''Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife, La Moglie di mio padre'' (1976) * ''Cara dolce nipote'' (1977) * ''La Moglie siciliana'' (1978) * ''Malabimba – The Malicious Whore'' (1979) (as Andrew White) * ''The Erotic Dreams of a Lady'' (1980) * ''Le notti del terrore'' / ''Nights of Terror'' (1981) a/k/a ''Burial Ground'' * ''Piège pour une femme seule'' (1982) * ''Altri desideri particolari'' (1983) * ''Giochi carnali'' (1983) * ''Morbosamente vostra'' (1985) (as Andrew White) * ''Dolce pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo Pea
Alfredo Pea (born 17 November 1954) is an Italian stage, film and television actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Pea studied acting at the "Studio di arti sceniche" drama school by Alessandro Fersen. He became first known in the mid-seventies thanks to a series of commedia sexy all'italiana films, in which he played the typical role of a shy teenager seduced by more experienced women. In the same period he started appearing, in secondary roles, in more ambitious art films, working with Giuliano Montaldo, Mario Monicelli, Marco Tullio Giordana and Giuseppe Ferrara, among others. From the late 1970s he is also active on television, in TV-movies and series of good success such as Il Capo dei Capi. Selected filmography * '' The Visitor'' (1974) * ''Classe mista'' (1975) * ''The School Teacher'' (1975) * ''And Agnes Chose to Die '' (1976) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1976) * ''La dottoressa del distretto militare'' (1976) * ''Closed Circuit'' (1978) * ''To Love the Damned'' (1980) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 Drama Films
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, and Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the German national team won the championship title, as well as The Rumble in the Jungle, a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire. Events January–February * January 26 – Bülent Ecevit of CHP forms the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Andrea Bianchi
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970s Crime Drama 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] |
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] |
Italian Crime Drama Films
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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] |
The Italian Connection
''The Italian Connection'' ( it, La mala ordina, lit=The mob orders, also released as ''Manhunt in the City'' and ''Manhunt in Milan'') is a 1972 italian '' noir''-'' thriller'' film co-written and directed by Fernando Di Leo; starring Mario Adorf, Henry Silva, Woody Strode, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Sylva Koscina, and Cyril Cusack. It is the second part of Di Leo’s “Milieu trilogy”, preceded by ''Caliber 9'' (also 1972) and followed by ''The Boss'' (1973). Plot Professional hitmen Dave Catania and Frank Webster are dispatched from New York to Milan to find and kill Luca Canali, a small-time pimp accused of stealing a mob heroin shipment. Local mafia Don Vito Tressoldi is upset by the Americans intrusion on his turf, but is forced to play along by collecting Canali for them. Don Vito deploys a city-wide network of spies and informants to find Canali, but he manages to narrowly evade them, even as his own friends turn on him. It transpires that Don Vito actually stole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savona
Savona (; lij, Sann-a ) is a seaport and ''comune'' in the west part of the northern Italy, Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea. Savona used to be one of the chief seats of the Italian iron industry, having iron-works and foundries, shipbuilding, railway workshops, engineering shops, and a brass foundry. One of the most celebrated former inhabitants of Savona was the navigator Christopher Columbus, who farmed land in the area while chronicling his journeys. 'Columbus's house', a cottage situated in the Savona hills, lay between vegetable crops and fruit trees. It is one of several residences in Liguria associated with Columbus. History Inhabited in ancient times by Ligures tribes, it came under Ancient Rome, Roman influence in 180 BC, after the Punic wars in which the city had been allied to Carthage. At the fall of the Western Roman Empire, it passed under Lombards, Lombard rule in 641 AD (being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Mancini
Carla Mancini (born 21 April 1950) is an Italian film and television actress.Cox p.295 A graduate of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia she made numerous appearances in films of the early 1970s. Selected filmography * '' Rough Justice'' (1970) * ''The President of Borgorosso Football Club'' (1970) * ''The Bird with the Crystal Plumage'' (1970) * '' Desert of Fire'' (1971) * '' Erika'' (1971) * ''The Red Queen Kills Seven Times'' (1972) * '' Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?'' (1972) * '' La prima notte di quiete'' (1972) * '' 100 Fäuste und ein Vaterunser'' (1972) * ''Seven Blood-Stained Orchids'' (1972) * '' Go Away! Trinity Has Arrived in Eldorado'' (1972) * ''How Funny Can Sex Be?'' (1973) * ''The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe'' (1973) * ''My Name Is Nobody'' (1973) * ''Cry of a Prostitute'' (1974) * '' L'arbitro'' (1974) * ''Pasqualino Cammarata, Frigate Captain'' (1974) * '' The Visitor'' (1974) * ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (1974) * '' Somewhere Beyond Love' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
