Page for February 4 - 10, 2012.

(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 the Italian language trailer for VIVA LA MUERTE...TUA! with a nice shot of Marilu Tolo. The question is: "why did they use the music from THE STRANGER RETURNS, aka A MAN A HORSE A GUN?"

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Brain Teasers:

Which Sword and Sandal flick reuses footage from MOLEMEN AGAINST THE SON OF HERCULES?
No one has answered this question yet.

The poster for which Japanese martial arts movie is on the wall of the kitchen on the NBC show Chuck?
No one has identified the poster I saw.

In which Italian Western does Anthony Steffen's character get renamed Shennadoah in English from Texas Joe in Italian?
Brian Crist knew that it was UNA BARA PER LO SCIERIFFO, aka A COFFIN FOR A SHERIFF.

In which Spanish/Italian Western does the villain get our hero's father tied to a tree and then ordered each of his men to shoot the man once?
No one has answered this question yet.

Can you name the two movies that Chelo Alonso did with Steve Reeves?
Brian Crist and John Black knew that IL TERRORE DEI BARBARI, aka GOLIATH AND THE BARBARIANS was one and that two was MORGAN THE PIRATE.
John Black knew that the second one was MORGAN THE PIRATE.

In which Japanese Samurai movie is Tetsuro Tamba sliced in half?
No one has answered this question yet.

And now for some new brain teasers:

Which Italian screenwriting duo, who worked on an Italian Western, collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on a screenplay that was never produced?
Why does Eli Wallach wear an eye-patch in THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY?
What is the name on the grave in Sad Hill Cemetery?
What one-eyed character did Shinichi Chiba play both on TV and in the Cinema?

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Name the movies from which these images come.

No one has identified the above photo yet.
Can you name from what movie it came?

Charles Gilbert and Philippe Rege identified last week's picture of Gordon Scott and Mimmo Palmara in GOLIATH E LA SCHIAVA RIBELLE, aka GOLIATH AND THE REBEL SLAVE GIRL, aka ARROW OF THE AVENGER, aka TYRANT OF LYDIA AGAINST THE SON OF HERCULES.
Above is a new photo. Can you name from what movie it came?

Philippe Rege identified last week's photo from FIVE BRANDED WOMEN.
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.