Luciano Catenacci

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Lion of the Desert (1981)

This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Moustapha Akkad
CAST:  Anthony Quinn  •  Rod Steiger  •  Oliver Reed  •  Irene Papas

This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Moustapha Akkad
CAST:  Anthony Quinn  •  Rod Steiger  •  Oliver Reed  •  Irene Papas

Evil Angels (1988)

Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria's body was never found and, after investigations and two public ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Schepisi
CAST:  Meryl Streep  •  Sam Neill  •  Dale Reeves  •  David Hoflin

Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria's body was never found and, after investigations and two public ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Schepisi
CAST:  Meryl Streep  •  Sam Neill  •  Dale Reeves  •  David Hoflin

A Dangerous Toy (1979)

A meek accountant buys himself a gun and finds out he's a natural marksman. After the cop who introduced him to shooting is killed by gangsters, he seeks revenge, with unforeseen consequences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuliano Montaldo
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Marlène Jobert  •  Arnoldo Foà  •  Olga Karlatos

A meek accountant buys himself a gun and finds out he's a natural marksman. After the cop who introduced him to shooting is killed by gangsters, he seeks revenge, with unforeseen consequences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuliano Montaldo
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Marlène Jobert  •  Arnoldo Foà  •  Olga Karlatos

The Sicilian Connection (1972)

A small time hood smuggles drugs from Turkey to Italy in an effort to make it into the big time, but along the way everyone has to have their cut.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ferdinando Baldi
CAST:  Ben Gazzara  •  Silvia Monti  •  Fausto Tozzi  •  Jess Hahn

A small time hood smuggles drugs from Turkey to Italy in an effort to make it into the big time, but along the way everyone has to have their cut.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ferdinando Baldi
CAST:  Ben Gazzara  •  Silvia Monti  •  Fausto Tozzi  •  Jess Hahn

The Pariah (1972)

For more than 15 years, two Marseille friends and criminals battle the law, rival gangs, prison authorities and even mined beaches in order to survive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Giovanni
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  Claudia Cardinale  •  Michel Constantin  •  Enrique Lucero

For more than 15 years, two Marseille friends and criminals battle the law, rival gangs, prison authorities and even mined beaches in order to survive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Giovanni
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  Claudia Cardinale  •  Michel Constantin  •  Enrique Lucero

The Dark Sun (1990)

After the death of his mother a man returns to his hometown Palermo in southern Italy in order to get hold of the legacy. Once there he is forced to participate in various crimes commited by the mafia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damiano Damiani
CAST:  Jo Champa  •  Michael Paré  •  Phyllis Logan  •  Erland Josephson

After the death of his mother a man returns to his hometown Palermo in southern Italy in order to get hold of the legacy. Once there he is forced to participate in various crimes commited by the mafia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damiano Damiani
CAST:  Jo Champa  •  Michael Paré  •  Phyllis Logan  •  Erland Josephson

A Man on His Knees (1979)

Nino, a regular working-class guy, finds that a hitman has been hired to kill him. He discovers that a wealthy woman has been kidnapped and that everyone who was involved in it is being killed off. However, Nino had nothing to do with the kidnapping and has to find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damiano Damiani
CAST:  Giuliano Gemma  •  Eleonora Giorgi  •  Michele Placido  •  Tano Cimarosa

Nino, a regular working-class guy, finds that a hitman has been hired to kill him. He discovers that a wealthy woman has been kidnapped and that everyone who was involved in it is being killed off. However, Nino had nothing to do with the kidnapping and has to find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damiano Damiani
CAST:  Giuliano Gemma  •  Eleonora Giorgi  •  Michele Placido  •  Tano Cimarosa

A Rather Complicated Girl (1969)

Having casually overheard a confusing phone conversation between two women, Alberto manages to get in touch with one of the callers, Claudia, a painter. The two become lovers and things are spiced up by Claudia's ambiguous sexual nature and by the presence of her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damiano Damiani
CAST:  Florinda Bolkan  •  Catherine Spaak  •  Jean Sorel  •  Gigi Proietti

Having casually overheard a confusing phone conversation between two women, Alberto manages to get in touch with one of the callers, Claudia, a painter. The two become lovers and things are spiced up by Claudia's ambiguous sexual nature and by the presence of her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damiano Damiani
CAST:  Florinda Bolkan  •  Catherine Spaak  •  Jean Sorel  •  Gigi Proietti

Halleluja for Django (1967)

After robbing $500,000, the Jarret gang hides in a small isolated western town, where they are waiting for a scout to take them through the desert to Mexico. But the unresolved conflicts between Jarret and El Santo, the brains of the bandits, who has also an eye on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurizio Lucidi
CAST:  George Hilton  •  Walter Barnes  •  Jack Betts  •  Jeff Cameron

After robbing $500,000, the Jarret gang hides in a small isolated western town, where they are waiting for a scout to take them through the desert to Mexico. But the unresolved conflicts between Jarret and El Santo, the brains of the bandits, who has also an eye on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurizio Lucidi
CAST:  George Hilton  •  Walter Barnes  •  Jack Betts  •  Jeff Cameron

Girolimoni, the Monster of Rome (1972)

In Mussolini's Rome a murderer is targeting young girls. The movie explores how the fascist mind works, how it plays its values off the sentiment of the masses and explores the role of the press in creating a unified narrative.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damiano Damiani
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Gabriele Lavia  •  Guido Leontini  •  Orso Maria Guerrini

