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Edwige Fenech
Edwige Fenech (, ; born 24 December 1948) is an Algerian-born Maltese-Sicilian actress and film producer. She is mostly known as the star of a series of ''commedia sexy all'italiana'' and ''giallo'' films released in the 1970s, which turned her into a sex symbol. Biography Fenech was born in Bône, Constantine, French Algeria (now Annaba, Annaba Province, Algeria) to a Maltese father and Sicilian mother. Cinema career Fenech moved from Nice (France) to Rome in 1967 for her first Italian film '' Samoa, Queen of the Jungle'' by Guido Malatesta. In 1968, she came under contract with Austrian director Franz Antel and from the late 1960s to early 1970s, she acted in various films of Antel (including his acclaimed '' Frau Wirtin'' series) as well as that of Franz Marischka. Fenech starred in many genres of cinema but her greatest commercial success came with ''commedia sexy all'italiana'' films, particularly including earlier works ''Ubalda, All Naked and Warm'' (1972) and '' Giova ...
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All The Colors Of The Dark
''All the Colors of the Dark'' ( it, Tutti i colori del buio) is a 1972 ''giallo'' film directed by Sergio Martino and starring Edwige Fenech, George Hilton and George Rigaud. The film was also released under the alternate titles ''Day of the Maniac'' and ''They're Coming to Get You!''. Synopsis After a car accident causes her to miscarry, Jane's sister Barbara recommends seeing a psychiatrist, Dr. Burton, against the misgivings of Jane's boyfriend Richard. Jane is also still dealing with the trauma of witnessing her mother's murder at a young age. The visit ends badly and Jane instead ends up confiding in her new neighbor Mary. Mary recommends that Jane participate in a Black Mass with Mary's sect, which she does despite several misgivings. Afterwards Jane begins to experience nightmares of a strange man and starts seeing him in her waking life, making her increasingly unable to distinguish the dream world from the real one. Despite the rituals becoming more bizarre and sexu ...
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The Sweet Sins Of Sexy Susan
''The Sweet Sins of Sexy Susan'' (Austrian release: ''Susanne, die Wirtin von der Lahn'', West German release: ''Die Wirtin von der Lahn'') is a 1967 Austrian costume drama-sex comedy film directed by Franz Antel. Background Kurt Nachmann and Franz Antel created the lead character Susanne Delberg, a courtesan-actress, later madame and eventual social climber during and after the Napoleonic Wars, with inspiration from ''Wirtinnenvers'', a well-known profane commercium song about the exploits of an innkeeper woman from the Lahn. Plot In the Kingdom of Westphalia, a drunken innkeeper woman (Ljuba Welitsch), just before her death, bequeaths her inn to Susanne Delberg (Teri Tordai as Terry Torday), barring the sole beneficiary Goppelmann (Oskar Sima) from the inheritance. Goppelmann recruits the local Studentenverbindung to discredit Susanne's establishment. The tide turns when Susanne manages to seduce the student leader Anselmo ( Mike Marshall) but through him, she finds herself in a ...
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Barbara Bouchet
Barbara Bouchet (born Bärbel Gutscher; 15 August 1943)
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is a actress and entrepreneur who lives and works in Italy. She has acted in more than 80 films and television episodes and founded a production company that has produced fitness videos and books. She also owns and operates a fitness studio. She appeared in '' Casino Royale'' (1967) as , in ''

Phantom Of Death
''Phantom of Death'' ( it, Un delitto poco comune, lit. 'An Uncommon Crime') is an Italian giallo directed by Ruggero Deodato and released in 1988. It starred Michael York, Donald Pleasence and Edwige Fenech. The film was released in Germany as ''Off Balance''.Luther-Smith, Adrian (1999). Blood and Black Lace: The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies. Stray Cat Publishing Ltd. Plot Robert Dominici is a pianist who suffers from a genetic condition that causes him to physically age at a rapid pace and also to go mad. Distraught by his condition, Dominici goes on a killing spree. Inspector Datti sets off to catch him. Meanwhile, Dominici targets the Inspector's daughter, Gloria. Cast Background Deodato has stated that "I did ''Phantom of Death'' because it was based on a true element – the idea of growing old ..And I got to work with Michael York and Donald Pleasence." On the film as a whole, he commented that "some parts look like an 'A' production. ...
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Strip Nude For Your Killer
''Nude per l'assassino'' (English: ''Strip Nude for Your Killer'') is a 1975 ''giallo'' film directed by Andrea Bianchi. Written by Massimo Felisatti, the film stars Nino Castelnuovo, Edwige Fenech and Solvi Stubing, and features music by Berto Pisano. ''Nude per l'assassino'' has received mixed to negative reviews from critics. After a model dies while undergoing an illegal abortion, a killer disguised in a motorcycle helmet tracks down and kills the doctor involved. Several models and photographers working at the same agency as the dead girl are also murdered, leading two surviving photographers to fear for their lives as they try to track down the killer. ''Nude per l'assassino'' is one of several collaborations between Bianchi, Felisatti and cinematographer Franco Delli Colli. The film has been described as a formulaic ''giallo'' thriller, and has been cited as an influence on the development of the American slasher film genre. Plot After a fashion model dies while under ...
