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Franco Diogene
Franco Diogene (20 October 1947 – 27 May 2005) was an Italian actor and comedian. Life and career Born Concetto Francesco Diogene in Catania, he was the son of a Sicilian father and a Ligurian mother. At 5 years old, Diogene moved to Genoa with his family. In Genoa he completed his studies, and also started acting in a little theater of a parish. Since the early 1970s, he was one of the most active character actors in Italian cinema, often cast in humorous roles. He was also cast in several international productions, such as '' Midnight Express'', in a role of Turkish lawyer and ''The Name of the Rose'', mainly thanks to his foreign language skills. Diogene was also active as a stand-up comedian, and he was the organizer of the beauty contest "Miss Top Model Universe". Diogene died of a heart attack, aged 57 years old. Selected filmography * ''Due mafiosi contro Al Capone'' (1966) - Night club Announcer * ''Maria Rosa la guardona'' (1973) * ''Teresa the Thief'' (1973) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Franchi
Franco Franchi (born Francesco Benenato; 18 September 1928 – 9 December 1992) was an Italian actor, comedian and singer. He was born in Palermo, Sicily and began his career in the 1950s, although his career only really took off in the 1960s. He starred in many comedies, mainly appearing together with Ciccio Ingrassia as the comedy duo Franco and Ciccio, but also in more dramatic material such as Luigi Comencini's ''Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1972), in which they paired memorably as the Fox and the Cat. In the film ''Due Marines e un Generale'' (1966), he worked with Buster Keaton and Ciccio Ingrassia. The comedy duo Franco and Ciccio In 1959, Franco Franchi settled a contract with his friend Ciccio Ingrassia which started up a brilliant theater career. From 1961 to Franco's death in 1992, they will be one of Italy's most famous comedy duo. Their success is based on a format similar to that of Totò and Peppino De Filippo, or Laurel and Hardy. They play two Sicilian buff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nude Per L'assassino
''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 underg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delitto A Porta Romana
''Delitto a Porta Romana'' (''Crime at Porta Romana'') is a 1980 Italian "poliziottesco"-comedy film directed by Bruno Corbucci. It is the seventh chapter in the Nico Giraldi film series starred by Tomas Milian. Cast * Tomas Milian: Nico Giraldi * Bombolo: Franco Bertarelli a.k.a. "Venticello" * Olimpia Di Nardo: Angela Giraldi * Nerina Montagnani: Grandmother of Angela * Elio Crovetto: Bartolo a.k.a. "il Monzese" * Lino Patruno: Enrico Vitucci * Massimo Vanni: Brigadier Gargiulo * Aldo Ralli: Professor Baldi * Marina Frajese: Antonella * Franco Diogene: Busoni * Marcello Martana: Trentini * Andrea Aureli Andrea Aureli (5 March 1923 – 5 November 2007) was an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Terni, Aureli graduated from the Liceo classico in his hometown, then he enrolled the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in ...: Maresciallo References External links * 1980 films Films directed by Bruno Corbucci Films scored by Franco Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'insegnante Al Mare Con Tutta La Classe
''L'insegnante al mare con tutta la classe'' (''The teacher at the beach with the whole class'') is a 1980 Italian commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Michele Massimo Tarantini. Cast * Anna Maria Rizzoli: prof. Lisa Colombi * Lino Banfi: commendator Ercole Cubetti * Francesca Romana Coluzzi: Enrichetta Cubetti * Marco Gelardini: Mario Cubetti * Alvaro Vitali: Cocò * Franco Diogene: Paolo * Gisella Sofio Gisella Sofio (19 February 1931 – 27 January 2017) was an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Milan, Sofio started her career at the age of 16 as a model. In 1951 she began her acting career in Mario Mattoli's film '' Accidents to the ...: wife of Paolo References External links * 1980 films Commedia sexy all'italiana 1980s sex comedy films Films directed by Michele Massimo Tarantini Italian high school films 1980 comedy films 1980s Italian-language films 1980s Italian films Insegnante films {{erotic-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Women
''City of Women'' ( it, La città delle donne) is a 1980 Italian fantasy comedy-drama film co-written (with Bernardino Zapponi and Brunello Rondi) and directed by Federico Fellini. Amid Fellini's characteristic combination of dreamlike, outrageous, and artistic imagery, Marcello Mastroianni plays Snàporaz, a man who voyages through male and female spaces toward a confrontation with his own attitudes toward women and his wife. Plot Snàporaz wakes up during a train ride and has a brief fling with a woman in the bathroom, but it's cut short when the train suddenly stops and the woman gets off. Snàporaz follows her into the woods, through a wilderness and into a Grand Hotel overrun with women in attendance for a surrealistic feminist convention. He winds up in a conference about polyandry, where his presence is rejected. A frightened Snàporaz retreats to the hotel lobby, but the exit is blocked; instead, he seeks refuge inside an elevator with a girl, Donatella, who offers her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday, Sunday And Friday
''Saturday, Sunday and Friday'', originally titled ''Sabato, domenica e venerdì'', is a 1979 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Castellano & Pipolo, Pasquale Festa Campanile and Sergio Martino. Plot The film is divided into three episodes that have as their theme the love and public relations. I segment Nicholas La Brocca deals with public relations, but he is also an engineer and must accommodate in Italy a beautiful Japanese female engineer, arrived in the Belpaese to bury the ashes of her grandfather, as the old man wanted in the will before die. Nicola and the Japanese girl fall in love, although Nicola already has a girlfriend. II segment The truck driver Mario is convinced from the neighbor Enza to pretend to be married to her. In fact the girl is of Sicilian origin, and for years lives in the city, and knows that the parents want to see her married with children, otherwise they would not approve. So Mario has to bear all weekend the crazy needs of the false S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Policewoman On The Porno Squad
''La poliziotta della squadra del buon costume'' (internationally released as ''A Policewoman on the Porno Squad'') is a 1979 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Michele Massimo Tarantini. It is the sequel of Tarantini's '' La poliziotta fa carriera'' and it is followed by '' La poliziotta a New York''.Michele Giordano, Daniele Aramu, ''La commedia erotica italiana'', Gremese Editore, 2000. . Cast * Edwige Fenech: Gianna D'Amico * Lino Banfi: Commissioner Scappavia * Alvaro Vitali: Agent Tarallo * Gianfranco Barra: Commissioner Nardecchia * Marzio Honorato: Agent Arturo * Franco Diogene: Joe Maccarone * Giacomo Rizzo: Cocozza * Sal Borgese Sal Borgese (born 5 March 1937, in Rome) is an Italian film actor. He is sometimes credited as Salvatore Borghese or Mark Trevor. He is noted for extensive work in the Italian film industry from the 1960s to present day, and for his work as a s ...: Pierre La Turraine References External links * 1979 films Commedia sexy al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardenia (film)
''Gardenia'' ( it, Gardenia, il giustiziere della mala) is a 1979 Italian ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Domenico Paolella. It represents the first leading role for the singer-songwriter Franco Califano. Plot In the city of Rome lives Gardenia, a respected exponent of Roman organized crime who shows a certain humanity in managing his business. He runs a restaurant and a clandestine gambling house, and has a woman named Regina. Contacted by Don Salluzzo, a mafia boss, he categorically refuses to enter the drug business and sell it in his restaurant. Because of his refusal he comes into conflict with Salluzzo who tries several times to eliminate him, but with the help of some childhood friends he finally manages to win. Cast *Franco Califano as Gardenia *Martin Balsam as Salluzzo *Robert Webber as Tony Caruso * Eleonora Vallone as Regina *Licinia Lentini as Miriam Bella *Franco Diogene as Friend of Gardenia *María Baxa as Gardenia Girl *Venantino Venantini as Nocita *Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxi Girl (film)
''Taxi Girl'' is a 1977 commedia sexy all'italiana co-written and directed by Michele Massimo Tarantini. Plot A sexy hooker comes up with a plan to operate her own taxi service for her fellow streetwalkers as a safe way to make easy money. Cast *Edwige Fenech: Marcella *Aldo Maccione: Adone Adonis *Michele Gammino: Walter *Gianfranco D'Angelo: Isidoro *Alvaro Vitali: Alvaro * George Hilton: Ramon *Enzo Cannavale: Commissioner Angelini *Giacomo Rizzo: Rocco, Adonis' Secretary *Gastone Pescucci: film director *Rossana Di Lorenzo: Ornella *Franco Diogene: sheikh Abdul Lala *Franca Scagnetti: Arab woman *Enzo Liberti: Marcella's father *Adriana Facchetti: Marcella's mother See also * List of Italian films of 1977 A list of films produced in Italy in 1977 (see 1977 in film): References Footnotes Sources * * * * * External linksItalian films of 1977at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1977 1977 Films ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tentacles (film)
''Tentacles'' (Italian title: ''Tentacoli'') is a 1977 Italian-American horror film directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis (billed in the U.S. version as Oliver Hellman) and starring John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins and Henry Fonda. When numerous people go missing in a seaside resort town, a reporter discovers a rampaging giant octopus is terrorizing the coast. While a marine biologist attempts to stop the octopus before more tourists fall victim to the creature, it appears that a corporation may be connected to the cephalopod's murderous behavior. Although the film was intended to cash in on the success of ''Jaws'', ''Tentacles'' also bears numerous resemblances to the 1955 science fiction giant monster horror film ''It Came from Beneath the Sea''. Plot People are turning up dead at Solana Beach, a seaside tourist resort, their skeletons picked clean of flesh and bone marrow. The local Sheriff (Akins) has no leads, but crusading newspaper reporter Ned Turner (Huston) suspe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodnight, Ladies And Gentlemen
''Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen'' ( it, Signore e signori, buonanotte, french: Mesdames et messieurs bonsoir) is a 1976 French-Italian satirical comedy anthology film. It comprises twelve episodes on themes of corruption in various Italian institutions, each by a different writer and director collectively credited as "Cooperativa 15 Maggio". The episodes are a satire of a typical programming day of an Italian public broadcaster, with a fictional TG3 journalist (Marcello Mastroianni) interviewing a number of the other characters. The film stars Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi, Nino Manfredi, Paolo Villaggio, Marcello Mastroianni, Senta Berger, Adolfo Celi, and Felice Andreasi. Cast *Marcello Mastroianni as Paolo T. Fiume, a fictional television journalist for TG3 news *Vittorio Gassman as CIA agent / Inspector Tuttunpezzo (dual role) *Nino Manfredi as Cardinal Felicetto de li Caprettari *Ugo Tognazzi as the general / the retiree (dual role) *Paolo Villaggio as Professor Schmidt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roma, L'altra Faccia Della Violenza
''Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza'' () is a 1976 "poliziottesco" film directed by Marino Girolami and starring Marcel Bozzuffi. Plot Cast *Marcel Bozzuffi as Commissioner Carli *Anthony Steffen as Dr. Alessi *Enio Girolami as Commissioner Ferreri *Roberta Paladini as Carol Alessi *Jean Favre as Giulio Laurenti *Stefano Patrizi as Giorgio Alessi *Franco Citti as Berté *Sergio Fiorentini as Nardi *Umberto Liberati as Stefano *Valerio Merola as Andrea *Enzo Andronico as Tarantini, the lawyer *Massimo Vanni as Vanni Release ''Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza'' was distributed in Italy by 20th Century Fox on 27 July 1976. It was distributed in Paris on 6 July 1977 as ''L'autre cote de la violence''. See also * List of Italian films of 1976 A list of films produced in Italy in 1976 (see 1976 in film): References Footnotes Sources * * External linksItalian films of 1976at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1976 1976 Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
