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Actors: Jon Voight, Cary Elwes, Ben Gazzara, Christopher Lee, Vittoria Belvedere
Synopsis: One of several dramatized tributes to the late pontiff to be telecast in 2005, the two-part CBS biopic Pope John Paul II is a remake of a popular Italian miniseries, and was filmed on location in Italy and Poland. The film begins with the attempted assassination of the pope on May 13, 1981 Read More
Actors: Pilar Lopez de Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Manuela Arcuri, Eloy Azorín, Rosana Pastor, Giuliano Gemma
Synopsis: This lavish historical drama was inspired by the true story of Juana the Mad, who became Queen of Spain before her willfulness and jealousy robbed her of her power. During the late 15th century, Juana (Pilar Lopez de Ayala) was born to the Spanish royal family, and as a teenager her mother Read More
Actors: Silvia De Santis, Frédéric Gorny, Andréa Ferréol, Giuliano Gemma, Didier Bienaime
Synopsis: Set in the 1930s, Premier de Cordee begins as Zian (Frederic Gorny), a young man who has traveled from his birthplace in the Alps to Paris, returns to his family home just as his father, a mountain guide, dies after being struck by lightning. Zian has chosen to carry on in his father's work Read More
Actors: Michele Placido, Stefano Accorsi, Mariangela Melato, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Leo Gullotta
Synopsis: Based on a true-life court case that rocked Italy during the 1980s, this film recounts the tribulations of Enzo Tortora, a popular television host who was wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: When an American socialite's husband dies, she is faced with running the business the two have successfully created--a vast jewelry empire--together with staving off the petty jealousies and rivalries she has with her siblings. Of course, there is also romance off in the wings, or it wouldn't be a Danielle Steel Read More
Actors: Giuliano Gemma, Georgina Barbarossa
Synopsis: Echoing a cry frequently heard from the romantically frustrated, Ana, a single mother and professional woman, complains to her friends that there are no good men to be found, and they echo the sentiment. As she contemplates what a good man might be, the figure in her imagination begins to take on Read More
Actors: Giuliano Gemma
Synopsis: An up-and-coming prizefighter inadvertently entangles himself with the mob after he saves a young woman's life. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Liv Ullmann, Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Noiret, Bernard Blier, Giuliana de Sio
Synopsis: Originally titled Speriamo che sia Femmina, Let's Hope It's a Girl is a multifaceted exploration of the pointlessness of sexual stereotypes. Liv Ullmann is a countess who, after her divorce, takes over the family farm. Realizing that she can't rely on the patriarchal society structure for Read More
Actors: Nathalie Nell, Guy Marchand, Anais Jeanneret, Edward Meeks
Actors: Giuliano Gemma, Carlo Mucari, William Berger, Isabel Russinova, Flavio Bucci
Synopsis: Based on a Texas Ranger comic-book hero who first rode into sight in 1948, this routine western is an Italian version of the adventures of Tex Willer (Giuliano Gemma), his sidekick Kit Carson (William Berger), and his Native American buddy Tiger Jack (Carlo Mucari). Predictably, Tiger Jack is Read More
Actors: Catherine Spaak, Giuliano Gemma, Caterina Boratto
Synopsis: In this sympathetic biography of Claretta Petacci, Benito Mussolini's mistress of 10 years, the Petacci family is a primary source of information -- which introduces a definite bias on how she is viewed. Claretta met Mussolini in the mid-'30s and remained with him after he was dismissed in 1943 by Read More
Actors: Giuliano Gemma, Max von Sydow, Assumpta Serna, Marcel Bozzuffi, Françoise Fabian
Synopsis: Director Claude D'Anna has tried for epic proportions in this less-than-epic film about incest, murder, suicide, and insanity in an aristocratic Sicilian family living in the 1950s. Count Villafratti (Max Von Sydow) has sex one night with his nymphomaniac daughter because he thinks she is his Read More
Actors: Anthony Franciosa, John Saxon, Daria Nicolodi, Giuliano Gemma, Mirella D'Angelo
Synopsis: Dario Argento leaves a distinct and bloody impression with this Italian horror film that took the slasher genre to graphic new limits at the time of its release. Novelist Peter Neal (Anthony Franciosa) jets into Rome to promote his new book. Simultaneously, a killer obsessed with Neal begins a Read More
Actors: Giuliano Gemma, Johnny Dorelli
Synopsis: Two opposite military camps, one Italian and one American, are positioned across from each other in Sicily, separated by a river and an ancient Roman bridge, the "Bridge of the Caesars." World War II has almost ended and so perhaps the fighting spirit has dwindled a little in the ordinary soldier. Read More
Actors: Giuliano Gemma, José Luis Lopez Vasquez, Eduardo Fajardo, Gastone Moschin
Synopsis: An accountant driven over the edge takes matters into his own hands and shoots his boss dead. During a chase on foot through the Chamartin train station in Madrid, the man takes aim again and kills the lead police officer, then he keeps on running until he jumps into a phone booth occupied by a Read More
Synopsis: In this convoluted crime drama, two incorruptible Italian policemen investigate Mafia-influenced corruption within their own department. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Giuliano Gemma, Bruno Cremer, Laurent Malet, Jacques Perrin, Mimsy Farmer
