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Der Ritt nach Alamo
aka
Arizona Bill
aka
The Road to Fort Alamo
aka
La Strada per Fort Alamo

Italy, France 1964

by Mario Bava

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from The Spaghetti Western Database

Bud Massadey, returning from the civil war, comes across a slaughtered army troop carrying an order to the bank of Wagon City to hand over $150,000 for army wages. After running into trouble with the corrupt citizens of the town, Bud decides to take the money for himself. He joins with a local gang of outlaws, and dressed in the dead soldiers uniforms, they relieve the bank of its cash. Things go awry however, as Carson, the gang leader turns out to be a crazed killer and after being left beaten and unconscious by the gang, Bud and his new friend Slim are found by another passing army unit and taken in as one of their own. Now posing as soldiers, our heroes opportunities for escape become complicated by a voluptuous red head and the bad penny Carson, turning up again with the bank's money and a tribe of unhappy Indians on his tail. As danger builds, Bud feels an ever stronger inclination to stick around and do the honourable thing.

Mario Bava directed 3 Eurowesterns of which The Road to Fort Alamo is regarded as the best (see also Nebraska Jim, Roy Colt and Winchester Jack). The style of the famous cult director, normally known for his moody horror films, is only visible in the studio bound night scenes with their different way of lighting. Otherwise this naive action film, which is built around the usual cavalry versus Indians cliches, only shows Bava's disinterest in the western genre, but still is on a simple level entertaining.

italian and german language, english subtitles (idx/sub) included

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La Settima Donna
aka
Junge Mädchen zur Liebe gezwungen
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In den Klauen des Schakals
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Terror
aka
Verflucht zum Töten
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The Last House on the Beach

Italy 1978

by Franco Prosperi

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from allmovie

This shameless knockoff of Last House on the Left even goes so far as to repeat the detail of having the theme song performed by the lead villain. Florinda Bolkan (Non Si Sevizia un Paperino) plays a nun who takes the teenage girls in her care to a remote house where they rehearse A Midsummer Night's Dream. Ray Lovelock and a pair of thugs show up, brutally raping and terrorizing the girls -- killing one by raping her with a cane -- until Bolkan renounces her teachings and seeks bloody revenge. Utter nonsense, but AC/DC and Roxy Music are on the soundtrack, so it isn't a complete waste. Director Franco Prosperi is best known for co-directing Mondo Cane and Africa Addio. Sherry Buchanan (Dr. Butcher, M.D.) co-stars with Laura Trotter.

german, italian and english language, english subtitles (idx/sub) included

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Milano Trema - La Polizia Vuole Giustizia
aka
Violent Professionals
aka
Polices Paralleles en action

Italy 1973

by Sergio Martino

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When Milano police lieutenant Giorga's chief is murdered by an organized crime ring, he vows to avenge his boss's death. Going undercover to continue the chief's investigation, he plans to take over a pimping outfit and then proceed to beat up enough low-level thugs until the big guys in the crime ring take notice of him, letting him get close enough to uncover their secrets. Should this unorthodox method actually work, he still must take down the entire organization single-handed.

italian and english language, italian subtitles (idx/sub) only

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Milano odia: la polizia non può sparare
aka
Der Berserker
aka
Almost Human
aka
The Kidnap of Mary Lou
aka
The Executioner

Italy 1974

by Umberto Lenzi

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This melodramatic crime film concerns a petty thief named Julio (Tomas Milian) who kidnaps pretty Mary Lou (Laura Belli), the daughter of his girlfriend's rich employer, and holds her for ransom. Much of the film features Julio's hysterical populist rants targeting the wealthy elite, whom he both envies and detests. When the bound Mary Lou mocks him, Julio's anger leads to a bloody gunfight in which nearly everyone dies. Eventually, Police Inspector Walter Grandi (Henry Silva) turns vigilante and guns down the "human trash" on a pile of garbage. Reminiscent of everything from the Dirty Harry series to the Patty Hearst kidnapping, Lenzi's preposterous film is most memorable for its overly ripe dialogue and an outlandish party scene in which Milian forces a balding, craven businessman to service him at gunpoint.

german, italian and english language, english subtitles (idx/sub) included

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Don't Torture a Duckling
aka
Don't Torture the Duckling
aka
La nuit de l' Exorcisme
aka
Non si sevizia un paperino

Italy 1972

by Lucio Fulci

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When several young boys are brutally murdered in a small southern Italian village, the superstitious locals react with ignorance and violence. All misfits are immediately suspected, such as big-city tart Barbara Bouchet, the local village idiot, and voodoo practitioner Florinda Bolkan, who is brutally murdered by the villagers in a startling and powerful scene. Cop Tomas Milian (Almost Human, Amistad) comes to investigate, and is rather curious about a young priest who censors the town's reading material to keep it free of corruption. The peculiar clergyman seems to envy the dead boys, who will never grow up to be corrupted. Milian soon becomes convinced that the priest wants to send the kids' souls to Heaven and feels guilt about desiring the boys sexually.

