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Giustizia è fatta DVD (1950)
Also known as: Justice est faite DVD (original title)

Country: France

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama

Director: André Cayatte

Cast: Michel Auclair, Antoine Balpêtré, Raymond Bussières, Jacques Castelot, Jean Debucourt, Jean-Pierre Grenier, Claude Nollier, Marcel Pérès, Noël Roquevert, Valentine Tessier, Jean d'Yd, Agnès Delahaie, Cécile Didier, Juliette Faber, Anouk Ferjac

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Know as "Justice Is Done" in 1953 when it was first shown in the USA, it opens with a short briefing in English on the French jury system and then reverts to French with English subtitles. The Marshal summons the jury and an insight is given into the background of the seven jurors who are to decide on the guilt of the accused, a sick man's mistress on trail for his mercy killing. The trial appears to be not presented to prove her innocence or guilt, but rather to let the court (film) philosophize on the moral acceptability of euthanasia.

Giustizia senza processo DVD (1951)
Also known as: Sérénade au bourreau DVD (original title)

Country: France

Spoken Languages: French

Genre(s): Crime

Director: Jean Stelli

Cast: Paul Meurisse, Tilda Thamar, Gérard Landry, Véra Norman, Julien Bertheau, Antonin Berval, Solange Varennes, Jean Pignol, Alfred Arlais, Jacques Bougheriou, Henri Cote, Lisa Dorel, Claire Genet, Lucien Hector, Marcel Melrac

Medium: DVD R/RW

Il giustiziere dei tropici DVD (1953)
Also known as: Tropic Zone DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Crime, Romance

Director: Lewis R. Foster

Cast: Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Noah Beery Jr., John Wengraf, Argentina Brunetti, Estelita Rodriguez, Grant Withers, Maurice Jara

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Soldier-of-fortune Dan McCloud is hired by a crooked exporter to disrupt the banana-plantation activities of the beautiful Flanders White, on the island of Puerto Barrancas. But McCloud falls in love with her and this leads to may complications for all concerned, especially McCloud's employer, who does not think he is getting what he paid for.

Give us tomorrow DVD (1978)
Country: UK

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Crime

Director(s): Donovan Winter

Cast: Sylvia Syms (as Wendy Hammond), Derren Nesbitt (as Ron), James Kerry (as Martin Hammond), Donna Evans (as Nicola Hammond), Alan Guy (as The Boy), Matthew Haslett (as Jamie Hammond), Richard Shaw (as 1st Bank Robber), Mark Elwes (as Tom - Assistant Manager), Derek Ware (as 2nd Bank Robber), Gene Foad (as Peter - Bank Clerk), Victor Brooks (as Superintendent Ogilvie), Derek Anders (as Police Inspector), Ken Barker (as Police Sergeant Wilson), Christopher Holroyd (as PC McLaren), Carol Shaw (as Girl Driver), Lolly Cockerell (as Reporter), William Parker (as Reporter), Gil Sutherland (as Reporter)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Storyline: Masked intruders take the family of a bank manager hostage in order to rob his bank.

Glen or Glenda DVD (1953)
Country: USA

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama

Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.

Cast: Bela Lugosi, Lyle Talbot, Edward D. Wood Jr., Timothy Farrell, Dolores Fuller, 'Tommy' Haynes, Charles Crafts, Conrad Brooks

Medium: DVD R/RW

Subtitles: Italian


Plot: "Glen or Glenda" tells two stories. One is about Glen, who secretly dresses as a woman but is afraid to tell his fiancée, Barbara. The other is about Alan, a pseudohermaphrodite who undergoes a painful operation to become a woman. Both stories are told by Dr. Alton, who also delivers an earnest lecture on tolerance and understanding. There is a second narrator, called the Scientist, whose commentary on the action contains more philosophical pronouncements than facts...

La gloria del mattino DVD (1933)
Also known as:Morning Glory DVD (origianl title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Director: Lowell Sherman

Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Adolphe Menjou, C. Aubrey Smith, Mary Duncan, Don Alvarado, Fred Santley, Richard Carle, Tyler Brooke, Geneva Mitchell, Helen Ware

Medium: DVD R/RW

Subtitles: Italian


Plot: Eva Lovelace, would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage, is a wildly optimistic chatterbox full of theatrical mannerisms. Her looks, more than her talent, attract the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an earnest playwright. Is she destined for stardom or the "casting couch"? Will she fade after the brief blooming of a "morning glory"?

La gloriosa avventura DVD (1939)
Also known as: The Real Glory DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): War, History, Drama

Director: Henry Hathaway

Cast: Gary Cooper, David Niven, Reginald Owen, Broderick Crawford, Kay Johnson, Andrea Leeds, Russell Hicks, Vladimir Sokoloff, Benny Inocencio, Charles Waldron, Rudy Robles, Tetsu Komai, Roy Gordon, Henry Kolker

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: In 1906 the American army pulls out of Mindanao leaving a handful of officers to try and get the Philippines Constabulary into shape to protect the native population from ruthless invaders. By reputation and by their exploits the fearless zealots initially strike terror into the local militia but the doctor on the post starts to finds ways to combat this.

Glory boy DVD (1971)
Also known as: My Old Man's Place DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, War

Director: Edwin Sherin

Cast: Arthur Kennedy, Mitch Ryan, William Devane, Michael Moriarty, Topo Swope, Lloyd Gough, Ford Rainey, Peter Donat, Sandra Vacey, Paula Kauffman, Eve Marchand, Bud Walls, Harvey Brumfield

Medium: DVD R/RW

G-Men della quinta strada DVD (1958)
Also known as: Stakeout on Dope Street DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Crime

Director: Irvin Kershner

Cast: Steven Marlo, Yale Wexler, Jonathan Haze, Abby Dalton, Allen Kramer, Herman Rudin, Philip Mansour, Frank Harding, William Shaw, Andrew J. Fenady, Slate Harlow, Herschel Bernardi, Carol Nelson, Edward Schaaf, Matt Resnick

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Three teenagers find a briefcase with a beat-up old can in it. They throw away the can and pawn the suitcase. When they read in the papers that the can was full of uncut heroin and belonged to a drug dealer who killed two narcotics agents in a shootout, they go back to look for the can, find it, and decide to go into the heroin selling business. However, the drug dealer's gang also wants the heroin, finds out the boys have it, and sets out to hunt them down and get back their dope.