In Mussolini's Rome a murderer is targeting young girls. The movie explores how the fascist mind works, how it plays its values off the sentiment of the masses and explores the role of the press in creating a unified narrative.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damiano Damiani
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Gabriele Lavia  •  Guido Leontini  •  Orso Maria Guerrini

Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)

A police captain arranges the release of a criminally insane prisoner, who soon winds up dead. When the District Attorney takes on the case, he uncovers corruption in the department and vows to take down the man who's responsible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damiano Damiani
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Claudio Gora  •  Martin Balsam  •  Luciano Catenacci

A police captain arranges the release of a criminally insane prisoner, who soon winds up dead. When the District Attorney takes on the case, he uncovers corruption in the department and vows to take down the man who's responsible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damiano Damiani
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Claudio Gora  •  Martin Balsam  •  Luciano Catenacci

Brothers Till We Die (1977)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umberto Lenzi
CAST:  Tomas Milian  •  Pino Colizzi  •  Isa Danieli  •  Sal Borgese

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umberto Lenzi
CAST:  Tomas Milian  •  Pino Colizzi  •  Isa Danieli  •  Sal Borgese

The Biggest Battle (1978)

A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umberto Lenzi
CAST:  Helmut Berger  •  Samantha Eggar  •  Giuliano Gemma  •  John Huston

A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umberto Lenzi
CAST:  Helmut Berger  •  Samantha Eggar  •  Giuliano Gemma  •  John Huston

Odds and Evens (1978)

A bumbling government agent recruits a trucker whose gambling knowledge can help crack an illegal Florida operation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Corbucci
CAST:  Terence Hill  •  Bud Spencer  •  Luciano Catenacci  •  Marisa Laurito

A bumbling government agent recruits a trucker whose gambling knowledge can help crack an illegal Florida operation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Corbucci
CAST:  Terence Hill  •  Bud Spencer  •  Luciano Catenacci  •  Marisa Laurito

36 Hours of Hell (1969)

American marines are sent to a Japanese-occupied Pacific island that has been subjected to a bombing campaign, only to encounter heavy resistance from the surviving enemy forces.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Bianchi Montero
CAST:  Richard Harrison  •  Pamela Tudor  •  Alain Gérard  •  George Wang

American marines are sent to a Japanese-occupied Pacific island that has been subjected to a bombing campaign, only to encounter heavy resistance from the surviving enemy forces.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Bianchi Montero
CAST:  Richard Harrison  •  Pamela Tudor  •  Alain Gérard  •  George Wang

Goodbye & Amen (1977)

As John Dhannay, a CIA agent stationed in Rome, plans the overthrow of an African government, he discovers one of his men has been in contact with agents from the other side. Before he can confront the traitor, the man seemingly goes crazy, sniping several people ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damiano Damiani
CAST:  Tony Musante  •  Claudia Cardinale  •  John Forsythe  •  John Steiner

As John Dhannay, a CIA agent stationed in Rome, plans the overthrow of an African government, he discovers one of his men has been in contact with agents from the other side. Before he can confront the traitor, the man seemingly goes crazy, sniping several people ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damiano Damiani
CAST:  Tony Musante  •  Claudia Cardinale  •  John Forsythe  •  John Steiner

The Battle of El Alamein (1969)

June 1942. As Rommel swept toward the Nile, the fall of Egypt and the capture of the Suez Canal seemed inevitable. Italian and German advance units raced toward Alexandria. Mussolini had given explicit orders: The Italians must arrive first!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgio Ferroni
CAST:  Frederick Stafford  •  Enrico Maria Salerno  •  George Hilton  •  Robert Hossein

June 1942. As Rommel swept toward the Nile, the fall of Egypt and the capture of the Suez Canal seemed inevitable. Italian and German advance units raced toward Alexandria. Mussolini had given explicit orders: The Italians must arrive first!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgio Ferroni
CAST:  Frederick Stafford  •  Enrico Maria Salerno  •  George Hilton  •  Robert Hossein

In the Folds of the Flesh (1970)

Pascal Gorriot, an escaped criminal, accidentally witnesses Lucille disposing of her second husband Andre's body at sea. Thirteen years later, Andre's cousin turns up at Lucille's villa with his Alastian dog. It's not long before creepy Colin, Andre's son, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Bergonzelli
CAST:  Eleonora Rossi Drago  •  Pier Angeli  •  Fernando Sancho  •  Alfredo Mayo

Pascal Gorriot, an escaped criminal, accidentally witnesses Lucille disposing of her second husband Andre's body at sea. Thirteen years later, Andre's cousin turns up at Lucille's villa with his Alastian dog. It's not long before creepy Colin, Andre's son, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Bergonzelli
CAST:  Eleonora Rossi Drago  •  Pier Angeli  •  Fernando Sancho  •  Alfredo Mayo

Crime Busters (1977)

An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Enzo Barboni
CAST:  Terence Hill  •  Bud Spencer  •  Laura Gemser  •  David Huddleston

An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Enzo Barboni
CAST:  Terence Hill  •  Bud Spencer  •  Laura Gemser  •  David Huddleston

How to Kill a Judge (1975)

A filmmaker's popular movie about a corrupt judge who is killed by the Mafia seemingly foretells the murder of a magistrate who orders the film's seizure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damiano Damiani
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Françoise Fabian  •  Pierluigi Aprà  •  Giancarlo Badessi

A filmmaker's popular movie about a corrupt judge who is killed by the Mafia seemingly foretells the murder of a magistrate who orders the film's seizure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damiano Damiani
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Françoise Fabian  •  Pierluigi Aprà  •  Giancarlo Badessi
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