Acting

Silvano Tranquilli

Born August 23, 1925 · Rome, Lazio, Italy

Died May 10, 1997 · aged 71

Silvano Tranquilli (23 August 1925 – 10 May 1997) was an Italian stage, television and film actor. Born in Rome, Silvano Tranquilli attended theater lessons at the Sharoff Academy, and started his stage activity with the theatrical companies of Salvo Randone and Vittorio Gassman. In 1959 he made his television debut, and later acted in more than 100 television productions, achieving his main succ…

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Mean Frank and Crazy Tony

Mean Frank and Crazy Tony · 1973

Mean Frank and Crazy Tony

MovieComedyCrime

There's trouble in Frankie Diomede's criminal empire in Genoa. A French gangster has moved into his territory, so he flies home to take care of business. He promptly has himself arrested so that he'll have the perfect alibi when the bodies start piling up. But it turns out his enemies have enough juice to keep him in prison, his associates start dying and the attempts on his life start. Cue Tony Breda, a wannabe wiseguy, who has a plan to spring Frankie from jail.

Sunflower

Sunflower · 1970

After World War II, a woman refuses to believe her husband, missing on the Russian front, is dead. Flashbacks reveal their brief courtship and marriage. Years later, she travels to Russia with his photo, determined to find him. What will she discover?

The Black Belly of the Tarantula

The Black Belly of the Tarantula · 1971

The Black Belly of the Tarantula

MovieHorrorMystery

Inspector Tellini investigates serial crimes where victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open with a sharp knife.

Tony Arzenta

Tony Arzenta · 1973

MovieActionCrime

A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications - and many bloody shootouts - ensue.

So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious...

So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious... · 1975

So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious...

Angela is not happy about her daddy's choice for a new wife and does everything she can to destroy her stepmother-to-be.

High Crime

High Crime · 1973

MovieCrimeThriller

An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to the top of the underworld organization, his odds of survival decrease.

The Bloodstained Butterfly

The Bloodstained Butterfly · 1971

The Bloodstained Butterfly

MovieThrillerMystery

When a young female student is savagely killed in a park during a thunderstorm, the culprit seems obvious: TV sports personality Alessandro Marchi, seen fleeing the scene of the crime by numerous eyewitnesses. The evidence against him is damning... but is it all too convenient? And when the killer strikes again while Marchi is in custody, it quickly becomes apparent that there's more to the case than meets the eye...

The Women of Quiet Country

The Women of Quiet Country · 1980

The Women of Quiet Country

In the late thirties of Italy, In the background of peaceful village landscapes, Guido requires unquestioning obedience to his will in his house. Alberto dreams of breaking free from the dictatorial care.

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Mean Frank and Crazy Tony

Mean Frank and Crazy Tony · 1973

Mean Frank and Crazy Tony

MovieComedyCrime

There's trouble in Frankie Diomede's criminal empire in Genoa. A French gangster has moved into his territory, so he flies home to take care of business. He promptly has himself arrested so that he'll have the perfect alibi when the bodies start piling up. But it turns out his enemies have enough juice to keep him in prison, his associates start dying and the attempts on his life start. Cue Tony Breda, a wannabe wiseguy, who has a plan to spring Frankie from jail.

Sylvester

Sunflower

Sunflower · 1970

After World War II, a woman refuses to believe her husband, missing on the Russian front, is dead. Flashbacks reveal their brief courtship and marriage. Years later, she travels to Russia with his photo, determined to find him. What will she discover?

L'operaio italiano

The Black Belly of the Tarantula

The Black Belly of the Tarantula · 1971

The Black Belly of the Tarantula

MovieHorrorMystery

Inspector Tellini investigates serial crimes where victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open with a sharp knife.

Paolo Zani

Tony Arzenta

Tony Arzenta · 1973

MovieActionCrime

A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications - and many bloody shootouts - ensue.

Montani, the Interpol officer

So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious...

So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious... · 1975

So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious...

Angela is not happy about her daddy's choice for a new wife and does everything she can to destroy her stepmother-to-be.

Dr. Batrucchi

High Crime

High Crime · 1973

MovieCrimeThriller

An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to the top of the underworld organization, his odds of survival decrease.

Franco Griva

The Bloodstained Butterfly

The Bloodstained Butterfly · 1971

The Bloodstained Butterfly

MovieThrillerMystery

When a young female student is savagely killed in a park during a thunderstorm, the culprit seems obvious: TV sports personality Alessandro Marchi, seen fleeing the scene of the crime by numerous eyewitnesses. The evidence against him is damning... but is it all too convenient? And when the killer strikes again while Marchi is in custody, it quickly becomes apparent that there's more to the case than meets the eye...

Inspector Berardi

The Women of Quiet Country

The Women of Quiet Country · 1980

The Women of Quiet Country

In the late thirties of Italy, In the background of peaceful village landscapes, Guido requires unquestioning obedience to his will in his house. Alberto dreams of breaking free from the dictatorial care.

Il prefetto

Pumaman

Pumaman · 1980

MovieScience FictionAction

Thousands of years ago, aliens visited Earth and fathered the Pumaman, a man-god with supernatural powers entrusted by a gold mask with the ability to control people's minds, which in present-day London, falls into the wrong hands.

