Giovanni Petrucci

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L'Avventura (1960)

Claudia and Anna join Anna's lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna goes missing, a search is launched. In the meantime, Sandro and Claudia become involved in a romance despite Anna's disappearance, though the relationship suffers from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michelangelo Antonioni
CAST:  Monica Vitti  •  Gabriele Ferzetti  •  Lea Massari  •  Esmeralda Ruspoli

Claudia and Anna join Anna's lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna goes missing, a search is launched. In the meantime, Sandro and Claudia become involved in a romance despite Anna's disappearance, though the relationship suffers from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michelangelo Antonioni
CAST:  Monica Vitti  •  Gabriele Ferzetti  •  Lea Massari  •  Esmeralda Ruspoli

When Love Is Lust (1973)

A decadent countess, middle-aged but still attractive, forces her young and timid daughter to marry a rich butcher. But the couple’s sexual relation is troubled, because the girl has her fair share of inhibitions. So she abandons her house and seeks refuge at her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vittorio De Sisti
CAST:  Agostina Belli  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Françoise Prévost  •  Ewa Aulin

A decadent countess, middle-aged but still attractive, forces her young and timid daughter to marry a rich butcher. But the couple’s sexual relation is troubled, because the girl has her fair share of inhibitions. So she abandons her house and seeks refuge at her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vittorio De Sisti
CAST:  Agostina Belli  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Françoise Prévost  •  Ewa Aulin

The Last Snows of Spring (1973)

A 10-year-old boy starts to die of neglect when his widowed father spends too much time forsaking his parental duties in favour of playboy activities and a jet-set life-style.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raimondo Del Balzo
CAST:  Bekim Fehmiu  •  Agostina Belli  •  Renato Cestiè  •  Nino Segurini

A 10-year-old boy starts to die of neglect when his widowed father spends too much time forsaking his parental duties in favour of playboy activities and a jet-set life-style.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raimondo Del Balzo
CAST:  Bekim Fehmiu  •  Agostina Belli  •  Renato Cestiè  •  Nino Segurini

The Dirty Outlaws (1967)

Mindless

An outlaw masquerades as a blind man's son in order to trick him into a cache of Gold. After a while he grows attached to the family and all goes well until the outlaws gang comes through town...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franco Rossetti
CAST:  Andrea Giordana  •  Rosemary Dexter  •  Franco Giornelli  •  Dana Ghia

An outlaw masquerades as a blind man's son in order to trick him into a cache of Gold. After a while he grows attached to the family and all goes well until the outlaws gang comes through town...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franco Rossetti
CAST:  Andrea Giordana  •  Rosemary Dexter  •  Franco Giornelli  •  Dana Ghia

The Protagonists (1968)

An enterprising reporter takes along four willing adventurers to interview and photograph a young Sardinian criminal in hiding. Under intermittent gunfire, they make their way to the mountain hideout of the bandit. After a leisurely conversation and photo session, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcello Fondato
CAST:  Sylva Koscina  •  Jean Sorel  •  Pamela Tiffin  •  Lou Castel

An enterprising reporter takes along four willing adventurers to interview and photograph a young Sardinian criminal in hiding. Under intermittent gunfire, they make their way to the mountain hideout of the bandit. After a leisurely conversation and photo session, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcello Fondato
CAST:  Sylva Koscina  •  Jean Sorel  •  Pamela Tiffin  •  Lou Castel

The Lovers (1946)

After an astrologer has foretold him he will die at an early age if he does not avoid a romantic entanglement, Alessandro Stradella, a well-known composer decides to leave Rome for the North of Italy. Written by Guy Bellinger  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giacomo Gentilomo
CAST:  Gino Bechi  •  Annette Bach  •  Carlo Ninchi  •  Gualtiero Tumiati

After an astrologer has foretold him he will die at an early age if he does not avoid a romantic entanglement, Alessandro Stradella, a well-known composer decides to leave Rome for the North of Italy. Written by Guy Bellinger  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giacomo Gentilomo
CAST:  Gino Bechi  •  Annette Bach  •  Carlo Ninchi  •  Gualtiero Tumiati

