Sandro Continenza — Playwright (50)
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The Widower (1959) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Il vedovo
director: Dino Risi actor: Alberto Sordi / Franca Valeri …
other title: Il vedovo / O Viúvo …
Alberto Nardi is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe. Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi who has a no-nonsense attitude and barely tolerates the attempts of her husband to keep his factory afloat with her money.
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Love and Larceny (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Il mattatore
director: Dino Risi actor: Vittorio Gassman / Anna Maria Ferrero …
other title: Il mattatore / Der Meistergauner …
Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy, is involved, due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant.
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The Secret Seven (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Gli invincibili sette
director: Alberto De Martino actor: Tony Russel / Helga Liné …
other title: Gli invincibili sette / Die Revolte der Sieben …
Greece is under the power of Rabirius, from which rise a few patriots led by Axel. He is taken prisoner and condemned to die of hunger and thirst. But his brother Leslio, who fears no one, makes him free. The next step Leslio takes, is to dissolve a group of mercenaries, without listening to his brother, who begs her to join the fight for freedom.
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Five Thousand Dollars on One Ace (1965) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Los pistoleros de Arizona
director: Alfonso Balcázar actor: Robert Woods / Helmut Schmid …
other title: 5000 dollari sull'asso / Die Gejagten der Sierra Nevada …
Jeff Clayton, who has already won $5,000 at poker when the game’s big loser returns, asking for one last hand.
This time, the stranger will wager his portion of a ranch. He loses, tries to gun down Clayton in despair, and loses again, winding up dead on the floor of the saloon.
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The Bachelor (1955) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Lo scapolo
director: Antonio Pietrangeli actor: Alberto Sordi / Sandra Milo …
other title: Lo scapolo / O Solteirão …
Paolo Anselmi is a happily single man. He lives in a flat with a friend but is forced to leave when the friend gets married. He then goes to a boarding house where he flirts with a girl but ditches her when she proposes marriage. When he goes and visits his mother he finds out that she is also trying to find the right girl for him. Is he going to surrender this time?
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Your Turn to Die (1967) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Troppo per vivere... poco per morire
director: Michele Lupo actor: Claudio Brook / Daniela Bianchi …
other title: Troppo per vivere... poco per morire / Bradock – drei Unzen Blei zum Fünf-Uhr-Tee …
When Gordon Smash tries to get away with the loot from a successful diamond heist, his fellow conspirators shoot him in the back. Smash manages to get a clue to newspaper reporter Robert Foster, who sets of to retrieve the diamonds. Despite becoming a target for the rest of the gang, Foster prefers to rely on fashion model Arabella and news paper photographer 'Flash' instead of the more seasoned Inspector Chandler.
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Stuntman (1968) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Stuntman
director: Marcello Baldi actor: Marisa Mell / Gina Lollobrigida …
other title: Liebe, Laster & Ganoven / Súper amante... a veces
Stuntman Johnny gets tired of putting his life constantly at risk and instead joins up with a bunch of international thieves who are looking to steal a priceless statue, but that's where the trouble starts....
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The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
L'iguana dalla lingua di fuoco
director: Riccardo Freda actor: Luigi Pistilli / Dagmar Lassander …
other title: L'iguana dalla lingua di fuoco / Die Bestie mit dem feurigen Atem …
In Dublin, the acid-scarred, razor-slashed corpse of a young woman is discovered in the boot of the Swiss Ambassador's limousine. The Ambassador, his family and employees all become immediate suspects. Faced with the problem of diplomatic immunity, the police officer in charge of the case brings in John Norton, an ex-Inspector known for his brutal methods, to carry out an "unoffical" investigation. While Norton develops a relationship with the Ambassdor's attractive daughter, several more gruesome murders occur...
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Fort Yuma Gold (1966) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Per pochi dollari ancora
director: Giorgio Ferroni actor: Giuliano Gemma / Dan Vadis …
other title: Per pochi dollari ancora / Angrib Fort Yuma …
Near the end of the Civil War, an imprisoned Confederate raider is sent under guard to warn both his men and the Army at Fort Yuma that an impending rebel raid is really nothing but a ruse by scoundrels from both sides, in cahoots to take the fort's gold for themselves during the chaos. Soon he slips his treacherous escort and attempts to complete the mission himself.
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Ursus in the Valley of the Lions (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Ursus nella valle dei leoni
director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia actor: Ed Fury / Moira Orfei …
other title: Ursus nella valle dei leoni / Ursus im Tal der Löwen …
Bodybuilder Ed Fury stars as the legendary Ursus in this above-average sword-and-sandal adventure from veteran director Carlo Campogalliani. The plot concerns Ursus' attempts to rescue his kidnapped fiancee, aided by a pretty blind slave girl. Now an evil queen, Ursus' former love throws him into a gladiatorial arena with a bull, which manages to smack the slave girl in the head and restore her eyesight before Ursus defeats it and his enemies. The bullfight is particularly well-staged, and this exciting spectacle may be the highlight of Fury's erratic screen career. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi