Marcello Di Martire

Barabbas (1961)

Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israelites a choice to pardon Barabbas or Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the gladiatorial ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Fleischer
CAST:  Anthony Quinn  •  Silvana Mangano  •  Arthur Kennedy  •  Katy Jurado

Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israelites a choice to pardon Barabbas or Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the gladiatorial ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Fleischer
CAST:  Anthony Quinn  •  Silvana Mangano  •  Arthur Kennedy  •  Katy Jurado

The Sicilian Checkmate (1972)

Taking place almost entirely during a murder trial, the film details in significant detail the deep roots sunk by organised crime into the business and political life of Sicily.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Florestano Vancini
CAST:  Enrico Maria Salerno  •  Gastone Moschin  •  Riccardo Cucciolla  •  Mario Adorf

Taking place almost entirely during a murder trial, the film details in significant detail the deep roots sunk by organised crime into the business and political life of Sicily.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Florestano Vancini
CAST:  Enrico Maria Salerno  •  Gastone Moschin  •  Riccardo Cucciolla  •  Mario Adorf

Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand (1966)

Stuck in a dream world of his own, Italian sculptor Albert Saporito, sometimes has difficulty separating truth from fiction. When he dreams that his gangster neighbor has been murdered, he reports the crime to the police, only to involve himself in a complicated ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eduardo De Filippo
CAST:  Marcello Mastroianni  •  Raquel Welch  •  Leopoldo Trieste  •  Guido Alberti

Stuck in a dream world of his own, Italian sculptor Albert Saporito, sometimes has difficulty separating truth from fiction. When he dreams that his gangster neighbor has been murdered, he reports the crime to the police, only to involve himself in a complicated ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eduardo De Filippo
CAST:  Marcello Mastroianni  •  Raquel Welch  •  Leopoldo Trieste  •  Guido Alberti

Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973)

There's trouble in Frankie Diomede's criminal empire in Genoa. A French gangster has moved into his territory, so he flies home to take care of business. He promptly has himself arrested so that he'll have the perfect alibi when the bodies start piling up. But it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michele Lupo
CAST:  Lee Van Cleef  •  Tony Lo Bianco  •  Edwige Fenech  •  Jean Rochefort

There's trouble in Frankie Diomede's criminal empire in Genoa. A French gangster has moved into his territory, so he flies home to take care of business. He promptly has himself arrested so that he'll have the perfect alibi when the bodies start piling up. But it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michele Lupo
CAST:  Lee Van Cleef  •  Tony Lo Bianco  •  Edwige Fenech  •  Jean Rochefort

An Average Little Man (1977)

Giovanni Vivaldi is an average middle-aged man with a secure job as a government accountant. He wishes nothing more than to set up his only son Mario, his biggest pride in the world, with the same secure government job before he eventually retires. For this, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Monicelli
CAST:  Alberto Sordi  •  Shelley Winters  •  Vincenzo Crocitti  •  Romolo Valli

Giovanni Vivaldi is an average middle-aged man with a secure job as a government accountant. He wishes nothing more than to set up his only son Mario, his biggest pride in the world, with the same secure government job before he eventually retires. For this, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Monicelli
CAST:  Alberto Sordi  •  Shelley Winters  •  Vincenzo Crocitti  •  Romolo Valli

Troppo forte (1986)

Oscar dreams of becoming an actor or a stuntman. To contact a manufacturer he stages an accident and consequently injures a young actress, then tries to limit the damage by taking the girl to his home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Verdone
CAST:  Carlo Verdone  •  Alberto Sordi  •  Stella Hall  •  John Steiner

Oscar dreams of becoming an actor or a stuntman. To contact a manufacturer he stages an accident and consequently injures a young actress, then tries to limit the damage by taking the girl to his home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Verdone
CAST:  Carlo Verdone  •  Alberto Sordi  •  Stella Hall  •  John Steiner

A Brief Season (1969)

A young American agent living in Rome meets with a beautiful Swedish translator.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renato Castellani
CAST:  Christopher Jones  •  Pia Degermark  •  Angelo Boscariol  •  Valeria Sabel

A young American agent living in Rome meets with a beautiful Swedish translator.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renato Castellani
CAST:  Christopher Jones  •  Pia Degermark  •  Angelo Boscariol  •  Valeria Sabel

Death Falls Lightly (1972)

A drug trafficker discovers his wife dead with her throat cut. He has no alibi so he takes his mistress to an abandoned hotel. As they become claustrophobic, the panicked criminal discovers more murders, one after another until strangers appear in the night and a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leopoldo Savona
CAST:  Stelio Candelli  •  Patrizia Viotti  •  Veronika Korosec  •  Rossella Bergamonti

A drug trafficker discovers his wife dead with her throat cut. He has no alibi so he takes his mistress to an abandoned hotel. As they become claustrophobic, the panicked criminal discovers more murders, one after another until strangers appear in the night and a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leopoldo Savona
CAST:  Stelio Candelli  •  Patrizia Viotti  •  Veronika Korosec  •  Rossella Bergamonti

Il gatto selvaggio (1968)

A film by Andrea Frezza.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrea Frezza
CAST:  Juliette Mayniel  •  Carlo Cecchi  •  Pier Paolo Capponi  •  Angelica Ippolito

A film by Andrea Frezza.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrea Frezza
CAST:  Juliette Mayniel  •  Carlo Cecchi  •  Pier Paolo Capponi  •  Angelica Ippolito