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Marcello Giombini
Marcello Giombini (24 July 1928 in Rome, Italy – 12 December 2003 in Assisi, Italy) was an Italian composer, well known for scoring many Spaghetti Westerns, Italian horror and giallo movies, and 1960s peplum films. He is best remembered for his score to the original '' Sabata'' (1969), which starred Lee Van Cleef. His son Pierluigi Giombini is also an accomplished musician and composer. Additional biographical information, compositions, filmography, and discography may be found (in Italian) at Marcello Giombini. Music Selected filmography *''Vulcan, Son of Giove'' (1962) *''March on Rome'' (1962) *'' I sette gladiatori'' (1962) *''The Seven Tasks of Ali Baba'' (1962) *''The Magnificent Gladiator'' (1964) *'' James Tont operazione U.N.O.'' (1965) *''Our Man in Jamaica'' (1965) *'' The Relentless Four'' (1965) *''For a Few Dollars Less'' (1966) *'' Death Walks in Laredo'' (1966) *''Ballad of a Gunman'' (1967) *''Mission Stardust'' (1967) *'' Garringo'' (1969) *''Battle of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
, established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption = The territory of the ''comune'' (''Roma Capitale'', in red) inside the Metropolitan City of Rome (''Città Metropolitana di Roma'', in yellow). The white spot in the centre is Vatican City. , pushpin_map = Italy#Europe , pushpin_map_caption = Location within Italy##Location within Europe , pushpin_relief = yes , coordinates = , coor_pinpoint = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Italy , subdivision_type2 = Region , subdivision_name2 = Lazio , subdivision_type3 = Metropolitan city , subdivision_name3 = Rome Capital , government_footnotes= , government_type = Strong Mayor–Council , leader_title2 = Legislature , leader_name2 = Capitoline Assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Man In Jamaica
''Our Man in Jamaica''/''Operation Jamaica'' ( it, A 001, operazione Giamaica) is a 1965 Italian Spanish German international co-production Eurospy adventure film directed by an uncredited Mel Welles. It was credited to for reasons of European funding.p.274 Paul, Louis ''Mel Welles Interview'' ''Tales from the cult film trenches: interviews with 36 actors from horror, science fiction and exploitation cinema'' McFarland, 06/09/2007 Plot Agent 001 Ken Stewart is sent to Jamaica to locate the missing Agent 009 who vanished investigating an arms smuggling operation. After two of Stewart's friends are found dead of electrocution, 001's investigation leads him to an expatriate American criminal who was sentenced to the electric chair but escaped from prison. Seeking revenge, he assembles an army of terrorists based on an island seven miles from Jamaica called Dominica. His arms smuggling is the beginning of a scheme to attack the United States with the aid of Red China and Cuba. The fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Believed He Was No Saint
''They Believed He Was No Saint'' ( es, La caza del oro) is a 1972 Spanish western film directed by Juan Bosch and starring Anthony Steffen, Daniel Martín and Tania Alvarado. It is scored by Marcello Giombini, and written by Renato Izzo. Cast * Anthony Steffen as Trash Benson * Daniel Martín as Paco * Tania Alvarado as María * Manuel Guitián as Jonathan Carver * Indio González as Preacher * Ricardo Moyán as Jed Spotless * Raf Baldassarre as Director de la prisión * Juan Miguel Solano as Apache Joe * Antonio Ponciano as Silvertop * Luis Induni as Travers * Ángel Lombarte as Melquiades * Gustavo Re as Padre Javier * Juan Torres as Aldeano * Juan Patiño as Hombre de Rojas * Irene D'Astrea as Molly * Jarque Zurbano as Sheriff * Carmen Roger as Chica de Molly * Fernando Sancho as Fermín Rojas * Esteban Dalmases Esteban Dalmases is a Spanish actor. He played 1st Inspector in ''Devil's Kiss'' (1976), directed by Georges Gigo; and sheriff assistant in ''Four Candles for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Coltello Di Ghiaccio
''Il coltello di ghiaccio'' ( English: ''Knife of Ice'') is a 1972 giallo film directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Carroll Baker, Evelyn Stewart, and George Rigaud. Both Baker and Stewart featured in several other films helmed by Lenzi. The film follows a mute woman who finds herself in danger when a serial killer begins stalking the Spanish countryside. The title takes its name from a quote attributed to Edgar Allan Poe, in which he refers to fear as a "knife of ice which penetrates the senses down to the depth of conscience"; the quote, however, was a fabrication by the filmmakers. The film marked the fourth and final collaboration between actress Baker and director Lenzi, after she had starred in three of his previous films: '' So Sweet... So Perverse'', '' Orgasmo'', and ''A Quiet Place to Kill''. Elements of the film's script and direction have been cited as being reminiscent of works by fellow Italian Lucio Fulci. ''AllMovie''s Robert Firsching has noted that ''Il colt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Gioco Per Eveline
''Un gioco per Eveline'' () is a 1971 Italian film directed by Marcello Avallone. Production Director Marcello Avallone described his original desire for the film to make a film related to "the Fantastic, I wrote a 'noir', a genre we rarely did in Italy." Italian film historian and critic Roberto Curti stated that the film was not a ''film noir'', but a ghost story. According to Erna Schurer, the film was funded by "a mafioso...he used to pay us by putting money inside a newspaper, I remember him coming over in weekends, carrying these small packages..." The film was shot in Mondello, Sicilly in 1969. Release It took two years before ''Un gioco per Eveline'' was submitted to the Italian Board of Censors. was distributed theatrically in Italy by Panta Cinematografica on 16 July 1971. The film grossed a total of 43,833,000 Italian lire The lira (; plural lire) was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. It was first introduced by the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy in 1807 at par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Water Joe
''Holy Water Joe'' ( it, Acquasanta Joe) is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Mario Gariazzo. Plot In the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War (1861-1865), Jeff Donovan's outlaw gang, disguised as soldiers of both the Confederacy and the Union, rob banks using a cannon concealed in a wagon. A man about town by the name of Holy Water Joe, called such to differentiate between him and his father, Fire Water Joe, finds himself penniless when all his savings are gone due to a bank robbery by the Donovan gang. Joe finds an opportunity to recoup some of his losses when he captures a deserter from the gang and sells him to Donovan, that creates double dealing and gunplay. Cast * Lincoln Tate as Holy Water Joe * Ty Hardin as Jeff Donovan * Richard Harrison as Charlie Bennett * Giulio Baraghini as Jim (credited as Lee Banner) * Silvia Monelli as Estella * Tuccio Musumeci as The Sicilian * Pietro Ceccarelli as Sergeant Butch * Dante Maggio as The Banker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return Of Sabata
''Return of Sabata'' ( it, È tornato Sabata ... hai chiuso un'altra volta, lit=Sabata is back ... you're finished again) is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. The third film in ''The Sabata Trilogy'', it features the return of Lee Van Cleef as the title character, which he had played in the first film, '' Sabata'', but was replaced by Yul Brynner in the second film, ''Adiós, Sabata'', due to a scheduling conflict. ''Return of Sabata'' was listed in the 1978 book ''The Fifty Worst Films of All Time''. Plot Sabata, a former Confederate army officer and steely eyed, quick-drawing, impossibly accurate gunman with a trick gun, is working for a travelling circus as a stunt marksman. The circus comes to a small Texas town, where a former subordinate officer, a lieutenant from the army is running a crooked casino. The man owes Sabata $5,000 from sometime ago. Then the circus manager runs off with the circus funds, so Sabata decides to stay in town and try to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sartana Kills Them All
''Sartana Kills Them All'' ( es, Un par de asesinos) is a 1970 Spanish crime comedy western film directed by Rafael Romero Marchent, written by Mario Alabiso and Santiago Moncada and starring Gianni Garko Gianni Garko (born Giovanni Garcovich; 15 July 1935), often billed as John Garko and occasionally Gary Hudson, is an Italian actor who found fame as a leading man in 1960s Spaghetti Westerns. He is perhaps best known for his lead role as Sartana, ..., Guglielmo Spoletini and María Silva. Cast References External links * {{IMDb title, 0065992 1970s crime comedy films Spanish crime comedy films Spanish Western (genre) comedy films 1970s Western (genre) comedy films Films directed by Rafael Romero Marchent Films with screenplays by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent Films scored by Marcello Giombini Columbia Pictures films Plaion Films with screenplays by Rafael Romero Marchent 1970 comedy films 1970 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of The Commandos
''Battle of the Commandos'' (also known as ''Legion of the Damned'') is a European Macaroni-War film directed in 1969 by Umberto Lenzi. The movie was a co-production between Italy (where it was released as ''La legione dei dannati''), West Germany (where is known with the title ''Die zum Teufel gehen'') and Spain (where is known as ''La brigada de los condenados''). Cast * Jack Palance: Col. Charley MacPherson * Curd Jürgens: Maj. Gen. von Reilow * Thomas Hunter: Capt. Kevin Burke * Robert Hundar: Pvt. Raymond Stone * Wolfgang Preiss: Col. Ackerman * Helmuth Schneider: Pvt. Sam Schrier * Guido Lollobrigida: Pvt. Tom Carlyle * Aldo Sambrell: Sgt. Karim Habinda * Diana Lorys: Janine * Franco Fantasia: Schiwers, the French Maquis leader * Gérard Herter: Lt. Hapke * Mirko Ellis: Capt. Adler * Bruno Corazzari Bruno Corazzari (born 30 December 1940) is an Italian film, television and stage actor. Life and career Born in Castellarano, Reggio Emilia, Corazzari started his c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garringo
''Garringo'' (also known as ''Dead Are Countless'') is a 1969 Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Rafael Romero Marchent Rafael Romero Marchent (3 May 1926 – 13 February 2020) was a Spanish director, screenwriter and actor. Life and career Born in Madrid, the son of the author Joaquín Romero Marchent Gómez de Avellaneda, he started his career as an actor, mai .... Cast References External links * 1969 films Spaghetti Western films Spanish Western (genre) films 1969 Western (genre) films Films directed by Rafael Romero Marchent Films scored by Marcello Giombini Films with screenplays by Rafael Romero Marchent 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mission Stardust
''Mission Stardust'' ( it, ...4...3...2...1...Morte) is a 1967 science fiction film based on the early novels of the popular German ''Perry Rhodan'' series by K.H. Scheer and Walter Ernsting. Plot In a quest to find a source of radioactive material more powerful than uranium, Major Perry Rhodan leads a four-man mission to the Moon on the rocketship ''Stardust''. On the Moon, they find a stranded Arkonide spaceship, where Commander Thora is trying to save a scientist named Crest, along with a crew of robots. The earthmen find that Crest is suffering from leukemia, for which there is a cure available on Earth. Perry and others take an Arkonide shuttlecraft to Earth to bring back a doctor with the cure. One of the Earth crewmen is a traitor, however, supplying information to a crime lord who is after the radioactive material, but who sees the encounter with the Arkonides as providing an opportunity for an even greater prize. The crime lord arranges to replace the doctor and nurse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballad Of A Gunman
''Ballad of a Gunman'', also known as ''Pistoleros'' and ''Ringo, Pray to Your God and Die'' ( it, Ballata per un pistolero) is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Alfio Caltabiano and starring Antony Ghidra. Plot The criminal brothers El Bedoja and Chiuchi have each their own gang. Together they rob a stagecoach. After they've just got rid of all witnesses by killing the passengers, they are already about to plan the next coup together. This time they want to do the bank of Mallintown. Its safe is considered unbreakable but it does open automatically shortly at certain times. The two gang leaders use the stagecoach as a kind of Trojan Horse The Trojan Horse was a wooden horse said to have been used by the Greeks during the Trojan War to enter the city of Troy and win the war. The Trojan Horse is not mentioned in Homer's ''Iliad'', with the poem ending before the war is concluded, ... to get gang members unrecognised into the town and moreover to have a big ches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
