Movies: Walter Chiari

In this Frenco-Italian gangster parody, a shop keeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash which totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friends car from Napels to Bordeaux, but as it happens...

When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence....

Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. Henry's heir, Prince Hal, is a ne'er-do-well carouser who drinks and causes mischief with his low-class fr...

Cecile is a decadent young girl who lives with her rich playboy father, Raymond. When Anne, Raymond's old love interest, comes to Raymond's villa, Cecile is afraid for her way of life....

Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daughter to Cinecittà, hoping she’ll be selected and become a star. She is ready to sacrifice anything for little Maria....

A sort of best of popular comedy skits from previous films by various directors....

Sequel to "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines". This time an international car rally from England to Monte Carlo provides the comedic farce....

Some political candidates are determined to win the electors' preference during an election campaign in Italy....

Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle....

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Lago Maggiore, 1949: a failed bank manager, to revive his economic situation, tries to combine a marriage of interest for his daughter. Failing to do so, he then tries a robbery in his own bank....

A professor was appointed member of the jury of a beauty contest and falls for a beautiful contestant. In order to get the girl he must win the "Tour of Italy", so professor sells his soul to the devil to get the winning and the girl....

The film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events....

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

Hyacinth, a former matador who lives miserably with his nephew Pepote, receives a letter reminding him that, as agreed a few days before, he must participate in a bullfight to be held that same afternoon....

An old gentleman, a direct descendant of Zorro, has a single son named Raimundo in whom there is no trace of proud pride....

Sandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man and every woman he meets turns into a theme for his inquiry. Even his own wife, Titta....

An anthology of brief comic sketches based on manias, mainly sexual, featuring several figures of Italian society....

Nana or Nanà is a French-Italian film by Christian-Jaque starring Charles Boyer. It is an adaptation of Émile Zola's novel Nana....

Vittorio Gassman stars as different characters in each of the nine episodes of this unusual Italian comedy. Playing everything from a practical joker to a prisoner, he comments upon romance, love and women in general....