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Howard Ross (actor)
Howard Ross (born Renato Rossini; 10 January 1941) is an Italian film actor. Born in Rome, Rossini got his first major roles in peplum films. In the mid-1960s he eventually adopted the stage name Howard Ross. He was mainly active in genre films, specializing in adventure films, giallo films and poliziotteschi. Selected filmography *'' Hercules Against the Mongols'' (1963) *'' Hercules the Invincible'' (1964) *'' Samson and His Mighty Challenge'' (1964) *'' Gladiators Seven'' (1964) *'' Hercules Against the Barbarians'' (1964) *'' Sword of the Empire'' (1965) *'' The Relentless Four'' (1965) *'' Dirty Heroes'' (1967) *'' Desert Commandos'' (1967) *''Emma Hamilton'' (1968) *'' Bridge Over the Elbe'' (1969) *'' Poppea's Hot Nights'' (1969) *'' Battle of Neretva'' (1969) *''Five Dolls for an August Moon'' (1970) *'' Viva Cangaceiro'' (1970) *''Marta'' (1971) *'' Naked Girl Killed in the Park'' (1972) *''Il Boss'' (1973) *'' The Man Called Noon'' (1973) *'' Those Dirty Dogs'' (1973 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desert Commandos
''Desert Commandos'' (Italian: ''Attentato ai tre grandi'') is a 1967 French/Italian/West German international co-production war film set during World War II in Morocco where it was filmed. The Italian title (''Attack on the Big Three'') refers to a German commando group with a mission to assassinate Churchill, Roosevelt and de Gaulle at the Casablanca Conference. The film is a character-based drama that focuses on the German soldiers' various drives and conflicts during encounters with Tuareg nomads, and French and American soldiers. Plot The grief-stricken Captain Fritz Schoeller has assisted his terminally ill wife with her wishes for euthanasia. A party of men whisk him from his wife's funeral, not for arrest, but to be briefed on a special mission he will lead. The Captain, Lt. Roland Wolf, Sgt. Erich Huber, Corporal Hans Ludwig and Private Willy Mainz are all skilled in commando tactics and have excellent English language skills. They are dressed in British Commando unifo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Killer Reserved Nine Seats
''The Killer Reserved Nine Seats'' ( it, L'assassino ha riservato nove poltrone) is a 1974 Italian ''giallo'' film directed by Giuseppe Bennati. Plot Patrick Davenant invites a group of friends to visit a theatre inside his villa, a place which later reveals itself as sinister. Within a short time, the guests realise that they are trapped in the villa. A merciless killer then begins to murder them one by one. Cast * Rosanna Schiaffino as Vivian * Chris Avram as Patrick Davenant * Eva Czemerys as Rebecca Davenant * Lucretia Love as Doris * Paola Senatore as Lynn Davenant * Gaetano Russo as Duncan Foster * Andrea Scotti as Albert * Eduardo Filippone as Mystery Man * Antonio Guerra as Caretaker * Howard Ross as Russell * Janet Agren as Kim Release ''The Killer Reserved Nine Seats'' was distributed by Overseas Film Company theatrically in Italy on 21 May 1974. The film grossed 427,544,000 Italian lira The lira (; plural lire) was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Number One (1973 Film)
''Number One'' is an Italian language film directed by Gianni Buffardi in 1973. It starred Renzo Montagnani, Luigi Pistilli, Claude Jade, Chris Avram, Guido Mannari, and Massimo Serato. The film is loosely based on a real story detailing crime and drugs in the Rome underground. After the film quickly disappeared from public view in 1973 due to political censorship, it was restored in 2021 and had its theatrical re-release and world premiere on television. It's distributed worldwide by Variety Distribution. Plot Welcome to "Number One". Benni ( Chris Avram), the owner of a photo agency, arrives. He welcomes Leo ( Venantino Venantini), the owner of the club, Sylvie Boisset ( Claude Jade), a French actress and model, Mino Cattani ( Massimo Serato), the editor of the newspaper, Commenda (Renato Turi) and the lawyer (Paolo di Tusco). There is a lot of murmuring, and the editor of the newspaper receives a phone call. He is nervous and whispers to Leo and makes another phone call. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stateline Motel
