Candy 1968  R, 119 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christian Marquand
Cast: Charles Aznavour, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, John Huston, Walter Matthau, Ringo Starr, John Astin, Elsa Martinelli, Sugar Ray Robinson, James Coburn
The cast is top of the line, and "Candy" is an amusing satire on the world of pornography.
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Hatari! 1962  N/R, 159 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: John Wayne, Hardy Kruger, Elsa Martinelli, Gerard Blain, Red Buttons, Bruce Cabot, Eduard Franz, Michele Girardon, Queenie Leonard, Major Sam Harris
African adventures abound as zoo hunters on safari in Africa encounter beauty and danger on the Dark Continent as they seek new animals for America's zoos.
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The Indian Fighter 1955 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Elsa Martinelli, Walter Abel, Walter Matthau, Lon Chaney Jr., Diana Douglas, Eduard Franz, Alan Hale Jr., Elisha Cook Jr., William Phipps
The Sioux are understandably upset with settlers taking over their land and stealing their gold. Enter a wagon train, with its leader Johnny Hawks (Kirk Douglas), winding its way through dangerous Sioux territory.
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Madigan's Millions 1968  G, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Prager
Cast: Cesar Romero, Elsa Martinelli, Dustin Hoffman, Franco Fabrizi, Fernando Hilbeck, Gustavo Rojo, Riccardo Garrone, Gerard Tichy, Daniele Vargas, Umberto Raho
Dustin Hoffman takes on the role of an I.R.S. agent who flies to Rome to investigate a gangster, Mike Madigan (Cesar Romero), and retrieve U.S. Treasury funds.
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Once Upon a Crime 1992  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Eugene Levy
Cast: John Candy, James Belushi, Cybill Shepherd, Sean Young, Richard Lewis, Ornella Muti, Giancarlo Giannini, George Hamilton, Roberto Sbaratto, Joss Ackland, Caterina Boratto, Elsa Martinelli
Americans–Phoebe (Sean Young) and Julian (Richard Lewis)–meet in Rome, find a missing dachshund, and decide on a trip from Rome to Monte Carlo in order to collect a $5,000 reward for the dog's return.
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The Pigeon That Took Rome 1962  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Melville Shavelson
Cast: Charlton Heston, Elsa Martinelli, Harry Guardino, Salvatore Baccaloni, Brian Donlevy, Arthur Shields, Gary Collins, Marietto, Rudolph Anders
Based on a true story, this film is about Captain Paul MacDougall (Charlton Heston) who used carrier pigeons to send important messages about enemy plans to the Allies during World War II. Plenty of comedy as Heston romances local girl.
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The Trial 1963 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Elsa Martinelli, Jeanne Moreau, Anthony Perkins, Romy Schneider, Akim Tamiroff, Orson Welles, Arnoldo Foa, Suzanne Flon, Jess Hahn, Madeleine Robinson
This is the film adaptation of Frank Kafka's classic tale about the imperfections inherent in a judicial system as exemplified by a man who is arrested for an unspecified crime.
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The V.I.P.s 1963 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Asquith
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan, Elsa Martinelli, Orson Welles, Margaret Rutherford, Rod Taylor, Maggie Smith, Michael Hordern, Robert Coote
The acting is top notch in this film about four V.I.P.s who are stranded overnight by fog at London's Heathrow Airport. Margaret Rutherford won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
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Woman Times Seven 1967 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Peter Sellers, Elspeth March, Rossano Brazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Robert Morley, Elsa Martinelli, Alan Arkin, Michael Caine, Lex Barker, Laurence Badie, Judith Magre, Catherine Samie, Zanie Campan, Robert Duranton
Shirley MacLaine takes on the diverse roles of Paulette, Maria Teresa, Linda, Edith, Eve Minou, Marie, and Jeanne in this series of seven short stories about adultery. In "Funeral Possession," a widow finds a romantic interest (Peter Sellers) at her husband's funeral. "Amateur Night" tells about an unhappy wife turning to streetwalking for revenge against her husband (Rossano Brazzi). "Two Against One" features a prudish wife who turns out to be anything but. In "Super Simone" a wife uses unique methods to get the attention of her husband (Lex Barker). "At the Opera" features a Parisian woman who will stop at nothing to own a particular designer gown. In "Suicide Pacts," a woman and her lover (Alan Arkin) make a suicide pact. Finally, in "Snow," a woman's husband hires a private detective (Michael Caine) to spy on her.
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| 1. Candy (1968)
2. Hatari! (1962)
3. The Indian Fighter (1955)
4. Madigan's Millions (1968)
5. Once Upon a Crime (1992)
6. The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
7. Rampage (1963)
8. The Trial (1963)
9. The V.I.P.s (1963)
10. Woman Times Seven (1967)
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