21 Hours at Munich 1976  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: William Holden, Franco Nero, Shirley Knight, Richard Basehart, Anthony Quayle, Noel Willman, Georg Marischka, Paul L. Smith, Gunther Maria Halmer, Martin Gilat
This film represents a reenactment of the Munich Olympic Games' tragedy in 1972 when Arab terrorists kidnapped nine and murdered two Israeli athletes.
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 Bella Mafia 1997 TV, 240 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Greene
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Dennis Farina, Nastassja Kinski, Jennifer Tilly, Illeana Douglas, James Marsden, W. Earl Brown, Richard Portnow, Franco Nero, Peter Bogdanovich
Vanessa Redgrave won a Golden Globe nomination for her role of Graziella Luciano in this TV miniseries. The plot involves Graziella and her daughters-in-law who swear to avenge the Mafia murders of their husbands.
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The Bible: In the Beginning... 1966  N/R, 174 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Bible
Director: John Huston
Cast: Michael Parks, Ulla Bergryd, Richard Harris, John Huston, Stephen Boyd, George C. Scott, Ava Gardner, Peter O'Toole, Franco Nero, Zoe Sallis, Gabriele Ferzetti, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Pupella Maggio, Robert Rietty, Peter Heinze
Using the Book of Genesis as its source, this film has some good moments with stars taking on roles of well-known Biblical characters. Among those featured are Adam (Michael Parks), Eve (Ulla Bergryd), Cain (Richard Harris), Abel (Franco Nero), and Noah (John Huston).
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 Camelot 1967   N/R, 178 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Joshua Logan
Cast: Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero, David Hemmings, Lionel Jeffries, Laurence Naismith, Estelle Winwood, Gary Marshal, Pierre Olaf
Richard Harris plays King Arthur to Vanessa Redgrave's Queen Guinevere in this film, based on Lerner and Loewe's Broadway musical. This is one example of a big-budget film that resulted in financial disaster. BUT the film won Academy Awards for Art Direction, Costume Design, and Music Scoring. 1 User Review
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Companeros 1970 R, 118 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Franco Nero, Tomas Milian, Jack Palance, Fernando Rey, Iris Berben, Francisco Bodalo, Karin Schubert, Jose Bodalo, Eduardo Fajardo, Gino Pernice, Jesus Fernandez, Gerard Tichy
This spaghetti Western is set in Mexico during a time of revolt in the early 1900s. Yodlaf (Franco Nero), a mercenary and weapons dealer, joins revolutionary El Vasco (Tomas Milian) whose mission is to free Professor Xantos (Fernando Rey) and his students being held hostage by Americans in Texas. Yodlaf's real mission, however, is to find a cache of gold, and the professor knows where it is. Along the way they must deal with a gunslinger: wooden-handed, pot-smoking John (Jack Palance) and his falcon.
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David 1997 TV, 190 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Robert Markowitz
Cast: Nathaniel Parker, Jonathan Pryce, Leonard Nimoy, Sheryl Lee, Ben Daniels, Richard Ashcroft, Gideon Turner, Maurice Roeves, Dominic Rowan, Clara Bellar, Franco Nero, Gina Bellman
The biblical story of David (Nathaniel Parker) is told in this made-for-TV film, which captures several of the many adventures of his interesting life–including his encounter with Goliath, becoming King and conquering the Philistines, and his illicit affair with Bathsheba.
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The Day of the Cobra 1980 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Drama
Director: Enzo G. Castellari
Cast: Franco Nero, Sybil Danning, William Berger, Carlo Gabriel Sparanero, Mickey Knox, Ennio Girolami, Massimo Vanni, Romano Puppo, Licinia Lentini, Mario Maranzana
"Double Cross" is the name of the game that San Francisco ex-cop Larry "Cobra" Staziani (Franco Nero) finally discovers after he is hired to track down the ruthless drug kingpin who heads a narcotics ring in Genoa, Italy.
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Die Hard 2 1990  R, 124 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Renny Harlin
Cast: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, Franco Nero, Reginald VelJohnson, William Sadler, John Amos, Dennis Franz, Art Evans, John Leguizamo, Fred Dalton Thompson, Tom Bower, Sheila McCarthy, Don Harvey, Tony Ganios
Action, action, and more action fill the screen in this sequel to "Die Hard." John McClane (Bruce Willis) must come to the aid of his hostage wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia). This time, terrorists plan to invade Dulles Airport, and, as luck would have it, Holly's plane is about to land. John has no choice but to single-handedly fight the terrorists.
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Django 1966 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Franco Nero, Jose Bodalo, Loredana Nusciak, Eduardo Fajardo, Angel Alvarez, Gino Pernice, Simon Arriaga, Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia, Erik Schippers, Rafael Albaicin
This is the first of several "spaghetti Westerns" that chronicle the adventures of superhero Django (Franco Nero). Django arrives in a Mexican town dragging a coffin and is immediately caught in the middle of two warring factions: Yankee KKK members and Mexican gangsters. Lots of violence, especially after Django opens the coffin and takes out his Gatling gun.
