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 out who has sent the killers and stop them before it’s too late.Read More »
Giuliano Gemma
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Damiano Damiani – Un uomo in ginocchio AKA A Man on His Knees (1979) (HD)
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Damiano Damiani – Un uomo in ginocchio AKA A Man on His Knees (1979)
1971-1980CrimeDamiano DamianiDramaItalyNino, 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 out who has sent the killers and stop them before it’s too late.Read More »
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Pasquale Squitieri – Il prefetto di ferro AKA I Am the Law (1977)
1971-1980CrimeDramaItalyPasquale SquitieriThe mafia has overrun a section of the country so ruinously that a very stern man has been sent by the government to be the governor in that region. He has been given wide-ranging power and authority and is not afraid to use it.Read More »
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Tonino Valerii – Il prezzo del potere AKA The Price of Power AKA A Bullet for the President (1969)
Tonino Valerii1961-1970ActionEuro WesternsItalyWesternThe Price of Power (Italian: Il prezzo del potere, 1969) is a Spaghetti Western directed by Tonino Valerii. The film stars Giuliano Gemma as the hero Bill Willer who tries to get revenge against the killers of his father while at the same time trying to prevent an assassination plot against president James Garfield (played by Van Johnson, with José Suárez playing Vice President Chester A. Arthur) in 1881.Read More »
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Valerio Zurlini – Il deserto dei tartari AKA The Desert of the Tartars (1976)
Valerio Zurlini1971-1980ArthouseDramaItalyAs his first assignment, lieutenant Drogo is sent to an isolated fortress on the borders of a desert and of a range of high mountains. The mission of the garrison is to prevent a possible incursion by the fearsome Tartars, coming from beyond the desert. Some fellow officers are eagerly awaiting an attack; some no longer want to believe in it; others take advantage of the vague threat to further their career. All of them are sacrificing everything — health, youth, friends, family — for a distant military ideal: leading the defence against the onslaught of the enemy. But in the vast emptiness surrounding the fortress, nobody has ever sighted the Tartars…Read More »
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Duccio Tessari – Una pistola per Ringo AKA A Pistol for Ringo (1965)
1961-1970ClassicsDuccio TessariEuro WesternsItalyWesternSynopsis:
An ‘angel-faced’ gunfighter is tasked with infiltrating a ranch overrun by Mexican bandits and saving their hostages, including the fiancée of the local sheriff.Read More » -
Tonino Valerii – I giorni dell’ira AKA Day of Anger (1967)
1961-1970ActionEuro WesternsItalyTonino ValeriiWesternSynopsis:
Amiable, unassertive Scott Mary picks up the trash, cleans the toilets, sweeps the floors in the town of Clifton. Then a gunfighter comes to town. He offers advice and guidance to Scott who quickly begins to toughen and mature, thus upsetting the balance of power in the town.Read More »