Dollar of funk (A) Two against all Heroes of the West (The

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Dollar of funk (A) Two against all Heroes of the West (The
Magnificent three (The)
Dollar of funk (A)
(Magnifici tre (I))
(Dollaro di fifa (Un))
Directed by Simonelli Giorgio - Cast: Tognazzi Ugo, Chiari Walter,
Carotenuto Mario - Italy - 107’’ - 1971 - COL.
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Directed by Simonelli Giorgio - Cast: Tognazzi Ugo, Chiari
Walter, Vianello Raimondo - Italy - 102’ - 1961 - COL.
In an imaginary South American
country three rather slow witted
individuals are mistaken for famous
gunfighters; three girls ask them to
defend their village from a band of
marauding outlaws. The threesome
get lucky, they free the village and
marry the three brave girls.
In the Far West, Alan and Mike enjoy
swindling people in various ways
which are usually not very successfull.
They are pursued by an Indian chief
whose wife has escaped, and take
refuge in a town where they are taken
for policemen. In the end they are
discovered to be jokers and trick their
way out of being hanged.
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Tiberius' bacchanals
Heroes of the West (The)
(Baccanali di Tiberio (I))
(Eroi del West (Gli))
Directed by Simonelli Giorgio - Cast: Chiari Walter, Lane Abbe,
Tognazzi Ugo - Italy - 110’ - 1960 - COL.
Directed by Steno - Cast: Chiari Walter, Vianello Raimondo,
Solar Silvia - Italy - 97’ - 1964 - COL.
A tourist car, driven Cassio and which Primo
is the guide, arrives near the Villa of
Tiberius. A little while before they pass at the
famous "Tiberius' leap" the two friends falls
into the hole and swoon. As they wake up
they find themselves to be antique Romans
who are about to go the Tiberius Villa in
order to take part in the Bacchanals, then,
they wake up finding themselves to be back
in modern time, while two of the protagonist
of the dream, are trying to wake them up.
Two petty thieves take the place of two
heirs and go to Dallas in Texas. Their
troubles begin when they get there: on
the one hand there are the << relatives
>> and one the other hand there is the
mayor, who is also keen to take
advantage of the situation. The two of
them end up by being found out and
condemned to be hanged, but they
save themselves.
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Two against all
Texas Twins
(Due contro tutti)
(Gemelli del Texas (I))
Directed by Steno - Cast: Chiari Walter, Vianello Raimondo,
Polesello Franca - Italy - 93’ - 1964 - COL.
Directed by Momplet Antonio - Cast: Chiari Walter, Vianello
Raimondo,Tieri Aroldo - Italy - 98’ - 1962 - COL.
Two swindlers arrive a town terrorized
by the mayor who is a violent gang
leader. After eating a miracoulous
food they become invincible and
succeed in defeating the whole gang.
The COMEDYal story of two sets of
twins of which one of each pair was
switched as babies. Years later, as
adults, they find themselves on
opposing sides; after a variety of
tragiCOMEDY situations they, finally,
discover the truth.
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American aunt goes skiing (The)
My granny the cop
(Zia d'America va a sciare (La))
(Mia nonna poliziotta)
Directed by Bianchi Montero Roberto - Cast: Pica Tina, Rame
Franca, Riento Virgilio - Italy - 92’ - 1958 - B/W
Directed by Steno - Cast: Pica Tina, Tognazzi Ugo, Vianello
Raimondo - Italy - 96’ - 1958 - B/W
An elderly lady faces financial ruin.
She leaves America with her two
pretty nieces and comes to Italy in the
hopes of marrying them of to rich
young men. On the snow-covered
slopes of Terminillo she finally
succeeds after an of hilarious
misunderstandings.
An intrepid old lady lands herself in hot
water when she tries to recover a
stolen medallion. Not only does she
get her property back, she exposes a
ring of dangerous criminals.
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CO-1
Woman in the Pacific (A)
Champagne and beans
(Pica sul Pacifico (La))
(Champagne e fagioli)
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Directed by Montero Bianchi Roberto - Cast: Pica Tina,
Carotenuto Memmo, Tognazzi Ugo - Italy - 114’ - 1959 - B/W
Directed by Brazzi Oscar - Cast:Rossi H., Fani L.
Italy - 107’ - 1980 - COL.
A woman whose hobby is making
scientific experiments, goes to live on
an island in the Pacific Ocean. She is
impeded by the local tribe, by an
escaped prisoner, and by a lone sailor.
In order to be a citizen of the island she
is willing to marry the prisoner,
whereas he prefers to give himself up
to the police.
The Florentine Count Cellini meets a
foreign girl who is persecuted by a
mafia boss. He falls in love with her but
decides to hide his feelings thinking he
is too old for her. When the girl falls in
love with a young noble man, the
Count provides for her dowry…
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Love is like sunshine
Hundred girls for a playboy (A)
(Amore è come il sole (L'))
(Cento ragazze per un playboy)
Directed by Pfleghar Michael - Cast: Salvatori Renato, Lualdi
Antonella, Gabel Scilla - Italy - 112’ - 1968 - COL.
Directed by Lombardi Carlo - Cast: Pisu Mario, Valerie Janne Italy - 97’ - 1969 - COL.
Gianni arrives in Rome from his native
town and falls in love him Irina. This
maddens Ursula for whom Irina works
as a model. She sets her up and with
the help of her boyfriend, Maurizio,
tries to get her out of town. Maurizio
goes beyond the call of duty, the two
women are almost killed in a car
accident, but ends up happily.
Every year a scandal weekly uses an
electronic brain to select a typical playboy.
Due to a sensational error of selection,
Peter Knoll is chosen as the Playboy of the
Year, even thought he is merely an
accountant and certainly not a fashionable
type. But Peter is forced to travel all over the
world and so give cause for his non-existent
conquests. In the end he really becomes a
womanizer but, after falling in love with a
woman journalist, he goes back to being his
simple self.
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Ladies & gentlemen
Starting all over
(Ladies & gentlemen)
(Ricomincio da zero)
Directed by Pulci Tonino - Cast: Micheli Maurizio, Pieroni Ania,
Scarpa Renato - Italy - 97’ - 1984 - COL.
Directed by Pontecorvo Lello - Cast: Cecilia Renato, Turner
John - Italy - 86’ - 1982 - COL.
Catello is a mediocre journalist who is
bullied by his colleagues. He dreams
of a great scoop. The chance of his life
is offered by the death of his friend
who appears to him in a dream and
promises to reveal in preview the
news of the following day.
A cabaret actor is forced to stand in for
a gangster boss called Filicudi. After
various escapades the police arrest all
the gang including the real boss and
the poor artist has to start his career all
over again.
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Different kind of fairyland (A)
What a Nuisance!
(Paese di Paperino (Il))
(Mare di Guai (Un))
Directed by Carlo L. Bragaglia - Cast: Junie Astor Umberto
Melnati - Italy - 93’ - 1939 - B/W
Directed by Tourane Jean Italy - 85’ - 1956 - COL.
An amusing fairy tale for grown-ups
and children. The actors are real
animals: a naughty monkey steals the
magic wand from the fairy of a village
that she protected. Donald Duck and
several of his friends retrieve the wand
and defeat the wicked enemy.
Two clever friends charges the
tickets to assist frm a balcony to a
coreographic passage of an Indian
prince. Among the spectators there is
a former friend of their aunt.
Complications until the end.
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CO-2
We are rich and poor
They left as priest and returned as curated
(Siamo ricchi e poveri)
(Partirono preti, tornarono… Curati)
Directed by Massi Stelvio - Cast: Stander Lionel, Salvivo
Riccardo, Albertini Giampiero - Italy - 90’ - 1974 -
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Directed by Marcellini Siro - Cast: Remy Helene, Andrè Gaby,
Rondinella Giacomo - Italy - 89’ - 1954 - COL.
Two poor, but happy young lovers are
separated by a rich foreign woman
who promises to make the boy a
famous singer. The couple is reunited
at the death of the boy's mother and
he makes a success of his career,
marries the girl and receives money
from America.
Misadventures of two American
bandits who disguise themselves as
priests so as to be able to travel during
the Mexican revolution in 1911. They
find themselves fighting against a
presumptuous landowner and one of
them even ends up disguised as the
statue of the Madonna during a
religious procession.
