Giovanni Grimaldi — Playwright (28)
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Ugly at Night (1968) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Brutti di notte
director: Giovanni Grimaldi actor: Franco Franchi / Ciccio Ingrassia …
other title: Brutti di notte
Franco consults a psychoanalyst due to a series of nightmares that constantly haunt him. The doctor prescribes a very special treatment for the patient: an intense love life. The man's wife, aware that she is part of the problem, decides to get a facial and to meet her husband in disguise.
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The Lovemakers (1970) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
La prima notte del dottor Danieli, industriale, col complesso del... giocattolo
director: Giovanni Grimaldi actor: Lando Buzzanca / Katia Christine …
other title: El impotentisimo / 新婚之擾 …
Carlo Danieli, an industrialist of Sicilian origins, manages a French fries company. The man marries Elena, his girlfriend for years, who has decided to remain a virgin until the wedding day. The man is a great womanizer and is surprised by the revelation, so much so that on the first night he is unable to consummate the relationship. The word soon spread and the mother of the bride, Donna Virginia, urged her son-in-law to apply. Carlo then tries to find a solution before it's too late and his mother-in-law thinks that throwing him into the arms of a professional is the ideal ploy.
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4 Dollars of Revenge (1966) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Cuatro dólares de venganza
director: Jaime Jesús Balcázar actor: Robert Woods / Dana Ghia …
other title: Keine Gnade für Verräter / 4 dollars de vengeance …
Bandits ambush Capt. Roy Dexter of the U.S. Cavalry while he and his men escort a fortune in Confederate gold coins. Only Dexter survives the attack. He's subsequently sentenced to life in prison on the false belief he masterminded the ambush. Escaping from prison, Dexter sets about tracking down and exposing the true culprits.
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Those Two in the Legion (1962) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
I due della legione
director: Lucio Fulci actor: Franco Franchi / Ciccio Ingrassia …
other title: Deux de la légion / I due della legione
Ciccio and Franco flee Naples because they are wrongly accused of having murdered a local camorra boss and enlist in the Foreign Legion. They are inept but are mistaken for brave people by their commander and sent to break a weapon smuggling ring.
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It Happened at the Police Station (1954) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Accadde al commissariato
director: Giorgio Simonelli actor: Nino Taranto / 阿尔贝托·索尔迪 …
other title: 警察局的一天 / Accadde al commissariato …
Everyday all kind of people pass through a Police Station, especially if it is downtown. Today, however, the chief of police has bought his first car and he has decided to test it with his wife going to Ostia. But first a theatrical company sent out of the theatre, last Alfredo Todini arrested while walking wearing a gown and in the mean a series of human cases, ranging from the pathetic to the funny one, get in the way of his wish.
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Totò vs the Four (1963) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Totò contro i 4
director: 斯蒂诺 actor: Totò / 佩皮诺·德·菲利波 …
other title: 托托一对四 / Totò contro i 4 …
The day of Chief Constable Saracino begins badly when his new car is stolen. Then, in his office, he meets Alfredo Fiori who believes that his wife and her lover, a veterinary, are trying to murder him.
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The Monk of Monza (1963) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Il monaco di Monza
director: Sergio Corbucci actor: Totò / Nino Taranto …
other title: El monje de Monza / Il monaco di Monza …
Pasquale takes all of his 12 children and runs away from Monza, looking for a house of a wealthy and generous awning. Having met on the way impoverished peasant, Pasquale takes him also, having granted the rank of "Half-Monk" and thus having gained rustic, but a reliable friend.