A Bullet for the General 1967  N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
Director: Damiano Damiani
Cast: Gian Maria Volonte, Klaus Kinski, Martine Beswick, Lou Castel, Andrea Checchi, Spartaco Conversi, Jaime Fernandez, Joaquin Parra, Jose Manuel Martin, Aldo Sambrell
This spaghetti Western begins with El Chuncho (Gian Maria Volonte) and his bandits robbing a train to get weapons for the Mexican revolutionary forces. American Bill Tate (Lou Castel) is on the train and helps the cause–wanting to get into the good graces of the revolutionaries–in order to assassinate the leaders.
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Christ Stopped at Eboli 1979  PG, 150 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Eboli
Director: Francesco Rosi
Cast: Gian Maria Volonte, Paolo Bonacelli, Irene Papas, Alain Cuny, Lea Massari, Francois Simon, Luigi Infantino, Francesco Callari, Antonio Allocca, Enzo Vitale
Set in mid-1930s' fascist Italy, this film is based on real-life anti-fascist author/painter Carlo Levi (Gian Maria Volonte). Carlo is exiled to a remote region of Southern Italy, which was populated by peasants. The simple life–and wisdom–of the peasants had an impact on him and his thinking as he began to have a new appreciation of them and their way of life.
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 A Fistful of Dollars 1964  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Western
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Mario Brega, Gian Maria Volonte, Marianne Koch, Jose Calvo, Wolfgang Lukschy, Joseph Egger, Sieghardt Rupp, Antonio Prieto, Margarita Lozano, Daniel Martin, Benito Stefanelli, Bruno Carotenuto, Aldo Sambrell, Harry Dean Stanton
A drifter gunman "Joe" (Clint Eastwood) comes into a Mexican border town of San Miguel, which is in the midst of turmoil set off by two families who are fighting. "Joe" makes friends with bar owner Silvanito (Jose Calvo) and ends up earning cash for killing off the feuding family members. As he plays one family against the other, "Joe" stays awhile and leaves a more peaceful town. The film spawned two sequels: "For a Few Dollars More" and "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."
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 For a Few Dollars More 1965 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western / Action
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonte, Joseph Egger, Benito Stefanelli, Mara Krup, Klaus Kinski, Mario Brega, Aldo Sambrell, Luigi Pistilli, Panos Papadopulos, Roberto Camardiel, Luis Rodriguez, Tomas Blanco, Lorenzo Robledo
In this sequel to "A Fistful of Dollars," Monco (Clint Eastwood) joins forces with bounty hunter Col. Douglas Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef) in an attempt to capture psychotic bandit Indio (Gian Maria Volonte). While not completely trusting each other, they do form a partnership, and Monco watches as Mortimer guns down Indio. But, while Monco was planning on the reward money, Mortimer, it turns out, was seeking revenge.
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Girl with a Suitcase 1960 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Valerio Zurlini
Cast: Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Luciana Angiolillo, Corrado Pani, Gian Maria Volonte, Riccardo Garrone, Renato Baldini, Romolo Valli, Elsa Albani, Ciccio Barbi, Nadia Bianchi, Edda Soligo
After nightclub singer Aida (Claudia Cardinale) is jilted by Marcello (Corrado Pani), she begins a new romance with his 16-years-younger brother, Lorenzo (Jacques Perrin). Love blooms–for awhile until Aida falls for a musician and leaves Lorenzo out in the cold.
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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion 1970 R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Elio Petri
Cast: Gian Maria Volonte, Florinda Bolkan, Salvo Randone, Gianni Santuccio, Arturo Dominici, Orazio Orlando, Sergio Tramonti, Aldo Rendine, Massimo Foschi, Aleka Paizi
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, this is the story of an Italian police inspector (Gian Maria Volonte) who murders his lover, plants evidence, and is sure police will not arrest him.
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The Red Circle 1970  N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: Le Cercle rouge
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Cast: Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volonte, Yves Montand, Paul Crauchet, Paul Amiot, Pierre Collet, Andre Ekyan, Jean-Pierre Posier, Francois Perier, Yves Arcanel, Jean Champion, Jean-Marc Boris, Yvan Chiffre, Rene Berthier
Suave thief Corey (Alaine Delon) is released from prison at the same time that criminal Vogel (Gian Maria Volonte) escapes from custody. After Corey robs his mob boss Rico (Andre Ekyan), he teams up with Vogel and sharpshooter Jansen (Yves Montand) to pull off a sophisticated jewel heist. Meanwhile, Police Commissioner Mattei (Bourvil), from whom Vogel escaped, will do anything to bring the thieves to justice, with the mob boss also in the hunt. A great heist film.
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Revolution 1985  PG, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hugh Hudson
Cast: Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Joan Plowright, Annie Lennox, Dave King, Steven Berkoff, Gian Maria Volonte, Richard O'Brien, Harry Ditson
This story uses a few people as its core to show how they were affected and participated in America's Revolutionary War. The idea was good, but the movie comes off looking like a movie that might be shown in History 101.
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Under Ten Flags 1960 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Duilio Coletti
Cast: Van Heflin, Charles Laughton, Mylene Demongeot, John Ericson, Cecil Parker, Alex Nicol, Liam Redmond, Gregoire Aslan, Gian Maria Volonte, Ralph Truman
Told from the German perspective, this World War II story involves Captain Reger's attempts to evade allied war ships as he commands his German ship in a cat and mouse game of Axis powers vs. Allies.
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| 1. A Bullet for the General (1967)
2. Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
aka: Eboli
3. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
4. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
5. Girl with a Suitcase (1960)
6. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
7. Lucky Luciano (1974)
8. The Red Circle (1970)
aka: Le Cercle rouge
9. Revolution (1985)
10. Under Ten Flags (1960)
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