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Lady Desirè
Three etc.of the Colonel
(Lady Desirè)
(Tre eccetera del colonnello (Le))
Directed by Newman Harry - Cast: Taylor Margaret, Heston
John, Nicholson Thomas - Italy - 88’ - 1968 - B/W
Directed by Claude Boissol - Cast: A. Ekberg, V. De Sica,P.Stoppa,
D. Gelin, G.Moll - Italy - 93’ - 1960 - COL.
An American woman is robbed in
Greece. A policeman pretending to be
her suitor investigates among her
acquaintances. The suspects will
prove them selves to be innocent
while the real culprit is a friend of hers.
In Spain during the napoleonic
domination, the french governor of
Andalusia stops in a small village and
is besieged by the girls of the place
who doesn’t want love but only
help.The good Colonel will help them.
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Italians are crazy
Here we go again
(Italiani sono matti (Gli))
(Rompiballe…rompe ancora (Il))
Directed by Duilio Coletti - Cast: Victor McLaglen Folco Lulli
Maurizio Arena Gabriella Pallotta - Italy - 93’ - 1957 - COL
Directed by Gerard Pires Cast: Lino Ventura, Nanny Loy, Jean
Yanne, Jacques Dufilho, Mireille Darc - Italy - 90’ - 1975 - COL.
In a German concentration camp ,
some Italians bet with the commander
that they’ll succeed to build a church in
two hours. The stake is high:save the
life of a companion who had tried to
escape.
A hilarious adventure set in America,
starring two smart contraband
whiskey distillers, a sheriff, a gangster
and his moll.
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Pierino the pest does it again
Pierino the welfare Doctor
(Pierino la peste alla riscossa)
(Pierino medico della SAUB)
Directed by Lenzi Umberto - Cast: Ariani Giorgio, Tamburi Jenny,
Perego Didi - Italy - 82’ - 1982 - COL.
Directed by Carnimeo Giuliano - Cast: Vitali Alvaro, Carotenuto
Mario, Bennato Serena - Italy - 87’ - 1981 - COL.
An hilarious film full of gags, with
Pierino playing funny tricks on
everyone but his favourite victim is his
teacher . . .
A brillant comedy with Pierino, the
pest, playing a welfare doctor. Full of
hilarious situations.
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CO-3
Two crazy cops
Clear things
(Carabbimatti (I))
(Vediamoci chiaro)
Directed by Luciano Salce Cast: Johnny Dorelli Eleonora Giorgi
Janet Agren - Italy - 105’ - 1984 - COL.
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Directed by Carnimeo Giuliano - Cast: Luotto Andy, Bracardi
Giorgio, Formica Daniele - Italy - 97’ - 1981 - COL.
A financier disappears when his firm
collapses and after a series of
misunderstandings ends up in a clinic
specializing in mental diseases. Two
Carabinieri, Pasta and Ceci, search
for him and helped by their dog finally
succeed in catching him. They ask for
a lift to the police station since their car
has blown up after a terrible crash,
but...
The young manager of one small
broadcasting television, loses the
view in an accident.On recoupering
view he discovers that his wife was
being very unfaihful to him,his best
friend has sold the television and that
the girl of which he was fallinng in
love is only an investigator of the
insurance company…….
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Clémentine Chérie
Playgirl 70
(Clémentine Chérie)
(Playgirl 70)
Directed by Chentrens Federico - Cast: Furstenberg Ira,
Venantini Venantino, Sobieski Jean - Italy - 90’ - 1969 - Col.
Directed by Chevalier Pierre - Cast: Noiret Philippe, Pavone Rita,
Richard Jean - Italy - 96’ - 1963 - B/W
Clementina is the daughter of the
deputy manager of a textile factory.
She has to produce a new fabric for a
fashion show. The new fabric is for
swim-suits and must be very elastic so
as to make it possible for the skin to
absorb the sun's rays. But the fabric
also proves transparent when
photographed. There is a brief period
of dismay, but success is forthcoming.
Jane, a young fascinating
photomodel, goes on a cruise with
several members of a rich, corrupt
society connected with the movie
business. Jane's beauty causes her
nothing but bitterness and
disappointment.
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Nice rogue (A)
American man (An)
(Simpatico mascalzone)
(Uomo americano (Un))
Directed by Amendola Mario - Cast: Arena Maurizio, Campanini
Carlo, Biento Virgilio Italy - 95’ - 1959 - B/W
Directed by Marino Nino - Cast: Speranza Frankie, Wonder Eva,
Murgia Antonella - Italy - 102’ - 1979 - COL.
An American peddlar comes home
and finds that his woman has run
away with another man to Hollywood
to attempt success in movies. After a
long series of adventures he catches
up with the two fugitives, but the bitter
truth awaits him: the woman, who has
gone completely mad, kills her friend
right in front of his eyes.
A Roman playboy joins a company of
strolling players merely to court one of
the actresses. But when he finally
succeeds in seducing her he leaves
the company. He returns when he
finds out that the girl is pregnant.
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Unlikely robbery, italian-style
Godson (The)
(Colpo gobbo all'italiana)
(Cose di cosa nostra)
Directed by Steno - Cast: Giuffrè Carlo, Fabrizi Aldo, De Sica
Vittorio - Italy - 93’ - 1971 - COL.
Directed by Fulci Lucio - Cast: Carotenuto Mario, Checchi
Andrea, Italy - 100’ - 1962 - B/W
Orazio, a night-watchman, asks for
help from Nando, a hardened thief
who is respected in the district. Orazio
wants to find the thieves who
committed a robbery at the bank that
he is watching. All the crooks rally
round Nando, who helps Orazio.
A Sicilian who has emigrated to the
United States returns to his birthplace
to kill a man presumed to have
betrayed the Mafia. He tries in vain to
find someone to do the dirty work for
him, when he discovers his "bosses"
on the other side of the Atlantic have
all been killed in a local gang
massacre.
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CO-4
Seven grand cuckolds
Excuse me, can I avoid national service? … No!
(Scusi, si potrebbe evitare il servizio militare?)
(Sette magnifici cornuti (I))
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Directed by Russo Luigi - Cast: Lionello Oreste, Benussi Femi,
Delle Piane Carlo - Italy - 101’ - 1974 - COL.
Directed by Petrini Luigi - Cast: Cecilia Renato, Schurer Erna,
De Santis Orchidea - Italy - 113’ - 1974 - COL.
Seven episodes based on the theme
of betrayal: one man “sells” his wife
but gets a dud cheque; others try to
find particular pleasures or sexual
power; and others are ridiculed by
their wives or during their chance love
affairs.
As a result of a bureaucratic mistake,
a married man with grown-up children
is forced to do national service. In the
barracks he strikes up a friendship
with a merry fellow who falls in love
with one of the man's daughters. The
man does not believe in the sincerity
of the youngster's feelings and
succeeds in having him transferred to
Sardinia.
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Summer wishes
Ten love songs to be saved
(Desideri d'estate)
(Dieci canzoni d'amore da salvare)
Directed by Calzavara Flavio - Cast: Sernas Jacques, Bovo
Brunella - Italy - 90’ - 1953 - B/W
Directed by Amadio Silvio - Cast: Ferzetti Gabriele, Dexter
Rosemarie, Redmond Jodine - Italy - 98’ - 1964 - B/W
A crowded beach: a group of friends
instructs one of the girls to entrance a
rich holidaymaker so that they can use
his yacht. She falls in love with the
man but when she realizes that he
does not care for her she withdraws.
The friends resign themselves to
getting the yacht by other means.
A young musician becomes blind and
so breaks off his friendship with
Carmela, who is in love with him. He
lives in isolation and continues to
compose songs that meet with great
success, while his dishonest
secretary takes the credit for them.
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Foundling (The )
Head in the clouds
(Trovatello (Il))
(Testa fra le nuvole)
Directed by M. Mattoli Cast: N. Taranto T. Pica A. Valli
Italy - 80’ - 1955 - B/W
Directed by Antonio Mercero Cast: Javier Cebrian, Dina
Perbellini, Marcella Valeri - Italy - 92’ - 1965 - B/W
A woman and her baby get into a taxi. The
woman gets out to change some money for
the fare and is run over and taken to
hospital. After waiting in vain, the taxi driver,
Luca, thinks he has been swindled and
drives away unaware of the presence of the
baby on the back seat. This little creature is
destined to change Luca’s life and, after
many escapades, good fortune brings the
three together again in a fantasy world.
