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Frank Kramer (director)
Gianfranco Parolini (20 February 1925 in Rome, Italy – 26 April 2018 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian film director. He is often credited as Frank Kramer. Among his films are ''The Sabata Trilogy'', several sword and sandal films, most of the Kommissar X films and a number of Spaghetti Westerns. He claimed to have written over 100 thriller novels before becoming an assistant to Giuseppe D'Amato. Filmography Director * ''Francis the Smuggler'' (1953) * '' Samson'' (1961) * '' The Fury of Hercules'' (1962) * ''79 A.D.'' (1962) * ''The Old Testament'' (1962) * ''The Ten Gladiators'' (''I dieci gladiatori'') (1963) * ''Mission to Hell'' (1964) * ''3 Avengers'' (1964) * ''Left Handed Johnny West'' (1965) * ''Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill'' (1966) * ''Kommissar X – In den Klauen des goldenen Drachen'' (1966) * ''The Three Fantastic Supermen'' (1967) * '' If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death'' (''Se incontri Sartana prega per la tua morte'') (1968) * ''Five for Hell'' (''Cinque per l'infern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
, established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption = The territory of the ''comune'' (''Roma Capitale'', in red) inside the Metropolitan City of Rome (''Città Metropolitana di Roma'', in yellow). The white spot in the centre is Vatican City. , pushpin_map = Italy#Europe , pushpin_map_caption = Location within Italy##Location within Europe , pushpin_relief = yes , coordinates = , coor_pinpoint = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Italy , subdivision_type2 = Region , subdivision_name2 = Lazio , subdivision_type3 = Metropolitan city , subdivision_name3 = Rome Capital , government_footnotes= , government_type = Strong Mayor–Council , leader_title2 = Legislature , leader_name2 = Capitoline Assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left Handed Johnny West
''Left Handed Johnny West'' ( it, Johnny West il mancino, also known just as ''Johnny West'') is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. Plot Johnny West is a half-breed and a dreaded shooter. In the village where he comes, two brothers spread fear and terror with a group of unscrupulous men. So they have a goldmine owner in their power and try to become heir of his assets. Even with Johnny West they are doing a bad game, so that he is put in jail instead of them for bank robbery. However, he can break out and decimate the bandits with the help of two dealers. Then he captures the two brothers, shoots them and returns the stolen money to the owners. He then rides on new adventures. Cast *Mimmo Palmara as Jonny West (as Dick Palmer) *Adriano Micantoni as Jefferson (as Mike Anthony) *Roger Delaporte as Don Trent * André Bollet as Brad McCoy *Mara Cruz as Anne Rose *Dada Gallotti as Ginger (as Diana Garsón) *Barta Barri *Roberto Camardiel Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Campogalliani
Carlo Campogalliani (10 October 1885 – 10 August 1974) was an Italian screenwriter, actor and film director. Campogalliani directed around eighty films during his career and acted in another fifty. He directed the 1934 sports film '' Stadio''.Reich & Garofalo p.170 He was married to the actress Letizia Quaranta who appeared in several of his films. Selected directorial filmography * ''The Woman at Midnight'' (1925) * '' I Lost My Heart on a Bus'' (1929) * ''Courtyard'' (1931) * ''The Devil's Lantern'' (1931) * '' The Doctor in Spite of Himself'' (1931) * ''Stadium'' (1934) * '' The Four Musketeers'' (1936) * ''The Night of Tricks'' (1939) * ''The Cavalier from Kruja'' (1940) * ''The Hero of Venice'' (1941) * ''Forbidden Music'' (1942) * ''The Innocent Casimiro'' (1945) * ''The Devil's Gondola'' (1946) * '' Hand of Death'' (1949) * '' The Beggar's Daughter'' (1950) * ''Beauties on Bicycles'' (1951) * ''Beauties on Motor Scooters'' (1952) * ''Orphan of the Ghetto'' (1954) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fountain Of Trevi (film)
