Page for March 20 - 26, 2010.

(Banner by Chris Casey)

The purpose of this page is to find others with a shared interest in these kinds of movies, and to keep me from getting that "No new messages" response when I check my email. So, please drop me a line with comments or questions about
Italian and Spanish action movies,
or Martial Arts fight flicks.
William Connolly

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Contents: Trivia Game (below),
Recent Viewings (below),
Unanswered Questions and Requests,
Stuff For Sale or Trade,
Stuff I'm Looking For,
Some of my favorite films,
and Links.

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Check out The Spaghetti Cinema blog.

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Click here for Leona Naess "He's Gone".

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Brain Teasers:

In which movie does Jackie Chan swallow a hot coal?
TO KILL WITH INTRIGUE.

In Hong Kong cinema history, who were "The Three Brothers"?
Henrique Jose Ferreira do Amaral answered the three Hui brothers: Michael, Sam and Ricky. Perhaps I should have asked, "Who are the three Kung Fu brothers" - and I don't mean the Liu brothers or any members of the Yuen family.

In which movie did Jackie Chan suffer a fall which required brain surgery?
Brian Crist and Henrique Jose Ferreira do Amaral knew that it was ARMOUR OF GOD, aka OPERATION CONDOR 2.

To whom was Laura Gemser married when she made the Black Emanuelle movies?
Brian Crist and Henrique Jose Ferreira do Amaral knew that it was Gabriele Tinti.

Which German born actress made two Black Emanuelle movies, two Italian Westerns and one movie with Richard Burton?
Brian Crist and Henrique Jose Ferreira do Amaral knew that it was Karin Schubert.

What two Westerns did Claudia Cardinale's husband direct?
Brian Crist and Henrique Jose Ferreira do Amaral knew that it was DJANGO SFIDA SARTANA and VENGEANCE IS A DISH SERVED COLD, aka VENGEANCE TRAIL.

On what two films did Jackie Chan and John Woo collaborate?
Henrique Jose Ferreira do Amaral came up with three. The two of which I was thinking: HAND OF DEATH and TWIN DRAGONS. Jackie and John also worked on FIST TO FIST, on which John was an assistant director.

And now for some new brain teasers
Which American actor who played Maciste appeared on the screen with Elizabeth Taylor?
Which American actor who played Maciste appeared in an episode of the original Star Trek TV series?
Which American actor who played Maciste appeared in an episode of I Spy?
Which veteran female Kung Fu movie star won a BAFTA for co-producing an artistic drama in 1993?

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Name the movies from which these images come.

Domenico Cutillo and Rick Garibaldi identified last week's frame grab from QUELLA SPORCA STORIA NEL WEST, aka THAT DIRTY STORY OF THE WEST, aka JOHNNY HAMLET.
Above is a new photo. Can you name from what movie it came?

No one has identified the above photo.
It shows Giuliano Gemma in MESSALINA (1960).

Above is a new photo.
Can you name from what movie it came?

Issue #77 of SPAGHETTI CINEMA is now available.
In it, Mike Eustace continues his essay on Sword and Sandal flicks, "Nights of Pleasure... Days of Strife", with a look at "The Monsters of Hercules".
James Chaney concludes his translation of the interviews conducted by Franca Faldini and Goffredo Fofi with Italian Western directors Sergio Leone, Sergio Corbucci, Duccio Tessari and many others.
Finally, Mickey Hargitay is memorialized in two articles. First is an interview by Gerard Dessere conducted in 2002. And then there is a brief biography with filmography.