Attila 1954  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Pietro Francisci
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Sophia Loren, Henri Vidal, Irene Papas, Scott Marlowe, Henri Vidal, Richard Bakalyan, Claude Laydu, Ettore Manni, Colette Regis, Georges Brehat, Christian Marquand, Marco Guglielmi, Dickie Jones, Eduardo Ciannelli
The King of the Huns is Attila (Anthony Quinn) who has spent his life raping, killing, and pillaging with his tribesmen in an attempt to take over the Roman Empire–"Today Rome, tomorrow the world!" Pope Leo wants to put an end to the massacres and seeks help from the empress-mother Honoria (Sophia Loren). But, will the Pope's prayers to God be enough to end the rampaging?
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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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Mill of the Stone Women 1960  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: The Horrible Mill Women
Horror of the Stone Women
Director: Giorgio Ferroni
Cast: Pierre Brice, Scilla Gabel, Wolfgang Preiss, Herbert A.E. Bohme, Dany Carrel, Marco Guglielmi, Liana Orfei, Olga Solbelli
Set in 1912, young art student Hans (Pierre Brice) arrives in a Dutch town to research an old windmill owned by Professor Wahl (Herbert A.E. Bohme), who teaches art and sculpture. The windmill is decorated with moving sculptures of women in various death poses. Hans meets the professor's beautiful daughter, Elfi (Scilla Gabel), who, it appears, has a rare disease. It becomes apparent that there is a connection between Elfi's disease and the sculptures.
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Run, Man, Run! 1968 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
Director: Sergio Sollima
Cast: Tomas Milian, Donald O'Brien, John Ireland, Federico Boido, Linda Veras, Chelo Alonso, Jose Torres, Luciano Rossi, Nello Pazzafini, Marco Guglielmi, Gianni Rizzo, Goffredo Unger
Knife-throwing, petty thief Cuchillo (Tomas Milian) finds out from a prison inmate, who he helped escape, the location of a cache of gold. After the prisoner is killed, Cuchillo heads for the gold, which is intended to help fund the Mexical Revolution. But others also want the gold. One of the better spaghetti Westerns, with humor thrown in for good measure.
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The Savage Innocents 1959   N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Yoko Tani, Carlo Giustini, Peter O'Toole, Marie Yang, Anna May Wong, Lee Montague, Francis De Wolff, Marco Guglielmi, Kaida Horiuchi, Andy Ho
Canadian Eskimo Inuk (Anthony Quinn) hunts in the frozen tundra, and this is the life he understands. Eskimo hunting rituals extend to Eskimo customs when Inuk offers his wife Asiak's (Yoko Tani) sexual favors to a priest. But, when the offer is refused, Inuk kills the priest–an act that results in the pursuit of Inuk by two Mounties (Peter O'Toole and Carlo Giustini), his capture, and defying severe weather on the return.
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The Story of Joseph and His Brethren 1960 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Joseph and His Brethren
Joseph Sold by His Brothers
Director: Irving Rapper, Luciano Ricci
Cast: Geoffrey Horne, Robert Morley, Belinda Lee, Vira Silenti, Terence Hill, Carlo Giustini, Finlay Currie, Arturo Dominici, Robert Rietty, Julian Brooks, Marietto, Marco Guglielmi
Based on the Bible story of Joseph (Geoffrey Horne) and his 11 brothers, this film dramatizes favorite-son Joseph's brothers selling him into slavery, his rise in the Pharaoh's court, and finally the happy and forgiving reunion with his family.
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| 1. Attila (1954)
2. Last Days of Mussolini (1974)
aka: Mussolini: Ultimo Atto
3. Mill of the Stone Women (1960)
aka: The Horrible Mill Women
aka: Horror of the Stone Women
4. Run, Man, Run! (1968)
5. The Savage Innocents (1959)
6. The Story of Joseph and His Brethren (1960)
aka: Joseph and His Brethren
aka: Joseph Sold by His Brothers
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