Synopsis: The French Foreign Legion intervenes on behalf of 3,000 European and American civilian hostages in the town of Kolwezi, Zaire. Kantangese rebel forces hold the hostages in the small mining town and subject their victims to various ordeals. The military springs into action to save the captives in Read More
Actors: Giuliano Gemma, Claudia Cardinale, Francisco Rabal, Stefano Satta Flores, Michele Placido
Synopsis: In this fast-paced action/drama, a downtrodden farmer turns to crime and quickly rises to prominence in the Sicilian mafia. Along the way, he learns the importance of political connections and of having legitimate businesses to funnel ill-gotten cash into. Determined to do away with the old and Read More
Actors: Helmut Berger, Samantha Eggar, Henry Fonda
Synopsis: The American prints of Battle Force credit the direction to one Humphrey Longan, but in fact the man behind the megaphone of this European war flick was Umberto Lenzi. Orson Welles narrates this crazy-quilt of stock battle footage and hapharzardly staged new scenes. A lot of potent acting talent Read More
Actors: Giuliano Gemma, Claudia Cardinale
Synopsis: The mafia has overrun a section of the country so ruinously that a very stern man (Giuliano Gemma) has been sent by the government to be the governor in that region. He has been given wide-ranging power and authority and is not afraid to use it. Indeed, on occasion he finds it necessary to gun Read More
Actors: Vittorio Gassman, Giuliano Gemma, Helmut Griem, Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin
Synopsis: With fear and trepidation, the military division encamped in a desert fort await the return of a Tartar army--which attacked the fort years ago. One young soldier (Jacques Perrin), however, can't wait for the boredom to end and the fighting to begin. Ennio Morricone provided the musical score. Read More
Synopsis: In this African adventure, a greedy fortune hunter endeavors to get his hands on the untold riches lying buried in Central Africa. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Giuliano Gemma, Tomas Milian, Eli Wallach
Synopsis: The Emperor of Japan has sent the U.S. President a very special Asian horse. Three incredible rogues hear of this horse and decide to kidnap it for a $500,000 ransom. One of them, the "white" is Giuliano Gemma, a grandiose kleptomaniac. Tomás Milian is the "yellow," a Japanese samurai, and the Read More
Actors: Giuliano Gemma, Evelyn Stewart, Peter Cross
Synopsis: In this Italian film, part melodrama and part social/political commentary, two factory workers living in Northern Italy form a romantic connection. The woman, torn between the freedoms of the North and her traditional Sicilian values, slowly allows herself to love, then marry, her co-worker. Soon Read More
Actors: George Eastman
Synopsis: Giulliano Gemma is Ben and George Eastman is Charlie in this obscure western. B&C are a pair of small-time hustlers, forever just one step ahead of the law. They finally settle in a town where the people are as green as their money. This time, however, Ben and Charlie outsmart themselves, but Read More
Synopsis: In this high-seas adventure, a courageous Nordic sailor discovers North America. When his crew mutinies he takes extreme measures to stop them. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Florinda Bolkan, Giuliano Gemma, Kirk Douglas
Synopsis: Despite the objections of his wife (Florinda Bolkan), a safe-cracker recently released from jail (Kirk Douglas) decides to try one last job. With the help of a circus gymnast (Giuliano Gemma), the thief plans to defeat a fool-proof safe in Germany and make off with $1 million. ~ John Bush, All Read More
Synopsis: This bunch is none other than the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest and their feisty leader, Robin Hood. This is a '70s release of the often-played Robin Hood story. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Giuliano Gemma, Senta Berger, Lando Buzzanca, Frank Wolff, Lino Toffolo
Synopsis: This situation sex comedy falls somewhere in between vulgarity and burlesque. Ulli (Giuliano Gemma) and his six cave-dwelling cronies try to learn all the conveniences of their era -- like building fires, using the wheel, and perfecting the use of tools and weapons. A fire engulfs their tiny Read More
Synopsis: Italian director Tonino Valerii recreates a fistful of JFK conspiracy theories in Western settings with this bizarre look at the assassination of President James Garfield in 1890 Dallas. Granted, the assassination really occurred in Washington in 1881, but Valerii and screenwriter Massimo Patrizi Read More
Synopsis: A man kills the former employer of his wife then attempts to use the same method with another victim. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: Unable to cope with life after stardom a former headliner with the Ziegfeld Follies becomes an alcoholic. Meanwhile her horrifying sons run off to commit a terrible crime. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Lee Van Cleef, Giuliano Gemma, Walter Rilia, Christa Linder, Ennio Balbo
Synopsis: This 1967 spaghetti western stars a master of that genre, Lee Van Cleef, as an aging, half-mad gunfighter. In an effort to regain his fearsome reputation, Van Cleef shoots down a local sheriff. He then finds he must deal with his young protégé Giuliano Gemma, who happened to be the sheriff's best Read More
Synopsis: This well-paced spaghetti western from director Giorgio Ferroni deals with Southern Major Sanders (Jacques Sernas), who continues fighting the North after the conclusion of the Civil War. Former Rebel Gary Diamond (Giuliano Gemma), now a guide, leads a pair of Union soldiers to stop Sanders before Read More
