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Elisa Montés
Elisa Rosario Ruiz Penella (born 15 December 1934, in Granada), known as Elisa Montés, is a Spanish actress who took her pseudonym from the celebrated work of her grandfather, Manuel Penella, '' El gato montés''. Montés is the sister of actresses Emma Penella (1930–2007) and Terele Pávez (1939-2017), daughter of Magdalena Penella Silva and the law politician Ramón Ruiz Alonso, and granddaughter and great-granddaughter to composers Manuel Penella and Manuel Penella Raga. She was married to actor Antonio Ozores. The daughter of this marriage, Emma Ozores, has also dedicated herself to acting. On October 12, 2017 she received the ASFAAN award by Alberto Dell'Acqua and Emma Ozores. Selected filmography * ''Eleven Pairs of Boots'' (1954) * '' Noi siamo le colonne'' (1956) * ''The Battalion in the Shadows'' (1957) * '' Faustina'' (1957) * ''Gibraltar'' (1964) * ''Django the Condemned'' (1965) * '' Samson and His Mighty Challenge'' (1965) * '' I due toreri'' (1965) * '' E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granada
Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada (Spain), Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of four rivers, the Darro (river), Darro, the Genil, the Monachil (river), Monachil and the Beiro. Ascribed to the Vega de Granada ''comarca'', the city sits at an average elevation of Above mean sea level, above sea level, yet is only one hour by car from the Mediterranean coast, the Costa Tropical. Nearby is the Sierra Nevada Ski Station, where the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996 were held. In the 2021 national census, the population of the city of Granada proper was 227,383, and the population of the entire municipal area was estimated to be 231,775, ranking as the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities, 20th-largest urban area of Spain. About 3.3% of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gibraltar (1964 Film)
''Gibraltar'' is a 1964 thriller film directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and starring Hildegard Knef, Gérard Barray, Geneviève Grad and Elisa Montés. It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and Spain. The film's were designed by the art director Francisco Canet. Synopsis A secret agent goes undercover to infiltrate smugglers between Tangiers and Gibraltar. Cast * Hildegard Knef as Elinor van Berg * Gérard Barray as Frank Jackson * Geneviève Grad as Cathy Maxwell * Elisa Montés as Lola * Claudio Gora as General Maxwell * Fausto Tozzi as Paoli * Bernard Dhéran as Harry Williams * Jacques Seiler as Kovacks * José Marco Davó as Prestamista * Silvia Solar as Miriam * Luis Induni as Admiral * Jean Ozenne as Thomas Barnett * Antonio Molino Rojo as Thug * Frank Braña as Thug See also *''Gibraltar ) , anthem = " God Save the King" , song = " Gibraltar Anthem" , image_map = Gibraltar location in Europe.svg , map_alt = Location of Gibraltar in Europe , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Apache
''Captain Apache'' is a 1971 Spanish-British acid Western film directed by Alexander Singer and starring Lee Van Cleef, Carroll Baker, and Stuart Whitman. It was written and produced by Milton Sperling and Philip Yordan. The film was based on the 1965 novel ''Captain Apache'' by Sidney Edgerton Whitman, a prolific writer of Western fiction. The vocals of the opening and credits song were written by Dolores Claman and performed by Van Cleef. Synopsis Captain Apache is a Native American U.S. Cavalry officer, who finds himself tangled into a conspiracy, and proceeding upon the case of solving the enigma of the last words of a dead commissioner (and captain′s old friend) which were: "April morning". Each time he nears discovering the meaning of the phrase, another character capable of providing certain help in solving the mystery dies and throws him off the trail. The journey eventually takes the captain to a train, one which pulls a private railroad car named ''April Morning'', t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl From Rio (1969 Film)
''The Girl from Rio'' (german: Die sieben Männer der Sumuru, translation=The Seven Men of Sumuru) is a 1969 spy-fi film directed by Jess Franco and starring Shirley Eaton, Richard Wyler, George Sanders and Maria Rohm. Written and produced by Harry Alan Towers, the film follows a tribe of Amazonian women, as, led by their queen, they attack wealthy men as part of a long-term plan to take over the world. A co-production between West Germany, Spain and the United States, the film is a sequel to ''The Million Eyes of Sumuru'' (1967), and is based on Sax Rohmer's Sumuru character. Nevertheless, Sumuru's character is referred to as either "Sumitra" or "Sununda". Plot Secret agent Jeff Sutton arrives in Rio with $10 million and finds himself embroiled in a war between Sir Masius, a British mobster, and the megalomaniacal Sumuru. From her secret city, "Femina", Sumuru assembles an army of women with which she will conquer the world. Masius, hoping to find Femina and steal Sumuru's ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
99 Women
''99 Women'' (german: Der heiße Tod, translation=The Hot Death) is a 1969 women in prison film directed by Jesús Franco and starring Maria Schell, Mercedes McCambridge, Maria Rohm, Rosalba Neri, Luciana Paluzzi and Herbert Lom. One of the earliest and most financially successful examples of the genre, it was produced by Harry Alan Towers as an international co-production. The script was purchased from Robert L. Lippert. Cast * Herbert Lom as Governor Santos * Mercedes McCambridge as Thelma Diaz * Maria Schell as Leonie Caroll * Maria Rohm as Marie, #99 * Rosalba Neri as Zoie, #76 * Elisa Montes as Helga, #97 * Luciana Paluzzi as Natalie Mendoza, #98 * Valentina Godoy as Rosalie, #81 * José Maria Blanco as Doctor Reception From contemporary reviews, an anonymous reviewer in the ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' reviewed a 70-minute version. The reviewer found it to be a "Crude women's prison melodrama" with a "turgid script that rambles coyly on about lesbianism, flogging and the ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cobra (film)
''The Cobra'' ( it, Il cobra, es, El cobra, also known as ''Cobra'' and ''Female Cobra'') is a 1967 Italian-Spanish crime film directed by Mario Sequi. Plot US intelligence comes in action to discover powerful organization in drug trafficking active in the Mediterranean. Cast * Dana Andrews: Capt. Kelly * Peter Martell: Mike Rand * Elisa Montés: Corinne * Anita Ekberg: Lou * Jesús Puente: Stiarkos * Peter Dane: Hullinger * Luciana Vincenzi: Ulla * George Eastman: Crane * Omar Zolficar: Sadek * Giovanni Petrucci: King * Guido Lollobrigida: Killer * Conrado San Martín Conrado San Martín Prieto (20 February 1921 – 24 April 2019) was a Spanish actor with a long and prolific career. He made his film debut in 1941 and was particularly popular during the 1950s. Life Conrado San Martín left behind a career as ... References External links * 1967 films Italian crime films Spanish crime films 1967 crime films Films set in Lebanon Films set in Ista ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maneater Of Hydra
''Maneater of Hydra'' is a Spanish–German co-production released in 1967 directed by American expatriate Mel Welles. The alternate titles include ''La isla de la muerte'', ''Island of the Doomed'' and ''The Blood Suckers'' (U.K. title). The horror film Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apoca ... is set on a remote island off the shore of an unidentified European country, in which the central character is a mad scientist ( Cameron Mitchell) who creates hybrid trees that feed on human blood. Plot Synopsis from ''Doomed Marathon'': "A group of tourists travel to an island to see its exotic botanicals. There they meet Baron von Weser (played by Cameron Mitchell), a reclusive scientist studying esoteric horticulture and experimenting with crossbreeding dangerous varieties of pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutiny At Fort Sharpe
''Mutiny at Fort Sharpe'' (Italian: ''Per un dollaro di gloria'') is a 1966 Italian-Spanish western film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Broderick Crawford, Elisa Montés and Mario Valdemarin.Conway p.119 Produced when the boom in Spaghetti Westerns was at its height, it is set during the French Intervention in Mexico. The film's sets were designed by the art director Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni. Location shooting took place in Spain including at Hoyo de Manzanares near Madrid. Cast * Broderick Crawford as Colonel Lenox * Elisa Montés as Brenda * Mario Valdemarin as Captain Clermont * Ugo Sasso as Sgt. Ross * José Marco as cabo Brandy * Umberto Ceriani Umberto is a masculine Italian given name. It is the Italian form of Humbert. People with the name include: * King Umberto I of Italy (1844–1900) * King Umberto II of Italy (1904–1983) * Prince Umberto, Count of Salemi (1889–1918) * Umberto ... as Southern Medical Lieutenant References Bibliography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Dollars On The Red
'' Sette dollari sul rosso '' (released in the United States as ''Seven Dollars on the Red'' or ''Seven Dollars to Kill'') is a 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Alberto Cardone. It stars Anthony Steffen as the main character. Despite the name similarity, the film is not a part of Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy. Evidently the film was inspired by this. On release in the United States, several of the cast members and production team had their names changed for the English audience. Some parts of the soundtrack, composed by Francesco De Masi, are featured in the videogame ''Red Dead Revolver''. Cast *Anthony Steffen ... Johnny Ashley *Elisa Montés ... Sybil *Fernando Sancho ... El Cachal / Sancho *Roberto Miali ... Jerry *Loredana Nusciak ... Emily * Bruno Carotenuto ... Rosario *José Manuel Martín ... El Gringo / Chulo * Spartaco Conversi ... Bill *Alfredo Varelli ... 1st Sheriff * Gianni Manera ... Gambler *Franco Fantasia ... Sheriff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return Of The Seven
''Return of the Seven'', later marketed as ''Return of the Magnificent Seven'', is a 1966 American-Spanish Western film, and the first sequel to ''The Magnificent Seven'' (1960). Yul Brynner, who reprises his role as Chris Adams, is the sole returning cast member from the original film, while Robert Fuller, Julián Mateos and Elisa Montés replace Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz and Rosenda Monteros as Vinn Tanner, Chico and Petra respectively. The film was written by Larry Cohen and directed by Burt Kennedy, and features Warren Oates, Claude Akins, Jordan Christopher and Virgilio Teixeira. Emilio Fernández is the villain. Fernando Rey portrays a priest. Rey was in the next film, ''Guns of the Magnificent Seven'', as a different character. Plot Fifty gunmen force all of the men in a small Mexican village to ride off with them into the desert. Among the captured farmers is Chico, who years before was one of seven hired gunslingers responsible for ridding the village of a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas, Adios
''Texas, Adios'' (Italian: ''Texas, addio'') is a 1966 Italian/Spanish international co-production Spaghetti Western film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and starring Franco Nero. It is often referenced in connection with '' Django'', also starring Nero, and although was referred to as ''Django 2'' in some countries, it is not considered a sequel. The film is mostly remembered as a lesser known Spaghetti Western. Plot Although technically a Spaghetti Western, the plot of ''Texas, Adios'' plays more like a traditional American western film. Franco Nero plays two-fisted, taciturn Texas sheriff Burt Sullivan, a man committed to duty and justice but possessed by a desire for revenge. Sullivan, along with his younger brother, crosses the border to bring wealthy and sadistic Mexican crime boss Cisco Delgado ( José Suárez) to justice for the murder of their father. Eventually joining forces with a group of Mexican revolutionaries, Sullivan and his brother soon find themselves at the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik, The Viking
''Vengeance of the Vikings'' ( it, Erik il vichingo, link=no) is a 1965 film directed by Mario Caiano. Cast *Gordon Mitchell ... Sven / Byarni * Giuliano Gemma ... Erik * Eleonora Bianchi ... Gudrid (as Ely McWhite) *Elisa Montés ... Wa-ta-wa *Eduardo Fajardo ... Olaf *Beni Deus ... Torstein (as Beny Deus) *Alfio Caltabiano ... Narvik - Viking Warrior / Wingar - Indian Chief *Lucio De Santis ... Eyolf *Erno Crisa ... Erloff * Roberto Ceccacci (as Roby Ceccacci) *Aldo Pini *Fortunato Arena ... Thormann *Fedele Gentile ... Viking Chief *Franco Morici *Aldo Bufi Landi ... Angheropoulos *Al Parker Production The scenes showing tropical greenery were filmed in a botanical garden north of Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop .... Release ''Vengeance of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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