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Stelvio Massi
Stelvio Massi (26 March 1929 – 26 March 2004), sometimes credited "Max Steel", was an Italian director known for his "''poliziotteschi''" films. Career Massi entered the cinema industry in 1952 as assistant camera operator, and in 1954 he became a cameraman. Ten years later he began to work as cinematographer, and in 1973 he debuted as film director with ''Macrò''. He obtained a great commercial success with the ''Mark il poliziotto'' film series, then with a series of poliziotteschi starred by 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 rema .... Massi also worked on television, directing the 1987 TV series '' Due assi per un turbo''. His son Danilo is also a film director. Filmography :Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological. Notes Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poliziotteschi
Poliziotteschi (; singular ''poliziottesco'') constitute a subgenre of crime film, crime and action films that emerged in Italy in the late 1960s and reached the height of their popularity in the 1970s. They are also known as ''polizieschi all'italiana'', ''Euro-crime'', ''Italo-crime'', ''spaghetti crime films'', or simply ''Italian crime films''. Influenced by both 1970s Gangster film#French gangster films, French crime films and gritty 1960s and 1970s American Crime thriller, cop films and vigilante films, poliziotteschi films were made amidst an atmosphere of socio-political turmoil in Italy known as Years of Lead (Italy), Years of Lead and increasing Italian crime rates. The films generally featured graphic and brutal violence, organized crime, car chases, vigilantism, heist film, heists, gunfights, and corruption up to the highest levels. The protagonists were generally tough working class loners, willing to act outside a corrupt or overly bureaucratic system. Etymology of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Shoots First
''Mark il poliziotto spara per primo'' (internationally released as ''Mark Shoots First'') is an Italian ''poliziottesco'' film directed in 1975 by Stelvio Massi. It is the sequel of ''Mark il poliziotto''. Cast *Franco Gasparri: Mark Terzi *Lee J. Cobb: commendator Benzi *Massimo Girotti: vice questore Spaini *Ely Galleani: Angela Frizzo *Nino Benvenuti: Ghini *Andrea Aureli: giornalista *Spiros Focás: Morini *Guido Celano: Mario Borelli Release ''Mark Shoots First'' was released theatrically in Italy on 22 December 1975 where it was distributed by P.A.C. (Produzioni Atlas Cinematografica). The film grossed ₤1.227 billion Italian lira 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 with the French franc, and was subsequently adopted by the different states that would eventually f ... in Italy. References Footnotes Sources * External links * 1975 films 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Due Oriundi Per Cesare
Due or DUE may refer to: * DUE or DNA unwinding element, the originating site for splitting the DNA helix * DÜE (''Datenübertragungseinrichtung''), German for “data communications equipment” * Due (surname), including a list of people with the name * Due, Georgia, a ghost town in Fannin County, Georgia, United States * ISO 639:due, code for the Umiray Dumaget language * "Due", a song by Raf from the 1993 album ''Cannibali'' * "Due", a song by Mindless Self Indulgence from the 2008 album ''If'' * Due, a character in the anime ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Strikers'' * Rai Due, an Italian television channel * ''Telegiornale Due'', an Italian news program broadcast on Rai 2 See also * Doo (other) * Due date (other) * Deus (other) Deus is the Latin word for "god" or "deity". Deus may also refer to: * Deus (band), a Belgian rock band * Deus (board game), a civilisation board game from 2014 * Deus (TV series), ''Deus'' (TV series), Israel * Deus (vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doc, Hands Of Steel
''Doc, Hands of Steel'' ( es, Doc, manos de plata, it, L'uomo dalla pistola d'oro, also known as ''The Man Who Came to Kill'' and ''Man with the Golden Pistol'') is a 1965 Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Alfonso Balcázar. Cast * Carl Möhner: Doc MacGregor * Luis Dávila: Slade * Fernando Sancho: Pablo Reyes * Gloria Milland: Norma O'Connor * Umberto Raho: Brogas * Pedro Gil * Franco Balducci References External links *''Doc, Hands of Steel''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film p ... 1965 films Italian Western (genre) films Spanish Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films 1965 Western (genre) films Films directed by Alfonso Balcázar Films scored by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino 1960s Italian films [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tears On Your Face
''Tears on Your Face'' (Italian: ''Una lacrima sul viso'') is a 1964 Italian "musicarello" film directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti. It is named after the Bobby Solo's hit song " Una lacrima sul viso".Daniele Magni, ''Cuori matti - Dizionario dei musicarelli anni '60'', Bloodbuster Edizioni, 2012. . Cast * Bobby Solo: Bobby Tonner * Laura Efrikian: Lucia * Nino Taranto: Professor Giovanni Todini * Lucy D'Albert: Luisa Todini * Dolores Palumbo: Teresa * Lena von Martens: Gabriella * Dante Maggio: Traffic policeman * Agostino Salvietti: Vincenzo * Carlo Taranto Carlo Taranto (18 October 1921 – 4 April 1986) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1949 and 1984. Partial filmography * ''The Firemen of Viggiù'' (1949) * ''Assi alla ribalta'' (1954) * ''Wives and Obscurities'' ( ...: Guitarist References External links * 1964 films Musicarelli 1964 musical comedy films Films directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti Films with screenplays by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rebel (1980 Italian Film)
''The Rebel'' ( it, Poliziotto, solitudine e rabbia, lit=Cop, solitude and anger)) is a 1980 ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Stelvio Massi. Cast *Maurizio Merli as Nicola *Jutta Speidel as Vivien *Francisco Rabal as Tony *Arthur Brauss as Klaus Beitz *Reinhard Kolldehoff as Hermann Stoll Production ''The Rebel'' was shot at CCC Filmkunst in Berlin and on Location in Formello, Venice and Berlin. Merli spoke about the film stating that his crew and him "left for Germany in January 1980. It was amazing to shoot in Berlin stadium where Hitler used to deliver his speeches to the masses, especially since it was a gloomy day, with the sky completely covered with clouds. I had shivers watching the field completely covered with white snow, and all around the black marble that the stadium was built of." The film was made under the original title ''Poliziotto solitudine e rabbia''. The Italian version of the film was edited by Mauro Bonanni while the German version was edited by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunted City
''Hunted City'' ( it, Sbirro, la tua legge è lenta... la mia no! ) is a 1979 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Stelvio Massi. It represents one of the few negative roles for Merola. Production ''Hunted City'' was the fifth collaboration between actor Maurizio Merli and director Stelvio Massi. The film was shot at Incet-de Paolis in Milan and on location in Milano. Cast * Maurizio Merli: Commissioner Paolo Ferro * Mario Merola: Raffaele Acampora * Carmen Scarpitta: Ferro's sister * Francisco Rabal: don Alfonso * Massimo Dapporto: Stefano Release ''Hunted City'' was distributed theatrically in Italy by Simba Film on 27 September 1979. The film grossed a total of 329 million Italian lire domestically. See also * List of Italian films of 1979 A list of films produced in Italy in 1979 (see 1979 in film): References Footnotes Sources * * * * * External linksItalian films of 1979at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1979 1979 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convoy Busters
''Convoy Busters'' ( it, Un poliziotto scomodo) is a 1978 ''poliziotteschi'' film directed by Stelvio Massi and starring Maurizio Merli. Cast *Maurizio Merli: Inspector Francesco Olmi *Olga Karlatos: Anna *Massimo Serato: Degan Sr. *Mario Feliciani: Quaestor *Mimmo Palmara: Corchi * Marco Gelardini: Degan Jr. *Attilio Duse: Brigadier Ballarin *Nello Pazzafini:criminal Production ''Convoy Busters'' was filmed on location in Rome and Civitanova Marche. Releases ''Convoy Busters'' was distributed theatrically in Italy by P.A.C. - Produzioni Atlas Consorziate on 23 December 1978. It grossed a total of 989,390,960 Italian lira on its domestic release. Italian film historian and critic Roberto Curti stated that this gross was no par with Maurizio Merli's previous films noting that his star power was beginning to fade at this point. The film released by NoShame on DVD in the United States. Reception Curti stated that the film was "unusually well-received by critics", includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Commissario Di Ferro
'' Il commissario di ferro'' ( is a 1978 Italian ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Stelvio Massi. Plot Commissioner Mauro Mariani is known for his severity towards criminals and for his habit of acting on his own, which cost him the transition from Dr. Crivelli's mobile team to a simple neighborhood police station, where he can assist him. it's Brigadier Ingravallo. One day, while Mariani is with his wife Vera and his son Claudio, from whom he usually lives separated, a boy named Sergio Conforti bursts into his office and, holding an officer under the gun, forces him to call the absent commissioner because he wants to kill, considering him guilty of his father's suicide, arrested by Mariani two years earlier. The commissioner finds out about it when Vera and Claudio, having gone to the office to wait for him, end up in the hands of Conforti. The boy, in a delirium of revenge, takes the child with him and later telephones the inspector asking him to pick him up where and when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fearless (1978 Film)
''Fearless'' ( it, Poliziotto senza paura) is a 1978 ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Stelvio Massi. Cast *Maurizio Merli: Walter "Wally" Spada *Joan Collins: Brigitte *Gastone Moschin: Karl *Werner Pochath: Strauss * Annarita Grapputo: Annalise von Straben *Alexander Trojan: Von Straben * Jasmine Maimone: Renata * Massimo Vanni: Benito *Luciana Turina: Adele *Franco Ressel: Dr. Zimmer * Andrea Scotti: Inspector Nardelli Production According to director Stelvio Massi, the film was inspired by the character of Philip Marlowe, who he tried to have Maurizio Merli imitate to make him "more human, less violent cop, somewhat different from those he had already successfully played." Merli stated that when the producer found out that Merli's character would only shoot his gun once in the film,he was told "Come on, he must be shooting like mad, or else nobody's going to watch this movie!" ''Fearless'' was shot at Incir - De Paolis studios in Rome and on location in Vienna. Release ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highway Racer
''Highway Racer'' (originally titled ''Poliziotto sprint'') is a 1977 Italian ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Stelvio Massi. It was the first collaboration between Massi and Maurizio Merli, who worked together in six titles between 1977 and 1980. The plot of the film was partly inspired by the career of Armando Spatafora, an Italian "flying squad" police officer whose patrol car was a Ferrari 250 GTE. Many car chases in the film, such as bank robbers in a Citroen DS as well as cars rolling down the Spanish steps, mirror famous police chases in Rome during the 1960s. Cast *Maurizio Merli as Marco Palma *Angelo Infanti as Jean-Paul Dossena il "Nizzardo" *Giancarlo Sbragia as Maresciallo Tagliaferri *Lilli Carati as Francesca *Orazio Orlando as Silicato *Glauco Onorato as Pistone Production ''Highway Racer'' was the first of six films starring Maurizio Merli that director Stelvio Massi directed between 1977 and 1980. When he was shooting his third film in the ''Mark the Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destruction Force
''Destruction Force'' (originally titled ''La banda del trucido'' (''The Numbskull's Gang''), also known as ''Dirty Gang'') is a 1977 Italian poliziottesco directed by Stelvio Massi. It is the second film in which Tomas Milian plays the character of Monnezza after ''Free Hand for a Tough Cop'' (''Il trucido e lo sbirro''). The participation of Milian was due to an old contract he was forced to fulfill; originally intended as a special appearance, the role of Milian was expanded to make it appear as the star of the film, and Milian obtained in exchange to construct his character as he wanted and to write (uncredited) his dialogue lines. The film was shot in three weeks, but Milian filmed his part in just five days. Cast *Luc Merenda: Commissioner Ghini *Tomas Milian: Sergio Marazzi, aka "Er Monnezza" * Massimo Vanni: Marchetti *Elio Zamuto: Belli *Franco Citti: Lanza *Mario Brega:Quaestor Alberti *Imma Piro ''Imma'' is a large genus of moths in the obtectomeran "micromoth" f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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