G-Men: evaso 50574 DVD (1955)
Also known as: I Cover the Underworld DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Crime

Director: R.G. Springsteen

Cast: Lee Van Cleef, James Griffith, Roy Roberts, Willis Bouchey, Sean McClory, Joanne Jordan, Ray Middleton, Jaclynne Greene, Hugh Sanders, Peter Mamakos, Robert Crosson, Frank Gerstle, Philip Van Zandt

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: John O'Hara, a divinity priest student endeavors to help the police, rolling up a gang of criminals. John poses as his twin brother Gunner O'Hara a gangster, who is in prison. John is finally accepted by the gang and he succeeds improving the efficiency of this gang by cooperating closely with other criminal gangs. John coerces them these gangs, keeping careful records of their various criminal activities. Problems for John and the police arise when Gunner O'Hara escapes from prison.

Il gobbo DVD (1960)
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama

Director: Carlo Lizzani

Cast: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Gérard Blain, Anna Maria Ferrero, Bernard Blier, Ivo Garrani, Teresa Pellati, Nino Castelnuovo, Liuba Bodina, Enzo Cerusico, Franco Balducci, Roy Ciccolini, Ljubica Otasevic, Angela Luce, Piero Bugli, Lars Bloch

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Alvaro 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.

Godot DVD (1957)
Also known as: Quand la femme s'en mêle DVD (original title)

Country: France

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Crime

Director: Yves Allégret

Cast: Pierre Mondy, Alain Delon, Edwige Feuillère, Jean Servais, Bernard Blier, Sophie Daumier, Pascale Roberts, Jean Debucourt, Jean Lefebvre, Madeleine Barbulée, Henri Cogan, Bruno Cremer, Annie Darnis, Jess Hahn, Michel Jourdan

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Henri Godot, the owner of a night-club in Paris. He calls to the young hitman, Jo to kill his rival Boby, who intrigues with his lover, Maine.

Golgota DVD (1935)
Also known as: Golgotha DVD (original title)

Country: France

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Adventure

Director: Julien Duvivier

Cast: Jean Gabin, Charles Granval, Harry Baur, Robert Le Vigan, André Bacqué, Hubert Prélier, Lucas Gridoux, Edmond Van Daële, Edwige Feuillère, Juliette Verneuil, Marcel Chabrier, Georges Saillard, Marcel Carpentier, Victor Vina, François Viguier

Medium: DVD R/RW

Gonne strette... tacchi a spillo DVD (1958)
Also known as: Grabenplatz 17 DVD (original title)

Country: West Germany

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Crime

Director: Erich Engels

Cast: Wolfgang Preiss, Gert Fröbe, Kai Fischer, Wolfgang Wahl, Carl Lange, Elke Aberle, Werner Peters, Renate Küster, Kurt Waitzmann, Stefan Haar, Maria Sebaldt, Ingrid van Bergen, Charles Regnier, Robert Meyn, Ernst Reinhold

Medium: DVD R/RW

Goodbye Mr. Chips DVD (1969)
Also known as: Goodbye Mr. Chips DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Musical

Director: Herbert Ross

Cast: Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave, Siân Phillips, George Baker, Elspet Gray, Alison Leggatt, Michael Bryant, Jenny Runacre, Michael Audreson, Leo Britt, Barbara Couper, Michael Culver, Clinton Greyn, John Gugolka

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Arthur Chipping is an academic teaching at Brookfield Boys School outside of London in the 1920's. Although he does what he considers best for his students, they don't much like him, nicknaming him "Ditchy", short for "dull as ditch water". His life changes when he meets Katherine Bridges, a music hall actress and a woman with a questionable past. She affectionately calls him Mr. Chips...

Il gorilla vi saluta cordialmente DVD (1958)
Also known as: Le gorille vous salue bien DVD (original title)

Country: France

Spoken Languages: French

Genre(s): Action, Drama

Director: Bernard Borderie

Cast: Lino Ventura, Charles Vanel, Pierre Dux, Bella Darvi, René Lefèvre, Robert Manuel, André Valmy, Henri Crémieux, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Jean-Max, Jean-Marie Rivière, Yves Barsacq, François Darbon, René Bergeron, Maurice Chevit

Medium: DVD R/RW

Gotò l'isola dell'amore DVD (1969)
Also known as: Goto l'île d'amour DVD (original title)

Country: France

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama

Director: Walerian Borowczyk

Cast: Pierre Brasseur, Ligia Branice, Jean-Pierre Andréani, Ginette Leclerc, Fernand Bercher, Michel Charrel, Pierre Collet, Raoul Darblay, Rudy Lenoir, Maritin, Colette Régis, Michel Thomass, Ari Arcadi, Guy Bonnafoux, Canari

Medium: DVD R/RW

Gradiva DVD (1970)
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama

Director: Giorgio Albertazzi

Cast: Laura Antonelli, Peter Chatel, Giorgio Albertazzi, Joseph Wheeler, Marilù Tolo, Ugo Cardea, Giuliano Esperanti, Penny Brown, Bianca Toccafondi, Roy Bosier, Cristina Davanzo, Gisela Hahn, Carla Cassola

Medium: DVD R/RW

Gran Casinò DVD (1947)
Also known as: Gran Casino DVD (original title)

Country: Mexico

Spoken Languages: Spanish

Genre(s): Drama, Musical

Director: Luis Buñuel

Cast: Jorge Negrete, Libertad Lamarque, Meche Barba, Agustín Isunza, Julio Villarreal, José Baviera, Alfonso Bedoya, Francisco Jambrina, Fernande Albany, Charles Rooner, Bertha Lehar, Trío Calaveras

Medium: DVD R/RW

Subtitles: Italian


Plot: After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers...