The amusing escapades of a twelveyear-old flower delivery-boy.
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Stealing the treasure is not right
Devil's tail (The)
(Non sta bene rubare il tesoro)
(Coda del diavolo (La))
Directed by Di Nardo Mario - Cast: Pisier Marie-France, Schöner
Ingeb, Ward Larry - Italy - 95’ - 1968 - COL.
Directed by Moraldo Rossi - Cast: Antonella Lualdi,Lea Massari,
Franco Silva, Valeria Fabrizi,Gil Vidal - Italy - 98’ - 1964 - B/W
An American woman journalist invents
a story about a treasure hidden in
Turkey, so as to make a scoop. But the
treasure really exists and it is she who
finds it with the help of an archeologist.
In fact, she saves it from a gang of
criminals.
The temptations of love portrayed in
three different episodes set in the Italy
of the sixties.
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CO-5
Divorce, Sicilian style
Usual bandits in Milan (The)
(Divorzio alla siciliana)
(Soliti rapinatori a Milano (I))
Directed by Petroni Giulio - Cast: Sassard Jaqueline, Fabrizi
Franco, Boschero D. - Italy - 95’ - 1961 - B/W
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Directed by Di Gianni Enzo - Cast: Orfei Moira, Carlini Paolo,
Rovere Gino - Italy - 113’ - 1963 - B/N
After killing his first two wives out of
jealousy, a Sicilian country squire
finds another wife during his stay in
Rome. Back in Sicily, the lovely wife,
who had been a night-club dancer,
provokes a fight that causes the death
of several men. The most powerful
Mafia boss in Sicily succeeds in
becoming her lover but not for long
because she soon has him killed.
A gang of small-time hoods plans to
steal a wealthy lady's jewels at an
opening at La Scala Theater. They
plan to use a charming playboy to
seduce the woman. The woman
however, has an unexpected reaction
and threatens to go to the nearest
police station to report the theft. The
terrified Don Juan gives back the
jewels.
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Vagrant hero
Just like his father
(Eroe vagabondo)
(Tutto suo padre)
Directed by Lucidi Maurizio - Cast: Montesano Enrico, Prati
Marilù, Censi Cristiano - Italy - 100’ - 1978 - COL.
Directed by Santesso Walter - Cast: Santesso Walter, Torray
Nuria, Prieto Antonio - Italy - 86’ - 1966 - B/W
A cheerful vendor of artificial flowers
falls in love with a young girl, who dies
soon afterwards. He leaves his job
and joins a touring company of actors;
without realising, he interferes with
some of their shady affairs. When he
finds out the truth, he reports the
criminals and goes back to his former
employer, who has become rich by
exploiting our hero's project during his
absence.
A Roman discovers he is Hitler's son
and is hired by a group of nazis who
see in him a possible future Fuhrer.
Our leading man is not capable of
living up to such big expectations.
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St. Fredian’s gospel - a tale of priests, thieves
Rocco and his sisters
(Vangelo secondo San Frediano (Il))
(Rocco e le sorelle)
Directed by Simonelli Giorgio - Cast: Murgia Tiberio, Orfei Moira,
Carotenuto Memmo - Italy - 101’ - 1961 - B/W
Directed by Brazzi Oscar - Cast: Masino G., Vinci T.
Italy - 93’ - 1978 - COL.
A priest manages to get his
parishioners to go to church again
thanks to his decidely unorthodox
behaviour.
A Sicilian leaves for Milan with his four
sisters; he keeps an eye on them with
the utmost strictness. But, owing to a
misunderstanding, he is arrested and
the girls find young men who fall in
love with them.
