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Julio Peña
Julio Peña (18 June 1912 - 27 July 1972) was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1930 to 1972. He died on July 27, 1972 aged 60 at Cortijo Blanco in Marbella, where he was resting after appearing in the film ''Horror Express ''Horror Express'' ( Spanish: ''Pánico en el Transiberiano'', lit. "Panic on the Trans-Siberian") is a 1972 science fiction horror film directed by Eugenio Martín. It stars Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, with Alberto de Mendoza, Silvia Tor ...''. Filmography References External links * * 1912 births 1972 deaths Spanish male film actors {{Spain-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its monocentric metropolitan area is the third-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula. Capital city of both Spain (almost without interruption since 1561) and the surrounding autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also the political, economic and cultural centre of the country. The city is situated on an elevated plain about from the closest seaside location. The climate of Madrid features hot summers and cool winters. The Madrid urban agglomeration has the second-large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Affair (1957 Film)
''Spanish Affair'' is a 1957 American–Spanish co-produced drama film directed by Don Siegel and Luis Marquina. It features Carmen Sevilla, Richard Kiley and José Guardiola. It was shot at the CEA Studios in Madrid. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Tambi Larsen and Hal Pereira. Plot Merritt Blake, a young American architect, comes to Spain to close a series of commercial agreements. When he learns that he will need to convince three Spanish architects of the design which he has proposed, he insists on inviting Mari (Antonio's assistant) to function as interpreter. They set off, first to visit the Conde de Rivera, who tells Merritt that he will support the project if his colleague in Barcelona favors the plan. Mari cautions Merritt that this is not a "done deal." On the way to Barcelona, Mari notices that her former boyfriend is following her. She fears that he will assume she is involved inappropriately with the architect. She tries to return to Madrid, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satanik (film)
''Satanik'' is a 1968 film directed by Piero Vivarelli. It is based on the Italian comic series ''Satanik'' and was released to a moderate financial success in Italy. Plot Dr. Bannister (Magda Konopka), an ugly and disfigured woman, is summoned by a colleague of hers who has recently discovered a serum for rejuvenating living beings. The colleague shows Bannister the miraculous result of his experiments, injecting the serum into an animal close to death. In a few seconds, the animal is reinvigorated, showing vigor and health. The colleague, however, does not intend to use the serum on human beings, as some experiments remain to be conducted. In a moment of distraction Bannister kills the colleague, following which she drinks the serum he had developed. After a series of convulsions, the woman falls unconscious to the ground, but shortly thereafter awakens rejuvenated and beautiful. The murder of the colleague will be only the first of a long series: Bannister, in fact, will kil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hellbenders
''The Hellbenders'' ( it, I crudeli, lit=The Cruel Ones, link=no) is a 1967 Spaghetti Western directed by Sergio Corbucci. Plot Colonel Jonas is a fanatical and unrepentant Confederate who led a regiment called the Hellbenders in the recently ended Civil War. Similar to Edmond O'Brien's character in ''Rio Conchos'', he is determined to reorganise the Southern Army and defeat the Union. With his sons Ben, greedy Nat, and rapist Jeff, he massacres Union soldiers transporting a consignment of banknotes and conceals the loot in a coffin supposedly belonging to a deceased Confederate officer, Captain Ambrose Allen, who was killed in the Battle of Nashville. A drunken prostitute, Kitty, pretends to be the officer's widow. When Kitty is killed attempting a double-cross, Ben persuades Claire, a combination saloon hostess and professional gambler, to take Kitty's placeand then they fall in love. They consummate their love during a gunfight between Jonas and a local bounty hunter. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savage Pampas (1966 Film)
