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Salvo Randone
Salvatore "Salvo" Randone (25 September 1906 – 6 March 1991) was an Italian theatrical, television and film actor. Born in Syracuse, Sicily, Randone debuted on stage in mid-1920s and, after some years in which he played roles of little weight, he became in the fifties one of the most critically appreciated actors in Italian theatre. After a few minor roles in 1940s and 1950s he started in early 1960s a quite prolific film career as character actor; for his performances he was awarded with two Silver Ribbons and a grolla d'oro. Randone appeared in 45 films between 1943 and 1977. He was also very prolific as television actor, starring in some TV-series of great success. He was married to the actress Neda Naldi. Selected filmography * ''Sant'Elena, piccola isola'' (1943) - General Gourgaud * ''Cuore'' (1948) * ''Letter at Dawn'' (1948) - Donati - Defense attorney * '' The Bigamist'' (1956) * ''Vento del sud'' (1959) * '' The Assassin'' (1961) - Commissioner Palumbo * '' Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl From Parma
''La parmigiana'' (internationally released as ''The Girl from Parma'') is a 1963 Italian comedy drama film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli. The film describes the disappointing sentimental experiences of an orphan girl (Catherine Spaak). Cast * Catherine Spaak: Dora * Nino Manfredi: Nino Meciotti * Salvo Randone: Scipio Pagliughi * Didi Perego: Amneris Pagliughi * Lando Buzzanca: Michele Pantanò * Vanni De Maigret: Giacomo Doselli * Rosalia Maggio: Iris * Umberto D'Orsi: ingegnere Masselli * Ugo Fangareggi: waiter in "rosticceria Arcobaleno" * Mario Brega is a character (arts), character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario (franchise), Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in ...: plainclothes policeman, in Rome (uncredited) References External links * 1963 films 1960s coming-of-age comedy-drama films Films directed by Antonio Pietrangeli Commed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family Diary
''Family Diary'' ( it, Cronaca familiare) is a 1962 Italian film directed by Valerio Zurlini and based on the novel by Vasco Pratolini. It tells the story of two brothers (played by Marcello Mastroianni and Jacques Perrin) who are brought up apart from each other at their mother's death, then brought together by difficult family circumstances. Described by Elliot Stein in ''The Village Voice'' as "the classiest 'male weepie' ever filmed",Stein, Elliot"Valerio Zurlini’s Autumn Tales" ''The Village Voice'', 22 August 2000. Retrieved on 5 August 2016. ''Family Diary'' is an exemplary adaptation of the semi-autobiographical Vasco Pratolini novel ''Two Brothers'', and won Zurlini a shared Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Marcello Mastroianni gives a sensitive, finely judged performance as Enrico, a struggling journalist in the Rome of 1945. He receives a phone call informing him that his younger brother Lorenzo (Jacques Perrin) has died. Enrico recalls their long and difficul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion
''Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion'' ( it, Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) is a 1970 Italian crime drama film directed by Elio Petri, starring Gian Maria Volonté and Florinda Bolkan. It is a psychological, black-humored satire on corruption in high office, telling the story of a top police officer who kills his mistress, and then tests whether the police would charge him for this crime. He begins manipulating the investigation by planting obvious clues while the other police officers ignore them, either intentionally or not. The film was released in Italy by Euro International Pictures on 9 February 1970, to widespread acclaim from critics. It won the Jury Prize at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival, and the David di Donatello Awards for Best Film for Best Actor (Gian Maria Volonté). In the United States, it won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Petri and his co-writer Ugo Pirro were nominated for Best Original Screenplay. In 2008, ''Inve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fellini Satyricon
''Fellini Satyricon'', or simply ''Satyricon'', is a 1969 Italian fantasy drama film written and directed by Federico Fellini and loosely based on Petronius's work ''Satyricon'', written during the reign of Emperor Nero and set in Imperial Rome. The film is divided into nine episodes, following Encolpius ( Martin Potter) and his friend Ascyltus (Hiram Keller) as they try to win the heart of a young boy named Gitón within a surreal and dreamlike Roman landscape. ''Fellini Satyricon'' was entered into the 30th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Pasinetti Award for Best Italian Film. It received acclaim from international critics, with particular praise toward Fellini's direction and Danilo Donati's vivid production design. The film earned Fellini his third Oscar nomination for Best Director, and the film was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Plot The film opens on a graffiti-covered wall with Encolpius lamenting the loss of hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machine Gun McCain
''Machine Gun McCain'' ( it, Gli intoccabili, lit, "The Untouchables") is a 1969 English-language Italian crime film directed by Giuliano Montaldo and starring John Cassavetes, Britt Ekland, Peter Falk, Gabriele Ferzetti, and Florinda Bolkan. Cassavetes' spouse and regular collaborator, Gena Rowlands, appears in a supporting role. The film is based on the Ovid Demaris novel ''Candyleg'', adapted by Montaldo, Mino Roli, and American playwright Israel Horovitz. It premiered at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or. Plot Charlie Adamo, the Mafia's newly-promoted West Coast operations chief, attempts to muscle in on the newly-constructed Royal Casino-Hotel in Las Vegas, demanding its manager Abe Stilberman sell him a 20% stake in the enterprise. When Stilberman refuses, Adamo arranges for convicted bank robber Hank McCain to be released from prison by his son Jack, who poses a plan to rob the casino without telling him of Adamo's involvement. McC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spirits Of The Dead
