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Tullio Altamura
Tullio Altamura (born 18 July 1924) is an Italian actor, best known for his roles in spaghetti westerns and action films in the 1960s. Life and career Born in Bologna, the son of a career officer in the Italian army, Altamura grew up in Rome, where he studied at the liceo classico. After having worked for some time as a freelance journalist, he started his professional acting career in the first half of 1950s. Starting from the 1960s he specialized in villain roles in genre films, in which he often adopted the stage name Tor Altmayer. Active on television from 1957 and on stage from 1961, he was also a television writer and documentarist. Filmography *''Il cardinale Lambertini'', directed by Giorgio Pàstina (1954) *''Il conte Aquila'', directed by Guido Salvini (1955) *'' L'isola del tesoro'', directed by Anton Giulio Majano (1959) - Tv *''Ottocento'', directed by Anton Giulio Majano (1959) - Tv *''I figli di Medea'', directed by Anton Giulio Majano (1959) - Tv *'' Seddok, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Simonelli
Giorgio Simonelli (14 November 1901 Birth name: Giorgio Simonelli. – 3 October 1966), was an Italian film director, editor, screenwriter and journalist. Life and career Born in Rome, Simonelli obtained a high school diploma in business studies, then he started working as a journalist, and even as a film critic, for the weekly magazines ''Avvenimento'' and ''Gente nostra''. In 1928, at 22, he made his directorial debut co-directing with Nicola Fausto Neroni ''Maratona'' and two years later he was among the screenwriters of the first Italian talking film, ''The Song of Love (1930 film), The Song of Love'' by Gennaro Righelli. From 1934 Simonelli mainly devoted himself to the film editing, then, since 1940, he reprised his activity as a director specializing in comedy films of great commercial success, in which he directed some of the more popular actors of the period, including Totò, Eduardo De Filippo, Eduardo and Peppino De Filippo, Nino Taranto, Renato Rascel, Walter Chiar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Corbucci
Bruno Corbucci (23 October 1931 – 7 September 1996) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He was the younger brother of Sergio Corbucci, and wrote many of his films. He was born in Rome, where he also died. The vast majority of his directorial efforts are lowbrow comedies. He also directed ''I figli del leopardo'', a parody of ''Il gattopardo''. His biggest success came with the long-running "Nico Giraldi" series, which starred Tomas Milian as a foul-mouthed Roman policeman. His 1971 film '' Io non spezzo... rompo'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Selected filmography As screenwriter * ''Who Hesitates Is Lost'' (1960) * ''Toto's First Night'' (1962) * '' Sexy Toto'' (1963) * ''Tears on Your Face'' (1964) * ''Rita the American Girl'' (1965) * '' James Tont operazione U.N.O.'' (1965) * ''James Tont operazione D.U.E.'' (1966) * ''Il vostro super agente Flit'' (1966) * ''4 Dollars of Revenge' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianfranco Baldanello
Gianfranco Baldanello (born 13 November 1928) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and second unit director. He sometimes used the alias Frank G. Carroll. Baldanello is the son of actors Emilio Baldanello and Vanda Vianello (also known as Vanda Baldanello). In 1965 Baldanello directed his first film, '' 30 Winchester per El Diablo'' (also known as ''Gold Train''), a western for which he also wrote the screenplay. He followed this in 1966 with a second Western, ''Kill Johnny Ringo ''Uccidete Johnny Ringo'', internationally released as ''Kill Johnny Ringo'', is a 1966 Italian western film directed by Gianfranco Baldanello. It is the film debut in the Spaghetti Western genre for Brett Halsey. Cast * Brett Halsey: Johnny Ri ...''. In 1967 he directed three movies, the comedy ''I Do Not Ever Say Goodbye'', the spy film '' Danger!! Death Ray'', and another Western, '' Long Days of Hate''. External links and sources * Biography at Mymovies.it 1928 births Living peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danger!! Death Ray
''Danger!! Death Ray'' (Italian: ''Il Raggio infernale'', lit. ''The Infernal Ray''Blake, Deal, p.56) is a 1967 Italian Eurospy secret agent spy film starring Gordon Scott. The film was satirized on a 1995 episode of '' Mystery Science Theater 3000''. Synopsis Scientist Jean Karl Michael invents a death ray which, according to him, is for "peaceful purposes". He arranges to demonstrate the ray to a group of European NATO representatives. As he is demonstrating it, a group of enemy agents disguised as NATO officials steals the death ray, kidnap the scientist, and escape by car under the cover of night. Following a pursuit and gun battle, they escape by helicopter which lands on a submarine and is discarded as the submarine submerges. As Agent Bart Fargo is about to go on vacation, he is given the assignment of retrieving the death ray and saving the scientist. He travels to Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piero Pierotti
Piero Pierotti (1 January 1912 – 4 May 1970) was an Italian director, screenwriter and journalist. Life and career Born in Pisa, Pierotti started his career as a journalist, working for ''La Nazione'' and ''Il Nuovo Corriere'', and later founding the newspaper ''Corriere dell'Arno''. After some amateur shorts, he moved to Rome where he enrolled in the courses of directing at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, graduating in 1939. Pierotti later started teaching direction at the University of Pisa, and at the same time he was also active as a documentarist and an assistant director, often collaborating with Raffaello Matarazzo. Active as a screenwriter since 1955, in the late 1950s he made his directional debut with '' L'arciere nero'' and he then directed fifteen films until 1969, being mainly active in the adventure and peplum genres. He was sometimes credited as Peter E. Stanley. Selected filmography ;Director and screenwriter * ''The Pirate and the Slave Girl'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assault On The State Treasure
''Assault on the State Treasure'' (Italian: ''Assalto al tesoro di stato'') is a 1967 Italian action film directed by Piero Pierotti and starring Roger Browne, Anita Sanders and Franco Ressel.Cowie & Elley p.299 Plot Four criminals plan to rob a twenty million dollar transfer between an Arab central bank and a British oil company. Cast * Roger Browne as Johnny Quick * Anita Sanders as Shanda Lear * Franco Ressel as Elias * Sandro Dori as Otto Linnemann * Dina De Santis as Helga * Tullio Altamura as Lodz * Olga Solbelli as Madame Angot * Antonietta Fiorito * Angela De Leo * Lucio Casoria * Silvio Laurenzi * Zuccolo Di Spilimbergo * Renato Montalbano as Ben Aisham * Valentino Macchi as Record Oil Company board member * Rosy De Leo * Lina Franchi as Teresa Simona * Gianni Baghino as Ahmed * Daniele Vargas as Kaufman * John Stacy John Will Stacy (born March 29, 1953) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Kentucky House of Representatives repres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rififi Ad Amsterdam
''Rififi in Amsterdam'' ( it, Rififi ad Amsterdam, es, Rififí en Amsterdam) is a 1966 Italian-Spanish crime-adventure film directed by Sergio Grieco and starring Roger Browne.Marco Giusti. ''007 all'italiana''. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. . Plot An ex-con and thief must elude the authorities and the criminal underworld as he attempts to locate a stash of jewelry stolen by the Nazis. Cast *Roger Browne as Rex Morrison * Evelyn Stewart as Ethel Fischer, Max Fischer's wife *Aida Power as Oriana *Umberto Raho as Vladek *Franco Ressel as professor Max Fischer *Tullio Altamura as Manolo *Erika Blanc *Franco Lantieri *Tito García Pablo García González, known as Tito García (1931–2003) was a Spanish actor. Biography Working as a torero in his youth, he played a minor role in ''Pelusa'' (1961). After this, he intended to dedicate himself to an acting career, and ... References External links * Italian crime films Spanish crime films 1960s crime films Films directe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Dollaro Bucato
''Blood for a Silver Dollar'' ( it, Un dollaro bucato) is a 1965 Spaghetti Western film directed by Giorgio Ferroni, written by Giorgio Stegani and Ferroni, and starring Giuliano Gemma and Ida Galli. Plot synopsis Gary O'Hara, a Confederate Lieutenant, returns from the war, to fight one at home. Prior to his release from the Prisoner of War camp his pistol has its barrel sawn off, as well as his brother Phil's gun and all the pistols from Lieutenants of the South. He arrives at his house and finds his wife living in poverty. He promises to reunite with her after three months and travels to Yellowstone to make a living. There, he meets the wealthy landowner and banker McCoy, who hires Gary and asks him to arrest a new gangster in town named "Black Jack", who has supposedly wrought havoc in the community. Gary agrees to kill Black Jack, but it is revealed too late that the outlaw is actually his brother Phil, who also recognizes his brother Gary just a second later after shooting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agustín Navarro
Agustín Navarro (1926 – July 14, 2001) was a Spanish film director. He studied Philosophy. He directed films such as '' 15 bajo la lona'' (1959), '' El cerro de los locos'' (1960), '' Cuidado con las personas formales'' (1961), ''Una Jaula no tiene secretos'' (1962),'' Proceso a la conciencia'' (1964), '' Cuatro balazos'' (1964), '' El misterioso señor Van Eyck'' (1966), '' Camino de la verdad'' (1968), '' El día de mañana'' (1969) and '' Enseñar a un sinvergüenza'' (1970). He was married with the actress Carmen de la Maza and they had three children: Agustín, Regina and Pablo. He died on 14 July 2001 from a lung disease The lungs are the primary organs of the respiratory system in humans and most other animals, including some snails and a small number of fish. In mammals and most other vertebrates, two lungs are located near the backbone on either side .... Filmography References External links * Spanish film directors 1926 births 2001 dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonaron Cuatro Balazos
''Four Bullets for Joe'' ( es, Sonaron cuatro balazos or ''Cuatro balazos'') is a 1964 Spanish-Italian Western film directed by Agustín Navarro, scored by Manuel Parada, screenplayed by Fernando Galiana, Mario Guerra, José Mallorquí, Julio Porter, Vittorio Vighi and portrayed by Paul Piaget, Fernando Casanova, Liz Poitel, Barbara Nelli, Ángela Cavo and Britt Ekland. Cast References External links * Films shot in Madrid Films directed by Agustín Navarro Spanish Western (genre) films Italian Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films 1964 films 1960s Spanish-language films 1964 Western (genre) films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Ferroni
Giorgio Ferroni (12 April 1908 – 1981) was an Italian film director. Life and career Giorgio Ferroni was born in Perugia on 12 April 1908. Ferroni began his career in film with short documentaries during World War II. He directed his first dramatic film ''The Thrill of the Skies'' in 1939. At the time of filming ''The Night of the Devils'', Ferroni was almost completely deaf and had to direct the film with the help of a hearing aid. Following the release of the film, a new project titled ''E i mostri uscirono dalle loro tane'' (). Ferroni only helmed one more film with the comedy ''Antonio e Placido: attenti ragazzi...chi rompe paga'' which he is credited as Calvin Jackson Padget, a name he used for directing Western (genre), Westerns in the 1960s. Ferroni died in 1981. Selected filmography :Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological. References Sources * * * * * * External links * 1908 births People from Perugia 1981 deaths Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |