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- DirectorMario SoldatiStarsTrevor HowardAlida ValliRichard BasehartA British lad tries to investigate his father's disappearance in Venice when nobody believes him.
- DirectorLuchino ViscontiStarsClara CalamaiMassimo GirottiDhia CristianiGino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna, and they plan to get rid of her older husband.
- DirectorGian Carlo MenottiStarsMarie PowersLeopoldo SavonaBelva KiblerMadame Flora is terrified when she perceives a supernatural presence during one of her fraudulent séances. Menotti's first international success, "The Medium" is a tragedy in two acts for five singers, a dance-mime role, and a chamber opera for thirteen instruments and fourteen players: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, percussion, piano (4 hands), and string quintet. The music is dissonant, eerie, and morbid and includes melodies such as 'O, black swan.'
- DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsPaul MuniJoan LorringVittorio ManuntaA nameless, homeless and rejected man who is looking for a new life and a young boy from an impoverished family, who is forced to steal when he loses the milk money. These two come together in the same hiding place.
- DirectorMarino GirolamiSidney SalkowStarsJanis PaigeBinnie BarnesMassimo SeratoAn insurance investigator looks into the death of a man who drove his car off a cliff in an apparent suicide. After looking into the incident, the investigator begins to suspect it may not have been suicide after all.
- DirectorDennis O'KeefeEdoardo AntonStarsDennis O'KeefeMara LaneArnoldo FoàAngela (Mara Lane), secretary to an important businessman in Italy, Bertolati (Nino Crisman, is an attractive and sophisticated girl, which is sufficient cause for Steve Catlett (Dennis O'Keefe ), an American car salesman, to fall in love with her. At her apartment, Steve finds Bertolati dead as a result of a heart attack, according to Angela. But, in order to prevent a scandal, Angela urges Steve to get rid of the body without calling the police. Smitten Steve agrees and takes the body to his car with the intention of staging a crash. He is about to go do that when he finds out that Angela was indeed the lover of the dead man, and he hesitates. But a new character makes a violent entrance - a brutal ex-convict named Nino (Rossano Brazzi) - and he turns out to be Angela's husband. A fight ensues during which Nino gets hold of Steve's gun and shoots Bertolati's corpse, thereby implicating Steve, now less smitten with Angela than he was earlier, in the death of Bertolati. Nino then tries to kill Steve by pushing him into the car and into a nearby abyss, but Steve turns the tables and kills the aggressive Nino, hurling him into the car, with Bertolati, and into the abyss. Steve now suspects Angela's conduct and sincerity despite her efforts to convince him she is on the level. More surprises are coming Steve's way.
- DirectorGiacomo GentilomoStarsLea PadovaniMarcello MastroianniKarl Ludwig DiehlA luckless young teacher is suspected of committing two murders. When his lover begins to have doubt about his innocence, he seems to be doomed.
- DirectorAlberto LattuadaStarsAnna MagnaniAmedeo NazzariCarla Del PoggioA contingent of Italian prisoners of war arrive on a train from Germany after World War II to Turin. The city where Ernesto lives has been bombed, his mother is dead and his sister has gone missing.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsTony MusanteSuzy KendallEnrico Maria SalernoAn American expatriate in Rome attempts to unmask a serial killer he witnessed in the act of an attempted murder - and is now hunting him and his girlfriend.
- DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsJean-Louis TrintignantStefania SandrelliGastone MoschinA weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
- DirectorFernando CerchioStarsRaf ValloneCharles VanelClaudine DupuisAfter the war, Aldo and his men became gangster. But now the times are changing and Aldo decides to became a policeman to help better his men in crime. He meets Giovanna and falls for her. But he begins liking his new job and after their first robbery, Aldo tries to leave his old accomplices...
- DirectorRené ClémentStarsJean GabinIsa MirandaVera TalchiA French fugitive arrives in Genoa, where he becomes entangled with an Italian woman and her daughter.
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsGina LollobrigidaRenato BaldiniCosetta GrecoFour criminals commit a robbery at a soccer stadium, and then split up to try to hide separately from the police.
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsEtchika ChoureauJean-Pierre MockyJacques SempeyA trilogy of stories of well-off youths who commit murders. In the French episode, a group of high school students kill one of their colleagues for his money. In the Italian episode, a university student's involved in smuggling cigarettes. In the English episode, a lazy poet finds the body of a woman on the downs, and tries to sell his story to the press.
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsCarla Del PoggioMassimo GirottiJacques SernasA psychopath leads students into crime. He is shot by the police after a detective has become involved with his sister.
- DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsFrancesco RuiuGiancarlo De RosaVincenzo CiccoraWhen a woman is killed in a park, the police bring in everyone suspected of being there when the incident occurred and question them. One of them is the killer.
