Ace High 1968  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Four Gunmen of Ave Maria
Revenge in El Paso
Director: Giuseppe Colizzi
Cast: Eli Wallach, Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Brock Peters, Kevin McCarthy, Steffen Zacharias, Tiffany Hoyveld, Federico Boido, Bruno Corazzari, Livio Lorenzon
Saved from a hanging, Cat Stevens (Terence Hill) is hunted by his saviors after he returned to a life of crime. But Cat is also hunting: he is tracking down the men who sent him to prison. This "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" wannabe wasn't.
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 The Black Cat 1980  R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
Director: Lucio Fulci
Cast: Patrick Magee, Mimsy Farmer, David Warbeck, Al Cliver, Dagmar Lassander, Bruno Corazzari, Geoffrey Copleston, Daniela Doria
Supposedly, this film is based on the Edgar Allan Poe story, but the title is about the only thing in common with Poe's work. A wheelchair-bound psychic (Patrick Magee) talks to the dead and to his cat and sends the cat out to take care of his enemies. But who is really in control–the cat or the man? Gore is mild by Lucio Fulci standards.
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Body Puzzle 1991 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Misteria
Director: Lamberto Bava
Cast: Joanna Pacula, Tomas Arana, Francois Montagut, Gianni Garko, Erika Blanc, Matteo Gazzolo, Susanna Javicoli, Bruno Corazzari, Ursula von Baechler, Sebastiano Lo Monaco, Giovanni Lombardo Radice
Tracy's (Joanna Pacula) husband, Abe (Francois Montagut), died some time ago in an automobile accident. Now Tracy is being watched by a mysterious man, and she also finds a body part in her refrigerator. With the help of investigator Michael (Tomas Arana), they uncover the fact that gruesome murders are occurring around the city and that selected body parts are taken from the bodies–parts that were donated from Abe's body. A touch of his father's (Mario) style is displayed by Lamberto Bava in this horror/mystery.
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Death Rides a Horse 1968 R, 114 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
Director: Giulio Petroni
Cast: John Phillip Law, Lee Van Cleef, Luigi Pistilli, Mario Brega, Anthony Dawson, Jose Torres, Franco Balducci, Bruno Corazzari, Felicita Fanny, Ignazio Leone, Carlo Pisacane, Guglielmo Spoletini
Bill (John Phillip Law) sets out to hunt down and take revenge on the gang members who killed his parents when he was a young boy. Along the way, he teams up with gunfighter Ryan (Lee Van Cleef) who is also searching for the gang to extract his own revenge on the gangsters for taking his money and causing his imprisonment. Lots of shooting and other violence in this spaghetti Western.
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Four of the Apocalypse 1975 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
Director: Lucio Fulci
Cast: Fabio Testi, Michael J. Pollard, Lynne Frederick, Harry Baird, Tomas Milian, Adolfo Lastretti, Bruno Corazzari, Giorgio Trestini, Donald O'Brien, Salvatore Puntillo
In one of the last spaghetti Westerns, card shark Stubby Preston (Fabio Testi) arrives in a Utah town where he gets in trouble and is jailed. The townsfolk, wanting to rid the town of riff-raff, kick him and three losers out of town. The four travel together looking for people to swindle, but violence begins when they run across mean villain Chaco (Tomas Milian).
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Il Grande Silenzo 1968  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
aka: The Great Silence
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Vonetta McGee, Frank Wolff, Luigi Pistilli, Remo de Angelis, Bruno Corazzari, Mario Brega, Carlo D'Angelo, Raf Baldassarre
This is one of the best of the so-called spaghetti Westerns. Silence (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is mute due to his throat being cut by ruthless bounty hunters. Now he's on the trail of a mean group of them who were hired by the corrupt sheriff of a Utah town. Overall, a good movie–especially the scenery (shot in the Pyrenees).
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Last Days of Mussolini 1974  N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Mussolini: Ultimo Atto
Director: Carlo Lizzani
Cast: Rod Steiger, Franco Nero, Lisa Gastoni, Henry Fonda, Bruno Corazzari, Manfred Freyberger, Lino Capolicchio, Marco Guglielmi, Tom Felleghy, Luciano Pigozzi, John Stacy, Giuseppe Addobbati, Andrea Aureli, Umberto Raho
The last days of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (Rod Steiger) are the focus of this violent drama. Mussolini realizes that the Italian people are turning against him, and, with his mistress Claretta Petacci (Lisa Gastoni) by his side, he attempts an escape to Switzerland. At the same time, he is trying to hide from the Nazis, the Allies, the Italian government, and Italian freedom fighters–all of whom are on his trail.
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The Master Touch 1972 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Un Uomo Da Rispettare
Director: Michele Lupo
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Florinda Bolkan, Giuliano Gemma, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Bruno Corazzari, Vittorio Fanfoni, Wolfgang Preiss, Romano Puppo, John Bartha, Allen Stanley
Newly paroled safecracker Wallace (Kirk Douglas) joins up with a trapeze artist (Giuliano Gemma) in a plot to partake of $1 million through illegal means.
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The Mercenary 1968 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Franco Nero, Tony Musante, Jack Palance, Giovanna Ralli, Eduardo Fajardo, Bruno Corazzari, Remo de Angelis, Franco Giacobini, Lorenzo Robledo, Alvaro de Luna
A mercenary (Franco Nero) battles his nemesis (Jack Palance) as he aids peasants in the Mexican revolution.
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Roy Colt and Winchester Jack 1970 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Mario Bava
Cast: Brett Halsey, Charles Southwood, Marilu Tolo, Teodoro Corra, Guido Lollobrigida, Isa Miranda, Bruno Corazzari, Federico Boido, Franco Pesce, Mauro Bosco
This comedy/spaghetti Western rip-off of the popular Westerns of the time follows gunslingers Roy Colt (Brett Halsey) and Winchester Jack (Charles Southwood) as they start out by saving a native American prostitute, Mahila (Marilu Tolo), from a murder charge. The trio, along with Monseignor (Teodoro Corra) and his outlaw gang, search for a buried fortune. Some good Bava touches, especially interesting photo shots.
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| 1. Ace High (1968)
aka: Four Gunmen of Ave Maria
aka: Revenge in El Paso
2. The Black Cat (1980)
3. Body Puzzle (1991)
aka: Misteria
4. Death Rides a Horse (1968)
5. Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
6. Il Grande Silenzo (1968)
aka: The Great Silence
7. Last Days of Mussolini (1974)
aka: Mussolini: Ultimo Atto
8. The Master Touch (1972)
aka: Un Uomo Da Rispettare
9. The Mercenary (1968)
10. Roy Colt and Winchester Jack (1970)
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