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Django 2 1987 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
aka: Django Strikes Again
Director: Nello Rossati
Cast: Franco Nero, Donald Pleasence, Christopher Connelly, William Berger, Rodrigo Obregon, Alessandro Di Chio, Licia Lee Lyon, Roberto Posse, Consuelo Reina, Bill Moore
After the original "Django" in 1966, which was a landmark spaghetti Western, many "unofficial" films centered on Django were made. This film is the "real" sequel, and Franco Nero returns as the dark hero, Django, who has put violence behind him and is now a monk. But things change when his daughter is kidnapped and put to work as a slave. It's time to dig up his Gatling gun from the cemetery and go to work. A poor sequel.
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Enter the Ninja 1981  R, 94 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Menahem Golan
Cast: Franco Nero, Susan George, Sho Kosugi, Alex Courtney, Will Hare, Zachi Noy, Dale Ishimoto, Christopher George
In this, the first of a series of three films, Franco Nero and his rival Sho Kosugi go at it, with Christopher George thrown in to make it more fun. These films are pretty weak entries, especially compared to Bruce Lee flicks. "Revenge of the Ninja" and "Ninja III–The Domination" follow.
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Force 10 from Navarone 1978 PG, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford, Edward Fox, Franco Nero, Barbara Bach, Carl Weathers, Richard Kiel, Alan Badel, Michael Byrne, Philip Latham, Angus MacInnes, Michael Sheard, Petar Buntic, Leslie Schofield, Anthony Langdon
This sequel to "Guns of Navarone" involves a mission to blow up a bridge. Sadly, this movie just cannot compare to the original.
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The Girl 1986 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arne Mattsson
Cast: Franco Nero, Bernice Stegers, Clare Powney, Frank Brennan, Christopher Lee, Mark Robinson, Derek Benfield, Clifford Rose, Rosie Jauckens, Lenore Zann
A 14-year-old girl (Clare Powney) is unhappy at home, so she leaves and begins an affair with a rich, middle-age lawyer (Franco Nero). Thus starts an overlong tale with several weak sub-plots in this soft-core porn flick.
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The Innocent Sleep 1996 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Scott Michell
Cast: Annabella Sciorra, Rupert Graves, Michael Gambon, Franco Nero, John Hannah, Graham Crowden, Oliver Cotton, Tony Bluto, Paul Brightwell, Campbell Morrison, Hilary Crowson, Kieran Smith
Police dismiss the hanging death of an Italian banker as a suicide, but a homeless man, Alan (Rupert Graves), is a witness and knows it is a case of murder. With help from American reporter Billie Hayman (Annabella Sciorra), Alan is able to prove what really happened. Based on a true story.
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Keoma 1976 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
aka: The Violent Breed
Director: Enzo G. Castellari
Cast: Franco Nero, Woody Strode, William Berger, Donald O'Brien, Olga Karlatos, Giovanni Cianfriglia, Orso Maria Guerrini, Gabriella Giacobbe, Antonio Marsina, Joshua Sinclair, Victoria Zinny, Lee Lenoir
Keoma (Franco Nero) returns home from the Civil War hoping for some rest and relaxation, but his plans must be put on hold when a ruthless gang leader threatens the peace-loving people of the community. To make matters worse, his three half-brothers, who have always resented half-breed Keoma, are aligned with the gang leader. A violent film, but a cut above the normal spaghetti Western–and one of the last of the genre.
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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 Man with Bogart's Face 1980 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Sam Marlowe, Private Eye
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Robert Sacchi, Franco Nero, Michelle Phillips, Olivia Hussey, Misty Rowe, Victor Buono, Herbert Lom, Richard Bakalyan, George Raft, Yvonne De Carlo
This spoof of Humphrey Bogart films stars Robert Sacchi as Sam Marlow who undergoes plastic surgery to look like Bogart and becomes involved in solving a Maltese-Falcon-like crime.
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Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 2001 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Cast: Michael York, Michael Biehn, Diane Venora, R. Lee Ermey, Udo Kier, Franco Nero, Jim Metzler, Noah Huntley, Michael Paul Chan, David Hedison
Michael York is back in his role of Stone Alexander whose body Satan has taken over to accomplish its goal of controlling the world–and the battleground between good and evil is set.
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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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Pope Joan 1972 PG, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Devil's Imposter
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Liv Ullmann, Keir Dullea, Robert Beatty, Jeremy Kemp, Patrick Magee, Lesley-Anne Down, Olivia de Havilland, Franco Nero, Maximilian Schell, Trevor Howard
A woman (Liv Ullmann) disguises herself as a man, rises to power in the Catholic Church, and becomes Pope. Set in the modern era, this story is based on a ninth-century legend. "The Devil's Impostor" is a recut version.
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The Salamander 1981 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Zinner
Cast: Franco Nero, Anthony Quinn, Martin Balsam, Sybil Danning, Christopher Lee, Cleavon Little, Claudia Cardinale, Eli Wallach, Paul L. Smith, John Steiner
This political-action film is about a colonel (Franco Nero) who tries to stop a fascist coup d'etat in Italy.
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Street Law 1974 R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Drama
aka: The Citizen Rebels
Director: Enzo G. Castellari
Cast: Franco Nero, Giancarlo Prete, Barbara Bach, Renzo Palmer, Nazzareno Zamperla, Massimo Vanni, Romano Puppo, Adriana Facchetti, Franco Borelli, Mauro Vestri
After muggers (Nazzareno Zamperla, Massimo Vanni, and Romano Puppo) attack and rob Carlo (Franco Nero) at his bank, Carlo takes justice into his own hands and tracks them down.
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Talk of Angels 1998 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Hamm
Cast: Polly Walker, Vincent Perez, Franco Nero, Frances McDormand, Ruth McCabe, Francisco Rabal, Marisa Paredes, Ariadna Gil, Penelope Cruz, Rossy de Palma
During the Spanish Civil War, Mary (Polly Walker) leaves Ireland to serve as a governess for the children of Dr. Areavaga (Franco Nero). Once in Spain, Mary finds herself liberated and now embroiled in the anti-Franco controversy.
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Texas, Addio 1966 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
Director: Ferdinando Baldi
Cast: Franco Nero, Alberto Dell'Acqua, Jose Suarez, Elisa Montes, Jose Guardiola, Livio Lorenzon, Hugo Blanco, Luigi Pistilli, Antonella Murgia, Gino Pernice, Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
The body count is high in this spaghetti Western. Tough Sheriff Burt Sullivan (Franco Nero) leaves his job and heads to Mexico with his younger brother, Jim (Alberto Dell'Acqua), in search of the man, Cisco (Jose Suarez), who killed his father many years before. He locates Cisco, now a rich, ruthless, crime boss. The battle begins, despite the wrinkle that Cisco is Jim's father.
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Touch and Die 1991  R, 108 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Piernico Solinas
Cast: Martin Sheen, Renee Estevez, David Birney, Franco Nero, Veronique Jannot, Horst Buchholz, Jacques Perrin, Paolo Bonacelli, Kent Broadhurst, Luca Venantini
Martin Sheen is an American news chief in Rome who starts to investigate when bodies are found around Europe with their hands cut off. He uncovers a plutonium theft scheme as well as political nuclear arms deals. It's all very confusing and not worth the time or effort to try to figure it out.
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The Virgin and the Gypsy 1970 R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Christopher Miles
Cast: Joanna Shimkus, Franco Nero, Honor Blackman, Mark Burns, Maurice Denham, Fay Compton, Kay Walsh, Harriet Harper, Norman Bird, Imogen Hassall, Jeremy Bulloch, Margo Andrew
Based on D.H. Lawrence's novella, this drama involves sisters Yvette (Joanna Shimkus) and Lucille (Harriet Harper) returning home to England from their French school. Once again living under the rules of their strict, rector father (Maurice Denham) oppresses the girls. One day, while on a walk Yvette meets a free-spirited Gypsy (Franko Nero) at his camp and is sexually attracted to him. The Gypsy just may provide the freedom that Yvette longs for from her family's oppressive lifestyle.
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Wagner 1983 N/R, 300 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Palmer
Cast: Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Craven, Laslo Galffi, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Arthur Lowe, Franco Nero
Even in its cut version (the original was a nine hour British series), this film is a too-long, and dull, biography of composer Richard Wagner. Richard Burton is Wagner,
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| 1. 21 Hours at Munich (1976)
2. The Battle of Neretva (1969)
3. Bella Mafia (1997)
4. The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)
aka: The Bible
5. Camelot (1967)
6. Companeros (1970)
7. David (1997)
8. The Day of the Cobra (1980)
9. Die Hard 2 (1990)
10. Django (1966)
11. Django 2 (1987)
aka: Django Strikes Again
12. Enter the Ninja (1981)
13. Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
14. The Girl (1986)
15. The Innocent Sleep (1996)
16. Keoma (1976)
aka: The Violent Breed
17. Last Days of Mussolini (1974)
aka: Mussolini: Ultimo Atto
18. Los Amigos (1973)
aka: Deaf Smith and Johnny Ears
19. The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)
aka: Sam Marlowe, Private Eye
20. Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)
21. The Mercenary (1968)
22. Pope Joan (1972)
aka: The Devil's Imposter
23. The Salamander (1981)
24. Street Law (1974)
aka: The Citizen Rebels
25. Talk of Angels (1998)
26. Texas, Addio (1966)
27. Touch and Die (1991)
28. Tristana (1970)
29. The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970)
30. Wagner (1983)
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