''Fountain of Trevi'' (Italian:''Fontana di Trevi'') is a 1960 Italian-Spanish comedy film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Claudio Villa, Rubén Rojo and Carlo Croccolo.Parish p.156 It follows the life of two men working for a travel agency next to Rome's Fountain of Trevi. Cast * Claudio Villa as Claudio Marchetti * Rubén Rojo as Roberto Proietti * Carlo Croccolo as Wizard assistant * Maria Grazia Buccella as Franca / Manuela * Tiberio Murgia as Pertica * Mario Carotenuto as The Wizard * Marisa Mantovani * Pilar Vela as Dolores * Arnaldo Arnaldi as Giovanni Camilloni * Dori Dorika as La sora Nannina * Maria Letizia Gazzoni as Carmencita * Amelia de Castro * Rafael Durán (actor), Rafael Durán * Edda Ferronao * Marta Grau * Miguel Ligero (Spanish actor), Miguel Ligero * Rosario Maldonado as Rosita * Alfredo Mayo as Rafael Castillo * Gisia Paradis * Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (actor), Miguel Ángel Rodríguez * Elisabetta Velinska * Ciccio Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giant Of The 20th Century
In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: ''gigas'', cognate giga-) are beings of human-like appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance. The word ''giant'' is first attested in 1297 from Robert of Gloucester's chronicle. It is derived from the ''Gigantes'' ( grc-gre, Γίγαντες) of Greek mythology. Fairy tales such as ''Jack the Giant Killer'' have formed the modern perception of giants as dimwitted ogres, sometimes said to eat humans, while other giants tend to eat the livestock. The antagonist in ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' is often described as a giant. In some more recent portrayals, like those of Jonathan Swift and Roald Dahl, some giants are both intelligent and friendly. Literary and cultural analysis Giants appear in the folklore of cultures worldwide as they represent a relatively simple concept. Representing the human body enlarged to the point of being monstrous, giants evoke terror and remind humans of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Are No Angels (1975 Film)
''We Are No Angels'' ( it, Noi non siamo angeli) is a 1975 Italian comedy film directed by Gianfranco Parolini and starring Michael Coby and Paul L. Smith. Plot In the United States of the twenties of the twentieth century, Raphael McDonald is a boxer who fights in some matches being assisted by his brother and works as a mechanic in their own workshop. So when Angel keeps the money Raphael won in his meeting with Black Bull for himself and shows up for work with a new car, an argument occurs between the two in which Raphael is convinced that Angel spent the money while Angel replies that for to earn a lot of it must be invested in more profitable activities. Meanwhile, in the western town called Highfalls, a confrontation takes place between the progressives and the conservatives supported by the bad Mr. Shark who hides his personal interests behind the principle of tradition and so the mayor, tired of the continuous dispute, announces a race between cars and carriages, the forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God's Gun
''God's Gun'' (also known as ''Diamante Lobo'') is a 1976 Italian-Israeli Spaghetti Western directed by Gianfranco Parolini (credited as Frank Kramer) and starring Lee Van Cleef, Jack Palance, Leif Garrett and Sybil Danning. Palance plays the head of a malicious group of bandits and Van Cleef plays a double-role of brothers: a priest and a reformed gunfighter. Leif Garrett plays the main character in the film as Johnny, a fatherless kid who brings the reformed gunfighter to town to avenge his brother's murder. Synopsis One day Sam Clayton (Jack Palance) and his gang arrive in the small town of Juno City where Father John (Lee Van Cleef) is the priest of the local church. The gang wreak havoc in town, raping a woman and knifing a man in the back. They leave town, only to be caught by the fearless but unarmed Father John. After that, the gang member responsible for the murder is broken out of jail. Vowing revenge, the gang ambushes and guns Father John down on the steps of his ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return Of Sabata
''Return of Sabata'' ( it, È tornato Sabata ... hai chiuso un'altra volta, lit=Sabata is back ... you're finished again) is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. The third film in ''The Sabata Trilogy'', it features the return of Lee Van Cleef as the title character, which he had played in the first film, '' Sabata'', but was replaced by Yul Brynner in the second film, ''Adiós, Sabata'', due to a scheduling conflict. ''Return of Sabata'' was listed in the 1978 book ''The Fifty Worst Films of All Time''. Plot Sabata, a former Confederate army officer and steely eyed, quick-drawing, impossibly accurate gunman with a trick gun, is working for a travelling circus as a stunt marksman. The circus comes to a small Texas town, where a former subordinate officer, a lieutenant from the army is running a crooked casino. The man owes Sabata $5,000 from sometime ago. Then the circus manager runs off with the circus funds, so Sabata decides to stay in town and try to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adiós, Sabata
