Annibale 1960  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure / Action / Drama
aka: Hannibal
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Victor Mature, Rita Gam, Gabriele Ferzetti, Milly Vitale, Rik Battaglia, Franco Silva, Terence Hill, Mirko Ellis, Andrea Aureli, Renzo Cesana, Andrea Fantasia, Bud Spencer, Franco Dominici, Enzo Fiermonte
Hannibal (Victor Mature) has crossed the Alps with his elephants and is advancing on Rome when he captures Sylvia (Rita Gam). The two fall in love, but love will not conquer all as Hannibal's failings prove his undoing–both with Sylvia and with the Romans.
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Beyond the Law 1968  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
aka: Bloodsilver
The Good Die First
Director: Giorgio Stegani
Cast: Lee Van Cleef, Antonio Sabato, Lionel Stander, Bud Spencer, Gordon Mitchell, Ann Smyrner, Graziella Granata, Herbert Fux, Enzo Fiermonte, Adriana Facchetti
This spaghetti Western is fun. An outlaw (Lee Van Cleef) reforms and becomes Sheriff. When a shipment of silver arrives, the temptation is too much for him to resist.
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 Grand Prix 1966 N/R, 179 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Toshiro Mifune, Brian Bedford, Jessica Walter, Antonio Sabato, Francoise Hardy, Adolfo Celi, Claude Dauphin, Enzo Fiermonte, Genevieve Page, Jack Watson, Donald O'Brien
This film includes important European competitions and follows the exploits of various drivers both on and off the track, which include affairs between Jean-Pierre Sarte (Yves Montand) and Louise Frederickson (Eva Marie Saint) and Nino Barlini (Antonio Sabato) and Lisa (Francoise Hardy). At the same time, while Grand Prix driver Pete Aron (James Garner) recovers from a crash at Monaco in which his teammate Scott Stoddard (Brian Bedford) was critically injured, Pete becomes involved with Scott's estranged wife, Pat (Jessica Walter). Adding more changes to his life, Pete begins to drive for the Japanese Yamura team. Racing footage is good with many shots taken inches from the track.
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Mannaja 1977  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
aka: A Man Called Blade
Director: Sergio Martino
Cast: Maurizio Merli, John Steiner, Donald O'Brien, Martine Brochard, Sonja Jeannine, Philippe Leroy, Rik Battaglia, Salvatore Puntillo, Nino Casale, Enzo Fiermonte
Bounty hunter Blade (Maurizio Merli) starts out in this late spaghetti Western by throwing his hatchet at, cutting off the hand of, and capturing bad guy Curt (Donald O'Brien). Things get even meaner when another bad guy blinds Blade (by burying him up to his neck and sewing Blade's eyes open). But Blade is saved by Burt, who Blade freed after not being able to get a reward. After learning to shoot by sound rather than sight, Blade gets his revenge.
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A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die 1968 R, 105 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Dead or Alive
Director: Franco Giraldi
Cast: Alex Cord, Arthur Kennedy, Robert Ryan, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Mario Brega, Renato Romano, Franco Lantieri, Giampiero Albertini, Enzo Fiermonte, Daniel Martin
Outlaw Clay McCord (Alex Cord) wants to go straight, and the Governor of New Mexico (Robert Ryan) is ready to grant amnesty. But a nearby gang of outlaws is ready to cause trouble. Lots of action.
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Secret Invasion 1964 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Stewart Granger, Raf Vallone, Mickey Rooney, Edd Byrnes, Henry Silva, William Campbell, Peter Coe, Spela Rozin, Helmo Kindermann, Enzo Fiermonte, Nan Morris, Helmuth Schneider, Todd Williams
During World War II, British Intelligence officer Maj. Richard Mace (Stewart Granger) recruits five convicts ((Raf Vallone, Mickey Rooney, Henry Silva, William Campbell, and Edd Byrnes) for a secret mission against the Nazis. Their mission: rescue Italian Gen. Quadri (Enzo Fiermonte) from prison in Dubrovnik so that he can convince his troops to turn against their German allies and help end the war. They complete their mission only to find that the "General" is an imposter, and that is only one of the problems that will ultimately result in only one surviving convict.
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Trinity Is Still My Name 1972 G, 121 min.
Genre: Western / Comedy
aka: All the Way Trinity
Director: Enzo Barboni
Cast: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Harry Carey Jr., Jessica Dublin, Yanti Sommer, Enzo Tarascio, Pupo De Luca, Dana Ghia, Enzo Fiermonte, Franco Ressel, Riccardo Pizzuti, Benito Stefanelli
In the third episode of the "Trinity" series, our heroes (Terence Hill and Bud Spencer) turn in their badges and become bandits. But it is a difficult transition as they help those they come across rather than rob them.
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| 1. Annibale (1960)
aka: Hannibal
2. Beyond the Law (1968)
aka: Bloodsilver
aka: The Good Die First
3. Grand Prix (1966)
4. Mannaja (1977)
aka: A Man Called Blade
5. A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1968)
aka: Dead or Alive
6. Secret Invasion (1964)
7. Trinity Is Still My Name (1972)
aka: All the Way Trinity
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