Il gran Gabbo DVD (1929)
Also known as: The Great Gabbo DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Musical

Director: James Cruze

Cast: Erich von Stroheim, Betty Compson, Donald Douglas, Marjorie Kane, John F. Hamilton, Harry Ross

Medium: DVD R/RW

Subtitles: Italian


Plot: For the ventriloquist Gabbo his wooden dummy Otto is the only means of expression. When he starts relying more and more on Otto, he starts going mad.

Gran Premio DVD (1944)
Also known as: National Velvet DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian, English

Genre(s): Drama, Family, Sport

Director: Clarence Brown

Cast: Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor, Angela Lansbury, Reginald Owen, Norma Varden, Anne Revere, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins, Juanita Quigley, Arthur Treacher, Terry Kilburn, Arthur Shields, Aubrey Mather, Alec Craig, Eugene Loring

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Mi Taylor was a young wanderer and opportunist whose father had given him "all the roads in the Kingdom" to travel. One of the roads, and a notation in his father's journal, leads him to the quiet English country-side home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse for the Grand National - England's greatest racing event.

La gran vita DVD (1960)
Also known as: La grande vie DVD (original title)

Country: France

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama

Director: Julien Duvivier

Cast: Giulietta Masina, Gert Fröbe, Gustav Knuth, Agnes Fink, Alfred Balthoff, Axel Monjé, Ralf Wolter, Harry Meyen, Christiane König, Robert Dietl, Christiane Maybach, Friedrich Schoenfelder, Ingrid van Bergen, Wolfgang Borchert, Hilde Volk

Medium: DVD R/RW

La grana DVD (1959)
Also known as: Le fric DVD (original title)

Country: France

Spoken Languages: French

Genre(s): Drama

Director: Maurice Cloche

Cast: Jean-Claude Pascal, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Raymond Rouleau, Pascale Roberts, Henri-Jacques Huet, Ivo Garrani, Carlo Tamberlani, Tania Florey, Tania Miller, Louis Arbessier, Georges Lycan, René Regis, Roger Hanin

Medium: DVD R/RW

Grand Hotel DVD (1932)
Also known as: Grand Hotel DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Director: Edmund Goulding

Cast: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Jean Hersholt, Lewis Stone, Robert McWade, Purnell Pratt, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Rafaela Ottiano, Morgan Wallace, Tully Marshall, Frank Conroy, Murray Kinnell

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Berlin's plushest, most expensive hotel is the setting where in the words of Dr. Otternschlag "People come, people go. Nothing ever happens.". The doctor is usually drunk so he missed the fact that Baron von Geigern is broke and trying to steal eccentric dancer Grusinskaya's pearls. He ends up stealing her heart instead. Powerful German businessman Preysing brow beats Kringelein, one of his company's lowly bookkeepers but it is the terminally ill Kringelein who holds all the cards in the end. Meanwhile, the Baron also steals the heart of Preysing's mistress, Flaemmchen, but she doesn't end up with either one of them in the end...

Grand Hotel DVD (1959)
Also known as: Menschen im Hotel DVD (original title)

Country: West Germany

Spoken Languages: German

Genre(s): Drama

Director: Gottfried Reinhardt

Cast: Michèle Morgan, Gert Fröbe, O.W. Fischer, Heinz Rühmann, Sonja Ziemann, Dorothea Wieck, Wolfgang Wahl, Jean-Jacques Delbo, Friedrich Schoenfelder, Siegfried Schürenberg, Hans W. Hamacher, Silvia Reinhardt, Albert Bessler, Eva Ebner, Reinhold Pasch

Medium: DVD R/RW

Grand Hotel des palmes DVD (1977)
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama

Director: Memè Perlini

Cast: Antonello Aglioti, Bettina Best, Giuliana Calandra, Enzo Robutti

Medium: DVD R/RW

Grand Prix DVD (1966)
Also known as: Grand Prix DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Sport

Director: John Frankenheimer

Cast: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Toshirô Mifune, Jessica Walter, Adolfo Celi, Geneviève Page, Brian Bedford, Antonio Sabato, Françoise Hardy, Claude Dauphin, Enzo Fiermonte, Jack Watson, Donald O'Brien, Jean Michaud

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: American Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his Jordan-BRM racing team after a crash at Monaco that injures his British teammate, Scott Stoddard. While Stoddard struggles to recover, Aron begins to drive for the Japanese Yamura team, and becomes romantically involved with Stoddard's estranged wife.

La grande abbuffata DVD (1973)
Also known as: La grande bouffe DVD (original title)

Country: Italy/France

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Director: Marco Ferreri

Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi, Andréa Ferréol, Solange Blondeau, Florence Giorgetti, Michèle Alexandre, Monique Chaumette, Henri Piccoli, Maurice Dorléac, Simon Tchao, Louis Navarre, Bernard Menez, Cordelia Piccoli

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Four successful middle-aged men Marcello, a pilot; Michel, a television executive; Ugo, a chef; and, Philippe, a judge go to Philippe's villa to eat themselves to death. After the first night, Marcello insists that women should join them. Three prostitutes make it through a day or two; Andrea, a local school teacher, stays to the end. The villa, the food, and a Bugati roadster are essential props.

Il grande addio DVD (1954)
Country:Italy

Spoken languages:Italian

Genres:Drama

Director(s):Renato Polselli

Cast:
Dante Maggio, Luisa Rossi, Angelo DeMatteis, Ludmilla Dudarova, John Kitzmiller, Angelo Maggio, Jacques Sernas

Medium: DVD R/RW

Il grande ammiraglio DVD (1941)
Also known as: That Hamilton Woman DVD (original title)

Country: UK

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, War, Romance, History

Director: Alexander Korda

Cast: Vivien Leigh (as Emma Lady Hamilton), Laurence Olivier (as Lord Horatio Nelson), Alan Mowbray (as Sir William Hamilton), Sara Allgood (as Mrs. Cadogan-Lyon), Gladys Cooper (as Lady Frances Nelson), Henry Wilcoxon (as Captain Hardy), Heather Angel (as A Streetgirl), Halliwell Hobbes (as Rev. Nelson), Gilbert Emery (as Lord Spencer), Miles Mander (as Lord Keith), Ronald Sinclair (as Josiah), Luis Alberni (as King of Naples), Norma Drury Boleslavsky (as Queen of Naples), Olaf Hytten (as Gavin), Juliette Compton (as Lady Spencer)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Sir William Hamilton, a widower of mature years, is British ambassador to the Court of Naples. Emma who comes for a visit with her mother wouldn't cut the grade with London society but she gets along well with the Queen of Naples. Emma likes being Lady Hamilton and life goes smoothly until Lord Nelson pays a visit. Sir William decides at first to let his young wife have her fling and pretends not to know what is going on...

Il grande amore DVD (1939)
Also known as: The Old Maid DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama

Director: Edmund Goulding

Cast: Bette Davis (as Charlotte Lovell), Miriam Hopkins (as Delia Lovell), George Brent (as Clem Spender), Donald Crisp (as Dr. Lanskell), Jane Bryan (as Tina), Louise Fazenda (as Dora), James Stephenson (as Jim Ralston), Jerome Cowan (as Joe Ralston), William Lundigan (as Lanning Halsey), Cecilia Loftus (as Grandmother Lovell), Rand Brooks (as Jim), Janet Shaw (as Dee), William Hopper (as John)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Delia marries Jim, not Joe After Delia breaks her engagement to Clem and marries Jim, Clem promises to marry Delia's cousin Charlotte, but he dies at the battle of Vicksburg leaving Charlotte an unwed mother. She and her daughter Tina, presumably an orphan, move in with Delia who legally adopts the girl. Charlotte watches her daughter grow up and get married, never able to claim her as her own...

Un grande amore DVD (1942)
Also known as: Die große Liebe DVD (original title)

Country: Germany

Spoken Languages: German

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Director: Rolf Hansen

Cast: Zarah Leander (as Hanna Holberg), Grethe Weiser (as Kaethe), Viktor Staal (as Hanna's housekeeper), Paul Hörbiger (as Paul Wendlandt), Wolfgang Preiss (as Rudnitzky), Hans Schwarz Jr. (as Von Etzdorf), Victor Janson (as Alfred), Leopold von Ledebur (as Mocelli), Julia Serda (as Herr Westphal), Paul Bildt (as Frau Westphal), Erich Dunskus (as Unfreundlicher oberkellner), Wilhelm Althaus (as Mann), Olga Engl (as der den Staffelhund mitbringt), Karl Etlinger (as Fliegeroffizier Hauptmann Becker), Ilse Fürstenberg (as Alte dame im mietshaus)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Un grande amore da 50 dollari DVD (1973)
Also known as: Cinderella Liberty DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Director: Mark Rydell

Cast: James Caan (as John Baggs Jr.), Marsha Mason (as Maggie Paul), Kirk Calloway (as Doug), Eli Wallach (as Lynn Forshay), Burt Young (as Master at Arms), Bruno Kirby (as Alcott), Allyn Ann McLerie (as Miss Watkins), Dabney Coleman (as Executive Officer), Fred Sadoff (as Dr. Osgood), Allan Arbus (as Drunken Sailor), Jon Korkes (as Dental Corpsman), Don Calfa (as Lewis), Ted D'Arms (as Cook), Sally Kirkland (as Fleet Chick), Diane Schenker (as Nurse)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost.

La grande arena DVD (1963)
Also known as: Chantaje a un torero DVD (original title)

Country: Spain

Spoken Languages: Spanish

Genre(s): Drama, Crime

Director: Rafael Gil

Cast: Manuel Benítez 'El Cordobés' (as Juan Medina), Alberto de Mendoza (as Vergara 'El Americano'), Manolo Morán (as Don Fulgencio), María Andersen (as apoderado de Juan), Elena Duque (as Wilma), Luis Dávila (as turista alemana), Venancio Muro (as Marta), Carlos Mendy (as novia de Juan), José Mata (as Don Andrés), José María Seoane (as el sacerdote), Manuel Alexandre (as El Tinta), Luis Induni, Antonio Casas, José María Caffarel, Juan Cortés

Medium: DVD R/RW

La grande attrazione DVD (1962)
Also known as: The Main Attraction DVD (original title)

Country: UK

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama

Director: Daniel Petrie

Cast: Pat Boone (as Eddie), Nancy Kwan (as Tessa), Mai Zetterling (as Gina), Yvonne Mitchell (as Elenora Moreno), Kieron Moore (as Ricco Moreno), John Le Mesurier (as Bozo)

Medium: DVD R/RW

La grande avventura DVD (1975)
Also known as: The Adventures of the Wilderness Family DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Adventure, Family

Director: Stewart Raffill

Cast: Robert Logan (as Skip), Susan Damante (as Pat), Hollye Holmes (as Jenny), Ham Larsen (as Toby), George 'Buck' Flower (as Boomer), William Cornford (as Pilot), John F. Goff (as Doctor #1), Herbert F. Nelson (as Doctor #2)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: City dweller Skip leaves his urban life behind indefinitely to seek fresh air for his daughter's health. His wife grudgingly sacrifices domestic comforts, while their darling boy Toby and his dog Boomer have the time of their lives roaming in the wild. Meeting wildlife however has its pros and cons, especially as not all bears are nearly as tame as a local glutton and a pair of cubs in need of adoption.

