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Gangbuster (film)
''Gangbuster'' ( it, L'avvocato della mala) is a 1977 crime film written and directed by Alberto Marras. Cast * Ray Lovelock as Lawyer Mario Gastali * Mel Ferrer as Peseti, the Boss * Lilli Carati asPaola * John Steiner as Killer * Gabriele Tinti as Tony * Umberto Orsini as Farnese * Orazio Orlando as Giorgio * Rosario Borelli as Police Commissioner * Romano Puppo as Peseti's henchman * Gino Pagnani as taxi driver Production ''Gangbuster'' was filmed at Elios Film in Rome. The film was producer Alberto Marras' only film made as a director. Release ''Gangbuster'' was distributed theatrically in Italy on 22 September 1977. When the film was released on home video in VHS in Italy it has an 88 minute and 29 second running time, and in Germany it had a 85 minute and 51 second running time, and was a different version of the film with inserts from ''Meet Him and Die''. These included the car chases and prison fights from that film, and it featured a different sound score, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Fragasso
Claudio Fragasso (born 2 October 1951) is a film director and screenwriter. Fragasso first attempted to make art films in the early 1970s, then became a screenwriter in the Italian film industry in the mid-1970s. Fragasso met director Bruno Mattei, which led to a ten-year partnership from 1980 to 1990 during which the two worked together closely on films, with Fragasso's contributions often going uncredited. Fragasso's wife Rossella Drudi was also a screenwriter and collaborated with him on a number of projects. Fragasso would later go on to write and direct his own films in the 1980s, including ''Monster Dog'' with rock musician Alice Cooper and ''After Death''. Fragasso directed ''Troll 2'' in 1989, which was later the topic of ''Best Worst Movie'', a documentary film that discussed ''Troll 2''s fandom. Filmmaking Claudio Fragasso was born on 2 October 1951. Prior to directing, Claudio Fragasso worked as a screenwriter beginning in the mid-1970s. Fragasso had originally planne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romano Puppo
Romano Puppo (25 March 1933 – 11 May 1994) was an Italian stuntman and actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Puppo debuted in 1961 in the Mauro Bolognini's drama '' Careless'', and after a number of very minor roles he soon became a regular of Italian genre cinema in roles of henchmen and villains. Mainly active in Spaghetti Westerns and Poliziotteschi films, he was also cast as the Paolo Villaggio's antagonist in a number of comedies. He was hired as Lee Van Cleef's stuntman and double stand-in by director Gianfranco Parolini for his ''Sabata'' trilogy, and was one of his pallbearers in 1989. He served as his stuntman in a number of films including '' Sabata'' (1969), ''Commandos'' (1968) along Giampiero Albertini, and ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' (1966) along Benito Stefanelli. Puppo died in a motor scooter accident while having a heart attack, aged 61. Selected filmography * ''Gli uomini dal passo pesante'' (1965) - Paine Cordeen * '' Agent 3S3: Massacre in the ... [...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] |
1977 Crime Films
Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 ** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown Bacteria, bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst Granville rail disaster, railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207 Azor, CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, Valencia, Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merciless Man
''Merciless Man'' ( it, Genova a mano armata) is a 1976 crime film directed by Mario Lanfranchi and starring Tony Lo Bianco. Cast * Tony Lo Bianco - The American * Maud Adams - Marta Mayer * Adolfo Celi - Lo Gallo * Barbara Vittoria Calori (as Barbara Romana Calori) * Howard Ross - Caleb * Fiona Florence * Luigi Bonos Luigi Bonos (1910–2000) was an Italian comedian and stage, television and film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1945 and 1992. Born in Berlin, Germany, the son of two Hungarian circus artists, along with his brothers Vitto ... * Yanti Somer - Mayer's henchwoman References External links * 1976 films 1976 crime films 1970s Italian-language films English-language Italian films Films directed by Mario Lanfranchi Films set in Genoa Films scored by Franco Micalizzi Poliziotteschi films 1970s Italian films {{1970s-crime-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Micalizzi
Franco Micalizzi (born 21 December 1939 in Rome) is an Italian composer and conductor, best known for his scores in Poliziotteschi films. His first success was for the musical score of the Spaghetti Western ''They Call Me Trinity'', in 1970. He had previously collaborated on composing with Roberto Pregadio the famous whistled western score for the 1969 film ''The Forgotten Pistolero'' (original: ''Il Pistolero dell'Ave Maria''). His main theme for the 1976 poliziottesco film ''A Special Cop in Action'' was used in the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's ''Death Proof''. His other scores include ''The Last Snows of Spring'', '' Beyond the Door'' and ''The Last Hunter''. He often worked with Umberto Lenzi, scoring his movies ''Syndicate Sadists'', '' Rome Armed to the Teeth'', ''Violent Naples'', ''The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist'', ''Brothers Till We Die'', ''The Greatest Battle'', ''From Corleone to Brooklyn'', '' Black Demons'' and ''Mean Tricks''. In 1984 he founded the group "Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet Him And Die
