Alfredo, Alfredo 1972  R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Pietro Germi
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Stefania Sandrelli, Carla Gravina, Clara Colosimo, Daniele Patella, Duilio Del Prete, Luigi Baghetti, Danika La Loggia, Saro Urzi
Alfredo (Dustin Hoffman) is a timid banker who begins a love affair with Carolina Betti (Carla Gravina) and tries to end his marriage to Mariarosa (Stefania Sandrelli). But, because of Italy's strict divorce laws, Alfredo has problems getting the divorce. His lawyers do work to obtain a divorce, and the laws change allowing Alfredo, at long last, to divorce Carolina and to marry Mariarosa.
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Beat the Devil 1953  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: John Huston
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, Peter Lorre, Edward Underdown, Ivor Barnard, Marco Tulli, Aldo Silvani, Bernard Lee, Mario Perrone, Giulio Donnini, Saro Urzi, Juan de Landa, Manuel Serano
A strange assortment of cohorts (Humphrey Bogart, Robert Morley, Peter Lorre, Edward Underdown, and Jennifer Jones) are plotting a swindle involving rights to uranium-rich land with plans to strike it rich. They board a steamer that breaks down and sinks on their way to Africa, and they are taken hostage by Arabian gunrunners. Now, as a result of their misadventure, their lives rest in the hands of the gunrunners.
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La Route de Corinthe 1968 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: Who's Got the Black Box?
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Jean Seberg, Maurice Ronet, Christian Marquand, Michel Bouquet, Saro Urzi, Antonio Passalia, Paolo Giusti, Claude Chabrol, Steve Eckhardt, Romain Gary
Mysterious black boxes are jamming American radars in Greece, and one NATO agent has already been killed during the hunt for the boxes. The agent's widow, Shanny (Jean Seberg), is framed for the killing, but her husband's ex-boss gets her released. The romp begins when Shanny teams with her late husband's ex-partner, Dex (Maurice Ronet), to find the boxes.
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Man of Iron 1956  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Railroad Man
Director: Pietro Germi
Cast: Pietro Germi, Luisa Della Noce, Sylva Koscina, Saro Urzi, Renato Speziali, Carlo Giuffre, Edoardo Nevola, Amedeo Trilli, Riccardo Garrone, Oscar Keesee, Jr.
Railroad engineer Andrea Marcocci (Pietro Germi) has family and work problems, which he solves by drowning his sorrows in alcohol. His actions result in a train accident for which he is demoted, and he is forced to cross a picket line to earn money to feed his family–an act that alienates his friends.
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| 1. Alfredo, Alfredo (1972)
2. Beat the Devil (1953)
3. La Route de Corinthe (1968)
aka: Who's Got the Black Box?
4. Man of Iron (1956)
aka: The Railroad Man
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