La grande avventura continua DVD (1978)
Also known as: The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Adventure, Family

Director: Frank Zuniga

Cast: Robert Logan (as Skip Robinson), Susan Damante (as Pat Robinson), Heather Rattray (as Jenny Robinson), Ham Larsen (as Toby Robinson), George 'Buck' Flower (as Boomer), Brian Cutler (as Doctor), Kurt Grayson (as Pilot)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Il grande avventuriero DVD (1950)
Also known as: Black Jack DVD (original title)

Country: Spain

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama

Director: Julien Duvivier

Cast: George Sanders (as Mike Alexander), Herbert Marshall (as Dr. James Curtis), Patricia Roc (as Ingrid Dekker), Agnes Moorehead (as Mrs.Emily Birk), Marcel Dalio (as Captain Nikarescu ), Dennis Wyndham (as as Dalio), Howard Vernon (as Fernando Barrio), José Nieto (as Schooner Captain), José Jaspe (as Inspector Carnero), Rafael Bardem (as José), María Teresa Campos (as Diego), Manolo Caracol, Lola Flores, José María Lado (as Singer)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Bold and attractive, Mike Alexander is an American who smuggles drugs across the Spanish Mediterranean. Ingrid Dekker is in love with him while the double-crossing Emily Birk tries to exploit him, which is also the case of Nikarescu, a shady trafficker. Meanwhile, lurking behind the scenes, is inspector Carnero, waiting patiently until he gets Mike...

Il grande bluff DVD (1957)
Also known as: Le grand bluff DVD (original title)

Country: France

Spoken Languages: French

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Director: Patrice Dally

Cast: Eddie Constantine (as Eddie F. Morgan), Dominique Wilms (as Dominique Arden), Mireille Granelli (as Françoise de Beaulieu), Bernard Dhéran (as Serge Colonna), Jacqueline Noëlle, Mauricet (as Le directeur de l'hôtel), Robert Lombard (as Le réceptionniste), Jean-Pierre Marielle (as Me Philippe Norbert ), Christian Méry (as as J.P. Marielle), Henri Cogan (as L'agent immobilier), Robert Rollis (as Un joueur), René Clermont (as Un journaliste ), Aram Stephan (as as Robert Rollys), Yvonne Hébert (as Un inventeur), Corinne Cazal

Medium: DVD R/RW

La grande caccia DVD (1957)
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Adventure

Director: Arnold Belgard

Cast: Marshall Thompson (as Marsh Connors), Gaby André (as Dr. Marie Avedon), Kris Aschan (as Himself), Rolf Aschan (as Himself), Mike Robotham, Fausto Tozzi (as Dr. Enrico Trino)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Il grande campione DVD (1949)
Also known as: Champion DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Sport, Film-Noir

Director: Mark Robson

Cast: Kirk Douglas (as Midge), Marilyn Maxwell (as Grace), Arthur Kennedy (as Connie), Paul Stewart (as Haley), Ruth Roman (as Emma), Lola Albright (as Palmer), Luis Van Rooten (as Harris), Harry Shannon (as Lew), John Daheim (as Dunne ), Ralph Sanford (as as John Day), Esther Howard (as Hammond)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Midge Kelly, hitchhiking west with lame brother Connie, is hustled unprepared into a pro boxing match. Though he's severely beaten, manager Tommy Haley finds him promising. Arrived in California, Midge and Connie find nothing but a menial job from which Midge gets relief by seducing Emma, a lovely young waitress. One shotgun marriage later, ambitious Midge falls back on the only option he knows: boxing. Seduced by cheering crowds, money, and a succession of blondes, Midge becomes more and more of a hero in public...and a heel in private.

Il grande cangaceiro DVD (1972)
Also known as: Jesuíno Brilhante o Cangaceiro DVD (original title)

Country: Brazil

Spoken Languages: Portuguese

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama

Director: William Cobbett

Cast: Nery Victor (as Jesuíno Brilhante), Vanja Orico (as Maria de Góes), Rodolfo Arena (as Soares), Waldir Onofre (as Zé), Milton Vilar (as Francisco Limão), Hilda Mello (as Margarida), Maria Lúcia Escócia (as Jesuíno's Mother), Mário Paris (as Cobra Verde), Hélio Duda (as Juvenal), Eriel José (as Jajéu), Rogério Tapajós (as Silvestre), Antenor Cosme, Clementina de Jesus, Gesiel Figueiredo

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Biography of a real-life Brazilian Robin Hood, a reasonably wealthy man who fought for the poor and the slaves in the second half of 19th-century Northeastern Brazil.

Il grande cerimoniale DVD (1969)
Also known as: Le grand cérémonial DVD (original title)

Country: France

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Erotic

Director: Pierre-Alain Jolivet

Cast: Ginette Leclerc (as La mère), Michel Tureau (as Cavanosa), Marcella Saint-Amant (as Syl), Fernando Arrabal (as Le vendeur de lingerie), Jean-Daniel Ehrmann (as L'amant de Syl), Roger Lumont (as L'homme du train), Marie-France Le Signe, Chantal Torres

Medium: DVD R/RW

Il grande circo DVD (1959)
Also known as: The Big Circus DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama

Director: Joseph M. Newman

Cast: Victor Mature (as Henry Jasper 'Hank' Whirling), Red Buttons (as Randy Sherman), Rhonda Fleming (as Helen Harrison), Kathryn Grant (as Jeannie Whirling), Vincent Price (as Hans Hagenfeld), Gilbert Roland (as Zach Colino - the aerialist), Peter Lorre (as Skeeter), David Nelson (as Tommy Gordon), Adele Mara (as Maria 'Mama' Colino), Howard McNear (as Mr. Lomax), Charles Watts (as Jonathan T. Nelson - Banker), Steve Allen (as Himself - Cameo appearance)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: After splitting with his longtime business partner, Hank Whirling is about to take his big top circus on tour. He manages to get a loan and some investment money but has to take on one of their employees, Randy Sherman, to keep an eye on the finances. Sherman immediately hires a new press agent, Helen Harrison, over Hank's objections. After a series of accidents, they soon realize that they have a saboteur in the company...

