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Corruption (1963)
La corruzione
other title: La corruzione / La Corruption …
Stefano is a shy and sensitive teenager who has just completed his studies in Switzerland and is considering becoming a monk. But his father, a rich Milanese publisher, who had the ambition to see his son succeed him, refuses and takes him on a cruise with a young woman to take this idea out of his mind...

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Stateline Motel (1973)
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other title: L'ultima chance / Diamantenpuppe …
After robbing a jewelry shop in Canada, two Americans arrange a meeting near the US borders in order to split the loot. One of them has an accident with his car on his way there and gets stuck in an isolated motel until his car is fixed. The owner of the motel, a sexy woman in her thirties, falls in love with him, but her suspicions about him begin to multiply, as the police arrive at the motel...

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Night of the Serpent (1969)
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other title: La notte dei serpenti / Un Tueur nommé Luke …
Hernandez, the sheriff of a small Mexican village, joins a group of townsmen with the intention of killing young orphan Manuel and robbing him of his inheritance. Killer Luke, now an alcoholic for having murdered his own son by mistake, who is chosen for the task, instead decides to take the defence of the poor child.

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Last of the Badmen (1967)
Il tempo degli avvoltoi WikiData IMDb TMDB
other title: Il tempo degli avvoltoi / Die Zeit der Geier …
Kitosch is charged with a crime he did not commit and joins up with Joshua Tracy, a vicious outlaw. When Tracy kidnaps and blackmails his former employer Kitosch redeems himself by saving them.

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Girolimoni, the Monster of Rome (1972)
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other title: Girolimoni - Il mostro di Roma / Girolimoni, das Ungeheuer von Rom …
In Mussolini's Rome a murderer is targeting young girls. The movie explores how the fascist mind works, how it plays its values off the sentiment of the masses and explores the role of the press in creating a unified narrative.

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Temple of the White Elephant (1964)
Sandok, il Maciste della giungla WikiData IMDb TMDB
other title: Sandok, il Maciste della giungla / Im Tempel des weißen Elefanten …
In British colonial India, Lt. Dick Ramsay is charged with secretly rescuing the kidnapped daughter of the British viceroy of India and her fiancée, a fellow British officer from a cult of murderers who worship a white elephant. While on his mission he meets Princess Dhara and her man servant and protector, Parvati Sandok. Princess Dhara's brother has also been taken captive by the Cult of the White Elephant. Princess Dhara and Parvati Sandok aid Lt. Ramsay in his mission to free the captives and put an end to the cult's reign of terror.

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The Designated Victim (1971)
La vittima designata WikiData IMDb TMDB
other title: La vittima designata / Der Todesengel …
Stefano Augenti, an ambitious advertising executive, meets a curious hippie named Count Mateo Tiepolo and they form a strange bond. Seeking an escape from his unhappy marriage, Augenti is lured by the Count into a bizarre plot to kill each other's relatives.

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How to Kill a Judge (1975)
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other title: Perché si uccide un magistrato / Warum musste Staatsanwalt Traini sterben? …
A filmmaker's popular movie about a corrupt judge who is killed by the Mafia seemingly foretells the murder of a magistrate who orders the film's seizure.