Marco Guglielmi Movies
A rogue cop and a merciless crime lord take their bloody battle to the streets in director Massimo Dallamano's brutal poliziotteschi. When the battle between the determined lawman (Marcel Bozzuffi) and the relentless criminal (Ivan Rassimov) goes public, there's no telling how things will turn out as the bullets fly and the frightened citizens run for cover. Prolific soundtrack composer Stelvio Cipriani (Death Walks in High Heels) provides the hard-driving, funk-infused score. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Franco Nero here plays a film producer whose film is about to be seized by a stiff-necked Sicilian judge, but the judge is murdered before the seizure order can be given. This death has had an effect similar to kicking open an ant's nest, and the corrupt local politicians are all scrambling to do their best to confuse the investigation. Witnesses die in mysterious ways, and it looks at first as though some really heavy politics are behind the whole affair. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Marco Guglielmi
Rod Steiger portrays Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in this internationally produced "how the mighty have fallen" biopic. In the waning days of the war, the once-strutting Il Duce hides from his pursuers like a common thief. He's hoping to fall into the hands of his former Axis comrades or the benign Allied troops, rather than suffer the vengeance of the out-for-blood Italian freedom fighters. But it is the latter group who reaches Mussolini first, ignominiously executing both the dictator and his mistress Clara Petracchi (Lisa Gastoni). This strangely cast period piece features Henry Fonda as a German cardinal and Franco Nero as an Italian officer. Originally titled Mussolini: Ultimo Atto, The Last Days of Mussolini was also issued as The Last Four Days. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1972
Against incredible odds, first-time Italian filmmaker Franco Bottari brought this taut political drama to the screen. The German ambassador (Franz von Treuberg) to a South American country has been kidnapped by revolutionaries. The film examines the shifting sands of the negotiations and government decisions. The revolutionaries are demanding the release of their imprisoned comrades. The government, on the other hand, is contemplating ways to exterminate the revolutionaries and their movement under the pretext of negotiating for the Ambassador's release. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
A skillful thief with a penchant for knives attempts to outwit a slew of bloodthirsty treasure hunters in this brutal Italian Western from director Sergio Sollima. The gold they seek may be enough to finance the Mexican Revolution -- depending on who gets to it first and what they intend to do with it. Whether it's the thief Cuchillo (Tomas Milian), his passionate fiancée, the sheriff-turned-bounty-hunter, the ruthless bandits, or the fearsome American agents who end up with the gold, two things are certain -- the stakes are high and the competition is literally cutthroat. Run, Man, Run! also features music by Bruno Nicolai and the legendary film composer Ennio Morricone. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- 1967
Aldo (Giulio Platone) is a henpecked husband who takes time off from his business ventures to enjoy a night in Rome in this comedy drama. He meets Debra (Sandra Milo) and brings her back to his apartment. After she has a conversation with a mystery man named Rossano, she kills herself. Aldo tries but fails to have his so-called friends help him get rid of the body before his wife finds out. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sandra Milo, Enrico Maria Salerno, (more)
- 1967
Cult filmmaker Massimo Dallamano directed this impressive spaghetti western -- his only foray into the genre -- under the pseudonym "Max Dillman." Enrico Maria Salerno stars as gunslinger Richard Martin, whose hands are destroyed in a battle with outlaw Billy Kane (Marco Guglielmi). Years later, Martin runs a Wild West show, and harbors a fugitive named Ricky Shot (Terry Jenkins), teaching him the art of gunfighting. The vengeful Martin and his protégé eventually track down the ruthless Kane, leading to a surprising conclusion. Luigi Pistilli, Cris Huerta, Antonio Pica, and Venantino Venantini co-star in this stirring revenge film, which also features a dynamic musical score by Egisto Macchi. Filmmaker Romano Migliorini collaborated on the script. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- 1967
Yet another entry in a long series of 1960s Italian sex comedies, this one has some clever moments in its study of four beautiful women (Ursula Andress, Marisa Mell, Virna Lisi, and Claudine Auger) who cheat on their husbands to relieve their marital discontent. Jean-Pierre Cassel also stars in this typical anthology written by Ruggero Maccari and Ettore Scola. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ursula Andress, Virna Lisi, (more)
- 1967
In this gory sequel to the spaghetti western Stranger in Town, a mysterious stranger masquerades as a postal inspector and rides out to round up a ring of thieves who are racing across the West in a stage coach made of gold. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tony Anthony, Dan Vadis, (more)
- 1966
In this espionage adventure, the "Super Dragon," a notorious secret agent, is assigned by the CIA to stop a Venezuelan drug lord from spiking U.S. gum and candy with a powerful hallucinogenic drug in order to take over the United States. The evil czar had already tested it in a Michigan college town and found it works, rendering its victims helpless. Now the Dragon must stop him before he spreads the stuff all over. The Dragon must also find the antidote for those already drugged. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ray Danton, Marisa Mell, (more)
- 1966
In this espionage drama, a leading American spy has a miniature camera surgically implanted in his eye, unbeknownst to him, and with it photographs secrets for the Russians, helping them gather information about a newly created death ray. The scientist who created it knew the secret could fall into enemy hands and so placed his secret plans into the skull of his unknowing daughter before he died. Meanwhile another spy begins following her. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Brett Halsey, Anna Maria Pier Angeli, (more)
- 1964
Friedrich Durrenmatt's misanthropic theatrical piece The Visit has never been totally successful in any production, not even in the original Broadway presentation starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. The film version keeps this failure record consistent. Ingrid Bergman plays a fabulously wealthy woman who returns to her impoverished home town. Years earlier, she had been driven from town in disgrace after sleeping with solid citizen Anthony Quinn. She now offers a deal to the city elders: Bergman will alleviate the city's financial difficulties--in exchange for Quinn's life. The original play ended with the lynching of the seducer; the film ends with Bergman halting the execution, proclaiming that by allowing Quinn to live, the townsfolk will be forced to feel the pangs of guilt over what they might have done for the rest of their lives. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Quinn, (more)
- 1963
Set during the time of the brilliant Queen Elizabeth I of England, this adventure tale is loosely based on the exploits of Sir Francis Drake (Rod Taylor). He was one of the Queen's leading commanders in the battles with Spain over the gold of the New World. Drake is shown wearing several hats, so to speak. He is a pirate who has no problems about raiding Spanish gold arsenals. He is a military commander who plans and executes naval battles with the Spanish armada -- and wins. He is a diplomat who knows how to maneuver in courtly circles -- but that does not stop him from trashing a Spanish-backed plan to assassinate the Queen. Although this costume drama by Rudolph Maté is not without a few minor flaws, Drake's adventures should entertain most audiences, especially the younger set. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Rod Taylor, Keith Michell, (more)
- 1962
In this biblical epic, the rise of the humble Joseph from hapless slave to prophet and advisor to the Pharoah is chronicled. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1961
In this sci-fi film, an alien android escapes from his home planet and ends up on Earth where he discovers that everyone he touches dies. In the end, he is defeated by a ship from his planet and the Italian army. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1961
The trouble in this Italian crime drama begins when five convicts and their leader escape from Elba and endeavor to rob the payroll office of an iron mine. The mine owner's son refuses to allow this. Unfortunately, the son's sister and her pals happen into the office and soon find themselves held hostage. Fortunately one of the girls escapes and runs for help. Unfortunately, she is caught by a criminal who tries to rape her. A struggle ensues and the girl shoots him in the arm. Engraged, the convict kills her. The loyal son, having no choice, gives the fugitives the money. The ring leader then takes the son's sister with him to the bank to sign the checks. The quick-thinking girl endorses the checks, but on the back of one, she rewrites a note to the police. They return to the mine only to find that another crook has killed the leader. A gunfight ensues and the robbers kill themselves. Soon the police arrive. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
