Tonino Ricci Movies

This convoluted actioner is set in beautiful Cancun, Mexico and centers upon a voracious gigantic one-eyed shark, stolen diamonds, a sunken ship, a murdered brother and corporate villains. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Similar to the 1991 Dead Again starring Kenneth Branagh, this story of reincarnation and murder also features two couples who meet again in a new lifetime. Brooke Ashley (Jaclyn Smith) is a ballerina and Michael Richardson (Nigel Terry) is her lover, and they both perish in a fire that destroys their home. Fifty years go by, and Gregory Thomas (Terry), a screenwriter, sees an old film clip of Ashley who could easily pass for his fiancee Maggie Rogers (Smith). Intrigued by this coincidence, he starts to research a screenplay on the ballerina's life, and to help get more material, he visits a medium (Shelley Winters) who used to know her. The medium reveals that Gregory is the reincarnation of the dead Richardson -- which means the former couple is back together again. Before any celebration is in order, some of the increasingly sinister mystery of how and why the couple died in the long-ago fire has to be cleared up. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Set in a post-nuclear society, Rage concentrates on a band of refugees in search of the elusive-and possibly inhabited--Alpha Base. Tooling about in 1940s-vintage automobiles, the survivors steal a map from the resident villain and embark on a perilous journey. In On the Beach fashion, they learn that the radio signals emanating from Alpha Base are not of human origin. Still, they find an unexpected source of salvation for mankind. Conrad Nichols stars as Rage, head of the ragtag group, while Taida Urruzola is the underclad heroine. The "Anthony Richmond" credited with the direction is actually Tonino Ricci. Completed in 1984, Rage was released in the US two years later. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In this fantasy adventure, a group of smugglers try to salvage a drug shipment that sank at sea. Unfortunately, they are hindered by a strange idol and a large school of deadly sharks. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Italian director Tonino Ricci helmed this 1974 snowbound adventure film about a young boy in danger and the courageous wolf who comes to his rescue. Originally called Zanna Bianca Alla Riscossa and later retitled White Fang to the Rescue, the film is the sequel to Lucio Fulci's Zanna Bianca, a 1972 adaptation Jack London's classic novel White Fang. Maurizio Merli stars along with Henry Silva and Gisella Hahn. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

Philippe Leroy stars as power boat racer Marco Breda, who has been struck with amnesia following brain surgery for a boating accident. While Marco recuperates at his remote villa, he begins romancing a young woman named Terry (Rossana Yanni), leading his jealous wife, Monica (Elga Andersen), to instigate a fatal struggle. Terry and Marco dump Monica's body in the ocean while people start getting murdered left and right, mostly by strangulation (although Marco's friend, Tommy [Franco Ressel], is graphically disembowelled). A police inspector shows up, and Marco is shocked to see Monica too, alive and well. Monica had been plotting with Marco's friend, Burt (Ivan Rassimov), to drive him insane, and the plot works, as Marco drives his car off a cliff shortly thereafter. What Monica doesn't know is that her double-cross wasn't so well advised, being that she is being triple-crossed by Burt and his mistress, Terry, who were also plotting to kill Marco and were using her to do it. Understandably upset by this turn of events, Monica kills them both, but that's when the real terror begins, as a mysterious stranger stalks her while she is alone in the house. Franco Fantasia and Carla Mancini co-star. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi