Walter Chiari — Actor (27)
The Rip-Off (1977) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
La bidonata
other title: La bidonata / La estafa
Crime Comedy starring Walter Chiari, Maurizio Arena and Ettore Manni. Directed by Luciano Ercoli in 1977, but shelved when producer Niccolo De Nora was kidnapped... ironically the theme of the movie. A band of criminals plan one final heist, to kidnap a wealthy French businessman.
Viva il cinema (1953) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Viva il cinema
Tonino, giovane commesso, timido, fidanzato con la vicina di casa Pallina, è un appassionato di cinema. Ha scritto un soggetto cinematografico e sogna di vederlo realizzato sul grande schermo. La fidanzata, per aiutarlo, chiede aiuto al padrino Gambalesta, ex divo del cinema muto, ma i vecchi compagni a cui quest'ultimo si rivolge non sono in grado di contribuire se non con doni in natura. Tonino va a Cinecittà e contatta qualche attore, ma viene deriso e allontanato quando, invece del denaro, dichiara di poter offrire solo compensi in natura. Sfiduciato e disilluso, il giovane scopre sulla sua pelle che l'impresa non può essere portata a termine e fugge facendo perdere ogni traccia di sé. La fidanzata con l'aiuto di Gambalesta si mette disperatamente alla sua ricerca e, ritrovatolo, si rende conto che Tonino ha finalmente abbandonato le sue velleità di autore. Insieme scoprono di poter vivere ugualmente felici e realizzati continuando la loro vita da commessi.
Of Life and Love (1954) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Questa è la vita
other title: Questa è la vita / So geht's im Leben
A film made up of four episodes: a jar repairer gets trapped in a vat because of his hunch; a young unmarried mother is forced to beg to buy herself a fan; Rosario Chiarchiaro appears before a law court for casting spells; the discomfort of an overtight jacket gives a wedding witness the strength to persuade the bridegroom's reluctant parents to bless his union.
They're a Weird Mob (1966) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
They're a Weird Mob
director: Michael Powell actor: Walter Chiari / Claire Dunne
other title: Sono strana gente / Drôles de zèbres
An Italian sports journalist arrives in Australia but finds no work. The only employment he can find is as a builder's labourer. At first, he cannot comprehend the culture, but eventually he finds mateship and romance.
Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Monte Carlo or Bust!
director: Ken Annakin actor: Bourvil / Lando Buzzanca
other title: Quei temerari sulle loro pazze, scatenate, scalcinate carriole / Friske fyre i skæppeskønne skrammelkasser
Sequel to "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines". This time an international car rally from England to Monte Carlo provides the comedic farce.
The Valachi Papers (1972) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Valachi Papers
director: 特伦斯·杨 actor: 查尔斯·布朗森 / Lino Ventura
other title: 살인 영장 / バラキ
When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence.
It's Him!... Yes! Yes! (1951) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Era lui, sì, sì!
director: Vittorio Metz / Marcello Marchesi actor: Walter Chiari / Isa Barzizza
other title: Era lui, sì, sì! / El gerente General
Fernando, owner of a large chain store, suffers from worrying dreams: he seems to successfully court saucy women, but just as he is about to win them over, a youngster comes on the scene and steals them from under his nose.
The Sucker (1965) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Le Corniaud
director: Gérard Oury actor: Bourvil / Louis de Funès
other title: Colpo grosso ma non troppo / Scharfe Sachen für Monsieur
In this Franco-Italian gangster parody, a shopkeeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash that totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friend's car from Naples to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled with such contraband as stolen money, jewelry and drugs, the involuntary and unwitting companions in crime soon attract all but recreational attention from the "milieu".
Donatella (1956) [Movie] TMDB
Donatella
director: Mario Monicelli actor: Elsa Martinelli / Gabriele Ferzetti
other title: Donatella – Junge Liebe in Rom
Donatella is a simple and honest roman girl, daughter of a bookbinder and girlfriend of Guido, a gas station owner. One day she finds a woman's handbag containing valuables and documents, and decides to return it to her owner, a wealthy American lady, who offers Donatella a job as a secretary as a reward: she has to manage the lady's villa during her absences. There, Donatella casually meets Maurizio, a rich, elegant and well-educated young man, and ends up falling in love.
Caprice Italian Style (1968) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb
Capriccio all'italiana
director: Mario Monicelli / Steno actor: Totò / Ugo D'Alessio
other title: Capriccio all'italiana / Capricho à Italiana
The film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events.
A Day in Court (1954) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Un giorno in pretura
director: Steno actor: Peppino De Filippo / Silvana Pampanini
other title: Un giorno in pretura / Drei Sünderinnen
A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters.
I cadetti di Guascogna (1950) [Movie] TMDB
I cadetti di Guascogna
director: Mario Mattoli actor: Walter Chiari / Carlo Campanini
Two fellow soldiers fight for the love of the same girl, are constantly picked on by the older soldiers about to be discharged and are involved in the staging of a show in the military barracks.
The Little Hut (1957) [Movie] TMDB
The Little Hut
director: Mark Robson actor: Ava Gardner / Stewart Granger
other title: La capannina / Die kleine Hütte
Sir Philip Ashlow (Stewart Granger), his neglected wife, Lady Ashlow (Ava Gardner) and his best friend Henry Brittingham-Brett (David Niven) are shipwrecked on a desert island. This potential ménage à trois where the two men compete for the lady's attention is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a fourth inhabitant of the island.