Raf Vallone

  • Sidney Lumet – Vu du Pont AKA A View from the Bridge (1961)

    Sidney Lumet1961-1970ClassicsDramaUSA
    Vu du Pont (1961)
    Vu du Pont (1961)

    Sidney Lumet’s pretty brilliant film version of Arthur Miller’s play, starring Raf Vallone in a shattering performance as troubled Brooklyn longshoreman Eddie Carbone. Interesting genesis here: The film was actually shot in Italy, its original IMDB title is French, and the cast is a surprising international mix.Read More »

  • Curzio Malaparte – Il Cristo proibito AKA The Forbidden Christ (1951)

    1951-1960Curzio MalaparteDramaItalyMystery
    Il Cristo proibito (1951)
    Il Cristo proibito (1951)

    Back in his village, former war prisoner Bruno Baldi is dead set on avenging his brother who has been shot by a German firing squad after being given away by a villager. But nobody wants to give him the name of the culprit. At long last, Antonio, a joiner, reveals the informer but this comes at a cost.Read More »

  • Alberto Lattuada – La spiaggia aka The Boarder (1954)

    Alberto Lattuada1951-1960ComedyDramaItaly

    Plot
    Summer 1953. Determined to go to Liguria with her little daughter Caterina for a short vacation, Anna Maria Mentorsi (who is in fact a prostitute), on the train that leads to the Riviera, is convinced by a nice gentleman (who later turns out to be the mayor of Pontorno) to not get off at Terrazzi, as she was going to do at first, but to stay indeed in the town of Pontorno.
    Believed to be a respectable widow, she’s at first accepted by the good society, by the other guests of the Hotel Palace and its beach-goers, but when turns out her job, the void is created around her.
    The mayor Silvio tries to help, but has not enough power to counter the hypocrisy and respectability.
    The only solution for Anna Maria seems to be linked to the local billionaire Chiastrino, envied and flattered by all.Read More »

  • Marcel Carné – Thérèse Raquin AKA The Adultress (1953)

    Marcel Carné1951-1960CrimeDramaFrance

    After being adopted by her aunt, Thérèse Raquin was forced into marrying her sickly cousin Camille at an early age. For the past 17 years, she has been trapped in a loveless marriage, working in her aunt’s haberdashery shop in Lyon to support the husband she has grown to despise. One day, Camille gets himself drunk and has to be carried home by Laurent, an Italian lorry driver. The instant that Thérèse sees Laurent she is attracted to him. He is everything a man should be, not the mean sickly creature she is married to. Laurent is equally drawn to Thérèse and the two embark on a clandestine love affair. When he realises his wife’s infidelity, Camille decides to take her to Paris, to place her with relatives who will cure her of her wanton nature. Read More »

  • Duccio Tessari – La morte risale a ieri sera AKA Death Occurred Last Night (1970)

    1961-1970CrimeDuccio TessariGialloItaly

    Synopsis:

    A chief police inspector investigates the disappearance of a 25-year-old, intellectually disabled woman, the daughter of a lonely widower. After she turns up dead, the cops race to find the killers before the grieving father does.Read More »

  • Anthony Mann – El Cid (1961)

    1961-1970Anthony MannClassicsEpicUSA

    Synopsis:
    Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz (“El Cid” to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.Read More »

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