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Heaven-sent
Velvet hand (The)
(Piovuto dal cielo)
(Mano di velluto)
Directed by: De Mitri Leonardo - Cast: Rascel Renato, Aubry Cecile,
Carotenuto Mario - Italy - 93’ - 1953 - B/N
Directed by Fecchi Ettore - Cast: Ferrari Paolo, Boschero
Dominique, Brambell Wilfrid - Italy - 106’ - 1967 - COL.
An international thief, known as the
"Velvet Hand", comes home. His
sister finds him two clumsy
accomplices who ruin everything.
They try to swindle an aristocratic
English family, but a silly girl throws a
spanner in the works and everything
goes wrong for the "Velvet Hand".
A kind-hearted thief robs a girl. But he
is robbed too just after pulling off a
lucky thetf and just as he was about
to give back the money to the girl. He
falls in love with her and finds an.
honest job; he is arrested for
his last theft but succeeds in
saving himself by a strategem.
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CO-6
Holiday on the snow
Ghosts and thieves
(Vacanze sulla neve)
(Fantasmi e ladri)
Directed by Simonelli Giorgio - Cast: Tognazzi Ugo, Pica Tina,
Riva Mario - Italy - 100’ - 1958 - B/W
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Directed by Ratti W. Filippo - Cast: La Torre Enzo, Fabrizi Valerio
Italy - 105’ - 1967 - COL.
Due to a mistake at the bank, it seems
that a dud cheque has been issued to
pay for the stay of several students at
a mountain resort. After tragicomic
adventures, everything ends up in the
best possible way.
To cure his elderly aunt, of her
detective fixation, a policeman hires
actors to stage an intricate episode of
deaths and ghosts. However, not only
does the intrepid old lady unmask her
nephew's scheme, she also stops a
burglary and catches two real live
thieves.
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Two cents of happiness
It's midnight … throw out the corpse
(Due soldi di felicità)
(E' mezzanotte… butta giù il cadavere)
Directed by Amoroso Roberto - Cast: Francioli Armando, Casilio
Maria Pia, Pica Tina -Italy - 90’ - 1954 - B/W
Directed by Zurli Guido - Cast: Rivelli Luisa, Mitchell G., Harrison
Dan -Italy - 107’ - 1966 - COL.
A poor young man with a fine singing
voice hopes to become famous and
make a fortune as a singer, but he is
unsuccessful and consoles himself by
marrying the girl he loves, whom he
would have had to sacrifice for his
chosen profession.
Three sisters, submerged in debts,
successfully pull off a huge theft. From
that moment onwards, strange things
happen that set them one against the
other. They all die at the hands of the
husband of one of them; he had
pretended to be dead so as to steal
their money; even so, he will be
unable to enjoy the loot.
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And supposing, one fine morning
Four wives (The)
(E se per caso una mattina…)
(Quattro mogli (Le))
Directed by Antonio del Amo Algara Cast: Fosco Giochetti, Maria
Denis, Carlos Mugnoz - Italy - 92’ - 1947 - B/W
Directed by Sindoni Vittorio - Cast: Tiffin Pamela, Gazzolo
Virgilio, Miranda Toni - Italy - 82’ - 1972 - COL.
A middle-aged man, married with
children, leaves his family to follow a
hippy girl. Among the girl's
acquaintances there is a boy who is
expert in making moccasins and the
man tries to exploit him commercially.
But the attempt fails and, since he has
become jealous of the girl, the man
kills the boy and the girl. Then he goes
back to his family.
A woman enters a bar. Four men playing
cards together there had known the woman
on different occasions: one had asked her
to marry him, but had been refused; the
second had been her colleague, but his
wife’s jealousy had separated them; the
third sees her as a sister; the fourth had
made her pose for a painting and had then
driven her away. But now that he has seen
her again, he doesn’t want to lose her.
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Money factory (The)
Fake respect (The)
(Fabbrica dei soldi (La))
(Con rispetto parlando)
Directed by Marcello Ciorciolini - Cast: Scilla Gabel, Aroldo Tieri,
Carlo Giuffrè - Italy - 97’ - 1965
Directed by Pazzaglia Riccardo - Cast: Spack Agnes, Serrault
Michel, Randone Salvo - Italy - 110’ - 1965 - B/W
During the first episode, two swindlers
sell a tram to a rich but unwary
peasant; in the second episode a
couple of friends end up in prison for
having opened a sham marriage
agency; in the third episode a
Neapolitan pretends to be seriously ill
and then to have been miraculously
cured.