''Spirits of the Dead'' (french: Histoires extraordinaires, lit=Extraordinary Tales, it, Tre passi nel delirio, lit=Three Steps to Delirium), also known as ''Tales of Mystery and Imagination'', is a 1968 horror anthology film comprising three segments. The French title is derived from the first collection of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories translated by French poet Charles Baudelaire; the English titles ''Spirits of the Dead'' and ''Tales of Mystery and Imagination'' are respectively taken from an 1827 poem by Poe and a 1902 British collection of his stories. American International Pictures distributed this horror anthology film featuring three Poe stories directed by European directors Roger Vadim, Louis Malle and Federico Fellini. The cast includes Jane Fonda, Alain Delon, Peter Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, and Terence Stamp. The English-language version features narration by Vincent Price. Plot "Metzengerstein" At the age of 22, Countess Frédérique inherits the Metzengerstei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Diamonds For Ursula
''No Diamonds for Ursula'' (Italian: ''I diamanti che nessuno voleva rubare'') is a 1967 Italian crime film directed by Gino Mangini and starring Jeanne Valérie, Salvo Randone and Dana Andrews.McKay p.191 Cast * Jeanne Valérie as Ursula * Salvo Randone as Spiros * Hannes Schmidhauser (billed as John Elliot) as Fangio * Dana Andrews as Maurizio, Il gioielliere * Aldo Giuffrè as Marcos * Mario Brega as Sansone * Bruno Piergentili as Giorgio * Roger Beaumont as Charlie * Aymo as Edison * Lilly Mantovani as La governante * Kathy Baron as La commessa * Giovanni Petrucci as Il commesso * Ignazio Spalla as Caravella * Thomas Walton Sir Thomas Walton (also Wauton or Waweton; 1370 – c. 1450) was an English MP and Speaker of the House of Commons. He was born the son of John de Walton of Great Staughton, Huntingdonshire, who was a previous MP for Huntingdonshire. Thomas ... as Il commissario * Nino Vingelli as Carta Carbone * Attilio Dottesio as Il ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Still Kill The Old Way
''We Still Kill the Old Way'' ( it, A ciascuno il suo; ) is a 1967 Italian crime film directed by Elio Petri. It was entered into the 1967 Cannes Film Festival where it won the award for Best Screenplay. It is based on the novel '' To Each His Own'' by Leonardo Sciascia. Plot The death threats against the local pharmacist Arturo Manno do not surprise any of his friends because he is a known womanizer in his small town. They do not take his reports of the threats seriously until Manno, together with his friend Dr. Antonio Roscio, are killed while hunting one early morning. Suspicion falls on the father and two brothers of a 16-year-old girl who supposedly had relations with Manno. But Professor Laurana, who had seen one of the extortion letters, does not believe in the guilt of these illiterates from a rundown neighborhood since the letters of the anonymous notes have been made with clippings from the Osservatore Romano - a Vatican newspaper with few local subscribers. He asks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 10th Victim
''The 10th Victim'' ( it, La decima vittima) is a 1965 science fiction film directed and co-written by Elio Petri, starring Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Elsa Martinelli, and Salvo Randone. An international co-production between Italy and France, it is based on Robert Sheckley's 1953 short story " Seventh Victim". Taking place in the year 2079 in the aftermath of World War III, the film's focus is on a government-endorsed program known as "The Big Hunt", whereby contestants from around the world act as "hunters" and "victims" in two-person battles to the death as a means of avoiding mass warfare. The plot follows veteran Big Hunt contestants Caroline Meredith (Andress) and Marcello Poletti (Mastroianni), who are respectively assigned the roles of hunter and victim for one such confrontation, which is complicated by their budding romance. Like Petri's other films, ''The 10th Victim'' is a work of socio-political satire, while also combining science fiction themes with conv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Possessed (1965 Film)
''The Possessed'' ( it, La donna del lago, lit=The Lady of the Lake) is a 1965 Italian mystery film written and directed by Luigi Bazzoni and Franco Rossellini and starring Peter Baldwin, Virna Lisi, Pia Lindstrom and Philippe Leroy. It is based on the novel ''La donna del lago'' by Giovanni Comisso. The film was years later released on U.S. television as ''Love, Hate and Dishonor''. Plot Bernard (Peter Baldwin), a well-known writer, arrives in a small Italian town near a lake to spend his winter vacation. He checks into an old hotel owned by Enrico and his daughter Irma (Valentina Cortese), secretly hoping to become reacquainted with their maid Tilde (he had developed quite a crush on her the last time he stayed there, and had even stalked her a few times). He is shocked to hear that Tilde (Virna Lisi) committed suicide the previous winter, and then learns that she was pregnant. Apparently she not only ingested poison, but she also managed to slash her own throat. Bernard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magnificent Cuckold
''The Magnificent Cuckold'' or ''Il magnifico cornuto'' is a 1964 Italian sex comedy film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli and based on the Belgian play '' Le Cocu magnifique'' written by Fernand Crommelynck. Plot ''The Magnificent Cuckold'' is about a hat tycoon who is ecstatically, if not hungrily, in love with his youthful wife. It is all blissful, that is, until our man, middle-aged and somewhat of a square among his blasé, upper-class friends to whom cuckoldry is a common practice, is seduced by one of them. At this point doubts and suspicions, like conscience, begin to plague him. If he could succumb to extramarital confections, why not his gorgeous mate? Quickly his love for his spouse degenerates beyond obsessive, into the realm of maniacal. He becomes madly concerned that his wife is cheating on him—even though she is not being unfaithful. When he looks at her it becomes obvious to him that she is a very attractive woman. And, all the men around her must be dying to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
