Alfonso Brescia — Director (19)
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The Magnificent Gladiator (1964) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Il magnifico gladiatore
director: Alfonso Brescia actor: Mark Forest / Marilù Tolo …
other title: Il magnifico gladiatore / Der größte der Gladiatoren …
Attalus, a war prisoner by Rome, proves his valor in the arena, becomes a gladiator trainer, conquers the women's hearts and the men's envy, and saves Rome from a political plot to a usurper to occupy the throne.
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My Gun is the Law (1965) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
La Colt è la mia legge
director: Alfonso Brescia actor: Ángel del Pozo / Luciana Gilli …
other title: La Colt è la mia legge / Stirb aufrecht, Gringo …
The town of San Felipe is plagued by robberies. Two Federal Agents are sent to investigate the major suspect, a local landowner. One agent works on his ranch, the other becomes his daughter's fiance.
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The Conqueror of Atlantis (1965) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Il conquistatore di Atlantide
director: Alfonso Brescia actor: Kirk Morris / Luciana Gilli …
other title: Il conquistatore di Atlantide / Kampf um Atlantis …
Curious noises in the Arabian desert signal an attack by bizarre phantom-like raiders of gold who are in search of their Queen. A relocated Hercules arrives on the scene and sets off to find a kidnapped Nomad princess. He follows her abductors past the Mountain of the Dead, through the City of the Phantoms, to a mysterious castle which turn out to be Atlantis. As if all this wasn't strange enough, Hercules will encounter gold-painted, blue body stocking-wearing, reanimated dead guys; female guards (who are killed if they taste the love of a man); a dying evil queen and her Ming the Merciless wanna-be sorcerer-scientist; and a torturous climax.
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Cross Mission (1988) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Fuoco incrociato
director: Alfonso Brescia actor: Richard Randall / Brigitte Porsche …
other title: Combat Attack / Fuoco incrociato
General Romero, leader of a small Latin American country, is showing the UN how he's taking care of his country's drug problems by publicly burning crops of marijuana. As soon as the inspectors leave, however, Romero quickly returns to business, producing and shipping the illegal crop. When his right-hand man is convinced by a crusading reporter to turn away from his life of crime and help bring his boss to justice, Romero vows to stop at nothing to prevent this traitor from talking.
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The New Godfathers (1979) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
I contrabbandieri di Santa Lucia
director: Alfonso Brescia actor: Mario Merola / Antonio Sabàto …
other title: I contrabbandieri di Santa Lucia / Der große Kampf des Syndikats …
A revolution in Iran halts a heroin shipment, but an alliance of crime families is set on getting it to the US. They decide to run the drug through an unsuspecting network of good-natured, local smugglers in Naples, while an international anti-narcotics agent rushes to shut their operation down. Betrayals and divided loyalties lead to a final, bloody confrontation in America.
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Beast in Space (1980) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
La bestia nello spazio
director: Alfonso Brescia actor: Sirpa Lane / Marina Hedman …
other title: La bestia nello spazio / Die Bestie aus dem Weltraum …
In the future the struggle for space superiority has forced humanity to search the cosmos for a rare element called Antallum that is the key ingredient for the construction of neutron bombs. Starship captain Larry Madison and his crew are assigned to retrieve Antallum from the remote planet Lorigon. However, Madison and crew find themselves under the control of a powerful computer on Lorigon that incites everyone to have sex. Some versions feature brief adult scenes shot with body doubles.
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War of the Planets (1977) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Anno zero - guerra nello spazio
director: Alfonso Brescia actor: John Richardson / Yanti Somer …
other title: Anno zero - Guerra nello spazio / Cosmos: Situación límite …
A strange signal arrives on the Earth disturbing all communications, while an UFO appears above the Antarctic sea. Captain Alex Hamilton is sent with his spaceship and crew to the space outside the Solar System to find the origin of that signal. They reach an unknown planet where a giant robot enslaved a whole population of humanoids by taking their psychic energies.
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Revolt of the Praetorians (1964) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
La Rivolta dei Pretoriani
director: Alfonso Brescia actor: Richard Harrison / Giuliano Gemma …
other title: La Rivolta dei Pretoriani / Der Aufstand der Prätorianer …
Rome chafes under the rule of the Emperor Domitian and his Egyptian mistress, Artamne. A mysterious champion arises to fight against the Emperor -- a masked man known as the Red Wolf. In fact, the Red Wolf is Valerius Rufus, one of the Emperor's trusted centurions who's aided by none other than the Emperor's court jester, the diminutive Elpidion. Rebels in league with Valerius kidnap Artamne, planning to exchange her for two of their imprisoned colleagues, but Artamne escapes and soon both Valerius, (now exposed as the Red Wolf), and his fiancee, Lucilla, are sentenced to be immersed in a cauldron of molten lead. Valerius's friends, however, rise up to rescue him and to liberate Rome.
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Iron Warrior (1987) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Ator il guerriero di ferro
director: Alfonso Brescia actor: Miles O'Keeffe / Savina Geršak …
other title: Ator il guerriero di ferro / Ator: El guerrero de hierro …
The Fighting Eagle returns again, sans Thong, to the legendary realm of Dragor to do battle with Phaedra, an evil sorceress. Her main weapon is an unstoppable warrior, known as the Master of the Sword, who continuously battles Ator to a draw, until finally revealing his secret connection to the Blademaster.