''Meet Him and Die'' ( it, Pronto ad uccidere) is a 1976 film directed by Franco Prosperi and starring Ray Lovelock, Martin Balsam and Elke Sommer. Cast * Ray Lovelock - Massimo Torlani * Martin Balsam - Giulianelli * Elke Sommer - Secretary * Heinz Domez - Piero * Ettore Manni - Perrone * Peter Berling - Bavoso * Riccardo Cucciolla - Commissioner Sacchi * Ernesto Colli - Settecapelli Style Italian film historian Roberto Curti described ''Meet Him and Die'' as a turning point for ''poliziotteschi''s approach to justice in film as the genre "no longer considers justice" Release ''Meet Him and Die'' was distributed theatrically in Italy by Over Seas Film Company on 9 October 1976. It grossed a total of 344,182,575 Italian lira domestically. In West Germany, the film was titled ''Tote pflastern seinen Weg'' and was released on 28 July 1977. On its release on home video in the United Kingdom, the film received the alternative title ''Risking, Pronto!''. See also * List of It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gino Pagnani
Gino Pagnani (born Luigi Pagnani Fusconi; 31 July 1927 – 10 April 2010) was an Italian actor and voice actor. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1968 to 1991. Filmography References External links * 1927 births 2010 deaths Italian male film actors Italian male voice actors {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orazio Orlando
Orazio Orlando (14 June 1933 – 18 December 1990) was an Italian film, stage and television actor. Life and career Born in Naples, Orlando attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome for two seasons, in 1953-54 and in 1954-55, without graduating. He made his debut at 18, with the stage company of Renzo Ricci, along with Giorgio Albertazzi and Anna Proclemer. His first important participation was in Shakespeare's ''King Lear'', in 1955. In 1958 he began his television career in the role of Tybalt in a successful adaptation of ''Romeo and Juliet''; he took part in a great number of films, TV-series and television movies, but became popular in 1973 thanks to the interpretation of the Commissioner Solmi, in the television series ''Qui squadra mobile''. He is best remembered for his film roles in Elio Petri's ''Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion'' (1970) and ''Property Is No Longer a Theft'' (1973), Pupi Avati's ''Help Me Dream'' (1981) and Alberto Bevilacqua's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Lovelock (actor)
Raymond Lovelock (; 19 June 1950 – 10 November 2017) was an Italian actor and musician, best known for his roles in genre films. Early life Lovelock was born in Rome on 19 June 1950. His mother was Italian and his father was English. They met during the Allied occupation of Italy in World War II. While at college, he supplemented his income as an extra in movies and TV commercials. He also performed in a rock band with longtime friend and actor Tomas Milian, where he was discovered by a talent agent. Career Acting career Lovelock played his first credited movie part in the Spaghetti Western '' Se sei vivo spara'' (1967), directed by Giulio Questi and starring Milian. His breakthrough role came the following year in the crime thriller ''Bandits in Milan'', as bank robber Donato 'Tuccio' Lopez. The film was a hit with critics and won several awards. He then established himself as both a reliable character actor and a leading man in Italian films and television, working stea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umberto Orsini
Umberto Orsini (born 2 April 1934, in Novara) is an Italian stage, television and film actor. Born in Novara, Orsini gave up his career as notary to attend the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. In the late 1950s, he emerged as a talented stage actor, and in 1960, for the theatrical representation of ''L'Arialda'', he worked for the first time with Luchino Visconti. After a few secondary roles (that include Federico Fellini's ''La Dolce Vita''), Orsini debuted in a leading role in 1962 with the film ''Il mare'', directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi. In 1969, he was awarded with the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Visconti's '' The Damned''. In 2008, he was nominated to David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for his role in '' Il mattino ha l'oro in bocca''. Selected filmography * ''Marisa la civetta'' (1957) - Sailor (uncredited) * ''La Dolce Vita'' (1960) - Man in Sunglasses That Helps Nadia Strip (uncredited) * ''Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriele Tinti (actor)
Gabriele Tinti (22 August 1932 – 12 November 1991) was an Italian actor who was married to actress and model Laura Gemser. Biography Tinti was born in Molinella, Emilia-Romagna. He started his career in the 1948 movie ''Difficult Years'', and eventually got his first major starring role in the 1954 movie ''Chronicle of Poor Lovers''. He often played the role of a friendly and vigorous young man. He made an appearance, in 1968, in the last episode of ''The Andy Griffith Show''. The episode, ''Mayberry R.F.D.'', served as the transition episode of the then new TV series of the same name. In 1964, he played in the French movie ''The Troops of St. Tropez''. In 1971, he played the seducing ''Don César'' in the French movie ''Delusions of Grandeur''. The French press would refer to him as the "Italian Alain Delon". By the end of the 1960s, he used his playboy looks to shift his acting career towards erotic movies, and featured in many of the ''Emmanuelle'' movie series. He was mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