La grande città DVD (1937)
Also known as: Big City DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama

Director: Frank Borzage

Cast: Luise Rainer (as Anna Benton), Spencer Tracy (as Joe Benton), Charley Grapewin (as The Mayor), Janet Beecher (as Sophie Sloane), Eddie Quillan (as Mike Edwards), Victor Varconi (as Paul Roya), Oscar O'Shea (as John C. Andrews), Helen Troy (as Lola Johnson), William Demarest (as Beecher), John Arledge (as Buddy), Irving Bacon (as Jim Sloane), Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams (as Danny Devlin ), Regis Toomey (as as Guinn Williams), Edgar Dearing (as Fred Hawkins), Paul Harvey (as Tom Reilley)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Subtitles: Italian


Plot: To avoid a taxi war, city officials blame a gang bombing on driver Joe Benton's wife Anna and put her on a ship to deport her. The mayor is speaker at a boxers' banquet where Joe pleads for them to go with him to the wharf and rescue Anna (about to deliver their baby) from the ship.

La grande colpa DVD (1935)
Also known as: Ich war Jack Mortimer DVD (original title)

Country: Germany

Spoken Languages: German

Genre(s): Drama, War

Director: Carl Froelich

Cast: Anton Walbrook (as Ferdinand 'Fred' Sponer), Eugen Klöpfer (as a Budapest taxi-driver ), Sybille Schmitz (as as Adolf Wohlbrück), Marieluise Claudius (as Pedro Montemayor), Max Gülstorff (as a conductor), Maria Loja (as Winifred Montemayor), Hilde Hildebrand (as Pedro's wife), Heinz Salfner (as Marie Polikow), Jochen Hauer (as Colonel Polikow), Georg A. Profé (as Marie's father), Hugo Drahower (as Mrs. Polikow), Sophie Eschenbach (as Marie's mother), Adolf Essek (as Daisy), Erich Fiedler (as Andrassy), Aribert Grimmer (as Daisy's friend)

Medium: DVD R/RW

La grande conquista DVD (1938)
Also known as: Der Berg ruft DVD (original title)

Country: Germany

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama

Director: Luis Trenker

Cast: Luis Trenker (as Jean Antoine Carell), Herbert Dirmoser (as Whymper), Heidemarie Hatheyer (as Felicitas), Peter Elsholtz (as Giordano), Lucie Höflich (as Mutter Carell), Blandine Ebinger (as Miß Sweaton), Umberto Sacripante (as Luc Meynet), Reinhold Pasch (as Hudson), Robert Thiem (as Hadow), Kunibert Gensichen (as Douglas), Luis Gerold (as Bergführer Croz), Friedrich Ulmer (as Favre), Bruno Hübner (as Stefano), Armin Schweizer (as Herr Seiler), Lotte Spira (as Frau Seiler)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: The Italian mountaineer Carel wants to be the first man to stand on the top of the Matterhorn. Since the climb is very difficult, he agrees to try it together with the British mountaineer Whymper. But due to an intrigue this agreement is dropped and the two man try it on the same day with two different teams and then disaster strikes.

La grande conquista DVD (1947)
Also known as: Tycoon DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Adventure, Romance

Director: Richard Wallace

Cast: John Wayne (as Johnny), Laraine Day (as Maura), Cedric Hardwicke (as Alexander ), Judith Anderson (as as Sir Cedric Hardwicke), James Gleason (as Miss Braithwaite), Anthony Quinn (as Pop), Grant Withers (as Ricky), Paul Fix (as Fog), Fernando Alvarado (as Joe), Harry Woods (as Chico), Michael Harvey (as Holden), Charles Trowbridge (as Curly), Martin Garralaga (as Señor Tobar)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Engineer Johnny Munroe is enlisted to build a railroad tunnel through a mountain to reach mines. His task is complicated, and his ethics are compromised, when he falls in love with his boss's daughter.

La grande corsa DVD (1939)
Also known as: King of the Turf DVD (or5iginal title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama

Director: Alfred E. Green

Cast: Adolphe Menjou (as Jim Mason), Roger Daniel (as Goldie), Dolores Costello (as Eve Barnes), Walter Abel (as Robert Barnes), Alan Dinehart (as Nick Grimes), William Demarest (as Arnold), Harold Huber (as Santelli), George McKay (as Murphy), Lee Moore (as Carr), Oscar O'Shea (as Bartender), Cliff Nazarro (as 1st Tout), George Chandler (as 2nd Tout), Milburn Stone (as Taylor), Robert Homans (as Sgt. Brannigan), William Bakewell (as Intern)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Mason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death of one of his jockeys. One day he meets Goldie who has run away from home, hoping to find a job around horses; his biggest hobby. When he finds out the real identity of Mason, Goldie takes care of him. The two find an occasion to buy a horse for only two dollars, and start entering competitions...

La grande crociata DVD (1949)
Also known as: Felipe de Jesús DVD  (original title)

Country: Mexico

Spoken Languages: Spanish

Genre(s): Drama

Director: Julio Bracho

Cast: Ernesto Alonso (as Felipe de las Casas), Rita Macedo (as Rosalia / Maria), Julio Villarreal (as Fray Pedro Bautista), Rodolfo Acosta (as Principe Chokozabe), José Baviera (as Don Alonso), Francisco Jambrina (as Capitan Matias de Landecho), Luis Aceves Castañeda (as Emperador Iroyoshi Taikosama ), Ernesto Finance (as as Luis Aceves), José Morcillo (as Don Garcia), Maruja Grifell (as don Lope), Dolores Camarillo (as padre de Rosalia), Eugenia Galindo (as Madre de Felipe )

Medium: DVD R/RW

La grande gabbia DVD (1933)
Also known as: The Big Cage DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Adventure

Director: Kurt Neumann

Cast: Clyde Beatty (as Clyde Beatty), Anita Page (as Lilian Langley), Andy Devine (as Scoops), Vince Barnett (as Soupmeat), Raymond Hatton (as Timothy O'Hara), Wallace Ford (as Russ Penny), Mickey Rooney (as Jimmy O'Hara), Reginald Barlow (as John Whipple), Edward Peil Sr. (as Glenn Stoner), Robert McWade (as Henry Cameron), Wilfred Lucas (as Bob Mills), James Durkin (as Silas Warner)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: A circus on the verge of bankruptcy decides to save itself by staging a animal act with Lions and Tigers for the first time.

