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Ray Lovelock (actor)
Raymond Lovelock (; 19 June 1950 – 10 November 2017) was an Italian actor and musician, best known for his roles in genre films. Early life Lovelock was born in Rome on 19 June 1950. His mother was Italian and his father was English. They met during the Allied occupation of Italy in World War II. While at college, he supplemented his income as an extra in movies and TV commercials. He also performed in a rock band with longtime friend and actor Tomas Milian, where he was discovered by a talent agent. Career Acting career Lovelock played his first credited movie part in the Spaghetti Western '' Se sei vivo spara'' (1967), directed by Giulio Questi and starring Milian. His breakthrough role came the following year in the crime thriller ''Bandits in Milan'', as bank robber Donato 'Tuccio' Lopez. The film was a hit with critics and won several awards. He then established himself as both a reliable character actor and a leading man in Italian films and television, working stea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almost Human (1974 Film)
''Almost Human'' ( it, Milano odia: la polizia non-può sparare, "Milan hates, the police can't shoot") is a 1974 Italian poliziotteschi film directed by Umberto Lenzi. This film stars Tomas Milian, Henry Silva, Ray Lovelock and Anita Strindberg.NoShame Films DVD Case, 2005. Last accessed: September 2008. Plot A bunch of thieves kidnap a boy in a red hoodie from his mother's arms. This is followed by an action-packed car chase full of breaking boxes, defacing cars, and slim getaways. The chase ends when the kidnappers are saved by an oncoming train, which cuts off the police from their trail. They find this a perfect opportunity to dump the kid and make their getaway. The boy is returned to his family but the kidnappers' gang beat them up for their failure. Following a castration threat, the kidnapper/thief goes home to rape his girlfriend. Following this, he robs a cigarette dispenser and stabs the beat cop who catches him. This leads to a detective to start asking questions. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last House On The Beach
''The Last House on the Beach'' (Italian: ''La settima donna'', also known as ''Terror'' and ''The Seventh Woman'') is a 1978 Italian rape and revenge-thriller film directed by Franco Prosperi. The American title refers to Wes Craven's ''The Last House on the Left'', and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas stated how "combining the nunsploitation subgenre with rape-revenge, the film deviates plot-wise from ''The Last House on the Left'' substantially, but arrives at a similar ethical conclusion". It was argued that the final scene of the movie inspired the final scene in Quentin Tarantino's ''Death Proof''. Cast *Florinda Bolkan: Sister Cristina * Ray Lovelock: Aldo * Flavio Andreini: Walter * Stefano Cedrati: Nino * Sherry Buchanan: Lisa Production ''The Last House on the Beach'' was Franco Prosperi's second film as a director he made for producer Pino Burichhi. Release ''The Last House on the Beach'' was distributed in Italy by Magirus and released on April 20, 1978. Roberto Curti, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet Him And Die
''Meet Him and Die'' ( it, Pronto ad uccidere) is a 1976 film directed by Franco Prosperi and starring Ray Lovelock, Martin Balsam and Elke Sommer. Cast * Ray Lovelock - Massimo Torlani * Martin Balsam - Giulianelli * Elke Sommer - Secretary * Heinz Domez - Piero * Ettore Manni - Perrone * Peter Berling - Bavoso * Riccardo Cucciolla - Commissioner Sacchi * Ernesto Colli - Settecapelli Style Italian film historian Roberto Curti described ''Meet Him and Die'' as a turning point for ''poliziotteschi''s approach to justice in film as the genre "no longer considers justice" Release ''Meet Him and Die'' was distributed theatrically in Italy by Over Seas Film Company on 9 October 1976. It grossed a total of 344,182,575 Italian lira domestically. In West Germany, the film was titled ''Tote pflastern seinen Weg'' and was released on 28 July 1977. On its release on home video in the United Kingdom, the film received the alternative title ''Risking, Pronto!''. See also * List of It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Moglie Vergine
