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Destruction Force
''Destruction Force'' (originally titled ''La banda del trucido'' (''The Numbskull's Gang''), also known as ''Dirty Gang'') is a 1977 Italian poliziottesco directed by Stelvio Massi. It is the second film in which Tomas Milian plays the character of Monnezza after ''Free Hand for a Tough Cop'' (''Il trucido e lo sbirro''). The participation of Milian was due to an old contract he was forced to fulfill; originally intended as a special appearance, the role of Milian was expanded to make it appear as the star of the film, and Milian obtained in exchange to construct his character as he wanted and to write (uncredited) his dialogue lines. The film was shot in three weeks, but Milian filmed his part in just five days. Cast *Luc Merenda: Commissioner Ghini *Tomas Milian: Sergio Marazzi, aka "Er Monnezza" * Massimo Vanni: Marchetti *Elio Zamuto: Belli *Franco Citti: Lanza *Mario Brega:Quaestor Alberti *Imma Piro ''Imma'' is a large genus of moths in the obtectomeran "micromoth" f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Casaro
Renato Casaro (; born 26 October 1935) is an Italian artist known for his movie posters, which include films like ''My Name Is Nobody'', ''Quadrophenia'', ''Conan the Barbarian'', ''Tenebrae'', ''Octopussy'', '' Never Say Never Again'', '' Rambo: First Blood Part II'' (Int'l Version), ''Red Sonja'' and '' Flesh and Blood''. He is considered one of the most important, influential and innovative Italian film poster artists. He has made hundreds of works dedicated to the cinema, becoming very popular abroad. He has also painted calendars, collectibles, book covers and album covers. Early life Renato Casaro was born on 26 October 1935 in Treviso. His early interest in posters reportedly began with movie advertisements. He would go every day to the cinema to see if they were changing the posters, and if they were he would ask if he could take them home where he would try to reproduce them. In 1953, at age 18, Renato found a job as a staff artist at Studio Favalli, a famous design and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elio Zamuto
Elio Zamuto (born 1 May 1941 in Syracuse) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Syracuse as Elio Mazzamuto, Zamuto started his career in the mid-1960s, and had a prolific career between television and cinema, especially during the 1970s and mainly playing roles of seducer, gangster or police officer. As voice actor, he is best known as the official Italian dubbing voice of Tom Selleck in the TV-series ''Magnum, P.I.'' Partial filmography * ' (1969) - Le soldat jobard * ''Un caso di coscienza'' (1970) - Nunzio * ''The Sicilian Checkmate'' (1972) - Verzi * '' Shadows Unseen'' (1972) - Sgt. Mortesi * ''The Assassin of Rome'' (1972) - Italo Balbo * ''Black Turin'' (1972) - Scarcella * ''Shoot First, Die Later'' (1974) - Rio * '' Silence the Witness'' (1974) - Judge Belli * ''Prostituzione'' (1974) - Michele Esposito * ''Il trafficone'' (1974) - Vito Macaluso * ''How to Kill a Judge'' (1975) - Onorevole Ugo Selimi * ''Calling All Police Cars'' (1975) - Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970s Crime Comedy Films
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Italian Crime Comedy Films
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Poliziotteschi Films
Poliziotteschi (; singular ''poliziottesco'') constitute a subgenre of crime and action films that emerged in Italy in the late 1960s and reached the height of their popularity in the 1970s. They are also known as ''polizieschi all'italiana'', ''Euro-crime'', ''Italo-crime'', ''spaghetti crime films'', or simply ''Italian crime films''. Influenced by both 1970s French crime films and gritty 1960s and 1970s American cop films and vigilante films, poliziotteschi films were made amidst an atmosphere of socio-political turmoil in Italy known as Years of Lead and increasing Italian crime rates. The films generally featured graphic and brutal violence, organized crime, car chases, vigilantism, heists, gunfights, and corruption up to the highest levels. The protagonists were generally tough working class loners, willing to act outside a corrupt or overly bureaucratic system. Etymology of the noun In Italian, ''poliziesco'' is the grammatically correct Italian adjective (resulting f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Films
The year 1977 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1977 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * February 23 – During a press conference at Sardi's in Manhattan, it is officially announced that Christopher Reeve will be playing the role of Superman. * March 28 – At the 49th Academy Awards, ''Rocky'' picks up the Academy Award for Best Picture. Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, and Beatrice Straight all win Oscars for their performances in ''Network'' for Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress, while Jason Robards wins for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ''All the President's Men.'' He will win again the following year, becoming the only person to win two consecutive Best Supporting Actor awards. * May 25 – ''Star Wars (film), Star Wars'' opens in theatres and becomes the List of highest-grossing films, highest-grossing film of the year. The film revolutionises th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imma Piro