Il grande Gatsby DVD (1949)
Also known as: The Great Gatsby DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama

Director: Elliott Nugent

Cast: Alan Ladd (as Jay Gatsby), Betty Field (as Daisy Buchanan), Macdonald Carey (as Nicholas 'Nick' Carraway), Ruth Hussey (as Jordan Baker), Barry Sullivan (as Tom Buchanaan), Howard Da Silva (as Wilson), Shelley Winters (as Myrtle Wilson), Henry Hull (as Dan Cody), Ed Begley (as Myron Lupus), Elisha Cook Jr. (as Klipspringer), Nicholas Joy (as Drunken Guest at Party), Walter Greaza (as Kinsella), Tito Vuolo (as Mavromichaelis), Ray Walker (as Real Estate Man), Diane Nance (as Pamela)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifetyle of his landlord, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.

Il grande Gatsby DVD (1974)
Also known as: The Great Gatsby DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Director: Jack Clayton

Cast: Robert Redford (as Jay Gatsby), Mia Farrow (as Daisy Buchanan), Bruce Dern (as Tom Buchanan), Karen Black (as Myrtle Wilson), Scott Wilson (as George Wilson), Sam Waterston (as Nick Carraway), Lois Chiles (as Jordan Baker), Howard Da Silva (as Meyer Wolfsheim), Roberts Blossom (as Mr. Gatz), Edward Herrmann (as Klipspringer), Elliott Sullivan (as Wilson's Friend), Arthur Hughes (as Dog Vendor), Kathryn Leigh Scott (as Catherine), Beth Porter (as Mrs. McKee), Paul Tamarin (as Mr. McKee)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.

Il grande gaucho DVD (1952)
Also known as: Way of a Gaucho DVD (origianl title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Western, Romance, Drama

Director: Jacques Tourneur

Cast: Rory Calhoun (as Martin Penalosa), Gene Tierney (as Teresa Chavez), Richard Boone (as Major Salinas), Hugh Marlowe (as Don Miguel Aleondo), Everett Sloane (as Falcon), Enrique Chaico (as Father Fernández), Jorge Villoldo (as Valverde), Ronald Dumas (as Julio), Hugo Mancini (as Army Lieutenant), Néstor Yoan (as Army Lieutenant)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Set in the Argentina of about 1875 in which a customary punishment for killing was a sentence to army service. A young gaucho deserts his army sentence and becomes a bandit leader and also gets his sweetheart pregnant. Seeing the futility of his ways, he takes her to a church to be married prior to surrendering himself back to the army.

Il grande gioco DVD (1931)
Also known as:: The Big Gamble (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Crime, Romance

Director: Fred Niblo

Cast: William Boyd (as Alan Beckwith ), James Gleason (as as Bill Boyd), Warner Oland (as Fred 'Squint' Dugan), Dorothy Sebastian (as Andrew North), Zasu Pitts (as Beverly Ames Beckwith), June MacCloy (as Nora Dugan), William Collier Jr. (as Mae Robbins), Ralph Ince (as Johnnie Ames), Geneva Mitchell (as Webb)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Unable to repay a substantial gambling debt to mob boss North, Alan Beckwith concocts a last-ditch scheme. Allowing North to take out a $100,000 insurance policy on his life, Alan agrees to commit suicide after the mandantory one-year moratorium has elapsed. To make things legal, North forces Alan to marry Beverly (Whose brother is also indebted to North) as the beneficiary-of-record. He also assigns "hitman wannabe" Squint to both keep an eye on Alan and "do the deed" when the time comes...

Il grande giuoco DVD (1954)
Also known as: Le grand jeu DVD (original title)

Country: Italy/France

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama

Director: Robert Siodmak

Cast: Gina Lollobrigida (as Sylvia Sorrego / Helena Ricci), Jean-Claude Pascal (as Pierre Martel), Arletty (as Blanche), Raymond Pellegrin (as Mario), Peter van Eyck (as Fred), Jean Témerson (as Xavier Noblet), Jean Hébey (as Brigadiere), Odette Barencey (as Gertrude), Charles Bayard, Gérard Buhr (as Un légionnaire), Jo Dest (as Le patron du bistrot), Leila Farida (as Aïcha), Gabrielle Fontan (as La religieuse), Lila Kedrova (as Rose)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Pierre Martel is a brilliant lawyer in Paris who has fallen in love with a ravishing Italian girl, Sylvia Sorrego and they take up housekeeping on a luxurious scale beyond his means, and Pierre commits a few irregularities and is asked to resign the Bar Association. He heads for Algeria and tells Sylvia to sell everything they own and join him there. Sylvia is a no-show and Pierre, broke, with a dishonored name and having lost the woman he loves, dons the hair-shirt he wears the rest of the film and becomes a human wreck...

Il grande giorno DVD (1956)
Also known as: Un traje blanco DVD (origianal title)

Country: Spain

Spoken Languages: Spanish

Genre(s): Drama

Director: Rafael Gil

Cast: Miguel Gil (as Marcos ), Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (as as Miguelito Gil), Julia Martínez (as Polonio), Julio Núñez (as Rosa ), José Isbert (as as Julita Martinez), Luis Induni (as José), Carlos Miguel Solá (as Alcalde), Rafael Bardem (as Andrés), Margarita Robles, Nicolás D. Perchicot (as Damián), Matilde Muñoz Sampedro (as Doña Antonia), José Ramón Giner (as Ramírez ), Julio Goróstegui (as as Nicolás Perchicot), José Manuel Martín (as Madre), Ángel de Echenique (as Maestro)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Seven year old Marcos' only illusion is to have his First Communion in a white suit.