In this offbeat costume horror film set in 1912, Hans (Pierre Brice), a young art student, is sent to a remote Dutch village to collect information about the local windmill. The windmill is decorated with moving sculptures of women in various gruesome scenes of torture and death. Professor Wahl (Herbert Boehme), the curator of the windmill, also teaches art and sculpture. Among the professor's students, Hans meets Liselotte (Dany Carrel), his childhood friend who still loves him. He also gets acquainted with Wahl's beautiful daughter, Elfi (Scilla Gabel), who suffers from a rare blood disease and is not allowed to leave her house. Then Hans discovers the shocking secret behind the professor's attempts to keep his daughter alive. ~ Yuri German, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Pierre Brice, Dany Carrel, (more)
- 1960
This somewhat inaccurate biography of Russia's power-hungry "Mad Monk" concentrates on the attempts on Rasputin's life, including the (almost un-) successful one carried out by a prince. ~ Steve Huey, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Edmund Purdom, Gianna Maria Canale, (more)
- 1960
Vittorio De Sica plays the bumbling captain of a fruit and vegetable boat, operating in World War II Italy. The manpower shortage has depleted De Sica's crew, obliging him to hire several highly unqualified shipmates. While the captain attempts to keep his head above water (so to speak), second-in-command Folco Lulli does his best to whip his greenhorn crew into able-bodied sailors. Along the way, the plotline is complicated by a few stray Nazis and lady friends. It is to Vittorio De Sica's credit that he brought the same craftsmanship and credibility to Always Victorious that he did to his more worthwhile filmic efforts. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1959
Anthony Quinn added Eskimo to the many ethnic types he portrayed on film with this drama about a clash of cultures from director Nicholas Ray. Inuk (Quinn) is a typical Eskimo hunter, living proudly as his ancestors did, eking out an existence on the frozen Canadian tundra. When Inuk takes his wife and mother-in-law to a trading post to exchange furs, the family meets a friendly priest (Marco Guglielmi). In time-honored Eskimo custom, Inuk offers the missionary his wife's sexual favors. Offended by the man's rejection, Inuk kills him. Having broken Western law, Inuk is pursued by two Mounties (Peter O'Toole and Carlo Giustini). Slowed down by his wife's elderly mother, he sends the woman out on the ice to perish, another of his people's ancient traditions. The police capture Inuk, but the lawmen and their prisoner encounter severe weather. The Savage Innocents (1959) was the feature debut of actor O'Toole, who objected to the overdubbing of his voice in the finished film. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Anthony Quinn, Yoko Tani, (more)
- 1955
Gli Sbandati was released worldwide as The Disbanded. Set during WWII, the film is a drama of the Italian resistance, with all the usual clichéd characters in attendance. The central character, a bombed-out gamine who falls in love with an Italian partisan, is played by Lucia Bose, who earned a great deal of praise for her performance. Most of the film deals with the culture-clash between the citified resistance fighters and their rural hosts. Extremely well cast, and equipped with a powerhouse climax, Gil Sbandati proved to be a worthwhile feature-film directorial debut for onetime Antonioni associate Francesco Maselli. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lucia Bosé, Jean-Pierre Mocky, (more)
- 1955
Sicilian Sasa Scimoni (Alberto Sordi) learns L'Arte di Arranglarsi, or "The Art of Getting Along", in this perceptive Italian comedy. Over a period of several decades, Scimoni must adapt to the various power structures in Italy. Whether it be the monarchy, the socialists, the fascists or the Church, Scimoni manages not only to acclimate himself to the prevailing winds, but also turn a neat financial profit in the bargain. Only by trying to second-guess himself does Our Hero come acropper. L'Arte di Arranglarsi was the last of three collaborations between director Luigi Zampa and screenwriter Vitaliano Brancati, each one casting a satiric eye on middle-class Italian life. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alberto Sordi, Armenia Balducci, (more)
