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Vergine, e di nome Maria (1975)
Character: Giuseppe
A second coming? This time our savior chose a shantytown outside Turin, in the north of Italy, overcrowded by poor families coming from the south in search of a job in a factory, or less legal ways to survive. Young Maria (Cinzia De Carolis) can predict the future during her epileptic seizures, or at least that's what everyone believes, and her mother (Clelia Matania) sells her predictions and responses to the superstitious neighbors, after inducing her "trance" with electricity. One night the shock is too strong, and Maria seems to die: when she wakes up, she is found pregnant. And being a honest unmarried girl from the south, she is obviously still virgin... Notwithstanding the opposition of the local priest (Turi Ferro), everyone, including her, believes in the miracle, and prepares for a second coming, in a crescendo of fanaticism that is soon noticed by the press, and by the official church..
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La smania addosso (1963)
Character: Judge
Two young men in a village in Sicily raping a girl. In the end, two skilled lawyers will succeed in getting them to complete the trial, but one, who in the meantime has fallen in love with the victim.
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Buona parte di Paolina (1973)
Character: N/A
Paulina, sister of Napoleon I, is married to Camillo Borghese, presented as a helpless coward. She is eager to offer herself to all the young people that propose to her, and performs naked in front of the Roman people flocking to the walls of Villa Borghese, which she turned into a private residence. She also poses half naked for the famous statue of Canova, who is also presented as a effeminate and scoundrel. When her reputation as a depraved spreads, on the advice of the Pope, she is segregated away from all the men. when the French troops deport from Rome the Pope and the cardinals as well, Paulina sees prostitution as the only way to find herself some "fresh meat". Finally after seven years villa Borghese is reopened to the public, as Paulina goes back to Paris, to the great relief of the Roman people and the clerical circles.
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Faccia da schiaffi (1969)
Character: oste
A child runs away from a orphanage and meets a man, who takes him with him: the adult also dedicates himself to courting tourists to get food. However, his love for a girl leads the boy to boycott this bond, getting his protector into trouble and ending up in prison.
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Il tempo dell'inizio (1974)
Character: Paziente anziano / 'Il Capo'
A "symbolic" character traces the path of man in search of salvation in this world within his own ghosts and deformations.
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Oh, Serafina! (1976)
Character: padre di Augusto
Augusto Valle is a successful young industrialist who weds Palmira, the girl working in his factory, and the two have a child despite the infant's uncertain legitimacy. Scheming to control her husband's fortune, Palmira has affairs with both the mayor and the judge to have Augusto committed to a mental institution. While there, he falls in love with Serafina Vitali, a young woman who was also put away.
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Mala, amore e morte (1977)
Character: Cemetery Guard
The young Marisa, after having inherited from her aunt, gets involved in blackmail and crime.
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Il maestro di violino (1976)
Character: N/A
The violin teacher at the Perugia Conservatory in Italy is loved by his female pupils and the rich ladies in town. Later we learn that he was a great concert soloist and had to give up his career because of his drunkard wife.
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C'era una volta il West (1968)
Character: Bidder (uncredited)
As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.
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Fatevi vivi, la polizia non interverrà (1974)
Character: Turiddu
This crime drama follows an Italian police commissioner as he races to rescue the 6-year-old daughter of an important businessman. Also hoping to save her is Frank Salvatore, the old-school Mafia don accused of the crime. Caprile leans on a low-level thug for information and is led to Salvatore, who considers children to be off-limits as targets and hopes to restore his reputation
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Ménage all'italiana (1965)
Character: The Police Officer (uncredited)
In Italy in the 60's it is difficult to get a divorce. Carlo gets a visit from his Swedish wife, but he is already remarried. Every time he meets a new woman, he vanishes away from the last wife.
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Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe (1976)
Character: don Saverio
Son of a poor Sicilian sharecropper committing suicide (he owed half a million lire to Baron Lamia), 35-year-old Carmelo Macaluso returns to the Sicilian town, after 15 years of hard work in Germany, with a Mercedes, 100 million in his briefcase and the ambitious plan to buy the respect of the villagers ...
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Due cuori, una cappella (1975)
Character: Il Prete
Aristide receives a big inheritance from his mother, but when he meets a beautiful redhead at the cemetery, his life changes unexpectedly.
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Ku Fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore (1973)
Character: N/A
The Sicilian Franco is a sort of imitation of Bruce Lee that Don Vito, a Chinese expelled from his country because he smuggled rice from Palermo to Beijing, tries to train in the art of kung-fu with disastrous results.