only english language, no subtitles

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The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion
aka
Frauen bis zum Wahnsinn gequält
aka
Días de angustia
aka
Le Foto proibite di una signora per bene

Italy, Spain 1970

by Luciano Ercoli





A triangle of friendship, love, sex, and, perhaps, murder. Minou is newly married to Peter, a businessman in debt as he works to bring a new product to market. They met through Dominique, sexually voracious, Minou's best friend, and Peter's former (and possibly still) lover. A stranger accosts Minou one night on the beach while Peter is away. He tells her that Peter has murdered a business associate and blackmails her into sleeping with him. He compounds the blackmail with photos taken of their tryst. To Minou's surprise, this same stranger is in a pornographic photo Dominique has imported from Denmark. Is this all a game, and if so, who's behind it?

english and german languge, german subtitles (srt) for some english spoken lines

a big THX to Necron@BDVC for the german dubbing

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The Black Belly of the Tarantula
aka
Der Schwarze Leib der Tarantel
aka
Tarentule au ventre noir
aka
La tarantola dal ventre nero

Italy, France 1971

by Paolo Cavara

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from allmovie

This frightening horror-thriller stars Giancarlo Giannini as Inspector Tellini, chasing a killer whose victims are paralyzed with a poisoned acupuncture needle, forcing them to watch helplessly as their stomachs are ripped open with a sharp knife. This method duplicates the habits of the black wasp in slaying tarantulas, explaining the title. Much of the film is spent on a wild goose chase involving Silvano Tranquilli, the husband of the first victim (Barbara Bouchet). All of the suspects soon turn up dead and Giannini turns his attention to an upscale health spa, frequented by each victim, which is a front for blackmail and cocaine smuggling. The mystery itself is fairly obvious, but director Paolo Cavara includes a good deal of action and Ennio Morricone's score is effectively chilling. Among the cast are such genre favorites as Annabella Incontrera, Stefania Sandrelli, Claudine Auger, Rossella Falk, and Giancarlo Priete, and --as in many Italian thrillers of the period -- voyeurism is the primary motif. Barbara Bach and Carla Mancini appear briefly.

english and italian language, english subtitles (idx/sub) included

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The Frightened Woman
aka
Gioco d'amore, gioco di morte
aka
The Laughing Woman
aka
Femina Ridens

Italy 1969

by Pierro Schivazappa





Covertext

Just before death comes the ultimate moment of pleasure!

Shameless is proud to present the world's most complete version of FEMINA RIDENS, created with the director, Pierro Schivazappa's approval and according to his own script.

Witness the ultimate subjugation of a woman to serve the most twisted desires of man in the achingly hip 'n' horny Femina Ridens, where the kinkiest urges are played to a deadly conclusion...

The beautifully sensuous Dagmar Lassander stars as Maria, the living sex toy of Dr. Sayer (Philippe Leroy) who delights in killing women at the point of orgasm. Sayer's prolonged campaign of degredation pushes Maria right to the edge of death but the spell she casts on him will lead to the most extraordinary climax of a lifetime!

Stylish, imaginative and deliciously twisted, this kitschy 60s pop art erotica-fest boasts gorgeous set design, an even more alluring leading lady and a heady desire to please the viewer with increasingly bizarre and dangerous sex games.

english language only, no subtitles

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The Pyjama Girl Case
aka
Blutiger Zahltag
aka
The Case of the Girl in the Yellow Pyjamas
aka
Die Frau aus zweiter Hand
aka
Ein Mann gegen die Mafia
aka
La ragazza dal pigiama giallo

Italy, Spain 1977

by Flavio Mogherini

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Two seemingly separate stories in New South Wales: a burned, murdered body of a young woman is found on the beach, and a retired inspector makes inquiries; also, Linda, a waitress and ferry attendant, has several lovers and marries one, but continues seeing the others. The police have a suspect in the murder, but the retired inspector is convinced they're wrong; he continues a methodical investigation. Linda and her husband separate, and there are complications. Will the stories cross or are they already twisted together?

english language only, no subtitles

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Blutspur im Park
aka
Das Messer
aka
Bloodstained Butterfly
aka
Una Farfalla con le ali insanguinate

