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Castellano
Writer 1925 - 1999

Castellano

Rome, Italy

Franco Castellano(1925-1999) Franco Castellano was born on 20 June 1925 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for The Taming of the Scoundrel (1980), The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars (1964) and Madly in Love (1981). He died on 28 December 1999 in Rome, Lazio,... Read full bio →

Filmography

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26 titles
Scuola di ladri

Scuola di ladri

Neri Parenti 1986 1h 36m

Frenetic in its pacing and with miniscule character development, this trite slapstick farce stars three Italian comics - Paolo Villaggio, Lino Banfi, and Massimo Boldi as the idiot-nephews of a wealthy invalid (Enrico Maria Salerno).

Il burbero

Il burbero

Castellano, Pipolo 1986 1h 41m 2.0

Traveling from New York to Italia, pretty Mary rushes into moody macho lawyer Tito. The girl immediately falls for the guy with the gruffy manners and in an very impertinent way, she leans on him as she gets in trouble: Not only that she gets tied up in her suite by some Gangsters, but also, her new husband is found dead.

Grandi magazzini

Grandi magazzini

Castellano, Pipolo 1986 1h 50m 4.5

A series of skits involving customers and store personnel from several departments of the big department store.

Il ragazzo di campagna

Il ragazzo di campagna

Castellano, Pipolo 1984 1h 32m 2.0

A man is forced to completely change his habits when he decides to move from the country to the city.

Segni particolari: bellissimo

Segni particolari: bellissimo

Castellano, Pipolo 1983 1h 35m

Mattia is a nice guy, famous writer, who is about to marry Rosalie. Mattia, the day before the wedding, goes to confession to the priest, and reveals that he is in love with another woman, younger, named Michela.

Grand Hotel Excelsior

Grand Hotel Excelsior

Castellano, Pipolo 1982 1h 51m 1.0

Taddeus is the manager of the Grand Hotel Excelsior. Since the Summer season started in May, many people have swarmed to the hotel: Ilde Vivaldi, in love with Taddeus; and the boxer Pericle Coccia who has an important match and falls in love with Maria. There is the Mago di Segrate, trying to win world fame by levitating 30 meters high.

Attila flagello di Dio

Attila flagello di Dio

Castellano, Pipolo 1982 1h 37m 4.0

The misadventures of Attila and his band of barbarians as they take up arms against the Roman Empire in their native Milano

Innamorato pazzo

Innamorato pazzo

Castellano, Pipolo 1981 1h 40m 2.5

Cristina is a rich, spoiled princess visiting Rome with her royal parents. The mission of their visit is to marry her off to a super-wealthy corporate type and thereby start to turn around the losses their small kingdom is experiencing in its casino business.

Asso

Asso

Castellano, Pipolo 1981 1h 30m 5.5

Asso, THE best poker-player in town, was killed in his wedding night, because he won too much against a bad loser. In the 'final' game in heaven the clerk on duty also lost, so Asso can come back to this world as a ghost to search for a good man for his wife (widow). Who is good enough for the wife of Asso ?

Il bisbetico domato

Il bisbetico domato

Castellano, Pipolo 1980 1h 44m 3.8

A grumpy farmer in small Italy is surprised when a beautiful city girl breaks down in the rain, surprising everyone else in his town.

Mani di velluto

Mani di velluto

Castellano, Pipolo 1979 1h 38m 1.0

Mani di velluto is a comedy about Guido Quiller, a wealthy engineer who falls for Tilli, a pickpocket. Unaware of her true profession, he gets entangled in humorous chaos. Their love forces Tilli to choose between crime and a fresh start.

Il soldato di ventura

Il soldato di ventura

Pasquale Festa Campanile 1976 1h 35m 5.3

Medieval soldier of fortune Ettore is traveling through Europe with his partners looking for a fight where they can earn some money. When they come across a Spanish castle under siege by the French army, Ettore bides his time to determine which side is the winning one.

Il signor Robinson, mostruosa storia d'amore e d'avventure

Il signor Robinson, mostruosa storia d'amore e d'avventure

Sergio Corbucci 1976 1h 47m

A shipwreck strands a modern Italian businessman on a desert island. Like Robinson Crusoe he must find a way to return to civilization; unlike him--he's a 20th-century man, a totally different case.

Arrriva Dorellik

Arrriva Dorellik

Steno 1967 1h 36m

Dorellik, an Italian contract killer that lives on the French Riviera, accepts a job to kill everyone with the surname Dupont that lives in France for a rich customer which supposedly would allow him to obtain a large inheritance.

Slalom

Slalom

Luciano Salce 1965 1h 48m

Lucio sees his holiday on the Italian Alps interrupted when he is suddenly and unwillingly involved in an International plot involving fake dollar bills.

Il giovedi

Il giovedi

Dino Risi 1964 1h 44m 7.0

It's the story of a day spent by Dino, separated by his wife, who sees his son Robertino after five years. Dino has not contributed anything in life and to win the affection of his son, invents a story about his past.

I marziani hanno 12 mani

I marziani hanno 12 mani

Castellano, Pipolo 1964 1h 27m

Four extraterrestrials, X-1, X-2, X-3 and X-4, arrive on Earth in the early sixties. Here they decide to take on human features to study the terrestrials incognito, but end up getting involved in the Roman "dolce vita".

La voglia matta

La voglia matta

Luciano Salce 1963 1h 50m 8.0

A middle-aged businessman meets a band of rowdy youths and is smitten by one, named Francesca.

I tromboni di Fra Diavolo

I tromboni di Fra Diavolo

Giorgio Simonelli, Miguel Lluch 1962
I motorizzati

I motorizzati

Camillo Mastrocinque 1962 1h 35m

A guy is about to become the millionth citizen to buy a car in Rome. Frightened, he decides to remain pedestrian, and recalls several stories, with new car owners as protagonists. Episodic comedy.

Diciottenni al sole

Diciottenni al sole

Camillo Mastrocinque 1962 1h 35m

The film follows Nicole Molino, a French teenager on vacation at the Italian resort island of Ischia. She meets several other young Italian men also on vacation and looking for fun and romance. Confusion, comedy and romance ensue.

Totòtruffa '62

Totòtruffa '62

Camillo Mastrocinque 1961 1h 42m 5.7

Antonio, a former variety actor, keeps his daughter in an excellent boarding school by organizing small scams with his friend and colleague Felice. Commissioner Malvasia good-naturedly persecuted him. When their respective unsuspecting children fall in love, the two fathers make peace.

Il mantenuto

Il mantenuto

Ugo Tognazzi 1961 1h 36m 7.0

Stefano Garbelli is employed by a pharmaceutical company. One evening Daniela, a young independent prostitute, approaches Stefano pretending to be a nurse. They get together, but Daniela has a sinister plan.

Il federale

Il federale

Luciano Salce 1961 1h 40m 7.0

1944. Primo Arcovazzi is a fanatical and dim-witted Fascist Party militiaman who accepts to escort an opponent of the regime to Rome in the hope of be promoted — still oblivious as ever to the forthcoming fall of the regime.

5 marines per 100 ragazze

5 marines per 100 ragazze

Mario Mattoli 1961 1h 32m 1.0

Five GIs end up in a female college during their military manouvers. They are very welcome by the girls and since one of them has also a beautiful voice they take part in a show organized by the college.

Signori si nasce

Signori si nasce

Mario Mattoli 1960 1h 32m

Baron Zazà, always broke due his dissolute lifestyle, decides to con a hefty sum of money out of his wealthy but greedy brother.

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