An actress gets back to her town to
attend the mayor's (a relative of hers)
funeral. Soon she realises how fake
the participants' pain is, when the sad
occasion becomes an electoral fight
with a shower of blows and insults.
The girl has a final surprise.
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I've chosen love
One out … on to the next
(Ho scelto l'amore)
(Fuori uno sotto un altro … arriva il Passatore)
Directed by Carmineo Giuliano - Cast: Hilton George, Fenech
Edwige, Borgese Sal - Italy - 90’ - 1973 - COL.
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Directed by Zampi Mario - Cast: Rascel Renato, Pavan Marisa,
Lattanzi Tina - Italy - 90’ - 1953 - B/W
A Soviet delegate, full of prejudices
against capitalist countries, comes to
Italy for a congress. He has many bad
experiences which are due precisely
to his mistrust; but his prejudices melt
like snow in the sun when he meets
the kind-hearted Italians.
Stefano, called the "passer by" is a
Roman outlaw who at the beginning of
the last century gave police a very
rough time trying to capture him. The
film is based on all his different
adventures with a lot of fantasy and
even attributing him some historical
merits, such as saving Garibaldi from
the Austrians once.
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Priest's jokes
Girl upstairs (The)
(Scherzi da prete)
(Inquilina del piano di sopra (L'))
Directed by Pingitore Pier Francesco - Cast: Franco Pippo,
Toffolo Lino, Ponzoni Cochi Italy - 93’ - 1978 - COL.
Directed by Baldi Ferdinando - Cast: Toffolo Lino, Dionisio Silvia,
Franco Pippo - Italy - 95’ - 1977- COL.
A Roman priest celebrates mass in
dialect against the order of the
Vatican., then aided by an aristocratic
woman, rebels against the orthodox
Church and even dreams of founding
a new political party, the woman has to
withdraw under threat of blackmail
and the priest is sent to Africa. Parody
of the case of Monsignor Lefevre.
This is the story of a teacher who falls
in love with a beautiful tenant who is
hated by everyone else in the
tenement-house because she is very
noisy.
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He, she and the grandfather
Leave us in peace
(Lui, lei e il nonno)
(Lasciateci in pace)
Directed by Girolami Marino - Cast: Spadaro Umberto, Marzi
Franca, Viarisio Enrico - Italy - 90’ - 1953 - B/W
Directed by Majano Anton Giulio - Cast: Chiari Walter, Furneaux
Yvonne, Govi Gilberto - Italy - 86’ - 1961 - COL.
The scene of action is a canning
factory. The Italian husband and wife
have an American couple as partners.
When the latter come to Italy there is
an attempt at changing partners (all
very legal, of course, thanks to the
divorce laws). After the final fight,
everything goes back to the way it was
before.
Achille Buongiorno, a simple grocer's
shop-assistant, has been
brainwashed by politicians and is
elected mayor of his village by the
communists who promise to construct
an aqueduct. But this proves to be
merely an election promise. The
honest mayor thwarts a political plot
and finds a natural source of abundant
water, to the great joy of his fellow
citizens.
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Hush when you Talk
Completely psyco
(Zitto quando parli)
(Psycosissimo)
Directed by Philippe Clair - Cast: Aldo Maccione, Edwige
Fenech, Jacques Francoise - Italy - 98’ - 1981 - COL.
Directed by Steno - Cast: Vianello Raimondo, Tognazzi Ugo,
Just Monique - Italy - 94’ - 1961 - COL.
Giacomo lives a double life in his
dreams, thinking himself to be a
fascinating and clever secret agent.
But the dream comes true and
Giacomo finds himself involved in a
dangerous mission.
Two down and out actors are taken for
hired killers by a man who wants to get
rid of his wife. It turns out the woman
has in turn hired two killers to get rid of
her husband. The two phoney
imposters risk ending up in a meat
grinder, but they escape just in time.
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Fists, dollars and spinach
Naples, my sun
(Pugni dollari e spinaci)
(Napoli sole mio)
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Directed by Salvi E. - Cast: Arena Maurizio, Pendleton C.
