Roberto Bianchi Montero Movies
- 1982
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A Duke on a journey to meet with the Pope falls victim to identity theft after he is abducted by a gang of bandits in this period drama from director Bob Montero. The year is 1506 and Duke of Riveria y Fuentes has been sent to Rome by King Philippe of Spain so that he may exchange a title with the Pope for an alliance and a treaty. On route to Rome the Duke is taken prisoner by bandit Duccio and his gang. Upon realizing the Duke's mission, Duccio makes way for Rome with the Duke's credentials and meets with Roman nobles and experiences a ravishing night of passion at Lucrecia Borgais' palace of the Masked Lady. When the real Duke arrives in Rome, the passionate masked lady is shocked to discover that her lover was an imposter. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sirpa Lane
- 1974
- R
When a series of adulterous women begin to turn up dead, a police officer (Farley Granger) must hunt down their crazed killer. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
The excesses and eccentricities of the 20th century once again go under the cinematic microscope in this shockumentary inspired by the international hit Mondo Cane. Mondo Balordo documents a wide variety of strange and unsavory behavior, ranging from teenage dueling clubs in Berlin where facial scars are a badge of honor to Japanese photographers who stage bondage scenarios with nubile young women to satisfy the demands of certain specialized magazines. Also included for your edification are women who bleach their hair using camel's urine, nightclubs catering to cross-dressers and lesbians, midget rock & roll singers, a dancer who is convinced he is the reincarnation of Rudolph Valentino, and Peruvian field hands who have learned to use the cocoa leaf to get them through the workday. Boris Karloff provides narration for the American-release version. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 1962
A couple of beefy barbarian brothers battle each other over a luscious babe while going up against a malevolent ruler. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
- 1953
An elderly Boris Karloff headlines this low-budget Italian crime drama. He plays the owner of a financially struggling nursery who finds himself hopelessly involved in a kidnapping. A group of drug smugglers did the abducting and now Karloff and a detective team up to find them. The investigator will need to be on his toes, for nothing about the case is what it seems to be. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1953
This obscure Italian crime potboiler features a nominal performance from a slumming Boris Karloff as wealthy businessman Don Gaetano, who assists a narcotics detective (Franca Marzi) in rescuing his kidnapped daughter from a drug-smuggling ring based on the island of Ischia. The syndicate's leader is using the girl as a shield to prevent the inspector from getting too close to their operation. Predictable plot twists abound until Gaetano is revealed as the man who masterminded the abduction from the beginning. Karloff, still in a pre-Thriller career lull, would fare considerably better in his next Italian production, I Tre Volti Della Paura, thanks to the deft hand of director Mario Bava. Also known as Monster of the Island. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
- 1952
Cliff of Sin was originally released in Italy as La Scogliera del Peccato. Margaret Genske plays Stella, the wayward wife of misanthropic millionaire Silvano (Gino Cervi). Hoping to enjoy his money without enduring his company, Stella murders Silvano with poison. To further replenish her coffers, she inveigles fisherman Paolo (Ermanno Randi) into a smuggling racket. When Paolo's brother Michele (Otello Toso) shows up to save the younger man from a life of crime, Michele too is entrapped in Stella's web. Evidently, only an act of God can prevent Stella from further misdeeds--and that's just what does stop her. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gino Cervi, Margaret Genske, (more)
- 1950
Surprisingly, the "Sardinian" protagonist of the Italian Faddija is played by an American actor. William C. Tubbs is cast as Pietro Atzeni, a bombastic landowner with three marriage-age daughters. Atzeni manages to squelch his daughters' romantic yearnings through his own greed, which consists of buying up any patch of land he decides he wants, by means both fair and foul. His avarice culminates in a deadly feud and a desperate elopement. Whenever the story flags in Faddija, the viewer can revel in its location photography and its colorful utilization of genuine Sardinian peasants and shepherds in minor roles.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- William Tubbs, Luisa Rossi, (more)
