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Mannaja
''Mannaja'' (also known as ''A Man Called Blade'') is an Italian 1977 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Martino. The main role, Blade, is played by Maurizio Merli. Other central roles are played by John Steiner, Sonja Jeannine, Donald O'Brien, Philippe Leroy and Martine Brochard. Plot Bounty hunter Blade (Maurizio Merli), who uses a tomahawk as a throwing weapon, arrives at the mining town of Suttonville with the outlaw Burt Craven (Donald O'Brien) as his prisoner. His real motive is to kill mining big boss McGowan (Philippe Leroy) who has killed his father. Blade gives up his revenge – because McGowan “is not worth it” – and instead accepts to deliver the ransom for the mine owner's daughter (Sonja Jeannine). However, this mission fails because she turns out to be the lover of her kidnapper, McGowan's foreman Voller (John Steiner), who secretly works for a gang that regularly robs the shipments of silver from the mine. Voller then kills his boss and turns his mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald O'Brien (actor)
Donal "Donald" O'Brien (15 September 1930 – 29 November 2003) was an Irish film actor, film and television actor. In his near 40-year career, O'Brien appeared in dozens of stage performances and in more than 60 film and television productions. O'Brien made his feature film debut in 1953 with Anatole Litvak's war drama ''Act of Love (1953 film), Act of Love''. He studied acting in Dublin and initially joined the Gate Theatre at age 19 before making the transition to film several years later. O'Brien's performance in ''The Train (1964 film), The Train'' (1964), in which he played a Wehrmacht ''Feldwebel'', led to his first break-out role in ''Grand Prix (1966 film), Grand Prix'' (1966) starring alongside James Garner and Eva Marie Saint. He was particularly known for his performances in the Spaghetti Western genre of the late-1960s and '70s, with memorable roles in ''Run, Man, Run'' (1968), ''Four of the Apocalypse'' (1975), ''Keoma (film), Keoma'' (1976), ''Mannaja'' (1977) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Martino
Sergio Martino (born 19 July 1938) is an Italian film director and producer, notable for his contributions to the giallo genre. Martino is the brother of the late producer Luciano Martino (who died in 2013). They collaborated frequently in their respective professions. Their grandfather was director Gennaro Righelli. Sergio Martino worked for both the big screen as well as for Italian television where he does most of his current work. He often worked with actress Edwige Fenech who in the 1970s was married to his brother Luciano. He also worked with many genre actors such as George Hilton (actor), George Hilton (who was married to Sergio's cousin), Anita Strindberg, Ivan Rassimov and Claudio Cassinelli, as well as famed Italian screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi. Martino's pseudonyms include: Julian Barry, Martin Dolman, Serge Martin, Christian Plummer, George Raminto. Selected filmography :Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological. References Bibliograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurizio Merli
Maurizio Merli (February 8, 1940 – March 10, 1989) was an Italian film actor and a star of many Italian police thrillers. Career After a decade of minor film roles, 1974 saw a breakthrough for Merli with his first starring role in a remake of romantic drama '' Catene'', and brought in as lead in the third of a franchise for '' White Fang to the Rescue'', in part due to his resemblance to Franco Nero. However the following year became a true banner one for Merli when he made ''Violent Rome'' which was an enormous success, and made him the star of ''poliziotteschi'' genre. He went on to make 11 more, two as Commissario Betti, Merli's character in ''Violent Rome''. Betti is a detective who metes out apoplectic violence, and in some way the character was an exploitative imitation of American police thrillers like Dirty Harry and a film of Nero. However, distinctive elements in ''Violent Rome'' reflected Italian law enforcement of the era. Similar to Luigi Calabresi, a real lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Steiner
