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Gioco di ragazzi DVD (1972)
Also known as: Child's Play DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Thriller, Drama, Mystery

Director: Sidney Lumet

Cast: James Mason, Robert Preston, Beau Bridges, Charles White, Jamie Alexander, Ron Weyand, David Rounds, Kate Harrington, Brian Chapin, Bryant Fraser, Mark Hall Haefeli, Tom Leopold, Julius Lo Iacono, Christopher Man, Paul O'Keefe

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Paul Reis returns to the exclusive Catholic prep school he graduated from nine years later as a gym teacher. He is reunited with his former mentor and affable English teacher Joseph Dobbs, the most popular member of the faculty and advisor to the junior class, and Jerome Malley, a strict disciplinarian and teacher of classical languages, whose old-fashioned methods make him heartily disliked by his pupils. Reis finds himself caught in between the two men in a struggle for the hearts, minds, and souls of the boys...

Un gioco estremamente pericoloso DVD (1975)
Also known as: Hustle DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Robert Aldrich

Cast: Burt Reynolds, Catherine Deneuve, Ben Johnson, Paul Winfield, Eileen Brennan, Eddie Albert, Ernest Borgnine, Catherine Bach, Jack Carter, James Hampton, David Spielberg, Colleen Brennan, Chuck Hayward, David Estridge, Peter Brandon

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Phil Gaines is a bitter, cynical cop who investigates the case of a dead stripper/porno actress found on the beach. Gaines is experiencing a troubled relationship with a hooker, and things don't get any better when the dead girl's father launches his own investigation.

Gioco sleale DVD (1978)
Also known as: Foul Play DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Thriller, Comedy, Mystery

Director: Colin Higgins

Cast: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith, Eugene Roche, Dudley Moore, Brian Dennehy, Marc Lawrence, Chuck McCann, Billy Barty, Don Calfa, Cooper Huckabee, Rachel Roberts, Marilyn Sokol, Bruce Solomon, Pat Ast

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: When, unbeknownst to Gloria, a microfilm cassette is left with her by a dying agent, she becomes entangled in a complicated series of events. She's pursued by a dwarf and an albino, and becomes convinced that they are out to kill her. Finally, with the help of San Francisco detective Tony Carlson, she begins to turn the tables on her pursuers. It becomes clear that the nerfarious crew after her are plotting a dastardly deed indeed - to assassinate the Pope as he visits the city to see _The Mikado_. Gloria and Tony must race against time to prevent this terrible crime.

Giornata nera per l'Ariete DVD (1971)
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Thriller, Mystery

Director: Luigi Bazzoni

Cast: Franco Nero, Wolfgang Preiss, Renato Romano, Silvia Monti, Ira von Fürstenberg, Edmund Purdom, Rossella Falk, Guido Alberti, Luciano Bartoli, Agostina Belli, Maurizio Bonuglia, Pamela Tiffin, Corrado Gaipa, Andrea Scotti, Luigi Antonio Guerra

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: After a high-class party in Rome, there's an assault. The victim is injured but lives. Andrea, an investigative reporter who drinks too much, is assigned the story. Then, always on Tuesdays, there are a series of murders. At each crime scene, a glove is left with a finger cut off for each victim. After four murders, Andrea thinks he's making progress, but by this time he may himself be a suspect, and someone he loves is in danger.

Giorni d'amore sul filo di una lama DVD (1973)
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Thriller

Director: Giuseppe Pellegrini

Cast: Peter Lee Lawrence, Erika Blanc, Ivana Novak, Enzo Loglisci, Fausto Del Chicca, Ubaldo Pasqualetti, Silvano Tranquilli, Pietro Torrisi, Carlo Papi, Orazio Stracuzzi, Fabio Garriba, Giorgio De Lullo

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Stefano, the son of a wealthy businessman, meets a beautiful woman named Lidia while accompanying his father to a meeting with a cardinal. He pursues her through the streets of Venice and a romance develops. Upon returning from an overseas business trip, he is informed that Lidia has been killed in an accident. Soon afterwards, he thinks he recognizes her at a building site, but the woman claims to be a reporter who is obviously involved with gangsters. Furthermore, all evidence of Lidia's death has now been obliterated. Stefano continues to investigate the mystery, uncovering family intrigues.

Giorni di dubbio DVD (1956)
Also known as: Nightmare DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

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

Director: Maxwell Shane

Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Kevin McCarthy, Connie Russell, Rhys Williams, Virginia Christine, Gage Clarke, Marian Carr, Barry Atwater, Meade 'Lux' Lewis, Billy May and His Orchestra

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: A musician was hypnotised in order to commit a crime. When he wakes up he tries to find the truth with the help of his brother-in-law who is a police officer.

I giorni impuri dello straniero DVD (1976)
Also known as: The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea DVD (original title)

Country: UK

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Thriller, Drama, Mystery

Director: Lewis John Carlino

Cast: Sarah Miles, Kris Kristofferson, Jonathan Kahn, Margo Cunningham, Earl Rhodes, Paul Tropea, Gary Lock, Stephen Black, Peter Clapham, Jennifer Tolman

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: After his father dies, a disturbed young boy plots to take revenge on the new man in his mother's life.

