Franco FranchiFilmography

Born:: September 18, 1928 in Italy
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Italian actor Franco Franchi was the clean-shaven half of the international film comedy team Franco and Ciccio (Ciccio Ingrassia was the mustachioed half). It's difficult to determine whether Franco or Ciccio was the straight man because it's hard to figure out which one was the comedian. Watching...Read More

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Tango Blu

12/5/87
Kaos

Actors: Margarita Lozano, Claudio Bigagli, Massimo Bonetti, Enrica Maria Modugno, Franco Franchi

Synopsis: Italy's fraternal filmmaking team of Paolo and Vittorio Taviani whip up another multistoried slice of life in Kaos. "Life," in this case, is seen from the peculiar perspective of author Luigi Pirandello, four of whose pieces are herein adapted. "The Other Son" finds Margarita Lozano making the Read More

11/23/84
Ultimo Tango a Zagarol

Actors: Martine Beswicke, Franco Franchi, Gina Rovere, Franca Valeri

Synopsis: Franco Franchi, best known as half of the comedy duo Franco and Ciccio, stars with cult favorite Martine Beswicke in this crude parody of Bernardo Bertolucci's Ultimo Tango a Parigi. In contrast to the original's brutish Brando, Franchi's character is constantly dominated by the aggressive Read More

8/9/73
Adventures of Pinocchio

Synopsis: Writer/director Luigi Comencini originally created Le Avventure di Pinocchio as a five-and-a-half-hour miniseries for Italian television. This 134-minute version, featuring various guest stars, was released theatrically. Pinocchio (Andrea Balestri) is a wooden puppet carved by Geppetto (Nino Manfredi Read More

1971
Don Franco E Don Ciccio Nell'anno Della Contestazione

4/16/70
I Nipoti Di Zorro

12/12/68
I Barbieri di Sicilia

12/21/67
War Italian Style

Actors: Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Fred Clark, Buster Keaton, Martha Hyer

Synopsis: This WW II comedy centers upon a hapless German general (played by Buster Keaton in one of his last roles) who is stationed in Italy the night before the Allied invasion. Two Yankee POWs are planning to steal the plans for the Nazi offensive strategy. The Germans anticipate this and replace the Read More

1/18/67
Dos Cosmonautas a La Fuerza

Synopsis: This Italian-Spanish space-age comedy is a tad less subtle than Jerry Lewis, a soupcon less sophisticated than the Three Stooges. Two Soviet cosmonauts become lost in space, apparently permanently. The rascally Russians try to pass off two other space travellers as the missing cosmonauts so as to Read More

1967
Spie Vengono dal Semifreddo

Actors: Vincent Price, Fabian, Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Laura Antonelli

Synopsis: The Amazing Dr. G is an alternate title for the Italian-American spoof Dr. Goldfoot and His Girl Bombs. Vincent Price repeats his characterization of the megalomaniac Goldfoot from 1965's Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, and also plays a secondary role as a kidnapped US general. This time Read More

7/29/66
How to Rob the Bank of Italy

Synopsis: Bumbling criminals attempt an amazing bank robbery. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1966
Due Sergenti Del Generale Custer

Synopsis: The Italian comedy team of Franco and Ciccio spoofs westerns in Due Sergenti del Generale Custer. If it's possible to play the Little Big Horn for laughs, be assured that the stars will give it their best shot. Franco and Ciccio do their usual horrendous mugging and interminable double-talk; Read More

8/13/65
Per Un Pugno Nell 'Occhio

1965
Due Toreri

Synopsis: The "salad" crop planted by two unsuspecting men ends up being smoked instead of eaten in this comedy of errors. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

12/3/64
002 Agenti Segretissimi

Synopsis: Cult Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci's second "Franco & Ciccio" comedy of 1965, this science fiction-themed farce casts popular comedians Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia as a pair of bumbling Russian cosmonauts aboard the spaceship Popov. Their ship loses contact with base, and Soviet space Read More

10/10/64
L'Amore Primitivo

Synopsis: Made in Italy in 1964 as L'Amore Primitivo, the year after Promises, Promises and a full four years before The Wild Wild World of Jayne Mansfield and her unfortunate death, this is one of the rarest-if not the rarest-Jayne Mansfield movies of all time. The film opens to the immortal strains of Read More

7/17/64
Due Mafiosi Nel Far West

Synopsis: Native Americans and outlaws make life difficult for 2 Sicilian cousins after they inherit a gold mine in Texas. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

6/30/64
I Maniaci

Synopsis: A minor comedy from Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci (Zombi 2; L'Aldila), this anthology is of interest primarily to cult devotees for marking the notorious director's only collaboration with legendary "scream queen" Barbara Steele (La Maschera del Demonio). Lushly photographed and filled with Read More

3/28/64
Due Mafioso Contro Al Capone

Synopsis: Al Capone's gang is joined by 2 new members, undercover New York cops, who place their lives in danger with this mission. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1964
Il Giorno Piu Corto Commedia Umoristica

Actors: Sylva Koscina, Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia

Synopsis: Somewhere there is someone who finds the lunatic Italian comedy team of Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia funny; most filmgoers watch in stony silence, longing for Jerry Lewis to make a comeback. In The Shortest Day, F and C play a pair of zany World War I conscripts who cause more trouble on Read More

2/14/63
Gli Imbroglioni

Actors: Dominique Boschero, Raimondo Vianello

Synopsis: Cult icon Lucio Fulci directed this anthology set in a courtroom, where four cases of fraud and confidence are presented. Raimondo Vianello and pretty Dominique Boschero star in the first, a tale of a wealthy businessman accused of fraud. Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia, who starred in ten of Read More

1963
Tutto e Musica

Actors: Domenico Modugno, Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia

1963
Due Samurai Per 100 Geisha

Synopsis: Seven samurai complicate the lives of 2 men who inherit a Japanese fortune, but they receive help from some beautiful geishas. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1962
II Giudizio Universale

Actors: Vittorio Gassman, Renato Rascel, Fernandel, Akim Tamiroff

Synopsis: An episodic, funny, though uneven spoof of human manners and foibles, this comedy by Vittorio de Sica begins in Naples when a disembodied voice announces to the city's residents "The Last Judgment will begin at 6:00 p.m." Naturally, not all are immediately willing to accept this statement -- but Read More

1961