Actors: Giuliano Gemma, Fernando Sancho
Synopsis: This Italian/French/Spanish sagebrusher stars Giuliano Gemma as the Arizona Colt, a notorious bandit. Imprisoned in a desert town, the Colt is sprung by gang leader Gordon Watch (Fernando Sancho). Instead of galloping off into the sunset, Our Hero elects to stay in town to defend its citizens from Read More
Synopsis: Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang is not a dramatization of Pauline Kael's similarly titled collection of movie reviews. It is instead one of the glut of European-produced spy films which flooded the 1960s marketplace in the wake of the James Bond craze. This Spanish-made effort stars Giuliano Gemma and George Martin Read More
Actors: Giuliano Gemma, Sophie Daumier, Jacques Sernas, José Calvo
Actors: Giuliano Gemma, Fernando Sancho, Nieves Navarro, Antonio Casas
Synopsis: In this spaghettiesque western, a supposedly dead man returns to his village and finds his family being held captive by an evil desperado and his gang. The frightened man does all he can to save them. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Giuliano Gemma, Evelyn Stewart, Peter Cross, Roberto Camardiel, Jesus Puente
Synopsis: After being falsely accused of cattle rustling and murder, rancher Brent Landers (played here by Giuliano Gemma) follows the trail of the man who set him up. Landers happens upon the young Lucy (Evelyn Stewart), stripped naked, tied spread eagle to the ground, and left to bake in the hot desert Read More
Actors: Michele Mercier, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Rochefort, Jacques Toja, Giuliano Gemma
Synopsis: Angelique (Michele Mercier) is saved by the king of the cutthroats (Giuliano Gemma) when she is endangered in the streets of Paris. After her hero is killed, she has many amorous affairs and becomes a successful businesswoman in this costume-drama sequel based on the book by Serge and Anne Golon. Read More
Actors: George Martin, Fernando Sancho, Lorella de Luca, Nieves Navarro, Antonio Casas
Synopsis: In this routine Spaghetti western, Ringo (Montgomery Wood) helps a wealthy Texas family fend off a group of Mexican bandits led by the portly villain Fernando (Fernando Sancho). He protects the wealthy aristocrat (Antonio Casas) and his two pretty daughters Ruby (Lorelia De Luca) and Delores (Nieves Navarro Read More
Synopsis: In this early Italian western, Gary O'Hara (Montgomery Wood, aka Giuliano Gemma) is a former captain of the Confederate Army. He is beset by trials and tribulations of all kinds, including the killing of his beloved brother. Frustrated by the injustice of it all, he begins a personal campaign to Read More
Synopsis: This romantic adventure centers on the romantic exploits of a lusty Arab princess who is saved from a terrible fate at the hands of Bedouin thieves by the handsome emissary and nephew of Emperor Charlemagne, who has come to the Sahara to see that an entourage of pilgrims make it safely to the Holy Read More
Actors: Michele Mercier, Robert Hossein, Jean Rochefort, Giuliano Gemma
Synopsis: Angelique (Michele Mercier), the beautiful daughter of a once-wealthy nobleman, is married off to their rich neighbor Joffray de Peyrac (Robert Hossein) in this provocative 17th-century costumed drama. Theirs is at first a marriage of convenience until she begins to fall for Joffray. When he is Read More
Actors: Mark Forest
Synopsis: In this fantasy, set in ancient South America, the muscle-bound hero defeats the evil Incan King by building a humungous fighting machine. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: In this sword-and-sandal fantasy, Goliath must rescue twenty-four virgins who are being sent as a tribute to an evil conqueror. First the hero liberates one of the women. He then teams up with two other titans to save the rest. Action, adventure, and romance ensue. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Read More
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli, Serge Reggiani
Synopsis: Arguably Luchino Visconti's best film and certainly the most personal of his historical epics, The Leopard chronicles the fortunes of Prince Fabrizio Salina and his family during the unification of Italy in the 1860s. Based on the acclaimed novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, published Read More
Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Jacqueline Sassard, Antonella Lualdi
Synopsis: My Son the Hero started out in 1961 as a straightforward Italian sword and sandal affair titled Arrivano i Titani, all about the quest for a magic helmet in ancient Thebes. Well cast (Pedro Armendariz is the star) and extremely well photographed, the original film was still not sufficient Read More
Synopsis: Don't expect to hear "Marching to Pretoria" in the Italian Revolt of the Praetorians. This is a sword-and-sandal affair, set in the first few centuries AD. All Rome trembles under the rule of a tyrannical emperor. That's until the arrival of a mysterious masked do-gooder known only as --ta Read More
Synopsis: A sci-fi thriller about scientists trying to stop a collision of an alien planet with the earth. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: In this western, Civil War veteran Ringo Brown finally returns home and is devastated to discover that Mexican banditos have kidnapped his wife and razed his once peaceful hometown. He immediately rides out after them to get revenge and save his wife. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
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