Enzo FiermonteFilmography

Gruppo di Famiglia in un Interno

Actors: Burt Lancaster, Silvana Mangano, Helmut Berger, Claudia Marsani, Stefano Patrizi

Synopsis: An introverted American professor (Burt Lancaster) has retired to an Italian house, but finds his life interrupted when a decadent family moves upstairs. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

E Poi lo Chiamarono il Magnifico

Synopsis: A bookish Boston slicker tries his hand at cowpunching on his father's ranch in this violent but humorous Italian western. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Mechanic

Actors: Father Amando DeVincenzo, Christine Forbes, Hiroyasu Fujishima, Charles Bronson, Keenan Wynn, Jan-Michael Vincent, Jill Ireland, Linda Ridgeway

Synopsis: Charles Bronson re-teams with director Michael Winner -- sandwiched between their first pairing in the underrated Chato's Land and their seminal collaboration in Death Wish -- in this Lewis John Carlino-scripted actioner. Bronson plays Arthur Bishop, a "mechanic" or hired killer, famed for his Read More

Trinity Is Still My Name

Actors: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer

Synopsis: In this comic Italian Western, the third of the "Trinity" series, Trinity (Terence Hill) and his brother Bambino (Bud Spencer) abandon their law-enforcement duties and try to join the world of horse thieves and criminals. Despite their bad intentions, and their own unbelievable klutziness, they Read More

La Vendetta e un Piatto Che Si Serve Freddo

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Ciakmull - L'uomo della vendetta

Actors: Woody Strode

Synopsis: The Unholy Four was originally titled Ciak Mull, L'Uomo Della Vendetta. It's one of those spaghetti westerns in which the heroes and heavies are virtually indistinguishable. Though the outlaw leader (played by George Eastman credited by his birth name Luigi Montefiore) is evil incarnate, he isn't Read More

Boot Hill

Actors: Victor Buono, Terence Hill, Bud Spencer

Synopsis: A tough adventurer and his sidekick find outlaws and rowdy women in this action-filled spaghetti western. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

La Morte non ha sesso

Actors: John Mills, Luciana Paluzzi, Robert Hoffmann, Renate Kasche, Tullio Altamura

Synopsis: Cult director Massimo Dallamano made this surprisingly tedious thriller about a murder-for-hire plot. Lisa (Luciana Paluzzi) is the trampy wife of a jealous detective named Franz (John Mills), who has underworld connections from his job on the narcotics squad. Lisa's shady background and Read More

Vivo Per La Tua Morte

Actors: Steve Reeves, Wayde Preston, Dick Palmer, Silvana Venturelli, Lee Burton

Synopsis: The English-language title and the Anglo-Saxon name of the director (Alex Burks) of this film would tend to lead one to surmise that A Long Ride From Hell is a Hollywood western. But wait! That terrain looks awfully Italian, and it so happens that Alex Burks is really Camillo Bazzoni. You'll Read More

Candy

Actors: Charles Aznavour, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, John Huston

Synopsis: In this big-budget adaptation of Terry Southern's satiric sex farce (the sort of project that could get an immediate green light in the late 1960's and at practically no other time before or since), Ewa Aulin is Candy, a sweet young woman who doesn't seem entirely aware of the powerful sexual Read More

A Minute to Pray, a Second To Die

Actors: Alex Cord, Arthur Kennedy, Robert Ryan, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Mario Brega

Synopsis: Clay McCord (Alex Cord) is a former outlaw determined to live the life of a law-abiding citizen. Colby (Arthur Kennedy) is the town marshall who keeps law and order. Not far from the peaceful town is a haven for criminals led by Kraut (Mario Brega), a trigger happy outlaw who welcomes those who Read More

After the Fox

Actors: Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Lydia Brazzi, Paolo Stoppa, Tino Buazzelli, Victor Mature

Synopsis: With Peter Sellers as star, Neil Simon as screenwriter, and Vittorio DeSica as director, how could After the Fox miss? Miss it did, however--though the film, patchy and inconsistent though it might be, definitely has its moments. Sellers plays an Italian master thief who can't seem to stay out of Read More

I Criminali della Galassia

Actors: Tony Russell, Lisa Gastoni, Massimo Serato, Franco Nero

Synopsis: In this campy Italian sci-fi adventure wicked aliens from outer space abduct and miniaturize Earth's leaders to make it easier to destroy the planet until a courageous hero appears to fight against him and his legion of skintight leather-clad robot women. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Grand Prix

Actors: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Toshiro Mifune, Brian Bedford

Synopsis: There's a few million dollars' worth of star power and a nickel's worth of plot in the lavish race-car melodrama Grand Prix. Among the participants in this annual cross-continent competition are characters played by James Garner, Yves Montand, Brian Bedford, and Antonio Sabato. Interested parties Read More

I Diavoli dallo Spazio

Synopsis: Also known as Snow Devils and Devil Men From Space, this Italian melodrama is a muddled mixture of two popular film genres. Part of the story is given over to a search for the destroyers of a Himalyan weather station. When the search party reaches their destination, they are captured by what seems Read More

Missione Planeta Errante

Actors: Marco Bogliani, Vera Dolen

Synopsis: Scientists discover that a maverick asteroid is hurtling towards Earth and if they cannot stop it, it will destroy our planet in this special-effects laden Italian sci-fi thriller that is also known as Planet on the Prowl. Their task isn't easy, for as the little planet draws near it upsets the Read More

Il Trionfo di Ercole

Actors: Dan Vadis, Pierre Cressoy, Marilù Tolo, Piero Lulli

Synopsis: Dan Vadis plays a very husky, somewhat headstrong Hercules (closer to some aspects of the legend than many other portrayals) in this sword-and-sandal adventure tale, which combines elements from several legends and two interesting twists involving magic. The king of Mycene is murdered by his army Read More

The Secret Invasion

Actors: Stewart Granger, Mickey Rooney, Edward Byrnes, Henry Silva

Synopsis: Producer/director Roger Corman briefly abandoned Edgar Allan Poe for The Secret Invasion, a commendable attempt to make a war epic on a "B" budget. The story is a scaled-down precursor to The Dirty Dozen: Five criminals are given a chance at a pardon by agreeing to participate in a suicide Read More

Sandokan, la Tigre di Mompracem

Actors: Steve Reeves, Jacqueline Sassard, Marie Versini, Alessandra Panaro, Andrea Bosic

Synopsis: In this swashbuckling tale of action and adventure, a dashing, muscle-bound sultan's son struggles to single-handedly stave off Queen Victoria's army of invaders and thereby save his father from kidnappers. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Eva

Actors: Jeanne Moreau, Stanley Baker, Virna Lisi, Giorgio Albertazzi, James Villiers

Synopsis: Joseph Losey's turbulent melodrama concerns a phony writer, Tyvian Jones (Stanley Baker), who has recently sold the film rights to his autobiography as a Welsh coal miner (actually penned by his deceased brother). Tyvian is engaged to Francesca (Virna Lisi), an alluring screenwriter, but then Eva (Jeanne Moreau Read More

Sodom and Gomorrah

Actors: Stewart Granger, Anna Maria Pier Angeli, Stanley Baker, Anouk Aimée, Rossana Podestà

Synopsis: This 153-minute Biblical epic about salt and sin is directed by Robert Aldrich and has enough dynamic interactions between its chief protagonists to sustain interest in-between climactic scenes. Stewart Granger is Lot, the Hebrew leader who takes his people to camp in the Valley of Jordan only to Read More

Il Figlio di Spartacus

Actors: Steve Reeves, Jacques Sernas, Gianna Maria Canale, Claudio Gora, Ivo Garrani

Synopsis: Steve Reeves once again dons sandals and hoists a sword to come to the dashing rescue of the oppressed masses in this routine Roman tale of the good old days when men were unbelievably muscular, invulnerable fighting machines. Randus (Steve Reeves) is a centurion assigned to Rome's army in Egypt Read More

The Avenger

Synopsis: In this sword and sandal adventure, Aeneas and his Trojan warriors take on the evil Etruscans to preserve the honor of their hometown. The tale is also known the Last Glory of Troy. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Pharaoh's Woman

Actors: John Drew Barrymore, Linda Cristal, Armando Francioli, Pierre Brice

Synopsis: A routine Italian costume drama released via Universal Studios, this story is set in Egypt during the usual ancient period. The clichéd tale stars Linda Cristal as Akis, a seductive woman whose attractions are more than enough to qualify her as a source of romantic rivalry. She is sought after by Read More

Rocco and His Brothers

Actors: Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxinou, Roger Hanin

Synopsis: Luchino Visconti's operatic masterpiece tells the story of the Parondis, a poor family from a village in southern Italy who come to Milan seeking a better life. Following the death of her husband, proud Rosaria (Katina Paxinou) picks up stakes and moves to the city with four of her sons: Simone (Renato Salvatori Read More

