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Luis Prendes
Luis Prendes Estrada (22 August 1913 – 27 October 1998) was a Spanish actor. He was considered one of the country's most famous movie star during the 1940s and 1950s. He was also an important figure in the country's theatre. Selected filmography * ''Corner in Madrid'' (1936) - Mario * ''Fortuna'' (1940) * '' Heart of Gold'' (1941) - Agustín * ''Una conquista difícil'' (1942) * ''La madre guapa'' (1942) * ''La culpa del otro'' (1942) - Juan Carlos * ''Su excelencia el mayordomo'' (1942) - Alfredo * ''Melodías prohibidas'' (1942) * ''Boda accidentada'' (1943) - Nico * ''Mi adorable secretaria'' (1943) - Miguel * ''Rosas de otoño'' (1943) * ''Una chica de opereta'' (1944) - Armando d'Olbés * ''Mi enemigo y yo'' (1944) - Mauricio de Viera * '' Lola Montes'' (1944) - Carlos Benjumea * ''Tambor y cascabel'' (1944) * ''Estaba escrito'' (1945) * ''Gentleman Thief A gentleman thief, gentleman burglar, lady thief, or phantom thief is a stock character in fiction. A gent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melilla
Melilla ( , ; ; rif, Mřič ; ar, مليلية ) is an autonomous city of Spain located in north Africa. It lies on the eastern side of the Cape Three Forks, bordering Morocco and facing the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of . It was part of the Province of Málaga until 14 March 1995, when the Statute of Autonomy of Melilla was passed. Melilla is one of the special member state territories of the European Union. Movements to and from the rest of the EU and Melilla are subject to specific rules, provided for ''inter alia'' in the Accession Agreement of Spain to the Schengen Convention. As of 2019, Melilla had a population of 86,487. The population is chiefly divided between people of Iberian and Riffian extraction. There is also a small number of Sephardic Jews and Sindhi Hindus. Regarding sociolinguistics, Melilla features a diglossia between the official Spanish (strong language) and Tarifit (weak language). Melilla, like the autonomous city of Ceuta and Spain's ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of Kings (1961 Film)
''King of Kings'' is a 1961 American epic film directed by Nicholas Ray and produced by Samuel Bronston for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Adapted from the New Testament, the film tells the story of Jesus of Nazareth from his birth and ministry to his crucifixion and resurrection. It stars Jeffrey Hunter as Jesus, with Siobhán McKenna, Robert Ryan, Viveca Lindfors, Ron Randell, Hurd Hatfield, and Rip Torn. Throughout the 1950s, John Farrow began developing a proposed film project based on the life of Jesus, tentatively titled ''Son of Man''. In November 1958, actual development started when Farrow partnered with Samuel Bronston following their collaboration on ''John Paul Jones'' (1959). By the next year, Farrow left the project due to creative differences, and Nicholas Ray was hired as director. Ray then hired screenwriter Philip Yordan to write a new script. Filming commenced in April 1960, and wrapped in October 1960. Financing of the film was initially provided by Pierre S. du Pont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuareg – The Desert Warrior
''Tuareg – Il guerriero del deserto'' (internationally released as ''Tuareg – The Desert Warrior'' and ''Desert Warrior'') is a 1984 Spanish-Italian adventure-action film directed by Enzo G. Castellari. The film is based on a novel with the same name written by Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa. It represents the first film released by home video distribution company Mirisch. Cast * Mark Harmon: Gacel Sayah * Luis Prendes: Abdul El Kabir * Ritza Brown: Gacel's Wife * Aldo Sambrell: Sgt. Malick * Paolo Malco: Captain Razman * Antonio Sabàto: The Captain * Giovanni Cianfriglia Giovanni Cianfriglia (born 5 April 1935) is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1958. Born in Anzio, Cianfriglia debuted as the body double of Steve Reeves in ''Hercules'', then he started appearing, often unc ...: Mubarak References External links * 1984 films 1980s action adventure films Spanish action adventure films Films directed by Enzo G. Castell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaguar Lives!