Tragic Ceremony (1972)

After a peaceful sailboat ride, four young people, including rich kid Bill, Joe, Fred and Jane, knock on the door of a secluded villa after their dune buggy runs out of gas. Earlier in the day, Bill had given the lovely Jane a pearl necklace with a supposedly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Freda
CAST:  Camille Keaton  •  Tony Isbert  •  Luigi Pistilli  •  Máximo Valverde

After a peaceful sailboat ride, four young people, including rich kid Bill, Joe, Fred and Jane, knock on the door of a secluded villa after their dune buggy runs out of gas. Earlier in the day, Bill had given the lovely Jane a pearl necklace with a supposedly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Freda
CAST:  Camille Keaton  •  Tony Isbert  •  Luigi Pistilli  •  Máximo Valverde

Revolt of the Mercenaries (1961)

Duchess Patrizia is determined to marry, although against her will, effeminate but powerful Prince Stefano. This is the only way she has found to thwart the plans of Count Keller, her aggressive neighbor, who wants to grab her land.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piero Costa
CAST:  Virginia Mayo  •  Conrado San Martín  •  Susana Canales  •  Livio Lorenzon

Duchess Patrizia is determined to marry, although against her will, effeminate but powerful Prince Stefano. This is the only way she has found to thwart the plans of Count Keller, her aggressive neighbor, who wants to grab her land.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piero Costa
CAST:  Virginia Mayo  •  Conrado San Martín  •  Susana Canales  •  Livio Lorenzon

Albergo Luna, camera 34 (1946)

A young music teacher, after her house is burned down by a raid, has to go to a refugee camp with her old and sick mother. She is forced to sell everything she owns, while she is looking for a job as a singer. One night, tired and frustrated, she meets a man who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
CAST:  Chiaretta Gelli  •  Carlo Campanini  •  Andrea Checchi  •  Roberto Villa

A young music teacher, after her house is burned down by a raid, has to go to a refugee camp with her old and sick mother. She is forced to sell everything she owns, while she is looking for a job as a singer. One night, tired and frustrated, she meets a man who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
CAST:  Chiaretta Gelli  •  Carlo Campanini  •  Andrea Checchi  •  Roberto Villa

Courtyard (1955)

A teenager escapes from a reformatory and is accused of theft.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Petrucci
CAST:  Eduardo De Filippo  •  Georges Poujouly  •  Marisa Merlini  •  Peppino De Filippo

A teenager escapes from a reformatory and is accused of theft.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Petrucci
CAST:  Eduardo De Filippo  •  Georges Poujouly  •  Marisa Merlini  •  Peppino De Filippo

The Cobra (1967)

A disgraced treasury agent Mike Rand, who teams with his boss to halt a Red Chinese plot to destroy the free world by flooding the market with opium and turning everyone into addicts. Along the way he manages to bed junkie Lou, get into various fights and destroy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Sequi
CAST:  Dana Andrews  •  Pietro Martellanza  •  Anita Ekberg  •  Jesús Puente

A disgraced treasury agent Mike Rand, who teams with his boss to halt a Red Chinese plot to destroy the free world by flooding the market with opium and turning everyone into addicts. Along the way he manages to bed junkie Lou, get into various fights and destroy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Sequi
CAST:  Dana Andrews  •  Pietro Martellanza  •  Anita Ekberg  •  Jesús Puente

The Sex of Angels (1968)

Here's an interesting Italian/German co-production, full of subjects from 1968 protest, recalling the two infamous "bikini thrillers","Interrabang" and "Top sensation", in which three young beauties (Rosemarie Dexter, Doris Kunstmann and Laura Troschel), alluring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ugo Liberatore
CAST:  Bernard De Vries  •  Rosemary Dexter  •  Doris Kunstmann  •  Laura Troschel

Here's an interesting Italian/German co-production, full of subjects from 1968 protest, recalling the two infamous "bikini thrillers","Interrabang" and "Top sensation", in which three young beauties (Rosemarie Dexter, Doris Kunstmann and Laura Troschel), alluring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ugo Liberatore
CAST:  Bernard De Vries  •  Rosemary Dexter  •  Doris Kunstmann  •  Laura Troschel

Taste of Death (1968)

Scaife, the sadistic leader of a gang of cattle thieves, terrorizes the people of a Colorado mountain town. Bill Ransom, the retired sheriff, is the only one to stand up against Scaife and his men, among whom is Dan El, a former friend of his. Dan El is also the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Merolle
CAST:  Raymond Pellegrin  •  Andrea Giordana  •  John Ireland  •  Bruno Corazzari

Scaife, the sadistic leader of a gang of cattle thieves, terrorizes the people of a Colorado mountain town. Bill Ransom, the retired sheriff, is the only one to stand up against Scaife and his men, among whom is Dan El, a former friend of his. Dan El is also the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Merolle
CAST:  Raymond Pellegrin  •  Andrea Giordana  •  John Ireland  •  Bruno Corazzari

Death Played the Flute (1972)

Barton's family is massacred by outlaws. Vowing revenge, he sets out to hunt down the killers. Along the way he meets a mysterious, flute-playing gunslinger who claims to know the identity of the killers and agrees to help bring them to justice. But he has a secret ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Angelo Pannacciò
CAST:  Steven Tedd  •  Susanna Levi  •  Michael Forest  •  Franco Borelli

Barton's family is massacred by outlaws. Vowing revenge, he sets out to hunt down the killers. Along the way he meets a mysterious, flute-playing gunslinger who claims to know the identity of the killers and agrees to help bring them to justice. But he has a secret ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Angelo Pannacciò
CAST:  Steven Tedd  •  Susanna Levi  •  Michael Forest  •  Franco Borelli

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DIRECTION:  Oscar Brazzi
CAST:  Franco Franchi  •  Luigi Pistilli  •  Camille Keaton  •  Gianni Agus

Fuzzy the Hero (1973)

Shosena, a clever bank robber, is associated with "Jaguar" to take a big hit. They think the town where the bank owned dock Koven, a man who has against all the farmers of the place. His only son, George, is in love with the daughter of Rush, his most angry enemy. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tulio Demicheli
CAST:  Eduardo Fajardo  •  Roberto Camardiel  •  Ágata Lys  •  María Elena Arpón

Shosena, a clever bank robber, is associated with "Jaguar" to take a big hit. They think the town where the bank owned dock Koven, a man who has against all the farmers of the place. His only son, George, is in love with the daughter of Rush, his most angry enemy. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tulio Demicheli
CAST:  Eduardo Fajardo  •  Roberto Camardiel  •  Ágata Lys  •  María Elena Arpón

Giro girotondo... con il sesso è bello il mondo (1975)

It is the year 2010 and, due to extreme overpopulation, casual sexual activity has been outlawed. An innocent young girl named Little Red Riding Hood makes her way across the countryside encountering all manner of people exhibiting sexual perversion from both sides ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oscar Brazzi
CAST:  Rossano Brazzi  •  Patrizia Webley  •  Ghigo Masino  •  Tina Vinci

It is the year 2010 and, due to extreme overpopulation, casual sexual activity has been outlawed. An innocent young girl named Little Red Riding Hood makes her way across the countryside encountering all manner of people exhibiting sexual perversion from both sides ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oscar Brazzi
CAST:  Rossano Brazzi  •  Patrizia Webley  •  Ghigo Masino  •  Tina Vinci

Bandit Skin (1969)

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DIRECTION:  Piero Livi
CAST:  Ugo Cardea  •  Giuliano Esperanti  •  Mavie Bardanzellu  •  Giovanni Petrucci

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DIRECTION:  Piero Livi
CAST:  Ugo Cardea  •  Giuliano Esperanti  •  Mavie Bardanzellu  •  Giovanni Petrucci

L'isola de Montecristo (1948)

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DIRECTION:  Mario Sequi
CAST:  Claudio Gora  •  Carlo Ninchi  •  Vera Carmi  •  Franca Marzi

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DIRECTION:  Mario Sequi
CAST:  Claudio Gora  •  Carlo Ninchi  •  Vera Carmi  •  Franca Marzi
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