- DirectorMario GariazzoStarsAlberto LupoHélène ChanelLinda ChristianA payroll heist gang member must survive in a coffin and then a morgue.
- DirectorMario LandiStarsGino CerviLila KedrovaRaymond PellegrinMaigret is called in to solve a crime in a night-club, and he has a field day dealing with tough characters, and beautiful bar-flies. The plot is based on Georges Simenon's novel, "Maigret au Picratt's".
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsPietro GermiClaudia CardinaleFranco FabriziA police detective and his team attempt to solve two crimes committed within a day of each other in neighboring apartment rooms.
- DirectorRenato CastellaniStarsAnna MagnaniGiulietta MasinaCristina GaioniA harsh study about the grim realities of life in a female prison environment. The story concerns a young girl sent to prison who experiences the entire prison subculture. The inmates she befriends vary from tough dangerous dames to smaller submissive women who are totally lost in prison life.
- DirectorSergio GriecoStarsRoger BrowneAida PowerUmberto RahoAn ex-con and thief must allude the authorities and the criminal underworld as he attempts to locate a stash of jewelry stolen by the Nazis.
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsRoldano LupiMarina BertiErnesto AlmiranteA man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old civil servant will be crucial.
- DirectorGiorgio FerroniStarsAldo FabriziNada FiorelliDante Maggio
- DirectorCarlo Ludovico BragagliaStarsTotòGianna Maria CanaleCarla CalòMobster Pepé Le Mokò dies during a shootout with the police. His gang decide that his successor will be a relative of his from Naples: Antonio Lumaconi (Totò Le Mokò), a street musician.
- DirectorMario SoldatiStarsDoris DurantiCarlo NinchiAndrea ChecchiReleased from jail, Nanni punches prison guard Stefano who has denounced him. In order to take revenge, Stefano suggests the suspicion that, during his absence, his wife has had business with the Count Paolo. A few days later, at night, a deadly ambush will be prepared. Based on the novel The Trap (1928) by Toscan Delfino Cinelli.
- DirectorPier Luigi FaraldoStarsDoris DurantiMarcello MastroianniFranca MarziMarco returns home after eight years of exile by the war and as a prisoner of war to find his beloved married to an other and his own son alienated enough to prefer the substitute father to Marco, whereupon
- DirectorBaccio BandiniStarsUmberto SpadaroDelia ScalaAndrea BosicA woman has jumped or been pushed from five stories of an apartment house. The detective on the case lives there, and he discovers that the woman's estranged husband does also. She had been extorting money from him and had threatened to kill herself if he didn't pay. The detective's daughter is in love with the husband and tries to provide an alibi for him. But when a genuine alibi is proved, circumstances point to the (innocent) daughter as the killer.
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsMassimo GirottiLucia BosèGino RossiPaola is a young, beautiful woman married to a wealthy entrepreneur. She meets her former lover Guido after seven years, but their relationship is marked by tragic events.
- DirectorAntonio LeonviolaStarsAnna Maria FerreroMichel AuclairMichel SimonThe young Lut Loris is undergoing a trial for killing his girlfriend Maria Luce. According to the reconstruction of the facts, the young man would shoot his mistress making it then end up under the wheels of a tram. On the remains of the woman's body, however, there is no trace of a gunshot wound and, during the trial, the accused, who appears hypnotized, refuses to answer.
- DirectorRaffaello MatarazzoStarsEmilio Ghione Jr.Mariella LottiPaolo StoppaA young girl's brother is unfairly accused of murder .A junkie, he is resigned to his fate .She decides to unmask the real culprit.
- DirectorAlberto LattuadaStarsAnouk AiméeTomas MilianRaymond PellegrinAn English teacher seduces a young student in the company of his wife to help him in an ambitious plan with the kidnapping of a newborn baby of a wealthy businessman.
- DirectorVittorio CottafaviStarsEvi MaltagliatiTomas MilianGino CentaninA widow hires a handsome handyman, but soon regrets doing so.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsBroderick CrawfordRichard BasehartGiulietta MasinaA trio of con-men led by a lonesome swindler must deal with their job and family pressures.
- DirectorSergio RubiniStarsSergio RubiniNastassja KinskiEnnio FantastichiniTommaso hits a blond girl with his car. She suffers from amnesia after the accident and asks for help. Tommaso tries, keeps in touch and falls in love with her. When she finally regains her memory her former life catches up with her.
- DirectorLiliana CavaniStarsJohn MalkovichDougray ScottLena HeadeyA dying family man in need of money is persuaded to assassinate a European crime boss.
