The Adventurers 1970  R, 171 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Candice Bergen, Thommy Berggren, Ernest Borgnine, Rossano Brazzi, Olivia de Havilland, Bekim Fehmiu, Leigh Taylor-Young, Fernando Rey, John Ireland, Jaclyn Smith
Based on Harold Robbins' novel, this is the tedious story of the fallacies inherent in those who live in a world surrounded by wealth.
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Austerlitz 1960  N/R, 180 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Battle of Austerlitz
Director: Abel Gance
Cast: Pierre Mondy, Martine Carol, Leslie Caron, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Marais, Jack Palance, Orson Welles, Ettore Manni, Claudia Cardinale, Elvire Popesco, Michel Simon, Georges Marchal, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Rossano Brazzi
At the beginning of this film, the private life of Napoleon Bonaparte (Pierre Mondy) unfolds–showing his family life with wife Josephine (Martine Carol)–before the story moves on to the battlefields of the Napoleonic War and Napoleon proclaiming himself Emperor of France.
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The Barefoot Contessa 1954  N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Marius Goring, Rossano Brazzi, Valentina Cortese, Elizabeth Sellars, Warren Stevens, Franco Interlenghi, Bessie Love, Mari Aldon, Diana Decker, Bill Fraser
Through flashbacks from her graveside, friends (Humphrey Bogart and Edmond O'Brien) tell the story of film star Maria Vargus (Ava Gardner) and her rise and fall. Edmond O'Brien won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor.
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The Bobo 1967 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Parrish
Cast: Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Rossano Brazzi, Adolfo Celi, Hattie Jacques, Ferdy Mayne, Kenneth Griffith, Al Lettieri, Marne Maitland, Guistino Durano
Desperately dreaming of starting a new career as a singer, bullfighter Juan Batista (Peter Sellers) accepts the challenge to win the attention of Barcelona courtesan Olimpia Segura (Britt Ekland) in return for a singing engagement.
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Count Your Blessings 1959 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Rossano Brazzi, Maurice Chevalier, Martin Stephens, Tom Helmore, Patricia Medina
During World War II, a British woman, Grace Allingham (Deborah Kerr), marries a wealthy Frenchman, Charles Edouard de Valhubert (Rossano Brazzi). A nine-year separation ensues leading to a myriad of problems when they reunite. Semi waste of time.
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The Far Pavilions 1984  TV, 318 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Blade of Steel
Director: Peter Duffell
Cast: Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Christopher Lee, Benedict Taylor, Rossano Brazzi, Saeed Jaffrey, Robert Hardy, Omar Sharif, John Gielgud, Jennifer Kendal, Felicity Dean, Peter Arne
This HBO miniseries is set in 19th-century British controlled India and involves the ill-fated romance between English soldier Ashton Pelham-Martyn (Ben Cross) and the Indian Princess Anjuli (Amy Irving).
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Fear City 1984  R, 93 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Abel Ferrara
Cast: Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Melanie Griffith, Jack Scalia, Rossano Brazzi, Rae Dawn Chong, Joe Santos, Michael V. Gazzo, Jan Murray, Maria Conchita Alonso
New York prostitutes are being killed, and police try to find the murderer. This film contains plenty of violence and follows the predictable course as good guys try to capture the bad guy. Very good cast wasted.
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The Final Conflict 1981  R, 106 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Omen III: The Final Conflict
Director: Graham Baker
Cast: Sam Neill, Rossano Brazzi, Don Gordon, Lisa Harrow, Arwen Holm, Mason Adams, Barnaby Holm, Robert Arden, Leueen Willoughby, Marc Boyle, Milos Kirek, Tommy Duggan, Louis Mahoney, Tony Vogel, Richard Oldfield
In this film, the third in the "Omen" series, Sam Neill plays Damien the Antichrist who rises to power as the wealthy head of Thom Industries, the world's largest multinational corporation. He is also an ambassador to England and heads an international youth council from which he gains followers to perform his evil deeds. When Damien sees a sign indicating the second coming of Christ on March 24th, in an effort to track down a reborn Jesus, he orders his followers to kill as many babies as possible who were born on that date. Matters come to a head when a band of Italian monks try to stop the killings and set out to assassinate Damien.