''Savage Pampas'' is a 1966 American Western film directed by Hugo Fregonese and starring Robert Taylor, Ron Randell and Marc Lawrence. The film was a co-production between Argentina, Spain and the United States, and was a remake of the 1945 Argentine film of the same title which Fregonese had co-directed. The film's location shooting took place in Spain, a popular location for westerns during the era. The film's action is set in the Argentinian Pampas around the time of the Conquest of the Desert. Plot Set during the 1870s, life is hard for soldiers on the outskirts of Argentinean control. The pragmatic Captain Martin struggles to retain control over a ragtag Argentinean Army, made up of largely conscripted criminals. Joined by Lt. Del Río, who just graduated from the newly created Military Institute of Buenos Aires, Cpt. Martin faces mass desertions due to soldiers refusing to serve without women at the garrisons. These desperate men slip off in the night to join the ranks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kid Rodelo
''Kid Rodelo'' is a 1966 western film directed by Richard Carlson and starring Don Murray, Janet Leigh and Broderick Crawford.Pitts p.172 Based on a novel by Louis L'Amour, it was a co-production between Spain and the United States. Shooting took place in Spain around Alicante and the capital Madrid. Plot After serving time in prison, a cowboy searches for fifty thousand dollars in gold. Cast * Don Murray as Kid Rodelo *Janet Leigh as Nora *Broderick Crawford as Joe Harbin *Richard Carlson as Link * Jose Nieto as Thomas Reese *Miguel del Castillo as Chavas * Jose Villasante as Cavalry Hat *Julio Peña Julio Peña (18 June 1912 - 27 July 1972) was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1930 to 1972. He died on July 27, 1972 aged 60 at Cortijo Blanco in Marbella, where he was resting after appearing in the film ''Horror ... as Balsas * Mike Brendel References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. Mc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chimes At Midnight
''Falstaff (Chimes at Midnight)'' (Spanish: ''Campanadas a medianoche'') is a 1966 period comedy-drama film directed by and starring Orson Welles. The Spanish-Swiss co-production was released in the United States as ''Chimes at Midnight'' and in most of Europe as ''Falstaff''. The film's plot centres on William Shakespeare's recurring character Sir John Falstaff and the father-son relationship he has with Prince Hal, who must choose between loyalty to his father, King Henry IV, or Falstaff. Welles said that the core of the film's story was "the betrayal of friendship." It stars Welles as Falstaff, Keith Baxter as Prince Hal, John Gielgud as Henry IV, Jeanne Moreau as Doll Tearsheet and Margaret Rutherford as Mistress Quickly. The script contains text from five of Shakespeare's plays; primarily ''Henry IV, Part 1'' and '' Henry IV, Part 2'', but also ''Richard II'', ''Henry V'', and ''The Merry Wives of Windsor''. Ralph Richardson's narration is taken from the works of chronic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bullet In The Flesh
''Bullet in the Flesh'' ( it, Il piombo e la carne) is a 1964 Spaghetti Western film directed by Marino Girolami. Plot Problems develop when a lumber baron Nathaniel Master's daughter Mabel falls in love with the Indian chief of the Cherokees whose land he wants to steal. Cast * Rod Cameron as Nathaniel Masters * Patricia Viterbo as Mabel Masters *Ennio Girolami as Sam Masters *Bruno Piergentili as Chata *Manuel Zarzo as Nelson Masters * Consalvo Dell'Arti as judge *Dante Maggio as Bob Raskin *Enzo Maggio as client *Carla Calò as Peggy *Alfredo Mayo as Mortimer Lasky *Piero Lulli Piero Lulli (1 February 1923 – 23 June 1991) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 111 films between 1942 and 1977. He was the brother of actor Folco Lulli. Selected filmography * ''A Pilot Returns'' (1942) - De Santis * '' Love Stor ... as Jonathan * Tota Alba as Minnie Production ''Bullet in the Fleshs screenplay and story were created by Gino De Santis De Santis' story differed from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota Clay