- DirectorElio PetriStarsGian Maria VolontèFlorinda BolkanGianni SantuccioA chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
- DirectorJosé Antonio de la LomaMarcello BaldiStarsAmedeo NazzariLidia AlfonsiKatia LoritzMiguel is a truck driver who dreams of owning a service station. To raise money he agrees to sabotage a truck of his boss' rival, which results in the death of its driver. Miguel gets his station but is haunted by what he did to obtain it.
- DirectorJosé Luis Sáenz de HerediaStarsRaf ValloneElena VarziJulio PeñaMartin, a perfume seller coincide with his former classmate and bright, Roberto, who has left her lover planted tonight. Roberto Martin accompanies her home and meets his wife Berta, which falls in love. To get it, he will devise the perfect murder.
- DirectorRiccardo FredaJorge GrauStarsEdmund PurdomGeneviève PageGino CerviAn American police detective's investigation into a series of murders leads him to drug smugglers in North Africa.
- DirectorRaffaello MatarazzoStarsAmedeo NazzariYvonne SansonAldo NicodemiFirst in a series of Matarazzo melodramas: A happily married Naples woman, with two children ,is threatened by the reappearance of a man from her past. Her husband takes a drastic action which results in the family members being separated.
- DirectorGiuseppe De SantisStarsVivi GioiAndrea ChecchiCarla Del PoggioImmediately after the war, bandits attack a truck that is transporting newlyweds Michele and Giovanna and the accountant of an agricultural cooperative charged with bringing four million lire into office.
- DirectorLuigi ZampaStarsAmedeo NazzariSilvana PampaniniPaolo StoppaTurn-of-the-century Naples. Salvatore Ruotolo and his wife are murdered and their bodies are found in different locations. Since the evidence points to a crime by the Neapolitan crime organization, the Camorra, fear and corruption cause serious hindrances to the investigation by police authorities. In charge is a young and courageous judge who, using evidence discovered by chance, tries to reconstruct the story of the double murder. The plot that the judge must unravel is very complicated. Many people are questioned, even those apparently above suspicion. Deciding to get to the bottom of the matter, the judge keeps all the suspects under arrest, causing a backlash of public opinion. But in the face of passive resistance which he finds everywhere, even from his own colleagues and family, he begins to feel discouraged and is about to give up the investigation when a new piece of evidence comes to light. The information causes the death of an innocent man, but it revives in the judge the conscience of his own responsibility. He carries on with the case regardless, even if it means placing under house arrest the entire city.
- DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsRosanna SchiaffinoJosé SuárezNino VingelliVito Polara is a young ambitious man from the slums of Naples, who wants to get as much power and money as possible. He decides to quit smuggling cigarettes and tries to take over the local fruit and vegetable distribution, which is considered more profitable. After challenging the rural crime boss of the local Camorra, Vito becomes part of his gang and soon his life changes. He moves to a new luxurious seaside apartment and plans to start a family with the beautiful Assunta. At their wedding party, however, and later on, he's about to see who the real boss is.
- DirectorGuido BrignoneStarsLianella CarellCesare DanovaCharles RutherfordA man is accused of participating in a kidnapping gone wrong. As the trial proceeds his young son falls ill, and his wife becomes the lover of her boss to save him. But she still loves her husband and she'll help his lawyer to get him free
- DirectorLuigi ComenciniStarsEleonora Rossi DragoMarc LawrenceEttore ManniA police officer meets a girl who is near to falling into the net of shady individuals. To prevent this, he invites her into the police station and tells her a story.
- DirectorMaurizio LucidiStarsTomas MilianPierre ClémentiKatia ChristineSeeking an escape from his unhappy marriage, a disillusioned advertising executive is lured by a sociopathic Count into a bizarre plot to kill each other's relatives.
- DirectorFrancesco MaselliStarsGian Maria VolontèRenato SalvatoriFelice AndreasiFascism has forced the leadership of the Italian Communist Party to settle in Paris. In Italy arrests of militants are decimating the organization, so Emilio is sent on a mission in the area of Turin, to put out of harm whistle-blowers.
- DirectorElio PetriStarsMarcello MastroianniMicheline PresleCristina GaioniAlfredo Martelli is picked up by the police at his apartment without justification. In the precinct, he slowly discovers what the investigation is about as we discover details about his life.
- DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsAlberto SordiBelinda LeeRenato SalvatoriMario is in Hannover to work as a miner but after loosing his job he decides to go back to Italy. When Totonno steals his passport to avoid the police and later on he offers him a new job as "magliaro" (cloth seller), Mario changes his mind and decides to follow Totonno to Hamburg. In Hamburg, Totonno and his friends have to sell Mayer's cloth but they meet with the hostility of a Polish gang and Mario falls in love with Paula Mayer.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStenoStarsGina LollobrigidaMay BrittPierre CressoyAn industrialist has his wife tailed because he secretly hopes she is betraying him so that he can ask for a divorce and marry the model he's fallen in love with. This leads to a series of thefts, blackmail and a suicide as well.