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Final Justice 1985 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Greydon Clark
Cast: Joe Don Baker, Venantino Venantini, Rossano Brazzi, Bill McKinney, Patrizia Pellegrino, Greydon Clark, Lino Grech, Helena Abella, Elvisio Cannori, John Suda
After they killed his co-worker, Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III (Joe Don Baker) tracks down Mafia hit men Joseph and Tony Palermo (Venantino Venantini and Elvisio Cannori) across the border from Texas into Mexico. Geronimo kills Tony, captures Joseph, and then attempts to return Joseph to Sicily for his trial. But, Mafia boss Don Lamanna (Rossano Brazzi) orders the plane down at Malta, and Joseph escapes in the confusion. Now, Geronimo must battle the Mafia in his efforts to recapture Joseph.
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Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks 1974 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror / Thriller
aka: House of Freaks
Terror
The Monsters of Dr. Frankenstein
Director: Robert Oliver
Cast: Rossano Brazzi, Michael Dunn, Edmund Purdom, Christiane Rucker, Gordon Mitchell, Loren Ewing, Luciano Pigozzi, Salvatore Baccaro, Xiro Papas, Eric Mann, Simonetta Vitelli, Laura De Benedittis, Robert Marx, Margaret Oliver, Alessandro Perrella
Mad scientist Frankenstein (Rossano Brazzi) creates monster Goliath (Loren Ewing), but all does not go well in the process. As a result, helper Genz (Michael Dunn) is fired. Now, Genz sets out for revenge with the help of a Neanderthal man (Salvatore Baccaro).
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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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Krakatoa, East of Java 1969 G, 130 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Volcano
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Cast: Maximilian Schell, Diane Baker, Brian Keith, Barbara Werle, John Leyton, Sal Mineo, J.D. Cannon, Rossano Brazzi, Marc Lawrence, Jacqui Chan, Geoffrey Holder, Niall MacGinnis
In 1883, the volcanic island of Krakatoa exploded, sending shock waves several times around the Earth and causing thousands of deaths from fires and tidal waves. This action film uses the explosion as a background for its story of a ship that heads to the island in search of sunken treasure with an assorted collection of people on board, including criminals being taken to prison. Excellent special effects help make this watchable. Rereleased with a new name, perhaps due to the fact that Krakatoa is west of Java rather than east.
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Legend of the Lost 1957 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: John Wayne, Sophia Loren, Rossano Brazzi, Kurt Kasznar, Sonia Moser, Angela Portaluri, Ibrahim El Hadish, Marsha Hunt
Soldier of fortune Joe January (John Wayne) leads Bonnard (Rossano Brazzi) and prostitute Dita (Sophia Loren) on a journey across the Sahara Desert in search of a treasure in jewels that was left hidden in the sand by Bonnard's religious father. They reach their destination and find the skeletal remains of Bonnard's father. After learning that his father wasn't the good man Bonnard believed him to be, Bonnard takes off with the jewels and abandons Joe and Dita. But, they survive and even fall in love, which is a much better ending to the journey than what Bonnard will be experiencing.
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Light in the Piazza 1962 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Green
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Rossano Brazzi, Yvette Mimieux, George Hamilton, Barry Sullivan, Isabel Dean, Moultrie Kelsall, Robert Rietty
Margaret Johnson (Olivia de Havilland) tries to arrange a marriage for her daughter, Clara (Yvette Mimieux) who, following an accident, has the mentality of a young girl. As events proceed, Margaret has second thoughts about the approaching marriage. Well-made soap.
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 Little Women 1949 N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Romance
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Mary Astor, Janet Leigh, Margaret O'Brien, Rossano Brazzi, Lucile Watson, C. Aubrey Smith, Elizabeth Patterson, Leon Ames, Harry Davenport, Ellen Corby, Connie Gilchrist, Richard Wyler
Louisa May Alcott's story relates the good and bad times of young sisters–Meg (Janet Leigh), Jo (June Allyson), Amy (Elizabeth Taylor), and Beth (Margaret O'Brien)–growing up during the Civil War. They are home in New England with their mother Marmee (Mary Astor) and waiting for news from their father (Leon Ames) who is serving as chaplain for the Union forces at the war front. The story continues on after the war with Beth's death, Meg's and Amy's marriages, and Jo finding her true love in Professor Bhaer (Rossano Brazzi).
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Rome Adventure 1962 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Troy Donahue, Angie Dickinson, Rossano Brazzi, Suzanne Pleshette, Constance Ford, Al Hirt, Hampton Fancher, Iphigenie Castiglioni, Chad Everett, Gertrude Flynn, Pamela Austin, Lili Valenti, Mary Patton, Maurice Wells
In her film debut, Suzanne Pleshette takes the role of high-school librarian Prudence Bell who travels to Rome where she meets Don Porter (Troy Donahue). When Don's girlfriend Lyda (Angie Dickinson) goes back to the U.S., Prudence and Don tour Italy's ancient ruins, museums, and fountains. They fall in love, but problems lie ahead when Lyda returns to the scene.
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 South Pacific 1958 N/R, 151 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Joshua Logan
Cast: Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr, Juanita Hall, Ray Walston, France Nuyen, Russ Brown, Tom Laughlin, Jack Mullaney, Ken Clark, Floyd Simmons, Archie Savage, Candace Lee, Warren Hsieh, Francis Kahele
Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical features "Some Enchanted Evening," "Happy Talk," and "Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair" as it tells two love stories that are set amidst the perils of World War II. Navy nurse Nellie Forbush (Mitzi Gaynor) and planter Emile de Becque (Rossano Brazzi) succeed in love while Lt. Joe Cable's (John Kerr) love for Liat (France Nuyen) ends tragically.
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The Story of Esther Costello 1957 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Miller
Cast: Joan Crawford, Rossano Brazzi, Heather Sears, Lee Patterson, Ron Randell, Fay Compton, Bessie Love, Sid James, Denis O'Dea, John Loder
Esther Costello (Heather Sears) has been deaf, mute, and blind since childhood and has suffered through subsequent exploitation; now an American woman, Margaret Landi (Joan Crawford), is involved in her life.
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Summertime 1955 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Lean
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda, Darren McGavin, Mari Aldon, Jane Rose, Andre Morell, Jeremy Spenser, MacDonald Parke, Gaitano Andiero
With Venice for its setting, this beautiful David Lean film involves a middle-aged spinster (Katharine Hepburn) who, while on vacation, falls in love with a married antique-dealer (Rossano Brazzi). Academy Award nominations were received for Actress and Director.
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Three Coins in the Fountain 1954 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Maggie McNamara, Rossano Brazzi, Howard St. John, Cathleen Nesbitt, Willard Waterman, Kathryn Givney
Three American women working in Rome throw coins into the Fountain of Trevi and wish for future happiness. Among the kudos awarded this movie were Academy Awards for Best Song ("Three Coins in the Fountain") and Best Cinematography; a nomination was received for Best Picture.
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Woman Times Seven 1967 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Peter Sellers, Elspeth March, Rossano Brazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Robert Morley, Elsa Martinelli, Alan Arkin, Michael Caine, Lex Barker, Laurence Badie, Judith Magre, Catherine Samie, Zanie Campan, Robert Duranton
Shirley MacLaine takes on the diverse roles of Paulette, Maria Teresa, Linda, Edith, Eve Minou, Marie, and Jeanne in this series of seven short stories about adultery. In "Funeral Possession," a widow finds a romantic interest (Peter Sellers) at her husband's funeral. "Amateur Night" tells about an unhappy wife turning to streetwalking for revenge against her husband (Rossano Brazzi). "Two Against One" features a prudish wife who turns out to be anything but. In "Super Simone" a wife uses unique methods to get the attention of her husband (Lex Barker). "At the Opera" features a Parisian woman who will stop at nothing to own a particular designer gown. In "Suicide Pacts," a woman and her lover (Alan Arkin) make a suicide pact. Finally, in "Snow," a woman's husband hires a private detective (Michael Caine) to spy on her.
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| 1. The Adventurers (1970)
2. Austerlitz (1960)
aka: The Battle of Austerlitz
3. The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
4. The Bobo (1967)
5. Count Your Blessings (1959)
6. The Far Pavilions (1984)
aka: Blade of Steel
7. Fear City (1984)
8. The Final Conflict (1981)
aka: Omen III: The Final Conflict
9. Final Justice (1985)
10. Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1974)
aka: House of Freaks
aka: Terror
aka: The Monsters of Dr. Frankenstein
11. The Italian Job (1969)
12. Krakatoa, East of Java (1969)
aka: Volcano
13. Legend of the Lost (1957)
14. Light in the Piazza (1962)
15. Little Women (1949)
16. Rome Adventure (1962)
17. South Pacific (1958)
18. The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
19. Summertime (1955)
20. Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
21. Woman Times Seven (1967)
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