Italy 1971

by Duccio Tessari





Prolific Italian filmmaker Duccio Tessari (La Morte Risale a Ieri Sera) returned to the giallo field with this first-rate detective thriller which begins with a French co-ed (Carole Andre) repeatedly stabbed in a park during a thunderstorm. The suspicion falls on sportscaster Alessandro Marchi (Giancarlo Sbargia), who is being framed (or so it seems) by his trysting wife (Ida Galli, aka Evelyn Stewart) and lawyer (Gunther M. Stoll). Unfortunately, while Marchi is being railroaded into prison, the murders begin anew, and Marchi is released to face the dead girl's grieving lover (Helmut Berger), whose motives would later be echoed in even better Italian thrillers such as Tenebre.

german, italian and english language, english subtitles (idx/sub) included

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Der Todesengel
aka
The Designated Victim
aka
Murder by Design
aka
Slam Out
aka
La Vittima designata

Italy 1971

by Maurizio Lucidi

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from allmovie

Tomas Milian portrays a cheating husband named Stefanio who falls into a strange relationship with the bohemian Count Mateo (Pierre Clementi) in this intriguing thriller. Earning his trust, Mateo lures Stefanio into a sick psychological game, offering to murder his wife so that the unhappy businessman can be free to pursue his beautiful mistress (Katia Christine). In return, he continues, Stefanio must kill Mateo's brother. Stefanio laughs off the suggestion until the day that his wife is actually murdered and he becomes the prime suspect. As Stefanio's troubles increase, Mateo applies more pressure, finally forcing his frantic, desperate victim to fulfill his part of the bargain. Fine performances and some blatantly Hitchcockian moments in Fulvio Gicca's screenplay help to make director Maurizio Lucidi's film tense and absorbing, if somewhat predictable.

german, italian and english language, only german subtitles (idx/sub)

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Zwei Supertypen räumen auf
aka
The Big Boss
aka
Blood and Bullets
aka
Mister Scarface
aka
Rulers of the City
aka
I Padroni della città

Italy 1976

by Fernando Di Leo

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Tony, a mob loan collector, is dissatisfied with his station in life. Though he dreams of one day being rich, he is stuck with the dead-end job of beating up borrowers who fall behind in their payments. After meeting up with Napoli, another mob enforcer who's just been fired from his job, the two hatch a plan. Together, they will con mob boss Manzari out of a fortune, after which they can retire and live in luxury. Manzari, however, is not about to let them go so easily.

german, italian and english language, english subtitles (idx/sub) included

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Asphalt Katze
aka
Ich polier' dir deine Glatze
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Loaded Guns
aka
Stick 'em Up, Darlings
aka
Harte Dollars blondes Gift
aka
Colpo in canna

Italy 1974

by Fernando Di Leo





During the making of the Milieu Trilogy (Milan Calibre 9, Man Hunt and The Boss), Fernando di Leo had already prepared, together with Enzo Dell’Aquila, a script in which the noir register was combined with the representation of the gangster world’s lighter and brilliant universe. From this the script for Loaded Gun was elaborated, a sort of humorous remake of A Fistful of Dollars in a gangster style which reproposed the narrative base structure: two gangs at war with each other where a third element intervenes in order to gain profit. What interested di Leo most was the third element represented by a female figure (the role went to Ursula Andress), characterized in the same way in which male characters usually were - in other words capable of boldly acting like a man in the various events which she experienced in her sexual and sentimental life.

A character who was completely free and emancipated, way ahead of her time compared to the social stereotypes and the models fashionable in films at that time. In the script this was clear and obvious whereas on the screen certain aspects had to be softened in order to avoid the risk of excessively shocking the audience.

The battling aspect of Andress which on an exterior level was translated in her ability to fight, fall, shoot and run like an expert stuntman and also her “male” determination for hatching plots and carrying them out with the right dose of cold-bloodedness and cynicism while sacrificing her freedom in the erotic parts which in the original script portrayed her as being happily bisexual.

german, italian and english language, german and english subtitles (idx/sub) included

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Der Tollwütige
aka
Beast with a Gun
aka
Feroce
aka
The Human Beast
aka
Mad Dog
aka
The Mad Dog Killer
aka
The Mad Dog Murderer
aka
Street Killers
aka
Wild Beasts with Machine Guns
aka
La Belva col mitra

Italy 1977

by Sergio Grieco

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from allmovie

There's nothing more terrifying than a Beast With a Gun, and when psychotic criminal Nanni Vitali (Helmut Berger) and three violent thugs stage a jailbreak, the streets will run red with blood in the final film from notorious director Sergio Grieco. Taking to the pavement in a horrific frenzy of rape, robbery, and revenge, Vitali seals his own grim fate when, in brutalizing a beautiful young woman, he catches the attention of a determined cop (Richard Harrison) bent on bringing the murderous madman to justice. As his relentless slide into darkness speeds to a furious race against death, Vitali seems determined to avoid going back into his cage even if it means going down in a hail of bullets and gunsmoke.

german and english language, no subtitles