Directing

Aldo Grimaldi

Born January 1, 1942 · Catania, Italy

Died August 5, 1990 · aged 48

Aldo Grimaldi was an Italian film director and screenwriter, recognized for his contributions to the "musicarello" genre—a blend of musical and comedy films popular in Italy during the 1960s and 1970s. Born in Catania, Sicily, he was the son of director and screenwriter Giovanni Grimaldi. Aldo began his career as an assistant director on his father's films, gaining valuable industry experience. He…

Known For

The Winsome Widow

The Winsome Widow · 1973

The Winsome Widow

After the death of Salvatore in a car accident, his beautiful wife Catherine is preparing to collect the enormous legacy but, because the deceased did not make a will and when he was alive was sterile, his wife’s legacy will benefit only if, within three hundred days established by law, she will give birth to a son.

So In Love

So In Love · 1964

MovieMusicComedy

During his military service, the young singer Gianni Traimonti falls in love with Carla, the marshal's daughter.

Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone

Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone · 1964

Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone

MovieComedyMusic

Thirty Italian singers from the sixties sing their hits.

You Are Always In My Mind

You Are Always In My Mind · 1969

You Are Always In My Mind

MovieComedyMusic

Carlo is a successful singer, married to Livia; the two also have a son, Maurizio. Carlo decides to accept a tour in the USA but, shortly before departure, together with his agent Puglisi has a sentimental adventure with two women. Livia, having discovered what had happened, leaves home with Maurizio.

When Women Were Called Virgins

When Women Were Called Virgins · 1972

When Women Were Called Virgins

When women were called Madonna is a film of 1972 directed by Aldo Grimaldi . The film is one of the first Italian erotic comedies in which a licentious bursting Edwige Fenech struggles with the nagging demands of three suitors.

James Tont Operation U.N.O.

James Tont Operation U.N.O. · 1965

James Tont Operation U.N.O.

MovieComedyAction

The diabolical Goldsinger, enraged at being excluded from the UN, hatches a plot to blow up the assembly while all the heads of the state participate. Luckily, inept agent James Tont discovers the plot and sets out to stop Goldsinger.

Tonight I'll Throw Me

Tonight I'll Throw Me · 1967

Tonight I'll Throw Me

MovieComedyMusic

Summer Late sixties, Want to sing, Of Sun. Of golden skin from tanning. Of endless beaches. And relaxing baths. For everyone: young and old. Singles and couples. In the endless consumption of flirtation and new knowledge, the musical background goes crazy with the famous screamer. Famous personalities like Lola Falana emerge from famous people. They get confused. They are inserted between these alleged stars. But above all, they have fun like crazy ...

4 Dollars of Revenge

4 Dollars of Revenge · 1966

4 Dollars of Revenge

Bandits ambush Capt. Roy Dexter of the U.S. Cavalry while he and his men escort a fortune in Confederate gold coins. Only Dexter survives the attack. He's subsequently sentenced to life in prison on the false belief he masterminded the ambush. Escaping from prison, Dexter sets about tracking down and exposing the true culprits.

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The Winsome Widow

The Winsome Widow · 1973

The Winsome Widow

After the death of Salvatore in a car accident, his beautiful wife Catherine is preparing to collect the enormous legacy but, because the deceased did not make a will and when he was alive was sterile, his wife’s legacy will benefit only if, within three hundred days established by law, she will give birth to a son.

Story

So In Love

So In Love · 1964

MovieMusicComedy

During his military service, the young singer Gianni Traimonti falls in love with Carla, the marshal's daughter.

First Assistant Director

Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone

Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone · 1964

Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone

MovieComedyMusic

Thirty Italian singers from the sixties sing their hits.

First Assistant Director

You Are Always In My Mind

You Are Always In My Mind · 1969

You Are Always In My Mind

MovieComedyMusic

Carlo is a successful singer, married to Livia; the two also have a son, Maurizio. Carlo decides to accept a tour in the USA but, shortly before departure, together with his agent Puglisi has a sentimental adventure with two women. Livia, having discovered what had happened, leaves home with Maurizio.

Director

When Women Were Called Virgins

When Women Were Called Virgins · 1972

When Women Were Called Virgins

When women were called Madonna is a film of 1972 directed by Aldo Grimaldi . The film is one of the first Italian erotic comedies in which a licentious bursting Edwige Fenech struggles with the nagging demands of three suitors.

Director

James Tont Operation U.N.O.

James Tont Operation U.N.O. · 1965

James Tont Operation U.N.O.

MovieComedyAction

The diabolical Goldsinger, enraged at being excluded from the UN, hatches a plot to blow up the assembly while all the heads of the state participate. Luckily, inept agent James Tont discovers the plot and sets out to stop Goldsinger.

First Assistant Director

Tonight I'll Throw Me

Tonight I'll Throw Me · 1967

Tonight I'll Throw Me

MovieComedyMusic

Summer Late sixties, Want to sing, Of Sun. Of golden skin from tanning. Of endless beaches. And relaxing baths. For everyone: young and old. Singles and couples. In the endless consumption of flirtation and new knowledge, the musical background goes crazy with the famous screamer. Famous personalities like Lola Falana emerge from famous people. They get confused. They are inserted between these alleged stars. But above all, they have fun like crazy ...