Italy - 85’ - 1977 - COL.
Directed by Simonelli Giorgio - Cast: De Filippo Titina, Pica Tina,
De Luca Lorella - Italy - 100’ - 1958 - B/W
This is the story of Frank Stilo, a rich
Italo-American, who wants to build a
50-million-dollar skyscraper on
farmland belonging to another ItaloAmerican, Sonny Mania, a nice
generous farmer who wants to build a
spinach factory, in order to help the
poor. The conflict between the two is
inevitable but, with Count Salenti's
intervention, a favourable solution is
reached for both of them.
Lorella, comes from a wealthy family,
she falls in love with Michele, a poor
boy and they want get married. When
her mother discovers that Michele is
poor she fights strongly against their
marriage. But Lorella flees with her
beloved and marries him. Michele
becomes a famous singer and the
mother-in-law changes her mind.
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Milanese in Naples
Four and a half corporals
(Milanesi a Napoli)
(4 caporali e mezzo e un colonnello tutto un pezzo)
Directed by Albertini Bitto - Cast: Pierrots, Baldi Mimmo, Terzo
Nino - Italy - 93’ - 1973 - COL.
Directed by Di Gianni Enzo - Cast: Campanini Carlo, Tognazzi
Ugo - Italy - 106’ - 1955 - B/W
The film is about the attempts of
several Milanese businessmen to set
up factories in Naples for the
production of typically Neapolitan
artisan objects. But the creativity of
the Neapolitans defeats the Milanese
organization.
Some soldiers give their commander
a hard time but their leader acts so
well during the maneuvers that he is
decorated. He also succeds in getting
a dwarf, who is excluded from military
service because of his height, to be
drafted into the army.
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Spicy love
Twist, lolitas and vitelloni
(Twist, lolite e vitelloni)
(Amore all'arrabbiata)
Directed by Carlo Veo - Cast: Ninetto Davoli, Franca Gonella,
Alfredo Rizzo - Italy - 100’ - 1979 - COL.
Directed by Girolami Marino - Cast: Fabrizi Aldo, Bramieri Gino,
Billi Riccardo - Italy - 92’ - 1962 - B/W
The son of a monarchic baron falls in
love with the daughter of a communist.
In spite of the father's rivality, the
young couple manages to get married
and live happily ever after.
The protagonist is a roman proletarian
that lives being the puppet of a lawyer
that uses him for any type of intricate
matters.
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Nerone '71
Bride for Mao (A)
(Nerone '71)
(Sposa per Mao (Una)
Directed by Prince Alan - Cast: Dall Sandra, Paul Andreina,
Durville Emil - Italy - 103’ - 1971 - COL.
Directed by Filippi Walter - Cast: Bramieri Gino, Merlini Marisa,
Buccella M. Grazia - Italy - 96’ - 1962 - B/W
Various members of a provincial
family go to Rome for different
reasons. The daughter, Sandrina,
hopes to make a career in the movies
and so, with her mother’s backing, she
has come to protest about not being
chosen for the beauty contest for the
film “Nero ‘71”. The father, Guglielmo,
hopes to take part in a competition for
football umpires but in the end is
chosen for the part of Nero in the film.
An attempt by an industrialist in
Lombardy to market a pill that turns
negroes white. In the general muddle,
the only one who makes a bargain is
the industrialist's rebel daughter, who
surrenders to the money of her
daddy's American partner.
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Switch
Place your bet
(Pandemonio)
(Piatto piange (Il))
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Directed by Colizzi Giuseppe - Cast: Sundquist Gerry, Tondinelli
Giancarlo - Italy - 102’ - 1978 - COL.
Directed by Nuzzi Paolo - Cast: Maccione Aldo, Belli Agostina,
Macario - Italy - 110’ - 1974 - COL.
Some young and active promoters of
a private tv station get into great
trouble but finally they will be able to
overcome their difficulties and even to
foil a kidnapping.
The film describes the life in a
provincial town in Italy during the
Fascist rule. The men's time is spent
between a brothel, card games,
comments on the day's events, the
exploits of a Fascist official, and the
ups and downs of their love affairs.
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