Dobson

So Sweet, So Dead

So Sweet, So Dead · 1972

So Sweet, So Dead

MovieCrimeDrama

A serial killer is on the loose. His victims are unfaithful wives and he always leaves compromising photographs at the crime scene.

Paolo Santangeli

The Horrible Dr. Hichcock

The Horrible Dr. Hichcock · 1962

The Horrible Dr. Hichcock

In late 19th century London, a woman weds a necrophiliac doctor whose first wife died under mysterious circumstances - and who might be returning from the grave to torment her successor.

Dr. Kurt Lowe

Syndicate Sadists

Syndicate Sadists · 1975

Syndicate Sadists

MovieActionCrime

A biker's brother is killed while investigating the kidnapping of a young boy, the byproduct of a war between two crime families. The biker vows to get revenge by finding the kidnapped boy and destroying the two families.

Dr. Marco Marsili

I piaceri del sabato notte

I piaceri del sabato notte · 1960

I piaceri del sabato notte

Behind the facade of a fashionable Milanese home, headed by Arabella, lies an efficient ring of high prostitution.

Il vice commissario

Web of the Spider

Web of the Spider · 1971

Web of the Spider

Alan Foster, a professional American journalist, travels to London to meet with Edgar Allan Poe for an interview. While in London, Alan soon finds himself in the company of Lord Blackwood, and Alan accepts a bet to spend a night in his castle

William Perkins

Violent Naples

Violent Naples · 1976

MovieThrillerAction

Inspector Betti (Maurizio Merli) is transferred to Naples and immediately after his arrival receives a warm welcome from The Commandante (Barry Sullivan), the city's crime lord. Betti then goes on a personal mission against corruption and organized crime, and tries to force the syndicate out of town with any means necessary.

Paolo Gervasi

The Hideout

The Hideout · 1971

MovieCrimeComedy

A jewel thief hides his loot in a WELL while escaping. He returns several years later only to find there is a Resort on the site and the well is the centerpiece of the place. He then has to find a way to retrieve his haul.

Aubrey

Castle of Blood

Castle of Blood · 1964

Castle of Blood

When a cynical journalist accepts a wager that he won't survive the night in a haunted castle, it unlocks an odyssey of sexual torment, undead vengeance, and a dark seductress who surrenders the gravest of pleasures.

Edgar Allan Poe

Agenzia Riccardo Finzi... praticamente detective

Agenzia Riccardo Finzi... praticamente detective · 1979

Agenzia Riccardo Finzi... praticamente detective

MovieCrimeComedy

After graduating in correspondence detective, Riccardo Finzi arrives in Milan. The first case he deals with is the death of a young maid. Cockpit in a surreal yellow from a novel by Luciano Secchi.

Augusto Moser

Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand

Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand · 1966

Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand

MovieFantasyComedy

Stuck in a dream world of his own, Italian sculptor Albert Saporito, sometimes has difficulty separating truth from fiction. When he dreams that his gangster neighbor has been murdered, he reports the crime to the police, only to involve himself in a complicated situation.

Il tenente Bertolucci

Happy New Year

Happy New Year · 1973

MovieComedyCrime

Released from prison under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life changed not only by his daring plan to rob a jewelry store in out-of-season Cannes, but also by a very special someone he met there.

Italian Lover

Smile Before Death

Smile Before Death · 1972

Smile Before Death

MovieCrimeHorror

After the death of her mother under strange circumstances, a teenage girl quickly begins to suspect that her recently widowed stepfather may be involved.

Marco

The Cat in Heat

The Cat in Heat · 1972

The Cat in Heat

A man returns home to his wife from a business trip only to find a dead body in their yard.

Antonio

Manhunt in the City

Manhunt in the City · 1975

Manhunt in the City

MovieActionThriller

A man's daughter is killed by thieves during a bank robbery. Due to the incompetence of the corrupt authorities, he decides to take to law into his own hands and track down the killers.

Paolo Giordani

Lips of Lurid Blue

Lips of Lurid Blue · 1975

Lips of Lurid Blue

MovieDramaCrime

Elli and Marco are an unquestionably unusual wedded couple. Due to a damage as a kid, Marco harbors homosexual drives that he represses inside his married life and Elli is a barely surpressed nymphomaniac. The marriage is useful for both of them as it allows them to blend in within the confines of their regular social life in a sanctimonious provincial town. But then a strange woman bursts into their world and Marco's deviant behavior come to light again but now he has a thirst for murder.

David Levi

Le donne del Tenente Sheridan

Le donne del Tenente Sheridan · 1965

Le donne del Tenente Sheridan

capitano Sarre

Das Blaue Palais

Das Blaue Palais · 1974

Das Blaue Palais

SeriesSci-Fi & Fantasy

Das Blaue Palais is a series of five TV feature films written and directed by German author and filmmaker Rainer Erler. All five stories about the research and findings of an interdisciplinary scientific project have also been published as novels by Goldmann in 1978, 1979 and 1980. The series had an international cast. It was shot in Bavaria, Scotland, USA and Asia.

Louis Palm

Dov'è Anna?

Dov'è Anna? · 1976

The search for Anna, who suddenly disappeared from a quiet family home.

Guido Cesari