First Assistant Director

4 Dollars of Revenge

4 Dollars of Revenge · 1966

4 Dollars of Revenge

Bandits ambush Capt. Roy Dexter of the U.S. Cavalry while he and his men escort a fortune in Confederate gold coins. Only Dexter survives the attack. He's subsequently sentenced to life in prison on the false belief he masterminded the ambush. Escaping from prison, Dexter sets about tracking down and exposing the true culprits.

Screenplay

Champagne in paradiso

Champagne in paradiso · 1983

Champagne in paradiso

MovieRomanceComedy

Musical, in the style of GREASE, with dance numbers and entertainment. Set in a high school, about the ups and downs in the love affair between Paola, the class mischief maker, and Marco, a substitute teacher.

Director

All the Gold in the World

All the Gold in the World · 1968

All the Gold in the World

MovieComedyMusic

The son of a rich industrialist forces a woman to become his fiancée by threatening to bankrupt her parents — until an unlikely hero steps in.

Director

Il ragazzo che sorride

Il ragazzo che sorride · 1969

Il ragazzo che sorride

MovieComedyMusic

Giorgio, a young mining engineer, moved to work in Africa. His wife does not want to follow him and he suspects a betrayal. In the cast also Rocky Roberts singing two songs.

Director

The Handsome, the Ugly, and the Stupid

The Handsome, the Ugly, and the Stupid · 1967

The Handsome, the Ugly, and the Stupid

MovieComedyWestern

Two POWs learn of a treasure of gold hidden in a cemetery, and escape from their POW camp to look for it.

First Assistant Director

The Maid Seduces the Cowards

The Maid Seduces the Cowards · 1980

The Maid Seduces the Cowards

Marina and Orazio are a couple who own a motel. To pay their debts, Marina suggests a drug-related money scheme. However, both have their own agendas and try cheating on each other with another couple. One thief hopes to get the money, but accidentally gets trapped in the chambermaid's room, where the lusty chambermaid has her way with him.

Director

I'm Not Worthy of You

I'm Not Worthy of You · 1965

I'm Not Worthy of You

MovieRomanceComedy

In the sequel of "In ginocchio da te", the engagement of Gianni and Carla is threatened by Giorgio.

First Assistant Director

Totò vs the Four

Totò vs the Four · 1963

Totò vs the Four

The day of Chief Constable Saracino begins badly when his new car is stolen. Then, in his office, he meets Alfredo Fiori who believes that his wife and her lover, a veterinary, are trying to murder him.

Second Assistant Director

The World's Gold

The World's Gold · 1967

The World's Gold

MovieMusicComedy

Aided by a chauffeur and a butler, a student of humble means pretends to be wealthy in order to attract the romantic interest of a rich girl.

Director

Cindy's Love Games

Cindy's Love Games · 1979

Cindy's Love Games

MovieComedyDrama

Cindy finds her fiancée Sergio in bed with a young hitch-hiker and discovers that he has been unfaithful with other women too. She takes her revenge by shying away from Sergio for a day, and has three different sexual encounters including a hot threesome with Stephen and his Brazilian girlfriend.

Writer

I terribili sette

I terribili sette · 1963

I terribili sette

MovieCrimeComedy

Some kids find by chance an infant in swaddling clothes left in a meadow. Initially, after having led in their lair, they think of selling it to a caravan of gypsies.

Second Assistant Director

No One Can Judge Me

No One Can Judge Me · 1966

No One Can Judge Me

MovieMusicComedy

Two youths who work together in a department store love each other but also their supervisor has his eyes on the young girl.

First Assistant Director

Soldati e capelloni

Soldati e capelloni · 1967

Soldati e capelloni

MovieComedyMusic

An Italian music promoter has engaged an English rock band who wear their hair short, and since it is the 1960s, people don't like them. The band and the promoter wait for the hair to grow, but in the meantime the lads are called for military service and have their hair cut again. They decide to call themselves I Galeotti (the convicts).

First Assistant Director

Paths of War

Paths of War · 1970

MovieWesternComedy

Two Sicilian royalist soldiers flee the island in a trunk at the arrival of Garibaldi's republican troops. They end up in the Far West with the army fighting the Indians and with their ineptitude they contribute to the army's defeat.

Director

Those Sweet Creatures

Those Sweet Creatures · 1970

Those Sweet Creatures

MovieComedyMusic

An Italo-American singer and as he arrives at the airport he is accused of being a draft dodger and is drafted. He soon begins a love story with his commander's daughter.

Director

Johnny Colt

Johnny Colt · 1966

Starblack is a hero who dresses in black and his face is covered by a black scarf and he carries in his shirt a black star, which he always leaves at the scene of his enterprises, as a symbol of justice.

First Assistant Director

Two Colonels

Two Colonels · 1963

In WWII Greece, two enemy Colonels, one Italian and the other English, develop a grudging friendship which the war will test.

Second Assistant Director