
Ennio Balbo
1922 - 1989Corruption
Mauro Bolognini
Alain Cuny, Rosanna Schiaffino
Stefano is a shy and sensitive teenager who has just completed his studies in Switzerland and is considering becoming a monk. But his father, a rich Milanese publisher, who had the ambition to see his son succeed him, refuses and takes him on a cruise with a young woman to take this idea out of his mind...
Corruption
The Day of the Owl
Damiano Damiani
Franco Nero, Claudia Cardinale
Set in Sicily, this violent crime drama tells the tale of an Italian cop who heads to a small island town to look into the death of a construction supplier. Once there he is shocked by the influence the Mafia has over the people and even himself.
The Day of the Owl
The Police Commissioner
Luigi Comencini
Alberto Sordi, Alessandro Cutolo
Popular Italian comic Alberto Sordi does an excellent job of creating a bumbling yet effective police inspector by the unlikely name of Dante Lombardozzi, in this entertaining comedy-murder mystery by director Luigi Comencini.
The Police Commissioner
La polizia sta a guardare
Roberto Infascelli
Enrico Maria Salerno, Lee J. Cobb
In early seventies Italy, plagued by criminality and political terrorism, a fearless police commissioner is sent to restore law and order in a northern industrial town devastated by a recent wave of violence and kidnappings..
The Great Kidnapping
Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa
Marcello Fondato
Monica Vitti, Gastone Moschin
Comedy set at the time of King Umberto I of Monza (Italy) about Maria Sarti, aka Ninì Tirabusciò, actress/singer who caused a scandal with her raunchy dancing.
Ninì Tirabusciò: The Woman Who Invented the Move
La pecora nera
Luciano Salce
Vittorio Gassman, Lisa Gastoni
Episode film about identical twin brothers. Mario is an honest government-minded deputy. Filippo lives by his wits, not quite legally. Eventually Filippo ruins his brother's career and mind, absorbs his wife and finally steps into his shoes as an honorable member of Parliament.
The Black Sheep
Sequestro di persona
Gianfranco Mingozzi
Franco Nero, Charlotte Rampling
Christina Fisher arrives in Sardinia to spend a holiday with her university friend, Francesco. As they are touring the island, they are trapped by mountain terrorists. Francesco is kidnapped, but Christina is permitted to leave. She is determined to contact the police, but is persuaded not to by Francesco's best friend, Gambino. Together they try to find the kidnappers, but she becomes suspicious of everyone including Gambino. Confused and paranoid, she sets out alone to contact the police.
Sardinia Kidnapped