Conspiracy of Hearts

Actors: Lilli Palmer, Sylvia Syms, Yvonne Mitchell, Ronald Lewis, Albert Lieven

Synopsis: Lilli Palmer stars as a nun in a World War 2-era Italian convent. At the risk of her own life and those of her cloistered colleagues, Palmer hides a group of Jewish orphans from the Nazis. She then attempts to shepherd the kids to the safety of foster homes. Danger looms in the form of Nazi Read More

Ben-Hur

Actors: Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith

Synopsis: This 1959 version of Lew Wallace's best-selling novel, which had already seen screen versions in 1907 and 1926, went on to win 11 Academy Awards. Adapted by Karl Tunberg and a raft of uncredited writers including Gore Vidal and Maxwell Anderson, the film once more recounts the tale of Jewish Read More

The Naked Maja

Actors: Ava Gardner, Anthony Franciosa, Amedeo Nazzari, Gino Cervi, Lea Padovani

Synopsis: The slow pacing of this fanciful tale about the life and one reputed love of the Spanish artist Francisco Goya makes for an uneven drama. Anthony Franciosa is the artist, and Ava Gardner plays his paramour, the Duchess of Alba. While the Prime Minister of Spain schemes to betray his country to Read More

La Venere di Cheronea

Actors: Belinda Lee, Massimo Girotti, Jacques Sernas

Synopsis: British sex symbol Belinda Lee stars in the overheated Italian costume melodrama La Venere di Cheronea (The Venus of Cheronea). Lee is cast as Afrodite, the girl who allegedly inspired the greatest works of famed Greek sculptor Praxiletes (Massimo Girotti). According to the screenplay, Afrodite Read More

Il Cocco Di Mamma

Actors: Maurizio Arena, Edoardo Nevola, Enzo Fiermonte, Memmo Carotenuto

Synopsis: Il Cocco di Mamma translates to "Mamma's Boy," a more than adequate description of protagonist Maurizio Arena. On the verge of achieving success as a prizefighter, Arena loses because he's afraid his face will be permanently damaged. Branded a coward by his friends and family, our hero is finally Read More

Angela

Actors: Dennis O'Keefe, Mara Lane, Rossano Brazzi, Arnoldo Foa, Galeazzo Benti

Synopsis: Star Dennis O'Keefe doubles as director in Angela. O'Keefe plays a GI who falls in love with Mara Lane in postwar Rome. Lane kills her boss, forcing her to flee the law. O'Keefe goes along for the ride so that he won't be knocked off by Lane's husband. Just when it looks as though O'Keefe is Read More

Romeo and Juliet

Actors: John Gielgud, Laurence Harvey, Susan Shentall, Flora Robson, Mervyn Johns, Bill Travers, Sebastian Cabot, Norman Wooland

Synopsis: Generally forgotten today, Romeo and Juliet is a satisfactory, if perfunctory, adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal tragedy. Cast as the "star cross'd lovers" this time out are Laurence Harvey, who's quite good, and Susan Shentall, who isn't. Whether or not Shentall would have improved with Read More

Never Take No for an Answer

Actors: Vittorio Manunta, Denis O'Dea, Guido Celano, Nerio Bernardi

Synopsis: Paul Gallico adapted his own short story Never Take No For an Answer in collaboration with his wife Pauline. Filmed on location in the Italian communities of Rome and Assissi, the film relates the simple story of 7-year-old war orphan Peppino (Vittorio Mannunta). When his beloved donkey falls ill Read More

La Sepolta Viva

Actors: Milly Vitale, Paul Muller, Evi Maltagliati, Tina Lattanzi, Piero Palermini

Synopsis: Set in the 19th century, Buried Alive is placed in context with the struggles of Italian patriot Garibaldi to bring unity and equality to his land. The hero is Giorgio (Piero Palermini), a pro-Garibaldi activist. The villain, Federico (Paul Muller), is not only a despot, but an ungrateful son: he Read More

Merchant of Slaves

Actors: Annette Bach, Enzo Fiermonte, Dino DiLuca

Synopsis: The Italian Merchant of Slaves spends an inordinate amount of time concentrating on underclad young beauties who've been sold into slavery in the Middle East. For those in the audience not interested in this sort of the thing, the script dwells upon a captured slave trader who falls in love with a Read More

L'Abito Nero Da Sposa