- DirectorGiorgio PastinaStarsBarbara FlorianGianni MusyCarla CalòA man embezzles some money in order to pay his debts and the daughter of his boss, who is in love with his son, asks a rich former suitor of hers for help. When the rich man is found murdered the girl is accused of the crime. Will she be able to clear her name?
- DirectorGiuseppe GuarinoStarsFolco LulliCarlo GiustiniMirella UbertiTwo business associates are in love with the same woman. One of them wrongly accuses the other of being a drug pusher and wins the girl's love. He is then murdered and his former friend, just out of the jail, is the main suspect. Will he be able to prove his innocence?
- DirectorRiccardo FredaStarsAmedeo NazzariGianna Maria CanaleArmando FrancioliPietro, an honest businessman, is wrongly accused of the murder of his business associate and jailed. Actually the man is alive and has set him up to avoid bankruptcy. Pietro's life is shattered of course and when after many years he is released from prison, he seeks revenge.
- DirectorCarmine GalloneStarsMassimo GirottiAmedeo NazzariVivi GioiTommaso Rossi, a young Italian goes to America to visit his elder brother Amedeo who has a business in the construction industry. He is discovered as a talented boxer after getting into a fight with a champion in a restaurant and flooring him. However his elder brother's business is wrecked and he is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Forced to fight in order to raise enough money to bail his brother, Tommaso is then told by a dying Amedeo to return to Italy as the American dream holds nothing for Italian American immigrants.
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsMassimo GirottiCharles VanelJone SalinasA young, by-the-book judge is appointed to a Sicilian village controlled by corrupt leaders and the Mafia.
- DirectorMario CameriniStarsAmedeo NazzariSilvana ManganoUmberto SpadaroBeppe Musolino is falsely accused of murder. He is tried, found guilty, and imprisoned. Unexpectedly he escapes from prison and to survive he starts living like an outlaw brigand. He falls in love with village girl Mara, who helps him hunt down all of the witnesses who lied about him at the trial.
- DirectorLuigi CapuanoStarsConstance DowlingAndrea ChecchiAldo SilvaniAn American journalist, Barbara, goes to Italy to interview Roi, the country's most notorious outlaw when she imagines to be some kind of modern-day Robin Hood. Through local contacts and friends, she arranges a meeting and finds that her "robin-hood'" is just a hood, hoodlum and ruthless criminal. The police are about to capture him but he uses her as an hostage to make his escape but they are marooned for a night in a country farm house. It becomes a harrowing night for her and the poor farmers.
- DirectorOttorino Franco BertoliniVíctor MerendaStarsHenri VidalDawn AddamsLino VenturaYou'll live this world like a balloon which a child releases.
- DirectorRay EnrightEdoardo AntonStarsGeorge RaftGianna Maria CanaleMassimo SeratoAn American tourist, who served in Algeria during WW2, is mistaken for an American agent hired by the French government to recover its gold reserves that went missing in the Algerian desert during the war.
- DirectorLeonardo De MitriFrancesco De RobertisStarsAngelo MaggioUmberto SpadaroIsa PolaAn orphaned mulatto boy witnesses a murder and becomes lost in the big city of Rome. A sequel of sorts to the film, Angelo.
- DirectorGianni BongioanniStarsChristian DoermerWerner PetersBarbara SteeleGerhard is a young technical in Düsseldorf who works in a factory of security devices for banks. In agreement with Nicola, Mario and Hans, they prepare and carry out a robbery which, however, will have consequences for all of them.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsCarroll BakerJean-Louis TrintignantErika BlancA bored, married Parisian socialite is pulled into a web of lust and deception after he seemingly rescues a woman from her abusive boyfriend.
- DirectorCarlo LizzaniStarsGérard BlainAnna Maria FerreroBernard BlierAlvaro Cosenza, also known as the Hunchback from Quarticciolo (Il Gobbo del Quarticciolo), during Rome's occupation by Nazis in 1943, decides to revolt. He starts his career of rebel like a partisan against the German occupants, fighting for freedom. The war goes on, and after the Nazis the Allied enter Roma as liberators. Now the Hunchback, like all the Rome's inhabitants, is finally a free man. But he doesn't leave the renegade life style as expected. In fact the Hunchback becomes one of the most well known bandits of the city, representing a problem for the new "occupants": the Allied.
- DirectorCarmine GalloneStarsGiovanna RalliJacques CharrierDante DiPaoloCarmen, wife of a certain Vincenzo detained for theft, chooses Antonio as a friend. When the husband is released from prison, he accepts the relationship in progress and continues to use the woman in his shady businesses.