''La moglie vergine'', internationally released as ''The Virgin Wife'', ''Valentina'' and ''You've Got to Have Heart'', is a 1975 Italian commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Marino Girolami (here credited as Franco Martinelli). Plot For their honeymoon, Giovannino and Valentina go to the villa of his uncle Federico on Lake Iseo. Their first and subsequent nights are a failure, as she is shy and he, despite no difficulties with other women, cannot perform. News of this non-consummation spreads through the family and even into the town. To counter the shame, both Federico and the family lawyer offer to initiate Valentina, but she refuses. Tension mounts when Giovannino's brother Gianfranco arrives with his insatiable German wife Brigitte. Valentina's mother Lucia also turns up to encourage her increasingly stressed daughter who, after a fierce family argument, runs out to the lakeside. Afraid she might attempt suicide, Giovannino and Lucia take a motor boat in search of her, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macchie Solari
''Autopsy'' (original Italian title ''Macchie solari'', also known as ''The Victim'' and ''Corpse'') is a 1975 Italian giallo-horror film directed by Armando Crispino. It achieved a ''cult'' status for its truculent morgue scenes. The Italian title translates as ''Sunspots''. Plot During a rash of unusual suicides in Rome that scientists theorize are being caused by sunspots, a young female morgue doctor (Mimsy Farmer) is told by a priest that he thinks his sister was murdered, although he is being told it was suicide. They team up to investigate the cause of his sister's death. Cast * Mimsy Farmer: Simona Sana * Barry Primus: Father Paul Lenox * Ray Lovelock: Edgar * Carlo Cattaneo: Lello Sana * Angela Goodwin: Daniela * Gaby Wagner: Betty Lenox * Massimo Serato: Gianni Sana * Ernesto Colli: Ivo * Antonio Casale: Inspector Silvestri Critical reception Allmovie wrote, "This creepy whodunit ..offers a few chills but is ultimately unsatisfying." Marco Giusti fee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King Is The Best Mayor
''The King is the Best Mayor'' (Italian: ''Il miglior sindaco, il re'', Spanish: ''El mejor alcalde, el rey'') is a 1974 Italian-Spanish historical drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Analía Gadé, Simonetta Stefanelli and Ray Lovelock.Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. p. 205. . The film is based on the play ''The Best Mayor, The King'' by Lope de Vega. Cast *Analía Gadé as Felicia *Simonetta Stefanelli as Elvira * Ray Lovelock as Sancho *Fernando Sancho as Conde *Andrés Mejuto as The King * as Pelayo * José Nieto as Nuño *Antonio Casas as Celio * Tomás Blanco as Alcalde *Alejandro de Enciso as Julio *Luis Induni as D. Enrique *Fernando Sánchez Polack Fernando Sánchez Polack (11 August 1920 – 24 January 1982) was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than 110 films and television shows between 1959 and 1982, mostly of them as a supporting character in Spaghetti Western films. He starred . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emergency Squad (1974 Film)
''Emergency Squad'' ( it, Squadra volante) is a 1974 Italian ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Stelvio Massi. Cast *Tomas Milian as Tomas Ravelli *Mario Carotenuto as Lavagni *Gastone Moschin as "The Marseilles" * Ray Lovelock as Rino * Stefania Casini as Marta Hayworth *Ilaria Guerini as Fede *Guido Leontini as Mario Berlotti aka "Cranio" * Enzo Andronico as Alberto *Giuseppe Castellano (actor) as Beppe Release ''Emergency Squad'' was distributed theatrically in Italy on 24 April 1974 by Jumbo Cinematografica. The film grossed a total of 985,981,000 Italian lire. Film historian and critic Roberto Curti described ''Emergency Squad'' as a "surprising commercial hit" on its initial theatrical release. Director Stelvio Massi recalled that on the film's premiere in Rome he was deeply embarrassed by the audience's reaction to a scene where bandits shoot a police car that explodes as the audience greeted the scene with rapturous applause. See also * List of Italian films of 1974 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Russian Summer
''Il giorno del furore'' (UK title: ''Fury'', also released as ''One Russian Summer'') is a 1973 Italian film based on Lermontov's juvenile novel. It stars Oliver Reed and Claudia Cardinale. Plot Palizyn is the patriarch of an aristocratic family in pre-revolutionary Russia. Ruthless and savage, he exercises great power over his dependents, his peers, and his army of servants. Vadim, outwardly the most wretched and obedient of the servants, secretly arranges for them to revolt. Cast *Oliver Reed: Palizyn *John McEnery: Vadim *Carole André: Irene * Ray Lovelock: Yuri *Claudia Cardinale Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale (; born 15 April 1938) is an Italian actress. She has starred in some of the most iconic European films of the 1960s and 1970s, acting in Italian, French, and English. Born and raised in La Goulette, a ...: Anya References External links * 1973 films 1970s Italian-language films Films based on Russian novels Films set in Russia Films set in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oasis Of Fear
''Oasis of Fear'' ( it, Un posto ideale per uccidere, lit=An Ideal Place to Kill) is an Italian ''giallo'' film directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Irene Papas, Ornella Muti and Ray Lovelock. It was produced by Carlo Ponti. The film was released in the United States in 1974, and is available on video as both ''Oasis of Fear'' and ''Dirty Pictures''. Synopsis Two pornography-peddling hippies from Italy (Richard and Ingrid) run out of material to sell, so they start taking "dirty pictures" of each other to add to their stock of smut. While on the run from the authorities in Sweden, the pair get invited to the home of a middle-aged woman named Barbara, the wife of a NATO colonel. She involves them first in sexual games, then later in a convoluted murder plot. It seems Barbara has murdered her husband and hidden the body in the trunk of her car, and she gets the idea to frame the two hippies for the crime. Cast Production The film was developed under the title ''Stress''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'amica
''L'amica'' is a 1969 Italian film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti. Plot Cast *Lisa Gastoni: Lisa Marchesi *Gabriele Ferzetti: Mario Marchesi *Elsa Martinelli: Carla Nervi *Jean Sorel Jean Sorel (; born 25 September 1934) is a French actor. Born Jean Bernard de Chieusses de Combaud de Roquebrune, he worked extensively in European cinema during the 1960s and 1970s with directors such as Luis Buñuel and Luchino Visconti. How ...: Franco Raimondi * Frank Wolff: Guido Nervi * Ray Lovelock: Claudio Nervi *: Giovanna *Sergio Serafini: assistant Dr. Nervi References External links * 1969 films Italian drama films 1960s Italian-language films Films scored by Luis Bacalov Films directed by Alberto Lattuada 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
''Oh, Grandmother's Dead'' ( it, Toh, è morta la nonna!) is a 1969 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and starring Sergio Tofano. Cast * Sirena Adgemova as Sparta * Carole André as Claretta * Wanda Capodaglio as Adelaide Ghia, the grandmother * Peter Chatel as Guido * Valentina Cortese as Ornella * Giuseppina Cozzi * Luigi De Vittorio as Don Mario * Riccardo Garrone as Galeazzo * Vera Gherarducci as Gigliola * Ray Lovelock as Carlo Alberto * Gastone Pescucci as Adolfo * Giorgio Piazza as Italo * Helena Ronee as Titina * Gianni Scolari as Carlo Maria * Sergio Tofano Sergio Tòfano (20 August 1886 – 28 October 1973) was an Italian actor, theatre director, director, playwright, scene designer and illustrator. Tofano was born in Rome. In 1909, he made his first appearance on stage with Ermete Novelli, t ... as the grandfather References External links * 1969 films 1960s black comedy films 1960s Italian-language films Films directed by M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Times Seven
''Seven Times Seven'' ( it, Sette volte sette) is a 1968 Italian crime comedy caper directed by Michele Lupo and starring Gastone Moschin. Plot A gang of prison inmates escape and rob the UK's Royal Mint. They then sneak back to prison. Cast * Gastone Moschin as Benjamin Burton * Lionel Stander as Sam car thief * Raimondo Vianello as Bodoni * Gordon Mitchell as Big Ben * Paolo Gozlino as Bingo (as Paul Stevens) * Nazzareno Zamperla as Bananas * Teodoro Corrà as Briggs * Erika Blanc as Mildred * Terry-Thomas as Police Inspector * Turi Ferro as Bernard * Adolfo Celi as Jail Manager * Paolo Bonacelli Paolo Bonacelli (born 28 February 1937) is an Italian actor. He is best known for his performance as the Duke de Blangis in Pier Paolo Pasolini's final film, ''Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom'' (1975). He was in '' Midnight Express'' (1978) as t ... as Jail warden * Ray Lovelock as Mildred's lover * Gladys Dawson as Miss Higgins * Neil McCarthy as Prison warden Mr. Docherty R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |