Catholics 1973  TV, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Conflict
Director: Jack Gold
Cast: Trevor Howard, Martin Sheen, Raf Vallone, Cyril Cusack, Andrew Keir, Michael Gambon, Leon Vitali, Godfrey Quigley, Seamus Healy, John Kelly, John Franklyn, Patrick Long, Cecil Sheridan, Tom Jordan, Liam Burk
The Vatican sends emissary Father Kinsella (Martin Sheen) to a remote monastery where the Abbot (Trevor Howard) lives in relative seclusion and refuses to adapt to contemporary times. The Abbot has been using the Latin Mass, which is not what the Church is using in the modern day. The Abbot is torn between keeping his Latin Mass or giving in to the powers of his Church.
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 El Cid 1961  N/R, 185 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone, John Fraser, Genevieve Page, Gary Raymond, Herbert Lom, Massimo Serato, Douglas Wilmer, Frank Thring, Hurd Hatfield, Michael Hordern, Andrew Cruickshank, Ralph Truman, Tullio Carminati
This is the story of the 11th-century Spanish hero, El Cid (Charlton Heston), and his fight to force the Moors out of his homeland. El Cid is estranged from his wife Chimene (Sophia Loren) after he kills her father Count Gormaz (Andrew Cruickshank) in a duel, and she enters a convent. King Ferdinand (Ralph Truman) dies, and Spain is divided between the Moors and the Christians. King Alphonso (John Fraser) exiles El Cid, and, now, Chimene reconciles with him. El Cid becomes an honored warrior fighting to drive the Moors from Spain–which, ultimately, will be a fight to the death.
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The First Circle 1991 TV, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sheldon Larry
Cast: Robert Powell, Victor Garber, Dominic Raacke, Gunther Maria Halmer, F. Murray Abraham, Raf Vallone, Vernon Dobtcheff, Daniel Emilfork, Christopher Plummer, Laurent Malet, Alexandra Stewart, Corinne Touzet
This made-for-TV drama is based on an Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn novel that is set in the "First Circle of the Gulag" during the Stalin era in Russia. It is here that scientists and engineers were forced to conduct military and scientific research, and the story follows these efforts through the eyes of one of the participants.
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The Godfather Part III 1990 R, 161 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Thriller
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy Garcia, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, George Hamilton, Bridget Fonda, Raf Vallone, Richard Bright, Sophia Coppola, Franc D'Ambrosio, Donal Donnelly, Helmut Berger, Don Novello
The Corleone family is back, and this time Michael (Al Pacino) tries to get into a legitimate business while also doing all in his power to bring the family together. The film received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor (Andy Garcia)..
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A Gunfight 1971  PG, 89 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lamont Johnson
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Johnny Cash, Jane Alexander, Karen Black, Raf Vallone, Dana Elcar, Robert J. Wilke, Keith Carradine, Eric Douglas, Paul Lambert, James Cavasos, Philip L. Mead, George Le Bow, John J. Wallwork, Neil Davis
Two over-the-hill gunslingers, Abe Cross and Will Tenneray (Johnny Cash and Kirk Douglas), meet in a small Western town where Will lives with his wife Nora (Jane Alexander) and their son Bud (Eric Douglas). Abe and Will see the chance to make money by staging a gun duel between themselves and selling tickets for the event with the winner taking all. This is Cash's film debut.
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Harlow 1965 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Carroll Baker, Martin Balsam, Red Buttons, Mike Connors, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford, Raf Vallone, Leslie Nielsen, Mary Murphy, Peter Leeds
Movie star Jean Harlow's life is recreated in this screen version with Carroll Baker in the title role. It came out at the same time as a competing biography of Harlow starring Carol Lynley. This one is a little better, though both take many liberties with the true account of her life.
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Honor Thy Father 1973 TV, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: Joseph Bologna, Brenda Vaccaro, Raf Vallone, Marc Lawrence, Richard S. Castellano, Joe De Santis, Gilbert Green, Louis Zorich, Felice Orlandi, James Sloyan, Joseph Campanella, Carmine Caridi
Gay Talese's book about the Bonanno family of the Mafia and their participation in the internal fighting is the subject of this movie. Not bad.
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 The Italian Job 1969 G, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: Peter Collinson
Cast: Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Benny Hill, Raf Vallone, Tony Beckley, Rossano Brazzi, Margaret Blye, Irene Handl, John Le Mesurier, Fred Emney, Michael Standing, John Clive, Graham Payn, Stanley Caine, Barry Cox
Charlie Croker (Michael Caine), fresh out of prison, takes over the planning and execution of a gold heist after the murder of the original planner. The plan: cause a traffic jam, get the gold from the armored car, and take off. The problem: funding for the project. Croker turns to master crime boss Mr. Bridger (Noel Coward in his last role) who conducts business from his jail cell. With a motley team of cohorts, the deed is done, and the chase is on through the streets, highways, and Swiss Alps. A fun caper.
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Lion of the Desert 1981 PG, 162 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Moustapha Akkad
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger, John Gielgud, Irene Papas, Raf Vallone, Gastone Moschin, Andrew Keir, Robert Brown, Ewen Solon
Set between the years 1929 and 1931, this is the story of the leader of a rebel band, Omar Mukhtar (Anthony Quinn), who stands in the way of Mussolini's (Rod Steiger) efforts to take over Libya.
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Nevada Smith 1966 N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy, Suzanne Pleshette, Martin Landau, Raf Vallone, Janet Margolin, Pat Hingle, Howard Da Silva, Paul Fix, Val Avery, John Doucette, Gene Evans, Josephine Hutchinson
After the senseless, brutal murder of his parents, Indian half-breed Max Sand (Steve McQueen) wants revenge. Gun merchant Jonas Cord (Brian Keith) teaches Max how to use weapons, and, as "Nevada Smith," he goes from town to town hunting down the killers. One of them, Bill Bowdre (Arthur Kennedy) is now in prison, and Nevada commits a crime to get himself into the same prison in order to kill him. Remade in 1975 for TV.
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The Other Side of Midnight 1977   R, 165 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: Marie-France Pisier, John Beck, Susan Sarandon, Raf Vallone, Clu Gulager, Christian Marguand, Michael Lerner, Howard Hesseman
Based on Sidney Sheldon's novel, this is the story of prostitute Noelle Page's (Marie-France Pisier) rise to fame as a movie star. But, she can never forget her hatred for the man who, during World War II, left her pregnant and alone to face the world.
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The Scarlet and the Black 1983  TV, 145 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry London
Cast: Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud, Raf Vallone, Kenneth Colley, Walter Gotell, Barbara Bouchet, Julian Holloway, Angelo Infanti, Olga Karlatos
In World War II Rome, Catholic priest Monsignor O'Flaherty (Gregory Peck) hides POWs and airmen who are shot down. He has been so successful that the Nazis assign Col. Kappler to stop him. The cat and mouse game is on as O'Flaherty uses all means to keep from being caught while still continuing his work. A good made-for-TV effort that is based on a true story. 1 User Review
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| | would like more info on this film | Anonymous 04/08/2009 | | Saw the DVD of it from TCM; it was great. Would like more info about the movie, supposed to be a true story. |
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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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That Lucky Touch 1975 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Miles
Cast: Roger Moore, Susannah York, Shelley Winters, Lee J. Cobb, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Raf Vallone, Sydne Rome, Donald Sinden, Michael Shannon, Aubrey Woods
Michael Scott's (Roger Moore) shady deals with the army are uncovered by the probing of journalist Julia Richardson (Susannah York). Lee J. Cobb's last film.
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Therese Raquin 1953 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Adultress
Director: Marcel Carne
Cast: Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone, Jacques Duby, Roland Lesaffre, Sylvie, Maria-Pia Casilio, Marcel Andre, Martial Rebe, Paul Frankeur, Alain Terrane, Lucien Hubert, Jacques Hilling
In this film adaptation of the Emile Zola story, Therese (Simone Signoret) is bored with husband Camille (Jacques Duby) and begins an affair with trucker Laurent (Raf Vallone). They fall in love, plot to kill Camille, and succeed. There is one problem: there is a witness (Roland Lesaffre) to the murder, and now they must deal with his blackmail efforts.
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Two Women 1960  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Sophia Loren, Eleonora Brown, Raf Vallone, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Renato Salvatori, Pupella Maggio, Carlo Ninchi, Andrea Checchi, Emma Baron, Bruna Cealti, Antonella Della Porta, Franco Balducci, Luciano Pigozzi
While traveling by train and on foot, widow Cisira (Sophia Loren) tries to protect her 12-year-old daughter Rosetta as they make a daring escape from Rome during World War II. But after they are raped in a church by Allied Moroccan soldiers, Rosetta is traumatized, Cisira suffers a breakdown, and their lives are changed forever. Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in this film.
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| 1. An Almost Perfect Affair (1979)
2. Catholics (1973)
aka: The Conflict
3. El Cid (1961)
4. The First Circle (1991)
5. The Godfather Part III (1990)
6. The Greek Tycoon (1978)
7. A Gunfight (1971)
8. Harlow (1965)
9. Honor Thy Father (1973)
10. The Human Factor (1975)
11. The Italian Job (1969)
12. Lion of the Desert (1981)
13. Nevada Smith (1966)
14. The Other Side of Midnight (1977)
15. The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
16. Secret Invasion (1964)
17. That Lucky Touch (1975)
18. Therese Raquin (1953)
aka: The Adultress
19. Two Women (1960)
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