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Pietro Torrisi
Pietro Torrisi (born 20 January 1940) aka "Peter McCoy" is an Italian stuntman and actor. He appeared in more than 100 films since 1960. Selected filmography References Footnotes Sources * External links * 1940 births Living people Italian male film actors Italian stunt performers {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catania
Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by the presence of important road and rail transport infrastructures as well as by the main airport in Sicily, fifth in Italy. It is located on Sicily's east coast, at the base of the active volcano, Mount Etna, and it faces the Ionian Sea. It is the capital of the 58-municipality region known as the Metropolitan City of Catania, which is the seventh-largest metropolitan city in Italy. The population of the city proper is 311,584, while the population of the Metropolitan City of Catania is 1,107,702. Catania was founded in the 8th century BC by Chalcidian Greeks. The city has weathered multiple geologic catastrophes: it was almost completely destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake in 1169. A major eruption and lava flow from nearby Mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return Of Shanghai Joe
''Return of Shanghai Joe'' ( it, Il ritorno di Shanghai Joe) is a 1975 Western film directed by Bitto Albertini and starring Klaus Kinski. Plot The medicine show man Bill Cannon gives refuge to the bandit Pedro Gomez, who is wounded by the men of Barnes. Before dying, Gomez suggests that Cannon should bring in his body to collect bounty. Bill is subsequently robbed by Barnes' men, but they are stopped with kung fu fighting by the Chinese Shanghai Joe. Cannon steals his horse, but Joe follows and convinces him that they should be friends. In town Joe helps Cannon at gambling and force a bartender to eat crooked dice. Cannon helps Joe at an ambush by Barnes' men, and later helps him escape when he is to be lynched on a trumped up charge. They get support from the judge. The two men attack Barnes’ ranch and the latter is killed by Cannon in a fight on top of a cliff. When it is disclosed that Joe is a federal agent Cannon at first leaves in disgust, but then he comes back and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1940 Births
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Throne Of Fire (film)
''The Throne of Fire'' ( it, Il trono di fuoco) is a 1983 Italian film directed by Franco Prosperi. The film is among the '' peplums'' of the 1980s to feature a woman as the central character, along with ''Red Sonja'', '' Hundra'' and ''Barbarian Queen ''Barbarian Queen'' (also known as ''Queen of the Naked Steel'') is a 1985 American-Argentine fantasy film starring Lana Clarkson, directed by Héctor Olivera and written by Howard R. Cohen. The film premiered in April 1985 in the United States. ...''. Production Parts of ''Throne of Fire'' were shot at Bracciano in Rome with interiors shot at De Paolis Studios and Elios studios in Rome. The film reuses the village raid sequence from the 1982 film '' Barbarian Master''. Release ''The Throne of Fire'' was released on 17 June 1983 in Italy and on 5 June 1986 in the United States. Reception In his overview of 1980s action films, Daniel R. Budnik described the film as a "'' Conan'' rip-off from Italy" that was closer to "peplum fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sword Of The Barbarians
''The Sword of the Barbarians'' ( it, Sangraal, la spada di fuoco/ ''Sangraal, the Sword of Fire'') is a 1982 sword and sorcery film written and directed by Michele Massimo Tarantini and starring Peter McCoy and Sabrina Siani. The film is also known as ''Barbarian Master'' and ''Thor the Horrible''. The village raid scene in this film was re-used a year later in ''The Throne of Fire'' (1983).Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. . Plot The movie introduces Sangraal, son of king Ator, whose realm and people are destroyed by evil warlord Nantuk. Sangraal and the remainder of his people flee his wrath and begin searching for a new home. After defending some villagers from an attack by Nantuk's troops, they gladly accept the newcomers as part of their community. Their leader, Belem, even offers Sangraal to become his co-ruler. Meanwhile, the warlord - who has assumed kinghood after Ator's fall - has angered the Goddess of Fire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunan, King Of The Barbarians
''Gunan, King of the Barbarians'' ( it, Gunan il guerriero) is a 1982 film directed by Franco Prosperi. Production ''Gunan, King of the Barbarians'' uses footage from ''One Million Years B.C.''. Release ''Gunan, King of the Barbarians'' was released in Italy on 9 September 1982. The film has also been released as ''The Invincible Barbarian''. As of 2016 the only available copies of ''Gunan, King of the Barbarians'' were home made DVDs sold on eBay that are sourced from pan-and-scan transfers from VHS tapes. Reception Colin Greenland reviewed ''The Invincible Barbarian'' for ''Imagine'' magazine, and stated that "What makes this Invincible Barbarian invincible? Probably the fact that everybody he comes up against is even more stupid than he is. See how long you can watch this one without giggling." From retrospective reviews, the German book ''Lexicon des Fantasy-Films'' referred to the film as a rip-off of ''Conan the Barbarian Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Emanuelle 2