''Jaguar Lives!'' is a 1979 American action film directed by Ernest Pintoff and starring Joe Lewis, Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence and Barbara Bach. Its plot follows a secret agent who battles an international drugs ring. Plot Cast * Joe Lewis - Jonathan Cross (Jaguar) * Christopher Lee - Adam Caine * Donald Pleasence - General Villanova * Barbara Bach - Anna Thompson * Capucine - Zina Vanacore * Joseph Wiseman - Ben Ashir * Woody Strode - Sensei * John Huston - Ralph Richards * Gabriel Melgar - Ahmed * Anthony De Longis - Bret Barrett * Sally Faulkner - Terry * Gail Grainger - Consuela * Anthony Heaton - Coblintz * Luis Prendes - Habish * Simón Andreu - Petrie Despite receiving top billing in the credits, stars such as Christopher Lee, Barbara Bach and Donald Pleasence barely feature in the narrative. Production ''Jaguar Lives!'' was the feature film debut of karate and kickboxing champion Joe Lewis and was planned as being the first in a series of action films featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China 9, Liberty 37
''China 9, Liberty 37'' ( it, Amore piombo e furore, "Love, Lead, and Fury") is an Italian-Spanish 1978 Western film directed by Monte Hellman, starring Warren Oates, Jenny Agutter, and Fabio Testi. Noted director Sam Peckinpah has a small, rare acting role. The film was shot in locations in Spain and Italy by cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno. Pino Donaggio composed the musical score. The English title refers to a sign seen at the beginning of the movie on U.S. Route 90 in Beaumont, Texas. Monte Hellman, utilized the scenic location of the highway to enhance the authenticity of its setting. Its inclusion adds an interesting detail to the narrative and showcases the attention to detail in the production. The film had a very sparse theatrical release in the United States, and did not play in some cities until as late as 1984. Plot Gunslinger Clayton Drumm is in jail, about to be hanged, when railroad company men offer him a chance to live if he will agree to murder Matthew Seban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breakout (1975 Film)
''Breakout'' is a 1975 action film from Columbia Pictures starring Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Robert Duvall, John Huston, Sheree North and Randy Quaid. Bronson and Ireland, the lead actor and actress, were married in real life. The film is notable for giving the usually serious Bronson a more comedic, lighthearted role. Plot Harris Wagner (Huston) frames Jay Wagner (Duvall). In order to keep him silent, Jay is incarcerated in a Mexican prison. Jay's wife Ann (Ireland) is unhappy at this turn of events and hires a Texas bush pilot in Brownsville, Texas, Nick Colton (Bronson) and his partner Hawk (Quaid), to fly into the prison and rescue her husband. The first attempts don't work, so Colton quickly learns how to pilot a helicopter. While Hawk and accomplice Myrna (North) feign a rape to distract the prison guards, Colton pilots a helicopter into the prison complex, Wagner boards the helicopter, and they escape. The group (Colton, Hawk, Myrna, Wagner) return to Texas i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Comanche
''White Comanche'' or ''Comanche blanco'' or ''Rio Hondo'' is a 1968 Spaghetti Western starring William Shatner in a dual role. The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book ''The Official Razzie Movie Guide'' as one of the 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made. Plot Drifter Johnny Moon (William Shatner) is frequently attacked as he is mistaken for his twin brother Notah who leads Comanche war parties in attacks on the white population whilst he is having visions on peyote. Johnny travels to a Comanche encampment where he challenges his brother to a fight to the death in the town of Rio Hondo. When Johnny rides into Rio Hondo he finds the town is at boiling point between two warring factions with only Sheriff Logan (Joseph Cotten) keeping the peace. One of the factions discovers Johnny's prowess with his six gun and tries to hire him. Johnny says he will give his answer in four days, after the climax with his brother. Cast *William Shatner as Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Christmas Kid