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Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
Character: Pinciroli (uncredited)
Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano's bullet-riddled corpse is found facedown in a courtyard in Castelvetrano, a handgun and rifle by his side. Local and international press descend upon the scene, hoping to crack open the true story behind the death of this young man, who, at the age of twenty-seven, had already become Italy’s most wanted criminal and celebrated hero.
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Gelosia (1953)
Character: L'avvocato
A Sicilian nobleman is very jealous of his mistress and when she gets married flies off his handle and commits a murder of which an innocent man is accused. He is however tormented by his conscience.
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Per amore di Cesarina (1976)
Character: il padre di Davide
Davide Camporesi is the owner of the "Tornerai" pension in Cesenatico which he manages together with his wife Elvira and daughter Carletta, and which mainly welcomes German tourists. One day, during a trip to the countryside to buy wine, Davide meets Vindice Forattini, a former partisan comrade whom he had not seen for 30 years and who now sells agricultural feed together with his attractive daughter Cesarina. During the meeting, Davide is deeply impressed by Cesarina, and invites her to stay at the family pension. But things soon get out of hand to Davide, who finds himself romantically involved.
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La gatta in calore (1972)
Character: Pasquale
A man returns home to his wife from a business trip only to find a dead body in their yard.
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Così dolce... così perversa (1969)
Character: Porter
An industrialist's affair with a troubled woman entangles him in a dangerous situation with her abusive boyfriend. His glamorous life spirals into unexpected peril.
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Bella, ricca, lieve difetto fisico, cerca anima gemella (1973)
Character: signor Fiore, il padre di Michele
Michele, married to Rosaria, is a distinguished Neapolitan who "by profession" contacts only wealthy women, making her believe she wants to marry her to get money to disappear with. With this method he feeds his family.
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Armiamoci e partite! (1971)
Character: French General
Franco and Ciccio work as waiters in an inn in France. The day Ciccio officially takes French citizenship, the First World War breaks out between Germany and France and all citizens are forced to enlist.
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Arrivano Joe e Margherito (1974)
Character: Boss of the Bad Guys
When a don who they were suppose to protect ends up dead, his bodyguard and bodyguard's friend must go under cover to escape the wrath of mob.
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Bella di giorno moglie di notte (1971)
Character: Judge
The story of a beautiful young woman who, for the love of her ambitious husband, becomes a blackmail victim and has to resort to prostitution...
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L'avventura (1960)
Character: Zuria, the Journalist
Claudia and Anna join Anna's lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna goes missing, a search is launched. In the meantime, Sandro and Claudia become involved in a romance despite Anna's disappearance, though the relationship suffers from guilt and tension.
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Uno straniero a Paso Bravo (1968)
Character: Counsellor
After spending many years in prison, Gary returns to Paso Bravo, where thugs burned his ranch killing his wife and daughter. Gary seeks revenge, and also finds a people who live terrorized by a group of gunmen led by Acombar. This situation causes Gary skip to face action this gang of murderers.
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Divorzio all'italiana (1961)
Character: N/A
Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he tries to trick his wife into having an affair so he can catch her and murder her, as he knows he would be given a light sentence for killing an adulterous woman. He persuades a painter to lure his wife into an affair, but Rosalia proves to be more faithful than he expected.
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Il viaggio (1974)
Character: Dr. Mascione
The charming Adriana gets sick after her husband's death. Her brother-in-law takes her on a journey to meet a doctor, while love overwhelms them.
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...e per tetto un cielo di stelle (1968)
Character: N/A
The bandit Pratt, looking for Tim, who is responsible for the death of his two sons, attacks a caravan killing all the passengers. Harry, the vagabond, after having robbed the dead, casually meets Tim and they become friends. Running away together from Pratt, they reach Harry's farm, but their hiding place is soon discovered.
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Uno di più all'inferno (1968)
Character: Bank director
Johnny King, a rebellious drifter, sets out to avenge the death of his mentor and friend, Steve, after he has been murdered for his land by the Ward Brothers. After causing some trouble for the Wards, Johnny faces a new opponent, his outlaw friend, Meredith.
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Cugine mie (1978)
Character: Ottavio Bordignon
Mara, Silvia and Irene, three sisters, are sent from Rome to Padua as guests of prof. Bordignon, their uncle. First, they let off steam with the young cousin Anselmo; then, realizing that their destiny is a boarding school, they take plot their revenge.
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C'era una volta (1967)
Character: Carpaccio, Rodrigo's servant
A fairy tale of the misadventures of a beautiful but temperamental Neapolitan peasant, Isabella, when she meets the ill- tempered Spanish Prince Rodrigo Ferrante y Davalos. The King of Spain has ordered Rodrigo to choose a wife among seven Italian Princesses, but he is smitten by the lowly peasant.
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