Steno

Steno

January 19, 1917 · 109 years old

Steno, the artistic name of Stefano Vanzina (19 January 1917 – 13 March 1988), was an Italian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Two of his films, Un giorno in pretura (1954) and Febbre da cavallo (1976), were shown in a retrospective section on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice Intern…

Known For

12 titles
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Banana Joe

Banana Joe

1982 · 1h 36m · Movie

A man is living happily on an island with his family, growing bananas. When a local mobster with an eye on man's property tries to take it from him, he must go to the town for the first time to get some help.

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The Knock Out Cop

The Knock Out Cop

1973 · 1h 47m · Movie

Adventures of the police inspector "Flatfoot" Rizzo in the slums of Naples.

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Knock-Out Cop

Knock-Out Cop

1978 · 1h 54m · Movie

Commissary Rizzo in Napoli gets a message from a policeman from South Africa who wants to meet him. Immediatlz before this meeting the south African policeman is killed. Dying he shows Rizzo a picture of his little son Bodo. Riyyo...

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Flatfoot in Egypt

Flatfoot in Egypt

1980 · 1h 48m · Movie

Police Commissioner Rizzo, Bigfoot (Piedone by nickname) and Marshal Caputo go to Egypt and look for Professor Cerullo, who is missing. The professor has discovered an insect that can smell where oil is and lots of criminals are i...

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Flatfoot in Hong Kong

Flatfoot in Hong Kong

1975 · 1h 55m · Movie

In the Far-East, Italian police inspector Rizzo and American mobster Frank Barella co-operate in finding clues about the identity of a dirty cop in Rizzo's narcotics department.

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Execution Squad

Execution Squad

1972 · 1h 38m · Movie

An inspector pursues a secret society of former police officers who go beyond the law by killing notorious criminals without trial.

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Totò diabolicus

Totò diabolicus

1962 · 1h 35m · Movie

The Marquis Galeazzo di Torre Alta is murdered by a mysterious killer who calls himself Diabolicus. His heirs are his three brothers and a sister, but all of them except Monsignor Antonino di Torre Alta are killed by Diabolicus. T...

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A Day in Court

A Day in Court

1954 · 1h 28m · Movie

A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters.

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9
Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style

Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style

1983 · 1h 37m · Movie

Two stupid lowlifes are "forced" into a life of violent crime on the streets of Italy. What follows is a mocking takeoff of the American crime classic Bonnie and Clyde (1967).

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Nero's Mistress

Nero's Mistress

1956 · 1h 44m · Movie

Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is preparing a great show where he will be the star. When Agrippina, his mother, arrives with her German praetorians and decides Nero has t...

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An Ideal Adventure

An Ideal Adventure

1982 · 1h 36m · Movie

Patrizia, journalist of a weekly Roman, tired of not being given just consideration by its director Eugenio Zafferi, just to be able to get a job worthy of his talent, decides to launch a challenge to his boss: if he can write an ...

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Piccola posta

Piccola posta

1955 · 1h 39m · Movie

Polish countess Lady Eva is the authoritative signature of the correspondence of an Italian women's magazine; behind the fascinating name hides a Roman girl whose advice will create a series of tangled and comic situations.

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