I giorni roventi del poliziotto Buford DVD (1975)
Also known as: Walking Tall Part II DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Drama, Crime, Biography

Director: Earl Bellamy

Cast: Bo Svenson, Luke Askew, Robert DoQui, Leif Garrett, Bruce Glover, Dawn Lyn, Lurene Tuttle, Noah Beery Jr., Richard Jaeckel, John Davis Chandler, Brooke Mills, Logan Ramsey, Angel Tompkins, Archie Grinalds, Allen Mullikin

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Sheriff Buford Pusser continues his one-man war against moonshiners and a ruthless crime syndicate after the murder of his wife in late 1960's Tennessee.

Il giorno del Toro DVD (1974)
Also known as: Caravan to Vaccares DVD (original title)

Country: UK

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Thriller

Director: Geoffrey Reeve

Cast: David Birney, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Lonsdale, Marcel Bozzuffi, Michael Bryant, Serge Marquand, Marianne Eggerickx, Françoise Brion, Vania Vilers, Manitas De Plata, Jean-Pierre Cargol, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Jean Michaux, Alan Scott, Jean-Yves Gautier

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: American Neil Bowman is traveling through France when he meets British photographer Lila. They are hired by French land owner Duc de Croyter to escort a Hungarian scientist to New York. But they soon realize that the job is not a cushy number, and have to deal with a gang of kidnappers who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the scientist.

Il giorno della civetta DVD (1968)
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Damiano Damiani

Cast: Claudia Cardinale, Franco Nero, Lee J. Cobb, Nehemiah Persoff, Tano Cimarosa, Ennio Balbo, Ugo D'Alessio, Fred Coplan, Giovanni Pallavicino, Giuseppe Lauricella, Vincenzo Falanga, Laura De Marchi, Brizio Montinaro, Lino Coletta, Vincenzo Norvese

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Rosa Nicolosi is not the widow of Salvatore Colasberna, the man murdered in the beginning of the movie, but she is in fact the wife of Paolo Nicolosi, the only eyewitness of the murder. Paolo goes missing the same morning as the murder occurs.

Il giorno della locusta DVD (1975)
Also known as: The Day of the Locust DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Thriller, Drama

Director: John Schlesinger

Cast: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton, Geraldine Page, Richard Dysart, Bo Hopkins, Pepe Serna, Billy Barty, Jackie Earle Haley, Norman Leavitt, Lelia Goldoni, Gloria LeRoy, Jane Hoffman, Madge Kennedy

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Life's flotsam and jetsam turn up at late 1930's Holloywoodland's door, once more, in this insightful tale of wannabes and desperadoes. Tod Hackett, artist, has inspirations to become noticed until he meets Faye Greener, blonde bombshell, and is immediately smitten. She has other ideas. She has Homer Simpson, victim, in her sights and cruelty and loneliness takes new meaning as all three are slowly sucked into the Hollywood system of sycophants, liggers and parasites, sucking the life from others as the life, and soul, is slowly sucked from them.

Il giorno dello sciacallo DVD (1973)
Also known as: The Day of the Jackal DVD (original title)

Country: UK

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Thriller, Drama

Director: Fred Zinnemann

Cast: Edward Fox, Cyril Cusack, Vernon Dobtcheff, Derek Jacobi, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Tony Britton, Denis Carey, Adrien Cayla-Legrand, Maurice Denham, Jacques François, Olga Georges-Picot, Raymond Gérôme, Barrie Ingham

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: It is the early 60s in France. The remaining survivors of the aborted French Foreign Legion have made repeated attempts to kill DeGaulle. The result is that he is the most closely guarded man in the world. As a desperate act, they hire The Jackal, the code name for a hired killer who agrees to kill French President De Gaulle for half a million dollars. We watch his preparations which are so thorough we wonder how he could possibly fail even as we watch the French police attempt to pick up his trail. The situation is historically accurate. There were many such attempts and the film closely follows the plot of the book.

Un giorno di terrore DVD (1964)
Also known as: Lady in a Cage DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror, Drama

Director: Walter Grauman

Cast: Olivia de Havilland, James Caan, Jeff Corey, Ann Sothern, Jennifer Billingsley, Rafael Campos, William Swan

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: The lady is Mrs. Hilyard, a wealthy poetess who lives in a three-story city mansion and her cage is her elevator, which stops a dozen feet short of the main floor due to an electrical failure on a July 4th weekend. She rings her outside alarm, eventually noticed by a drunken derelict, who breaks into the house, ignores her plight and helps himself to various items and alcohol. He leaves with his loot but returns a while later with a plump prostitute and three teenage hoodlums, who proceed to terrorize Mrs. Hilyard as they wreck her home.

Giorno per giorno disperatamente DVD (1961)
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Thriller

Director: Alfredo Giannetti

Cast: Tomas Milian, Nino Castelnuovo, Madeleine Robinson, Tino Carraro, Franca Bettoia, Riccardo Garrone, Mario Scaccia, Milly, Rosalia Maggio, Lino Troisi, Isa Crescenzi, Marcella Rovena, Silla, Nicole Weber, Alvaro Piccardi

Medium: DVD R/RW

Il giorno più lungo di Scotland Yard DVD (1975)
Also known as: Hennessy DVD (original title)

Country: UK

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Drama

Director: Don Sharp

Cast: Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, Richard Johnson, Trevor Howard, Peter Egan, Patrick Stewart, John Shrapnel, Eric Porter, Ian Hogg, Stanley Lebor, John Hallam, David Collings, Hugh Moxey, Margery Mason, Paul Brennan

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Set in the Seventies, Hennessy is a Irishman who believes in peace, but who has had connections to the IRA. Hennessy's family is killed, and he plots revenge, setting out to assassinate Queen Elizabeth of England.