Gaetano Russo

Detective Malone (1991)

The producers of the Black Cobra series create an odd patch work film out of out takes and reused footage. A gang of terrorists kidnap an electronics engineer, hold him hostage, and demand he create a security system for their compound.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umberto Lenzi
CAST:  Fred Williamson  •  Bruno Bilotta  •  Bobby Rhodes  •  Gaetano Russo

The producers of the Black Cobra series create an odd patch work film out of out takes and reused footage. A gang of terrorists kidnap an electronics engineer, hold him hostage, and demand he create a security system for their compound.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umberto Lenzi
CAST:  Fred Williamson  •  Bruno Bilotta  •  Bobby Rhodes  •  Gaetano Russo

The Black Cobra (1987)

A lone cop struggles to protect a female photographer from a gang of psychopathic bikers. Early in "Black Cobra," Detective Robert Malone establishes himself as a maverick, uncompromising policeman when he guns down several criminals during a hostage standoff. Next ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stelvio Massi
CAST:  Fred Williamson  •  Eva Grimaldi  •  Bruno Bilotta  •  Maurice Poli

A lone cop struggles to protect a female photographer from a gang of psychopathic bikers. Early in "Black Cobra," Detective Robert Malone establishes himself as a maverick, uncompromising policeman when he guns down several criminals during a hostage standoff. Next ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stelvio Massi
CAST:  Fred Williamson  •  Eva Grimaldi  •  Bruno Bilotta  •  Maurice Poli

Rome, Armed to the Teeth (1976)

A tough, violent cop who doesn't mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umberto Lenzi
CAST:  Maurizio Merli  •  Tomas Milian  •  Ivan Rassimov  •  Arthur Kennedy

A tough, violent cop who doesn't mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umberto Lenzi
CAST:  Maurizio Merli  •  Tomas Milian  •  Ivan Rassimov  •  Arthur Kennedy

Sexual Doublecross (1980)

Hans and Gretel are two young people who work as employees in the branch of an important Bank. Both plan to make a robbery in the bank's headquarters to get enough money to allow them to perform a surgical operation that changes their respective sexes, since he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincenzo Savino
CAST:  Anna Castells  •  Paolo de Manincor  •  Sara Mora  •  Giuseppe Curia

Hans and Gretel are two young people who work as employees in the branch of an important Bank. Both plan to make a robbery in the bank's headquarters to get enough money to allow them to perform a surgical operation that changes their respective sexes, since he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincenzo Savino
CAST:  Anna Castells  •  Paolo de Manincor  •  Sara Mora  •  Giuseppe Curia

The Red Monks (1989)

A young woman weds a seemingly charming young man, and moves into his ancient mansion. She quickly learns to hate the old mansion and its inhabitants, while she gets frustrated with her husband's secrecy on his late night activities and the contents of the dungeon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Martucci
CAST:  Gerardo Amato  •  Lara Wendel  •  Malisa Longo  •  Chuck Valenti

A young woman weds a seemingly charming young man, and moves into his ancient mansion. She quickly learns to hate the old mansion and its inhabitants, while she gets frustrated with her husband's secrecy on his late night activities and the contents of the dungeon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Martucci
CAST:  Gerardo Amato  •  Lara Wendel  •  Malisa Longo  •  Chuck Valenti

The Hell's Gate (1989)

As part of a science experiment, a man has spent a record-breaking length of time alone down a hole, but an hour before he's due to re-emerge, something goes wrong and his colleagues have to go in to rescue him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umberto Lenzi
CAST:  Barbara Cupisti  •  Pietro Genuardi  •  Lorenzo Majnoni  •  Giacomo Rossi Stuart

As part of a science experiment, a man has spent a record-breaking length of time alone down a hole, but an hour before he's due to re-emerge, something goes wrong and his colleagues have to go in to rescue him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umberto Lenzi
CAST:  Barbara Cupisti  •  Pietro Genuardi  •  Lorenzo Majnoni  •  Giacomo Rossi Stuart

Hansel and Gretel (1990)

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A farming community make their money through kidnapping children and selling their vital organs on the black market.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giovanni Simonelli
CAST:  Elisabete Pimenta Boaretto  •  Lucia Prato  •  Gaetano Russo  •  Giorgio Cerioni

A farming community make their money through kidnapping children and selling their vital organs on the black market.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giovanni Simonelli
CAST:  Elisabete Pimenta Boaretto  •  Lucia Prato  •  Gaetano Russo  •  Giorgio Cerioni

Caged Women in Purgatory (1991)

Former Miss Spanish Basque Country, Pilar Orive, stars as American Janet Cooper who is drugged and shipped to a remote women's prison managed by a sleazy warden and a Nazi-type lesbian guard. 90 minute of graphic sexual abuse ensue  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leandro Lucchetti
CAST:  Pilar Orive  •  Isabel Libossart  •  Elena Wiedermann  •  Christian Lorenz

Former Miss Spanish Basque Country, Pilar Orive, stars as American Janet Cooper who is drugged and shipped to a remote women's prison managed by a sleazy warden and a Nazi-type lesbian guard. 90 minute of graphic sexual abuse ensue  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leandro Lucchetti
CAST:  Pilar Orive  •  Isabel Libossart  •  Elena Wiedermann  •  Christian Lorenz

Belle da morire (1992)

Edward Sacchi is a wealthy and apparently content married man but underneath he is driven by a desire to seduce and discard women. One of his conquests, Lucy, falls in love with him and when spurned, commits suicide. Edward is shocked but continues as before. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Sesani
CAST:  Adriana Russo  •  Carmen Di Pietro  •  Michael Reale  •  Antonio Zequila

Edward Sacchi is a wealthy and apparently content married man but underneath he is driven by a desire to seduce and discard women. One of his conquests, Lucy, falls in love with him and when spurned, commits suicide. Edward is shocked but continues as before. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Sesani
CAST:  Adriana Russo  •  Carmen Di Pietro  •  Michael Reale  •  Antonio Zequila

Intimate Crimes (1996)

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Paul wants to eliminate Claudia to live with Valeria. It's so frightening his wife paid by an individual in order to then put them next to a bodyguard who is none other than the killer who would kill her. Enterprise fails because the man falls in love with Claudia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Fanetti
CAST:  Gabriella Barbuti  •  Gianluigi Ghione  •  Sara Cosmi  •  Vassili Karis

Paul wants to eliminate Claudia to live with Valeria. It's so frightening his wife paid by an individual in order to then put them next to a bodyguard who is none other than the killer who would kill her. Enterprise fails because the man falls in love with Claudia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Fanetti
CAST:  Gabriella Barbuti  •  Gianluigi Ghione  •  Sara Cosmi  •  Vassili Karis

Island of the Living Dead (2007)

A group of treasure hunters got lost in a fog bank and in the morning they notice what appears to be a deserted island. The group goes on shore and sure enough there are zombies running around.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Mattei
CAST:  Yvette Yzon  •  Gaetano Russo  •  Alvin Anson  •  Ydalia Suarez

A group of treasure hunters got lost in a fog bank and in the morning they notice what appears to be a deserted island. The group goes on shore and sure enough there are zombies running around.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Mattei
CAST:  Yvette Yzon  •  Gaetano Russo  •  Alvin Anson  •  Ydalia Suarez

Continuavano a chiamarli... er più e er meno (1972)

A penniless Prince and a petty thief become associates in a con game and when they end up in prison, the Prince, who is a compulsive gambler, loses all his money to the other and becomes his servant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Orlandini
CAST:  Franco Franchi  •  Ciccio Ingrassia  •  John Bartha  •  Didi Perego

A penniless Prince and a petty thief become associates in a con game and when they end up in prison, the Prince, who is a compulsive gambler, loses all his money to the other and becomes his servant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Orlandini
CAST:  Franco Franchi  •  Ciccio Ingrassia  •  John Bartha  •  Didi Perego

The Killer Reserved Nine Seats (1974)

A rich man gathers together friends and relatives at the abandoned theatre he owns, but the party isn't fun for long since apparently one of them is a murderer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Bennati
CAST:  Chris Avram  •  Rosanna Schiaffino  •  Eva Czemerys  •  Lucretia Love

A rich man gathers together friends and relatives at the abandoned theatre he owns, but the party isn't fun for long since apparently one of them is a murderer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Bennati
CAST:  Chris Avram  •  Rosanna Schiaffino  •  Eva Czemerys  •  Lucretia Love

Crazy Desires of a Murderer (1977)

A group of hip friends gather at a Gothic castle owned by a wheelchair- bound older relative of one of the girls. One couple in the group, unbeknownst to the others, is smuggling heroin in some Chinese artifacts the protagonist has brought back from the Orient to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Filippo Walter Ratti
CAST:  Corrado Gaipa  •  Isabelle Marchall  •  Annie Carol Edel  •  Patrizia Gori

A group of hip friends gather at a Gothic castle owned by a wheelchair- bound older relative of one of the girls. One couple in the group, unbeknownst to the others, is smuggling heroin in some Chinese artifacts the protagonist has brought back from the Orient to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Filippo Walter Ratti
CAST:  Corrado Gaipa  •  Isabelle Marchall  •  Annie Carol Edel  •  Patrizia Gori

The Sins of a Young Country Wife (1977)

A wife of a pastor gets involved in lot of bed-hopping among the citizens of their pastoral town, which becomes even more complicated when it's revealed that one of them is an imposter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfredo Rizzo
CAST:  Piero Fabiani  •  Guia Lauri Filzi  •  Patrizia Rizzo  •  Jacques Stany

A wife of a pastor gets involved in lot of bed-hopping among the citizens of their pastoral town, which becomes even more complicated when it's revealed that one of them is an imposter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfredo Rizzo
CAST:  Piero Fabiani  •  Guia Lauri Filzi  •  Patrizia Rizzo  •  Jacques Stany

Trauma (1980)

A couple invites some friends to spend a weekend together in an isolated cabin surrounded by woods and fields. But... there's a killer lurking around.... And... someone is monitoring him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Martucci
CAST:  Gaetano Russo  •  Domitilla Cavazza  •  Roberto Posse  •  Timothy Wood

A couple invites some friends to spend a weekend together in an isolated cabin surrounded by woods and fields. But... there's a killer lurking around.... And... someone is monitoring him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Martucci
CAST:  Gaetano Russo  •  Domitilla Cavazza  •  Roberto Posse  •  Timothy Wood