Writing
Castellano
Born June 20, 1925 · Rome, Italy
Died December 28, 1999 · aged 74
Franco Castellano(1925-1999) Franco Castellano was born on 20 June 1925 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for The Taming of the Scoundrel (1980), The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars (1964) and Madly in Love (1981). He died on 28 December 1999 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
Known For
The Taming of the Scoundrel · 1980The Taming of the Scoundrel
★ 7.11980
MovieComedy
A rich farmer is well known for being very unkind. He's misanthropic, misogynous and cantankerous. Until he meets by chance a gorgeous girl...
Saint Tropez, Saint Tropez · 1992Saint Tropez, Saint Tropez
★ 4.31992
MovieComedy
Four stories intertwine during summer at Saint-Tropez: a couple tries to recapture their spark; a girl falls for a male stripper she met at a night club; a famous pianist tries to prevent his ex-wife from re-marrying; an unsuspecting suicidal man gives a gorgeous female Mafia hitman a run for her money.
Ace · 1981Ace
★ 6.21981
MovieComedy
Asso (Ace), the best poker-player in town, was killed in his wedding night, because he won too much against a bad loser. In the "final" game in heaven the clerk on duty also lost, so Asso can come back to this world as a ghost to search for a good man for his wife (widow). Who is good enough for the wife of Asso ?
Madly in Love · 1981Madly in Love
★ 6.71981
MovieComedy
Cristina is a rich, spoiled princess visiting Rome with her royal parents. The mission of their visit is to marry her off to a super-wealthy corporate type and thereby start to turn around the losses their small kingdom is experiencing in its casino business. These less-than-noble intentions get derailed when Barnaba, a zany bus driver enters their lives and falls madly in love with the gorgeous Cristina. He is nuts enough to succeed in this romantic chase after royalty, as love seems to fuel his determination to rid Cristina of her elitism and to make her see his own irrepressible attractions.
Soldier of Fortune · 1976Soldier of Fortune
★ 6.31976
MovieActionComedy
Medieval soldier of fortune Ettore is traveling through Europe with his partners looking for a fight where they can earn some money. When they come across a Spanish castle under siege by the French army, Ettore bides his time to determine which side is the winning one. This is at first the French, but the treatment he receives from them is unpleasant enough to make him change his mind and turn to the Spanish side. Somehow, Ettore must rally the weakened Spanish troops to battle their enemy long enough for reinforcements to arrive.
School of Thieves · 1986School of Thieves
★ 5.81986
MovieComedy
Frenetic in its pacing and with miniscule character development, this trite slapstick farce stars three Italian comics - Paolo Villaggio, Lino Banfi, and Massimo Boldi as the idiot-nephews of a wealthy invalid (Enrico Maria Salerno). The uncle's plan is to teach the trio how to successfully steal for a living but the plan does not have a chance against their exaggerated ineptitude.
How I Learned to Love Women · 1966How I Learned to Love Women
★ 4.81966
MovieComedy
An erotic comedy about the many affairs of a young man with different women.
My Wife is a Witch · 1980My Wife is a Witch
★ 5.91980
MovieComedyFantasy
A witch being condemned to burn to death by the Holy Inquisition makes a contract with the devil to be reborn in our times.
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