The Bird with the Crystal Plumage 1970  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: Phantom of Terror
Point of Terror
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Eva Renzi, Enrico Maria Salerno, Mario Adorf, Umberto Raho, Renato Romano, Giuseppe Castellano, Pino Patti, Werner Peters
After witnessing a murder attempt in Rome, American tourist Sam Dalmas (Tony Musante) investigates, and his actions put him and girlfriend Julia (Suzy Kendall) in jeopardy when the serial killer Sam spotted begins to stalk them.
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Castle of Blood 1964 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: Castle of Terror
Director: Antonio Margheriti
Cast: Georges Riviere, Barbara Steele, Henry Kruger, Margarete Robsahm, Silvia Sorrente, Silvano Tranquilli, Umberto Raho, Phil Karson, John Peters, Ben Steffen
Tourist Alan Foster (Georges Riviere) stops at an inn and meets Lord Blackwood and Edgar Allan Poe. The two bet Alan that he cannot spend one night in a haunted mansion where several deaths have occurred. Alan takes the bet. The castle is indeed haunted by those who died there, and they relive their deaths to Alan. Will he get away? I doubt it. Eerie and effective. Remade by the director in 1970 as "Web of the Spider."
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Darling 1965  N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Julie Christie, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Harvey, Jose Luis Villalonga, Roland Curran, Alex Scott, Basil Henson, James Cossins, Helen Lindsay, Carlo Palmucci, Umberto Raho, Dante Posani
Julie Christie won the Academy Award as Best Actress for her portrayal of a lovely, but immoral, model who climbs the social ladder by climbing into an assortment of beds. Unfortunately, when she reaches her goal, she is disappointed. The film also won Academy Awards for Best Writing and Costume Design and was nominated for Best Picture and Director.
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 The Ghost 1963  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
Director: Riccardo Freda
Cast: Barbara Steele, Peter Baldwin, Leonard Elliott, Harriet Medin, Umberto Raho, Reginald Price Anderson, Carlo Kechler, Elio Jotta, Carol Bennet, Raoul H. Newman
Margaret (Barbara Steele), with the help of her lover (Peter Baldwin)–who was also her husband's physician–murders her sadistic husband (Elio Jotta). But the husband returns as a ghost to drive Margaret mad. Did he really die? And what about the housekeeper? Sequel to "Horrible Dr. Hichcock."
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The Holy Year 1976 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: Pilgrimage to Rome
Director: Jean Girault
Cast: Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Claude Brialy, Henri Virlojeux, Renato Romano, Maurice Teynac, Luciano Bartoli, Paolo Guisti, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Umberto Raho
This comedy revolves around escaped thief Max Lambert (Jean Gabin) who plots to recover the money he hid years before. Dressed as a priest, he takes a plane to Rome. The plane is hijacked, and now Max must act to get to the money.
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Imperial Venus 1963  PG, 140 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean Delannoy
Cast: Gina Lollobrigida, Stephen Boyd, Gabriele Ferzetti, Raymond Pellegrin, Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti, Giulio Bosetti, Gianni Santuccio, Elsa Albani, Andrea Bosic, Umberto Raho, Nando Tamberlani
Complex and sensual Paulette Bonaparte (Gina Lollobrigida) becomes involved in numerous sexual affairs during her brother Napoleon's (Raymond Pellegrin) rise and ultimate fall from power.
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La Bionda 1992 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Blonde
Director: Sergio Rubini
Cast: Nastassja Kinski, Sergio Rubini, Ennio Fantastichini, Veronica Lazar, Umberto Raho, Giacomo Piperno, Giorgio Gobbi, Antonio Scarano, Luca Barbareschi
Shy, lonely Tommaso (Sergio Rubini) accidentally hits Christine (Nastassja Kinski) with his car. The next morning she arrives at his doorstep with amnesia asking for help, and the reluctant Tommaso takes her in. He gradually falls in love with her, but when Christine regains her memory and realizes that she is a drug dealer's lover, she returns to her lover. Tommaso now attempts to get her back.
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La Cage Aux Folles 3 1985 PG-13, 87 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Georges Lautner
Cast: Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru, Ugo Tognazzi, Stephane Audran, Benny Luke, Antonella Interlenghi, Saverio Vallone, Gianluca Favilla, Umberto Raho, Roberto Posse, Flora Carabella, Pier Francesco Aiello
This film is proof that when the first sequel is (usually) not as good as the original, the third entry has little chance of being a hit. The plot continues the saga of drag queen Alben (Michel Serrault) who discovers an inheritance is his–only if he marries and fathers a son.
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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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 The Last Man on Earth 1964  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Vincent Price, Franca Bettoia, Emma Danieli, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Antonio Corevi, Christi Courtland, Umberto Raho, Ettore Ribotta, Gieuseppe Mattei, Carolyn De Fonseca, Rolando De Rossi
Based on Richard Matheson's novel "I Am a Legend," this horror film is about the entire population of Earth's humans being turned into vampires. Dr. Robert Morgan (Vincent Price) believes that he is the only human remaining on Earth and, alone, must fight off vampires. Morgan finds hope when he cures vampire Ruth Collins (Franca Bettoia) with a transfusion of his own blood. However, his hope for the future will prove to be short-lived. This movie was later remade as "The Omega Man" and "I Am Legend."
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Madigan's Millions 1968  G, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Prager
Cast: Cesar Romero, Elsa Martinelli, Dustin Hoffman, Franco Fabrizi, Fernando Hilbeck, Gustavo Rojo, Riccardo Garrone, Gerard Tichy, Daniele Vargas, Umberto Raho
Dustin Hoffman takes on the role of an I.R.S. agent who flies to Rome to investigate a gangster, Mike Madigan (Cesar Romero), and retrieve U.S. Treasury funds.
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| 1. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
aka: Phantom of Terror
aka: Point of Terror
2. Castle of Blood (1964)
aka: Castle of Terror
3. Darling (1965)
4. The Ghost (1963)
5. The Holy Year (1976)
aka: Pilgrimage to Rome
6. Imperial Venus (1963)
7. La Bionda (1992)
aka: The Blonde
8. La Cage Aux Folles 3 (1985)
9. Last Days of Mussolini (1974)
aka: Mussolini: Ultimo Atto
10. The Last Man on Earth (1964)
11. Madigan's Millions (1968)
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