''Adiós, Sabata'' ( it, Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di..., lit. "Indio Black, you know what I'm going to tell you... You're a big son of a...") is a 1970 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. It is the second film in '' The Sabata Trilogy'' by Parolini. Yul Brynner takes over the lead role from Lee Van Cleef, who stars in the first and third films.Hughes, p.113 Plot Set in Mexico under the rule of Emperor Maximilian I, Sabata is hired by the guerrilla leader Señor Ocaño to steal a wagonload of gold from the Austrian army. However, when Sabata and his partners Escudo and Ballantine obtain the wagon, they find it is not full of gold but of sand, and that the gold was taken by Austrian Colonel Skimmel. So Sabata plans to steal back the gold. Cast Release ''Adiós, Sabata'' was first released in 1970. Reception In contemporary reviews, Tom Milne of the ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' reviewed a dubbed version of the film. Milne found t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabata (film)
''Sabata'' ( it, Ehi amico ... c'è Sabata. Hai chiuso!, lit. "Hey friend ... that's Sabata. You're finished!"), is a 1969 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Gianfranco Parolini. It is the first film in ''The Sabata Trilogy'' by Parolini, and stars Lee Van Cleef as the title character. Parolini had previously had a major success with the first Sartana Spaghetti Western ''If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death'' (1968), but the sequels were given to Giuliano Carnimeo. Producer Alberto Grimaldi contacted Parolini for a similar series of Sabata. Synopsis In Daugherty, Texas, a group of thieves disguised as Army soldiers steal a safe with $100,000 of the Army's money in it by having a pair of acrobats vault up to the second floor entrance. They haul the vault away in a wagon. During the robbery, Sabata (Lee Van Cleef) befriends Carrincha, a Confederate veteran. Sabata chases the thieves and shoots them all down from long range. He returns the safe and accepts a $5,000 rewa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five For Hell
''Five for Hell'' ( it, Cinque per l'inferno, also known as ''Five Into Hell'') is a 1969 Italian " macaroni combat" war film starring John Garko, Margaret Lee and Klaus Kinski. Italian cinema specialist Howard Hughes referred to it as a derivative of ''The Dirty Dozen'' (1967).p. 169 Hughes, Howard ''When Eagles Dared: The Filmgoers' History of World War II'' Bloomsbury Publishing, 30 Jan 2012 Summary Gianni Garko is a fun-loving leader of a bunch of oddball G.I.s whose mission is to steal the German's secret attack plans from a villa behind enemy lines, where they run into a brutal Nazi commander. This film introduced, as it was typical in spaghetti combat films, a very particular and self parodic humour, using also elements inherited directly from the Spaghetti Western, such as the hero using eccentric and odd weaponry, such as an iron baseball. Cast * Gianni Garko - Lt. Glenn Hoffmann (as John Garko) * Margaret Lee - Helga Richter * Klaus Kinski - SS-Obersturmbannführe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If You Meet Sartana Pray For Your Death
''If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death'' ( it, Se incontri Sartana prega per la tua morte) is a 1968 Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. The film stars Gianni Garko, William Berger, Fernando Sancho and Klaus Kinski, and features a musical score by Piero Piccioni. ''If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death'' was the first in a series of Spaghetti Westerns based on the character Sartana. It was followed by four other official Sartana films: '' I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death'' (''Sono Sartana, il vostro becchino'', 1969), '' Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay'' (''Buon funerale, amigos!... paga Sartana'', 1970), '' Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming'' (''Una nuvola di polvere... un grido di morte... arriva Sartana'', 1970) and '' Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin'' (''C'è Sartana... vendi la pistola e comprati la bara'', 1970), in the last of which Garko was replaced by George Hilton. The four sequels were directed by Giuli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