''Stateline Motel'' ( it, L'ultima chance, also known as ''Last Chance'', ''Motel of Fear'' and ''Last Chance for a Born Loser'') is a 1973 Italian crime film directed by Maurizio Lucidi. It is based on the novel of the same name written by Franco Enna."Una storia di gioielli: L'ultima chance con Fabio Testi e la Andress". '' La Stampa'' (260). 4 November 1973. p. 8. Plot Cast * Eli Wallach as Joe * Ursula Andress as Michelle Nolton * Fabio Testi as Floyd * Barbara Bach as Emily * Massimo Girotti as Fred Norton * Howard Ross as Jack, the mechanic * Carlo De Mejo as Albert * Céline Lomez as Waitress See also * List of Italian films of 1973 A list of films produced in Italy in 1973 (see 1973 in film): Notes References * * * * * * * External linksItalian films of 1973at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1973 1973 Films A film ... References External links * 1973 films Films directed by Maurizi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Those Dirty Dogs
''Those Dirty Dogs'' ( it, Campa carogna... la taglia cresce, es, Los cuatro de Fort Apache, also known as ''Charge!'') is a 1973 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Giuseppe Rosati and starring Gianni Garko and Stephen Boyd. The film was made in the later part of the Spaghetti Western boom. As such it features such latter-day genre elements as self-parody, guffaw humour, near-slapstick fight scenes (with accompanying sound effects), machine guns hidden in everyday household items, and bombastic villains. Plot In Arizona, a nasty but capable bandit, Angel Sanchez, working for a mad Mexican boss who likes being called "El Supremo", leads the boss's ragtag bandit army in stealing several hundred army rifles, along with ammunition, from a U.S. army wagon-train. They kill all the army soldiers and abduct the daughter of a prominent local doctor. Three American soldiers, Captain Chadwell, Lieutenant Junger and Sergeant Smith, are sent by Washington to rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Called Noon
''The Man Called Noon'' is a 1973 film directed by Peter Collinson. It stars Richard Crenna and Stephen Boyd. It is based on a 1970 Louis L'Amour novel of the same name. Cast * Richard Crenna as Noon, a gunman who develops amnesia after an attempted assassination. * Stephen Boyd as Rimes, a dangerous outlaw who becomes Noon's companion * Rosanna Schiaffino as Fan Davidge, a woman in danger who falls for Noon * Farley Granger as Judge Niland, a scheming man who covets Noon's hidden fortune * Patty Shepard as Peg Cullane, a woman who plots against Noon * Ángel del Pozo as Ben Janish * Howard Ross as Bayles * Aldo Sambrell as Kissling * José Jaspe José Jaspe ( gl, Xosé Jaspe Rivas) (10 August 1906 – 5 June 1974) was a Spanish film actor. He played Konev the conductor in ''Horror Express'' (1972), Ahmed in '' House of 1,000 Dolls'' (1967), Henneker in '' The Man Called Noon'' (1973), th ... as Henneker * Carlos Bravo as Lang (credited as Charlie Bravo) * Ricardo Palacio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Boss
''Il Boss'' (En. ''The Boss'', also known as ''Murder Inferno'') is a poliziottesco- noir film written and directed by Fernando Di Leo in 1973. It is the final part of Di Leo's ''Milieu Trilogy'', also consisting of ''Milano calibro 9'' and '' La mala ordina'', both released in 1972. Plot Nick Lanzetta ( Henry Silva) takes out several members of a rival crime family for his boss Don Corrasco ( Richard Conte). The enemy clan attempts retribution by kidnapping an associate's daughter, who turns out to be a nymphomaniac. A violent power struggle within the Mafia ensues. Cast * Henry Silva: Nick Lanzetta * Richard Conte: Don Corrasco *Gianni Garko: Commissioner Torri *Vittorio Caprioli: the Quaestor * Pier Paolo Capponi: Cocchi *Antonia Santilli: Rina Daniello * Claudio Nicastro: Don Giuseppe Daniello * Corrado Gaipa: Lawyer Rizzo *Gianni Musy: Carlo Attardi *Mario Pisu: On. Gabrielli * Marino Masé: Pignataro * Howard Ross: Melende Release ''Il Boss'' was released in Italy on 1 F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naked Girl Killed In The Park