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The Case Of The Bloody Iris
''The Case of the Bloody Iris'' (Italian: ''Perché quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer?'', lit. "Why those strange drops of blood on Jennifer's body?", originally released in the UK as ''Erotic Blue'') is a 1972 Italian giallo film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo, identified in the credits as Anthony Ascott. The film was referred to as "never boring" and "a competent thriller which offers enough violence and sex to satisfy the most ardent giallo fan". In 2015, a novelization of the film by Michael R. Hudson was published in the United States by Raven Head Press as part of a series of adaptations of several of Gastaldi's scripts, including '' The Horrible Dr. Hichcock'' and ''My Name is Nobody''. Plot A prostitute, Luna, is buzzed into the high-rise apartment building of a potential client. She is stabbed to death in the elevator by a masked killer who vanishes before it reaches the top floor, where the tenants (Professor Issacs, widow Mrs. Moss, and casino stripp ...
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Your Vice Is A Locked Room And Only I Have The Key
''Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key'' ( it, Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave) is a 1972 ''giallo'' film directed by Sergio Martino. The picture stars Edwige Fenech, Luigi Pistilli, and Anita Strindberg. The film uses many elements from Edgar Allan Poe's 1843 short story " The Black Cat" and acknowledges this influence in the film's opening credits. ''Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key'' was Martino's fourth giallo film. The title of the film is a reference to his first one, ''The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh'' (''Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh'', 1971), in which the killer leaves the phrase as a note to his victim. The victim in that film was played by Fenech. The film has been released under several alternate titles, including ''Gently Before She Dies'', ''Eye of the Black Cat'' and ''Excite Me!''. Plot Oliviero Rouvigny, a failed writer and an alcoholic, lives in a crumbling mansion with his wife Irina, who is scar ...
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The Strange Vice Of Mrs
''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 ...
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Five Dolls For An August Moon
''Five Dolls for an August Moon'' (Italian: ''5 bambole per la luna d'agosto'') is a 1970 Italian giallo film directed by Mario Bava. It concerns a group of people who have gathered on a remote island for fun and relaxation. One of the guests is a chemist who has created a revolutionary new chemical process, and several of the attending industrialists are eager to buy it from him. Business problems become moot when someone begins killing off the attendees one by one. Plot At the private island retreat of wealthy industrialist George Stark, a group of people have assembled for a weekend getaway; among the guests is scientist Professor Gerry Farrell. The first night passes uneventfully, but Farrell is enraged the next morning to discover that Stark and the other guests planned the weekend to coerce him to sell his latest invention: a formula for a revolutionary industrial resin, which he is reluctant to divulge due to his colleague's death during its invention. Farrell's wife, T ...
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The Seducers
''The Seducers'' ( it, Top Sensation, also known as ''Swinging Young Seductresses'') is a 1969 Italian erotic drama film co-written and directed by Ottavio Alessi and starring Maud de Belleroche, Maurizio Bonuglia and Edwige Fenech. Plot The beautiful prostitute Ulla (Edwige Fenech) is hired by the despicable Mudy (Maud de Belleroche) and invited on a sea cruise where Ulla is meant to take the virginity of Mudy's son Tony, a shy and mentally disabled 20-year-old with a tendency toward pyromania. Also invited on the cruise are the provocative Paula (Rosalba Neri) and her husband Aldo (Bonuglia), who are constantly striving to win the favor of a wealthy woman in hope of obtaining an oil concession. Despite her efforts, Ulla has no effect on the young man until the yacht stops on a Mediterranean island inhabited only by a goat herder and his wife, Beba (Eva Thulin). Tony is attracted to her, but little by little his mental disorders arise, and the story ends in tragedy. Cast * Ro ...
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Renzo Montagnani
Renzo Montagnani (September 11, 1930 – May 22, 1997) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Montagnani was born in Alessandria, Piedmont, and debuted as theatre actor thanks to the help of Erminio Macario. His first cinema success was his dramatic role in ''Metello'' (1970), but he later switched to the commedia all'italiana with his roles in the last two chapters of the '' Amici miei'' series (1982 and 1985). In the 1980s he also participated to a TV show as Don Fumino, an easy-speaking Tuscan parish priest. Montagnani also intensively worked as dubber, dubbing actors such as Michel Piccoli, Charles Bronson and Philippe Noiret for the Italian version of movies. He was also the Italian voice of Thomas O'Malley in the 1970 Disney film ''The Aristocats''. In his later years he participated to numerous commedia sexy all'italiana films, often pairing with Edwige Fenech, the most popular actress of the genre, and also with Alvaro Vitali as the comic sidekick. Person ...
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Carlo Giuffrè
Carlo Giuffrè (3 December 1928 – 1 November 2018) was an Italian stage, film and television actor and a stage director. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1942 and 2002. Biography Giuffrè was born in Naples, Italy and was the brother of the actor Aldo Giuffrè. He enrolled at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts Silvio D'Amico, then he made his stage debut in 1949 with the company of Eduardo De Filippo. In 1984 Giuffrè won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for the comedy film '' Son contento'', directed by Maurizio Ponzi. Selected filmography * ''Side Street Story'' (1950) * ''The Steamship Owner'' (1951) * ''Deceit'' (1952) * ''The Machine to Kill Bad People'' (1952) * ''Naples Sings'' (1953) * ''Sunset in Naples'' (1955) * ''The Railroad Man'' (1956) * ''Leoni al sole'' (1961) * ''La bellezza di Ippolita'' (1962) * ''I soldi'' (1965) * '' Trap for Seven Spies'' (1967) * ''The Girl with the Pistol'' (1968) * ''Basta guardarla'' (1970) * '' Ninì Ti ...
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