''Minnesota Clay'' is a 1964 Spaghetti Western directed by Sergio Corbucci. Plot The year is 1883. Clay, a gunfighter with health problems, is interned in Drunner Labor Camp. He's determined to prove his innocence since he was framed by Fox, the current Sheriff of Clay's former home of Mesa Encantada. Fox has subsequently been hired by the townspeople to protect them from Ortiz and his bandits. Instead, Fox now runs a protection racket, extorting and terrorizing the complacent citizens, threatening them with violence if they do not pay exorbitant taxes to him. Clay rides out to meet Ortiz, who tries to hire him to kill Fox. Ortiz's mistress Estella, whom Clay saved earlier from an attack by Fox's men, lets Clay escape the Ortiz encampment. She tells him Clay stole gold from him, prompting Ortiz and his gang to seek out Clay. This enables Fox to ambush both of them. Fox kills Ortiz and captures Clay. She helps Clay escape and, despite losing his sight, manages to decimate Fox's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Castilian
''The Castilian'' (in Spanish ''El valle de las espadas'') is a 1963 independent film, independently made biographical film drama in Eastmancolor, produced by Sidney W. Pink, directed by Javier Setó, that stars Cesar Romero, Frankie Avalon, Broderick Crawford, Alida Valli, Espartaco Santoni, Tere Velázquez, Fernando Rey, and Soledad Miranda. ''The Castilian'' was distributed in the U.S. by Warner Bros. Pictures. All of film's exteriors were shot in Burgos and Peñafiel, Spain, Peñafiel (Valladolid), Spain. The film's storyline concerns Fernán González of Castile, the first independent Count of Kingdom of Castile, Castile, who lived and reigned in the early 10th century. He is considered an important figure in the Spanish Reconquista. Plot Don Sancho (Broderick Crawford) is a despotic 10th century castilian king who, in league with the invading Moors, has banished handsome Castilian nobleman Fernán González (Espartaco Santoni). With the surreptitious aid of Don Sancho's dau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Happy Thieves
''The Happy Thieves'' is a 1961 American crime/comedy-drama film starring Rex Harrison and Rita Hayworth, and directed by George Marshall. The film is based on the novel ''The Oldest Confession'' by Richard Condon. The film was poorly received, with star Harrison later describing it as "absolute rubbish". Plot A valuable painting belonging to Duchess Blanca (Alida Valli) is stolen at night from her castle in Spain by one of her houseguests, Jimmy Bourne (Rex Harrison), who replaces the original work with a duplicate. The debonair gentleman thief then passes the painting to his partner in crime, Eve Lewis (Rita Hayworth). However, the artwork is subsequently stolen from them by a man acting on behalf of Dr. Victor Muñoz (Grégoire Aslan), the cousin of the duchess. Eve wants to go straight, but Victor blackmails her and Jim, demanding that they steal a renowned painting (''The Second of May 1808'') by Francisco de Goya from the Prado Museum in Madrid. An exact copy of the painti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Revolt Of The Slaves
''The Revolt of the Slaves'' ( it, La rivolta degli schiavi) is a 1960 Italian film directed by Nunzio Malasomma. It is based on the 1854 novel '' Fabiola'' by Nicholas Wiseman. Cast *Rhonda Fleming: Claudia *Lang Jeffries: Vibio *Darío Moreno: Massimiano *Ettore Manni: Sebastiano *Wandisa Guida: Agnese *Gino Cervi: Claudio *Fernando Rey: Valerio *Serge Gainsbourg: Corvino * José Nieto: Sesto, servitore di Claudia *Rainer Penkert: Massimo *Antonio Casas: Tertulio * Dolores Francine: Liubaia Release ''The Revolt of the Slaves'' was released in Italy on 20 December 1960 with a 100-minute running time and in the United States with a 102-minute running time in June 1961. It was released in West Germany as ''Die Sklaven Roms'' on 17 March 1961. See also * List of Italian films of 1960 A list of films produced in Italy in 1960 (see 1960 in film): References Bibliography * * External linksItalian films of 1960at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