''The Christmas Kid'' (also known as ''Joe Navidad'') is a 1967 western film directed by Sidney W. Pink and distributed in America by Troma Entertainment. Plot In a small western town in Arizona called Jaspen, a boy is born on Christmas Day. Joseph "Joe" Novak is born in a makeshift shelter, but his mother, Marika Novak (Alejandra Rojo) dies during childbirth. Because of the day he was born, the boy will be nicknamed Christmas Joe. Joe's father ( Jack Taylor) will never forgive him for the death of his wife, which will lead Joe toward a rebellious attitude. He will become a troubled teenager, and will end up learning how to shoot. Joe will also reject his father's pacific attitude. At first, Joe works for Mike Culligan (Louis Hayward), the richest man in town. Culligan has always used the sheriff to deal with the dirty side of his business. Sheriff Anderson (Carl Rapp)'s connection to Culligan is too obvious for everybody. However, the rest of the townspeople is completely fed-u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tunstall
John Henry Tunstall (6 March 1853 – 18 February 1878) was an English-born rancher and merchant in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. He competed with the Irish Catholic merchants, lawmen, and politicians who ran the town of Lincoln and the county. Tunstall, who hoped to unseat the Irish and make a fortune as the County's new boss, was the first man killed in the Lincoln County War, an economic and political conflict that resulted in armed warfare between rival gangs of cowboys and the ranchers, lawmen, and politicians who issued the orders. Early life and education Tunstall was born in 1853 in Hackney, London. Although Tunstall has often been depicted in fiction as a member of the English nobility, his family were in reality upper middle-class. Furthermore, Tunstall's father "worked in trade", with business interests in both Canada and in the United Kingdom, and would, for this reason, have been looked down on and excluded from polite society. Tunstall lived so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Hombre Que Mató A Billy El Niño
''I'll Kill Him and Return Alone'' (''The Man Who Killed Billy the Kid''; ''A Few Bullets More''; es, El hombre que mató a Billy el Niño) is a 1967 Spanish drama-Western film directed by Julio Buchs, written by Lucio Fulci, composed by Gianni Ferrio and starring Peter Lee Lawrence, Fausto Tozzi and Dyanik Zurakowska. It is about Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Billy the Kid (born Henry McCarty; September 17 or November 23, 1859July 14, 1881), also known by the pseudonym William H. Bonney, was an outlaw and gunfighter of the American Old West, who killed eight men before he was shot and killed at t .... Cast References External links * {{IMDb title, 0061775 1967 films 1967 Western (genre) films Biographical films about Billy the Kid Cultural depictions of Pat Garrett Films produced by Ricardo Sanz Films scored by Gianni Ferrio Films shot in Almería Films shot in Madrid Films shot in Rome Films with screenplays by Lucio Fulci Something Weird Video Spanis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasia 3
Fantasia International Film Festival (also known as Fantasia-fest, FanTasia, and Fant-Asia) is a film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. Regularly held in July of each year, it is valued by both hardcore genre film fans, and distributors, who take advantage of the eclectic line up to select domestic and international films for release across North America. By virtue of the reputation developed over the last 15 years, this festival has been described as perhaps the "most outstanding and largest genre film festival in North America". Overview The history of the Fantasia Festival has roots in the Asian Film scene in Montreal. Beginning in 1996 where it screened Asian films from Hong Kong and Anime from Japan, the festival later expanded its international repertoire and screened genre films from all across the world. Since this time many world and international premieres have featured at Fantasia fest, including ''Shaun of the Dead'', ''Perfec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Vengeful Women
''Seven Vengeful Women'' (Spanish: ''Las siete magníficas'', Italian: ''7 donne per una strage'') is a 1966 western film directed by Rudolf Zehetgruber and Sidney W. Pink.Weisser p.207 It stars Anne Baxter, Maria Perschy and Gustavo Rojo. It was a co-production between Spain, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein and was part of a string of Eurowesterns made during the decade. It is also known by the alternative title ''Tall Women''. In 1967 it was released in the United States by Allied Artists, after being dubbed into English. Synopsis Following an Apache attack on a wagon train, seven female survivors who had sheltered in a cave try to make their way to safety. They are joined by a cavalry scout who is the lone survivor of an ambush of an army patrol in the area. Cast * Anne Baxter as Mary Ann * Maria Perschy as Ursula * Gustavo Rojo as Gus Macintosh * Rossella Como as Katy Grimaldi * Adriana Ambesi as Betty Grimaldi * Christa Linder as Bridget * Luis Prendes as Pope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