La grande guerra DVD (1959)
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, War

Director: Mario Monicelli

Cast: Alberto Sordi (as Oreste Jacovacci), Vittorio Gassman (as Giovanni Busacca), Silvana Mangano (as Costantina), Folco Lulli (as Bordin), Bernard Blier (as Capitano Castelli), Romolo Valli (as Tenente Gallina), Vittorio Sanipoli (as Maggiore Venturi), Nicola Arigliano (as Giardino), Geronimo Meynier (as Il portaordini), Mario Valdemarin (as Sottotenente Lorenzi), Elsa Vazzoler (as Moglie di Boradin), Tiberio Murgia (as Rosario Nicotra), Livio Lorenzon (as Sergente Barriferri), Ferruccio Amendola (as De Concini), Carlo D'Angelo (as Capitano Ferri)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are called, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. They both try in every way to avoid serving the army. Giovanni bribes Oreste, believing to his false pledges to make him avoiding the army. But the destiny make them meeting again on the train directed to the front. Nevertheless Oreste stolen money to Giovanni they become friends and in first times are allocated to a secondary and quite front (village of Tigliano)...

La grande illusione DVD (1937)
Also known as: La grande illusion DVD (origianal title)

Country: France

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, War

Director: Jean Renoir

Cast: Jean Gabin (as Le lieutenant Maréchal), Dita Parlo (as Elsa - Farm Woman), Pierre Fresnay (as Le captaine de Boeldieu), Erich von Stroheim (as Le captaine von Rauffenstein ), Julien Carette (as as Eric von Stroheim), Georges Péclet (as Cartier - l'acteur ), Werner Florian (as as Carette), Jean Dasté (as Le serrurier ), Sylvain Itkine (as as Peclet), Gaston Modot (as Le sergent Arthur), Marcel Dalio (as L'instituteur )

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: During 1st WW, two French officers are captured. Captain De Boeldieu is an aristocrat while Lieutenant Marechal was a mechanic in civilian life. They meet other prisoners from various backgrounds, as Rosenthal, son of wealthy Jewish bankers. They are separated from Rosenthal before managing to escape. A few months later, they meet again in a fortress commanded by the aristocrat Van Rauffenstein. De Boeldieu strikes up a friendship with him but Marechal and Rosenthal still want to escape...

Il grande incontro DVD (1953)
Also known as: Champ for a Day DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Crime, Sport

Director: William A. Seiter

Cast: Joseph Wiseman (as Dominic Guido), Harry Morgan (as Al Muntz), Celia Lovsky (as Gladys Macrowitz , uncredited), Alex Nicol (as George Wilson), Audrey Totter (as Miss Peggy Gormley), Charles Winninger (as Pa Karlsen), Hope Emerson (as Ma Karlsen), Barry Kelley (as Tom Healy), Jesse White (as Willie Foltis), Horace McMahon (as Sam Benton), Grant Withers (as Scotty Cameron), Eddy Waller (as Phil), Dick Wessel (as 'Speedtrap' Calhoun - Policeman), Hal Baylor (as 'Soldier' Freeman, Heavyweight Fighter), Don Blackman (as Frankie Sebello - Fighter , uncredited), Larry J. Blake (as Gambler , uncredited), Leonard Bremen (as Handler , uncredited), Bob Carney (as Spectator , uncredited), Virginia Carroll (as Waitress , uncredited), Edward Clark (as Cashier , uncredited), James Conaty (as Fight Spectator , uncredited), Tony Dante (as Handler , uncredited), Roy Engel (as Heckling Fight Spectator , uncredited), Mary Field (as Ann - Healy's Receptionist , uncredited), Tommy Herman (as Timekeeper , uncredited), John Indrisano (as Referee , uncredited), Brad Johnson (as Hyde Hotel Desk Clerk , uncredited), Richard Karlan (as Gambler , uncredited), Kenner G. Kemp (as Ringside Fight Spectator , uncredited), Reid Kilpatrick (as Radio Fight Announcer , uncredited), Frank Kreig (as Taxi Driver , uncredited), Jimmy Lennon Sr. (as Fight Announcer , uncredited), Cliff Lyons (as Fight Spectator , uncredited), John Maxwell (as Doctor , uncredited), Jack Perry (as Sebello's Handler , uncredited), Johnny Polan (as Frankie Sebastian , uncredited), Stuart Randall (as Detective , uncredited), Frank Savage (as Handler , uncredited), Charles Sherlock (as Sebello's Handler , uncredited), Charles Sullivan (as George's Handler , uncredited), Ted Thorpe (as Vendor , uncredited), Wayne C. Treadway (as Spectator , uncredited), Pat Valentino (as Sparring Mate , uncredited), Philip Van Zandt (as Mr. Jensen - Finance Man , uncredited), Max Wagner (as Handler , uncredited)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: An up-and-coming heavyweight fighter, George Wilson, arrives in Vulcan City, a small mid-western town over-run by racketeers, to fight a heavily-favored Frankie Sebastian. George arrives but his manager Dolan is nowhere to be found. But Ma and Pa Karlsen, owners of Karlsen's Kozy Kottages motel and restaurant take him under their wing. He meets Miss Gormley who is also there to meet the no-show manager who is blackmailing her brother...

Il grande matador DVD (1955)
Also known as: The Magnificent Matador DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Director: Budd Boetticher

Cast: Maureen O'Hara (as Karen Harrison), Anthony Quinn (as Luís Santos), Thomas Gomez (as Don David), Anthony Caruso (as Emiliano), Manuel Rojas (as Rafael Reyes), Richard Denning (as Mark Russell), Lola Albright (as Mona Wilton), William Ching (as Jody Wilton), Eduardo Noriega (as Miguel), Lorraine Chanel (as Sarita Sebastian), Jesus 'Chucho' Solorzano (as Himself), Joaquín Rodríguez 'Cagancho' (as Himself), Rafael Rodríguez (as Himself), Antonio Velasquez (as Himself), Jorge 'Ranchero' Aguilar (as Himself), Félix Briones (as Himself), Nacho Trevino (as Himself)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Karen Harrison is a spoiled, rich, American predator who falls head-over-heels for the brooding, tormented, about-to-retire matador, Luis Santos who has inexplicably run away prior to a corrida that was to occasion the "alternativa" of a young, up-and-coming bullfighter. The mystery is solved 94 minutes later, after Maureen has conquered Tony and Tony has saved Marueen's life by caping a toro bravo with his plaid horse blanket.

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