John Steiner (7 January 1941 – 31 July 2022) was an English actor. Tall, thin and gaunt, he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and performed on-stage for the Royal Shakespeare Company, but was best known to audiences for his roles in Italian films, several of which became cult classics. Early life and acting career Steiner was born in Chester, Cheshire on January 7, 1941. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. He acted in the role of Monsieur Dupere in Peter Brook's production of ''Marat/Sade''. He reprised the role when the play was transferred to Broadway, and again for the 1967 film adaptation. He found work primarily in films including and the original '' Bedazzled'' (1967) with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. In 1969, Steiner was hired to play a part in the Spaghetti Western ''Tepepa'', and also appeared opposite Franco Nero in ''White Fang'', directed by Lucio Fulci. In 1971 he starred in the television series '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Django (1966 Film)
''Django'' ( ) is a 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed and co-written by Sergio Corbucci, starring Franco Nero (in his breakthrough role) as the title character alongside Loredana Nusciak, José Bódalo, Ángel Álvarez and Eduardo Fajardo. The film follows a Union soldier-turned-drifter and his companion, a mixed-race prostitute, who become embroiled in a bitter, destructive feud between a gang of Confederate Red Shirts and a band of Mexican revolutionaries. Intended to capitalize on and rival the success of Sergio Leone's ''A Fistful of Dollars'', Corbucci's film is, like Leone's, considered to be a loose, unofficial adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's ''Yojimbo''.Cox, 2009 The film earned a reputation as one of the most violent films ever made at the time, and was subsequently refused a certificate in the United Kingdom until 1993, when it was issued an 18 certificate (the film was downgraded to a 15 certificate in 2004). A commercial success upon release, ''Django' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
Guido and Maurizio De Angelis, also known as Oliver Onions, are a prolific duo of Italian musicians, multi-instrumentalists, composers and singers, as well as television and film producers. They reached the height of their popularity in the 1970s and early 1980s both as composers (under their own names) and as performers (as Oliver Onions), mainly thanks to their scoring and theme song composing and performing for action/comedy films starring the popular duo of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill, many of which became huge hits all across Europe, both cinematically and musically. After a period of retirement from the music business in the 1990s and early 2000s, during which they moved into television and film production through their own company (named after themselves), they had a musical comeback thanks to a one-off concert event in Budapest, Hungary, billed as ''Oliver Onions Reunion Live Budapest'' and organized by local promoter Gábor Köves mainly because of the duo's popularity i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Casale
Antonio Casale (17 May 1932 – 4 February 2017) was an Italian film actor of the 1960s and 1970s who appeared in mostly Spaghetti Western Italian films between 1965 and 1976. Although his later roles were more prominent, Casale is probably most known worldwide for his brief appearance as the dying Bill Carson in Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' in 1966, a film that has consistently been voted one of the greatest of all time. Filmography *''Maciste il vendicatore dei Maya'' (1965) - Berak *''Sicario 77, vivo o morto'' (1966) *''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' (1966) - Jackson / Bill Carson *''Revenge for Revenge'' (1968) *''Le salamandre'' (1969) - Dr. Henry Duval *''Dal nostro inviato a Copenaghen'' (1970) - Borg *''Quickly ...spari e baci a colazione'' (1971) *''Riuscirà l'avvocato Franco Benenato a sconfiggere il suo acerrimo nemico il pretore Ciccio De Ingras?'' (1971) *''The Case Is Closed, Forget It'' (1971) *''Duck, You Sucker!'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophia Lombardo
Sophia Lombardo (born September 14, 1955) is a former Italian actress. Biography Lombardo started her career when she was young. She appeared in Italian style sex comedies and also in Spaghetti Western movies. She is best known for the role of teacher Mazzacurati in two films of the saga of Pierino: ''Pierino contro tutti'' (1981) and ''Pierino colpisce ancora'' (1982). She retired from the world of cinema in 1987. Filmography * ''Due sul pianerottolo'' (1975) * ''Sex with a Smile II'' (''Spogliamoci così, senza pudor'') (1976) * ''La segretaria privata di mio padre'' (1976) * ''Classe mista'' (1976) * ''The Virgo, the Taurus and the Capricorn'' (''La vergine, il toro e il capricorno'') (1977) * ''Mannaja'' (1977) * ''Sugar, Honey and Pepper'' (''Zucchero, miele e peperoncino'') (1980) * ''Pierino contro tutti'' (1981) * ''L'esercito più pazzo del mondo'' (1981) * ''Crime at the Chinese Restaurant'' (''Delitto al ristorante cinese'') (1981) * ''Manolesta'' (1981) * ''Pier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Battaglia
