Umberto Lenzi — Director (22)
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Catherine of Russia (1963)
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Umberto Lenzi actor: Hildegard Knef / Sergio Fantoni …
other title: Caterina di Russia / Katharina von Russland …
Caterina finds out that her husband Peter Tzar of Russia, is plotting to kill her. She sets Count Orlov free from prison, Peter's sworn enemy, becomes empress of Russia and leads the Cossacks army against him.
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Mean Tricks (1992)
Hornsby e Rodriguez - Sfida criminale IMDb TMDB
Umberto Lenzi actor: Charles Napier / Stefano Sabelli …
other title: Hornsby e Rodriguez - Sfida criminale
Charles Napier plays Hornsby, a recently retired FBI agent that goes to South America to find his former partner Mendoza. Rumor has it that Mendoza has become a criminal. Soon after Hornsby arrives at his former partner's house, Mendoza is killed by a gunman. Now Hornsby has to work together with local cop Rodriguez to find out who killed his former partner and why.
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Hunt for the Golden Scorpion (1991)
Caccia allo scorpione d'oro IMDb TMDB
Umberto Lenzi actor: Andy J. Forest / Christine Leigh …
other title: Caccia allo scorpione d'oro / Die Jagd nach dem goldenen Skorpion …
In the deepest, most remote part of the Amazon, a treasure is hidden! A treasure so valuable that men would kill for it, women would undress for it, and entire armies would fight for it !
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Cop Target (1990)
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Umberto Lenzi actor: Robert Ginty / Barbara Bingham …
other title: Cop Target - Obiettivo poliziotto
Farley Wood is hired to escort a rich widow of a DEA agent and her kid to the tropical island of San Cristobal. The widow needs protection from a gang of international terrorists and her escort soon suspects that the deceased husband was involved in dirty drug dealings. While on the island, the daughter is kidnapped by a group of seedy South American thugs and held for ransom. The cop escort gets official orders to leave the case to the FBI, but he decides to his own investigating and finds that the crime may have had political motivations.
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A Gun for One Hundred Graves (1968)
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Umberto Lenzi actor: Peter Lee Lawrence / John Ireland …
other title: Una pistola per cento bare / Ein Colt für hundert Särge …
At the end of the Civil War, Jim Slade, a young confederate soldier and conscientious objector, returns to his ranch to find his parents murdered and the ranch practically destroyed. He finds and kills three of the murderers and learns the name of the fourth, a certain Corbett. Finally he discovers Corbett as the leader of a gang that has plans to rob a local bank and is invited to help defend the town from the bandits. Teaming with a preacher, who has an agenda of his own, the two take a stand against Corbett.
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Wild Team (1985)
I cinque del Condor IMDb TMDB
Umberto Lenzi actor: Antonio Sabàto / Werner Pochath …
other title: I cinque del Condor / Hungrige Skorpione …
A South American rebel leader in exile in Miami is given one last chance to overthrow his successor, a brutal dictator, by a multi-national mining group out to exploit his countries' mineral resources.
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The House of Lost Souls (1989)
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Umberto Lenzi actor: Joseph Alan Johnson / Stefania Orsola Garello …
other title: La casa delle anime erranti / Ghosthouse 3 - Haus der verlorenen Seelen …
A handful of young geologists are unlucky enough to be forced to stay at a rundown hotel in the middle of nowhere. What they don't know is that the hotel has been abandoned for twenty years because the owner of the hotel had killed his family and all the guests two decades ago. Strange things begin to happen, and suddenly murders are committed...
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From Corleone to Brooklyn (1979)
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Umberto Lenzi actor: Maurizio Merli / Mario Merola …
other title: Da Corleone a Brooklyn / Von Corleone nach Brooklyn …
Maurizio Merli takes up a familiar role as Commissioner Berni; a cop who puts his life on the line to transport a witness from Corleone to New York City in order to testify against a mob boss on trial for murder. Along the way, Berni and his prisoner face a series of traps set up by the Mafia.
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Temple of the White Elephant (1964)
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Umberto Lenzi actor: Alessandra Panaro / Marie Versini …
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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Samson and the Slave Queen (1963)
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Umberto Lenzi actor: Pierre Brice / Sergio Ciani …
other title: Zorro contro Maciste / Sansão e a Rainha Escrava …
The king of Nogara dies, leaving behind a will naming one of his nieces as his successor. Will it be blonde and virtuous Isabella or evil, dark-haired Malva? Each woman relies on a hero to locate the will. Malva hires the bare-chested strongman Samson while Isabella relies on the masked El Toro (a.k.a. Zorro) even though her heart belongs to the mild-mannered poet, Ramon. Malva's ruthless desire for the throne soon alienates Samson and he and El Toro then team up to bring about a proper resolution to the Nogara succession. Meanwhile, Isabella learns El Toto's true identity, an identity which both surprises and pleases her.
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Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972)
Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso WikiData IMDb TMDB
Umberto Lenzi actor: Antonio Sabàto / Uschi Glas …
other title: Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso / Sete Orquídeas Manchadas de Sangue …
A maniac on the loose is committing savage acts of slaughter, and one survivor may be the only key to unmasking the serial slayer known as the Half-Moon Killer. The mysterious half-moon lockets he leaves with his victims could be the only key to unraveling his sinister motives, but will that be enough before he completes his ice-cold plot to claim his intended seven victims?
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Nightmare Beach (1989)
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James Justice / Umberto Lenzi actor: Nicolas De Toth / Sarah Buxton …
other title: Nightmare Beach - La spiaggia del terrore / Fou à Lier …
In Miami, Florida, biker gang leader Edward "Diablo" Santer is about to be executed for murder when he proclaims his innocence and vows revenge from the grave. When a mysterious biker comes to town during Spring Break festivities, leaving several teenagers electrocuted to death, some begin to suspect that Santer has made good on his promise.
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Brothers Till We Die (1977)
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Umberto Lenzi actor: Tomas Milian / Pino Colizzi …
other title: La banda del gobbo / Die Kröte …
Vincenzo 'hunchback' plans a robbery on a armored police van with his gang. Once the job is done, his gang try to kill him and absconds with the loot. Vincenzo hides in the sewers before looking up his friend Monezza who the police later interrogate for his involvement with vincenzo. Meanwhile, Vincenzo is getting revenge on his gang by killing them off one at the time in his various brutal ways.