''Black Emanuelle 2'' (Italian: ''Emanuelle nera nº 2'', also known as ''The New Black Emanuelle'' and ''Black Emanuelle No 2''), is a 1976 Italian psychological drama- sexploitation film directed by Bitto Albertini. It is an unofficial sequel of ''Black Emanuelle''.Manlio Gomarasca. "Nero su bianco - Emanuelle nera n° 2" in AA.VV. ''Al tropico del sesso'', ''Nocturno Dossier'' (35). November 2005. p. 32. Background Although following Albertini's successful 1975 sexploitation film ''Black Emanuelle'' and the allusion to the title, ''Black Emanuelle 2'' differs greatly in plot than the first film, featuring Israeli actress Shulamith Lasri (the only film she ever starred in), as Emanuelle Richmond Morgan, a supermodel going through a state of amnesia and locked in a mental institution in New York City. Lasri, at her first and only film, is credited just as "Emanuelle Nera". The lead actor, as in the first film, is Angelo Infanti, who plays a different character. The film was shot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werewolf Woman
''Werewolf Woman'' ( it, La lupa mannara) is a 1976 Italian horror film directed by Rino Di Silvestro. Plot When Daniella Neseri was a child, she was raped. The trauma from this has stunted her emotional growth and sexuality, so much so that she cannot have normal romantic relationships with men. One day she discovers that one of her female ancestors was killed for purportedly being a werewolf and that she strongly resembles this woman. This causes her to have nightmares where she transforms into a werewolf and is chased by angry villagers. Eventually, this delusion surfaces in her daily life, and as a result, she murders her sister Elena's lover after watching the two make love. Daniella hides the murder by throwing the body over a cliff, meant to give the impression that he was attacked by a dog and accidentally fell. Daniella is discovered unresponsive near the cliff and is institutionalized. Her family and physicians believe that she merely discovered the body, and the shock w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Genius, Two Partners And A Dupe
''A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe'' ( it, Un genio, due compari, un pollo) is a 1975 Spaghetti Western comedy film directed by Damiano Damiani and Sergio Leone, who directed the opening scene. Plot Joe Thanks (Terence Hill) is a genius conman. He conducts various schemes with his two friends: Half-breed Steam Engine Bill (Robert Charlebois) and his girlfriend Lucy (Miou-Miou). Lucy loves both men, and they in turn both vie for her affection. Joe formulates an extremely elaborate plan to steal $300,000 from Major Cabot (Patrick McGoohan), an Indian-hating cavalry man, and in doing so save the Indian land he is trying to steal. Every time the plan seems to be failing, Joe has another trick up his sleeve. The film climaxes with a stagecoach chase and a gigantic explosion. Cast *Terence Hill as Joe Thanks *Miou-Miou as Lucy / Lilla *Patrick McGoohan as Major Cabot / Harris *Robert Charlebois as Steam Train Bill / Paul Lambet *Klaus Kinski as Doc Foster *Jean Martin as Colonel Pem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ten Gladiators
''The Ten Gladiators'' ( it, I dieci gladiatori) is a 1963 Italian film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. Plot summary Roccia and a band of fellow gladiators join forces with a patrician named Glaucus Valerius to replace Nero, (and his evil henchman, Tigelinus), with a new emperor: Servius Galba. During the course of this bloody struggle, the gladiators lose their mentor and trainer - Resius - and then must rescue Lidia, Resius' beautiful niece, from death on the cross. Cast * Roger Browne as Glaucus Valerius * José Greci (a.k.a. Susan Paget) as Lidia *Dan Vadis as Roccia *Franca Parisi (a.k.a. Margaret Taylor) as Poppea *Gianni Rizzo as Claudius Nero *Mimmo Palmara (aka Dick Palmer) as Tigelinus *Ugo Sasso as Resius *Mirko Ellis as Servius Galba *Gianfranco Parolini as Livius Verus *Vassili Karis as Epaphrodito * Emilio Messina as Gladiator Leptus *Giuseppe Mattei (aka Pino Mattei) as Gladiator Methodius *Pietro Torrisi as Gladiator * Aldo Canti as Gladiator *Giancarlo Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Smiles At A Murderer
''Death Smiles on a Murderer'' ( it, La morte ha sorriso all'assassino; English title sequence: ''Death Smiles at Murder'') is a 1973 Italian horror film directed by Joe D'Amato and starring Ewa Aulin, Klaus Kinski and Luciano Rossi. Plot 1906. In a crypt-like room, hunchbacked Franz von Holstein mourns over the body of Greta, his young sister and only love. A first flashback shows him sexually assaulting her, after which she expresses her wish to leave this cursed place with him, to live and to be among people. In a second flashback, she teases him into chasing her when she stumbles upon Doctor Herbert von Ravensbrück; they get romantically involved while Franz watches from hiding. 1909. Walter von Ravensbrück (Herbert's son) and his wife Eva are being served tea by butler Simeon when a carriage driving by at high speed is overturned and the coachman fatally impaled. Inside the coach is Greta, unconscious. Inspector Dannick wants to question her, but Walter convinces him oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