''Naked Girl Killed in the Park'' ( it, Ragazza tutta nuda assassinata nel parco, es, Joven de buena familia sospechosa de asesinato) is a 1972 giallo film directed by Alfonso Brescia, co-written by Gianni Martucci and starring Robert Hoffmann and Adolfo Celli. Plot In World War II Berlin, a mother and a son are tied up at their chateau, while a Nazi soldier assembles a clock bomb. A young woman with a distinctive ring watches the whole ordeal. Once the bomb is started, the Nazi walks the woman out, leaving the family behind. The mother tries to escape, but she knows she can't, and timer keeps ticking. She shuffles her son into a back corner of the room, positioning him behind a chair, while she sits right next to him to block him with her body. The bomb explodes as the war keeps raging with blasts throughout the city. In present day Madrid, a Tunnel of Horrors theme park attraction holds a tram car with aristocrat Johannes Wallenberger, who's dead with a gunshot to the head. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta (film)
''Marta'' is a 1971 Spanish thriller film directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde. The film was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 44th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film was released in Italy as ''...dopo di che, uccide il maschio e lo divora'' (which translates as ''Afterwards, It Kills and Devours the Male''). It wasn't released theatrically in the U.S. until January 1974. Juan José Alonso Millán wrote the original 1969 Madrid stage play which he later adapted into the film's screenplay.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Plot A rich landowner named Don Miguel is haunted by his deceased mother's ghost, since years earlier he murdered her when she walked in on his lovemaking. Pilar, a beautiful fugitive on the run for killing a man, seeks to stay for a while at Miguel's mansion and the two develop a sexual relationship. The woman bears a striking resemblance to his missing wif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viva Cangaceiro
''Viva Cangaceiro'' (originally titled as ''O' Cangaçeiro'', also known as ''The Magnificent Bandits'') is a Brazilian themed Spaghetti Western-like movie co-produced by Spain and Italy and directed by Giovanni Fago. Plot Espedito is the sole survivor of his hometown after it got annihilated by Colonel Minas and his death squad for harbouring an infamous cangaceiro. A hermit consoles him by planting the idea in his mind that he was from now on chosen to fight injustice. Espedito tries to live up to this vision. Cast * Tomas Milian: Espedito * Ugo Pagliai: Vincenzo * Eduardo Fajardo: Gov. Branco * Leo Anchóriz: Army Officer * Howard Ross: Hoffmann * Claudio Scarchilli Reception The movie received mixed reviews and is generally considered a minor variant of the similar movies Tomas Milian has starred in for Sergio Sollima ('' Face to Face'' and '' Run, Man, Run!''), Sergio Corbucci ('' The Mercenary'' and '' Compañeros'') and Giulio Petroni (''Tepepa''). Simon Gelt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Neretva (film)
''Battle of Neretva'' ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Bitka na Neretvi, Битка на Неретви) is a 1969 SFR Yugoslavia, Yugoslavian Epic film, epic partisan film. Written by Stevan Bulajić and Veljko Bulajić, and directed by Veljko Bulajić, it is based on the true events of World War II. The Battle of the Neretva was due to a strategic plan for a combined Axis powers attack in 1943 against the Yugoslav Partisans. The plan was also known as the Fourth Enemy Offensive and occurred in the area of the Neretva, Neretva river in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ''Battle of Neretva'' is the most expensive motion picture made in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the year after Sergei Bondarchuk (playing the role of Martin in ''Neretva'') won the honour for ''War and Peace (film series), War and Peace''. The score for the English-speaking versions was composed by Bernard Herrmann. Its soundtrack was rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