Rik Battaglia (byname of Caterino Bertaglia; 18 February 1927 – 27 March 2015) was an Italian film actor. He was born at Corbola, near Rovigo, Veneto. He mainly used the stage name of Rik Battaglia although alternate names he used for his films included Rick Austin, Riccardo Battaglia and Rick Battaglia. He would go on to appear in over 100 films from the 1955 to 1999. Biography He went to sea at the age of 17 and worked on a freighter. He was discovered in a bar and producer Carlo Ponti hired him on the spot and signed to his first film in 1955's '' The River Girl'', directed by Mario Soldati and opposite Sophia Loren, playing a cigarette smuggler who has a tempestuous love affair with a young and sexy Sophia Loren (Ponti's wife). He then played the title role in Pietro Francisci's 1956 historical movie ''Roland the Mighty''. He then took two years of drama classes and appeared in a number of historical and peplum films, such as ''The Mighty Crusaders'' (1958, Carlo Ludovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Fiermonte
Enzo Fiermonte (17 July 1908 – 22 March 1993), sometimes credited as William Bird, was an Italian actor and boxer. Early life Vincenzo "Enzo" Fiermonte was born on 17 July 1908 in Casamassima, a rural village near Bari, in southern Italy to Donato and Lucrezia Fiermonte. Career From 1925 to 1934, he was a professional boxer, with a lifetime record of 47 wins (11 by knockout), 17 losses (10 by knockout), and 2 draws. On June 22, 1943, he announced his permanent retirement from boxing. In 1937, he entered his Maserati in the Vanderbilt Cup auto race in Westbury, New York, but was not allowed to participate because he had no formal auto racing experience. Acting career In 1940, he starred as a boxer in Dino De Laurentiis' first film, '' L'ultimo Combattimento'' (The Last Fight), directed by Pietro Ballerini. Between the 1940s and the 1980s, he had acting roles in at least 116 films. Personal life Fiermonte was married to Tosca Manetti. In June 1933, Fiermonte's wife anno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spaghetti Western Films
This list of Spaghetti Western films includes Western films primarily produced and directed by Italian production companies between 1913 and 1978. For a list of non-Italian produced European Westerns see List of Euro-Western films. In the 1960s, the Spaghetti Western genre grew in popularity. Films, particularly those of the influential Dollars trilogy, spawned numerous films of the same ilk and often with similar titles, particularly from the mid to late 1960s and early 1970s. By the end of the 1970s, Spaghetti Westerns had lost their following among mainstream cinema audiences and the production had ground to a virtual halt. List by release date Spaghetti westerns from the 1980s and 90s include: * '' Comin' at Ya!'' (1981) * ''Buddy Goes West'' (1981) * ''Tex and the Lord of the Deep'' (1985) * '' Django 2: il grande ritorno'' (1987) * '' White Apache'' (1987) * '' Scalps'' (1987) * ''Lucky Luke'' (1991) * '' Troublemakers'' (1994) * ''Sons of Trinity'' (1995) * ''Gunsli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Leroy (actor)
Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu (born 15 October 1930) is a French actor. He has appeared in over 150 films since 1960, and has worked extensively in Italian cinema, as well as in his native country. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor for his debut performance in Jacques Becker’s '' The Hole'' (1960), and for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for playing the titular role in the Italian miniseries ''The Life of Leonardo da Vinci'' (1971). He was previously a decorated paratrooper in the French Foreign Legion, where he served in the First Indochina War and the Algerian War. Early life Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu was born in Paris on 15 October 1930 to a prominent family. His ancestors included economist Pierre Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, historian Henri Jean Baptiste Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, and architect Jean-François Leroy. He worked on an ocean liner as a teenager, and spent a year abroad in New York City. Military ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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