''Imma'' is a large genus of moths in the obtectomeran "micromoth" family Immidae. This is the type genus of its family. They are widespread in the tropics, with most species occurring between the Himalayas and the Oceanian region; the genus is furthermore plentiful in the Neotropics, but not very diverse in the Afrotropics.Clarke (1986), and see sources in Savela (2010) Selected species Species of ''Imma'' include: * '' Imma accuralis'' (Walker, 859 * '' Imma acosma'' (Turner, 1900) * '' Imma acrognampta'' Meyrick, 1930 * ''Imma acroptila'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''Imma aeluropis'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''Imma albifasciella'' (Pagenstecher, 1900) * ''Imma albofascia'' (Felder, 1861) * ''Imma albotaeniana'' (Sauber, 1901) * ''Imma alienella'' (Walker, 1864) * ''Imma amphixantha'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''Imma ancistrota'' Meyrick, 1912 * ''Imma arenaria'' Diakonoff, 1955 * ''Imma aritogiton'' Diakonoff, 1955 * ''Imma arsisceles'' Meyrick, 1937 * '' Imma asaphoneura'' Meyrick, 1934 * '' Imma assita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Brega
is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation. Depicted as a short, pudgy, Italian plumber who resides in the Mushroom Kingdom, his adventures generally center on rescuing Princess Peach from the Koopa villain Bowser. Mario has access to a variety of power-ups that give him different abilities. Mario's fraternal twin brother is Luigi. Mario first appeared as the player character of ''Donkey Kong'' (1981), a platform game. Miyamoto wanted to use Popeye as the protagonist, but when he could not achieve the licensing rights, he created Mario instead. Miyamoto expected the character to be unpopular and planned to use him for cameo appearances; originally called "Mr. Video", he was renamed to Mario after Mario Segale. Mario's clothing and characteristics were themed after the setting o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Citti
Franco Citti (; 23 April 1935 – 14 January 2016) was an Italian actor, best known as one of the close collaborators of director Pier Paolo Pasolini. He came to fame for playing the title role in Pasolini's film ''Accattone'', which brought him a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Foreign Actor. He subsequently starred in six of Pasolini's films, as well as 60 other film and television roles. His brother was the director and screenwriter Sergio Citti. Biography Citti was born in Fiumicino in 1935 and was raised with his older brother Sergio Citti, working as a painter and day laborer. At the age of 26, he was discovered by Pier Paolo Pasolini, who appreciated his distinctly Roman features, and cast him in the title role of his 1961 directorial debut ''Accattone''. Citti lead a cast of other non-professional actors, and proved the breakthrough of the cast, earning a BAFTA Award nomination for a Best Foreign Actor, as well as a nomination for a Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimo Vanni
Massimo Vanni (born 8 July 1946) is an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Vanni started his career as a stuntman, and had his first roles of weight playing tough guys in several poliziotteschi films directed by his cousin, the director Enzo G. Castellari. He is mostly known for the role of Gargiulo, a comical sidekick of Tomas Milian in the "Inspector Girardi" film series directed by Bruno Corbucci. In the 1980s he also played several leading roles in a number of action and adventure films, often directed by Bruno Mattei and in which he was credited as Alex McBride. Selected filmography * '' Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin'' (1970) * '' Street Law'' (1974) * ''Emanuelle's Revenge'' (1975) * ''Violent Rome'' (1975) * '' Rome: The Other Side of Violence'' (1976) * ''The Big Racket'' (1976) * '' A Special Cop in Action'' (1976) * '' The Heroin Busters'' (1977) * ''Destruction Force'' (1977) * '' Squadra antitruffa'' (1977) * ''Fear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stelvio Massi
Stelvio Massi (26 March 1929 – 26 March 2004), sometimes credited "Max Steel", was an Italian director known for his "''poliziotteschi''" films. Career Massi entered the cinema industry in 1952 as assistant camera operator, and in 1954 he became a cameraman. Ten years later he began to work as cinematographer, and in 1973 he debuted as film director with ''Macrò''. He obtained a great commercial success with the ''Mark il poliziotto'' film series, then with a series of poliziotteschi starred by Maurizio Merli Maurizio Merli (February 8, 1940 – March 10, 1989) was an Italian film actor and a star of many Italian police thrillers. Career After a decade of minor film roles, 1974 saw a breakthrough for Merli with his first starring role in a rema .... Massi also worked on television, directing the 1987 TV series '' Due assi per un turbo''. His son Danilo is also a film director. Filmography :Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological. Notes Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luc Merenda
Luc Charles Olivier Merenda (born 3 September 1943) is a French film actor. He was one of the most prominent actors of the Italian poliziotteschi genre, working several times with Sergio Martino and Fernando Di Leo. He is of Italian origin through his paternal grandfather. Partial filmography * ''The Palace of Angels'' (1970) - Ricardo * '' OSS 117 Takes a Vacation'' (1970) - Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117 * '' Law Breakers'' (1971) - Marco (uncredited) * '' Le Mans'' (1971) - Claude Aurac * ''Red Sun'' (1971) - Chato * '' Man Called Amen'' (1972) - Così Sia / Amen * ''D'amore si muore'' (1972) - Enzo * ''Torso'' (1973) - Roberto * '' The Nun and the Devil'' (1973) - Carafo * '' The Violent Professionals'' (1973) - Giorgio Martini - un giornalista pubblicitario * '' Milano trema: la polizia vuole giustizia'' (1973) - Giorgio * ''Oremus, Alleluia e Così Sia'' (1973) - Cosi' Sia / Amen * '' Shoot First, Die Later'' (1974) - Domenico Malacarne * '' Puzzle'' (1974) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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