Franco Citti

Born: 1935-04-23

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Franco Citti (born 23 April 1935 in Rome) was an Italian actor. He came to fame at the age of 26, playing the title role in Pier Paolo Pasolini's film Accattone. In 1967 he appeared in the title role in Pasolini's version of Oedipus Rex. He is perhaps best-known to non-Italian audienes as Calo in The Godfather I and III and uttering the line 'In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns'. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Franco Citti , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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as Calo - Sicilian Sequence
Released: 1972-03-14

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime...

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as Calo
Released: 1990-12-25

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging...

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Arabian Nights

as The Demon
Released: 1974-06-20

The final part of Pasolini's Trilogy of Life series is rich with exotic tales of slaves and...

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Luna

as Man in Bar
Released: 1979-08-29

While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship...

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Oedipus Rex

as Edipo
Released: 1967-09-07

In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son -...

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The Decameron

as Ciappelletto
Released: 1971-08-25

A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of...

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Accattone

as Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi
Released: 1961-09-25

A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when...

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Mamma Roma

as Carmine
Released: 1962-09-22

After years spent working as a prostitute in her Italian village, middle-aged Mamma Roma has...

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The Canterbury Tales

as Devil
Released: 1972-09-02

Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several...

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Roma

as Man at Restaurant (uncredited)
Released: 1972-03-16

A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its...

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Beach House

as Nando
Released: 1977-10-27

Summer Sunday at a small beach house at the coast of Rome. Many people and stories: women's...

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The Black Stallion Returns

as Foreign Legion Officer
Released: 1983-03-25

"Black" is a stunning fire-and-silk stallion celebrated the world over. But to his young...

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Pigsty

as Secondo Cannibale
Released: 1969-09-02

Two dramatic stories. In an undetermined past, a young cannibal (who killed his own father) is...

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The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic

as Calò
Released: 1981-03-24

The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic is a reduced, 386-minute version of the 1977...

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Kill and Pray

as Burt
Released: 1967-03-10

A Mexican community is slaughtered by Confederate troops; the lone survivor, a boy, is taken in...

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Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man

as Ruggero Rujinski
Released: 1976-03-11

Fred and Tony are members of an elite 'special squad' of police in Rome, Italy who are...

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One Way or Another

as Autista di M.
Released: 1976-04-30

Set during a retreat of Christian Democrat politicians who practice spiritual exercises...

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Watch Me When I Kill

as Pasquale Ferrante
Released: 1977-08-06

A pharmacist is murdered, and a woman happens to see the culprit leave the scene. She soon finds...

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The Shortest Day

as Fante Romano
Released: 1963-02-14

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

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Kill Them All and Come Back Alone

as Hoagy
Released: 1968-12-31

During the American Civil War, a Confederate prisoner, Clyde McKay, attempts to steal a box of...

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Violent Life

as Tommaso
Released: 1962-03-29

Tommaso Puzzilli is a boy who grew up in the suburb of Pietralata outside Rome. Not having a...

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Rome, the Other Face of Violence

as Berté
Released: 1976-07-27

Four bandits commit a robbery in a villa. The maid calls the police and Commissioner Carli...

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Destruction Force

as Antonio Lanza
Released: 1977-10-01

A shoot out after a robbery ends with the death of the Chief of Police. Police detective Ghini...

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Fatal Fix

as Alfredo
Released: 1980-03-14

A microcosm of people lost in search of an artificial happiness, which leads them to steal and...

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Bawdy Tales

as Mammone
Released: 1973-10-12

Locked up in prison and awaiting execution, bored young vagabonds Bernardino and Mammone pass...

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Ostia

as Rabbino
Released: 1970-03-11

Two anarchistic brothers live by petty thievery and try to recover from their Catholic...

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Black Jesus

as Oreste
Released: 1968-05-16

A thinly-disguised biography of African leader Patrice Lumumba, here called Lalubi. Lalubi, a...

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The Soup

as Francesco
Released: 1981-02-20

Rome, 1960. Four different people meet each other at the Olympics. They follow the games and...

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Chicken Feed for Little Birds

as Renato
Released: 1963-02-15

In a building close to the Place de la Contrescarpe in Paris, a tale of criss‑crossings in turn...

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Storia de fratelli e de cortelli

as Artemio
Released: 1973-05-10

Rome, early 1900s. Gigi, a young populace, falls in love with the rich Mara and, to satisfy the...

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Il Magnaccio

as uncredited
Released: 1969-04-11

Italian 60's drama about a pimp called Il Principino and his violent and troubled relationship...

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Scandal in Black

as Projectionist
Released: 1990-12-21

Gianni is a political man with a good career waiting for him. Angela is his wife and she fakes...

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The Malady of Love

as Cigal
Released: 1986-12-03

Physician Robert Briand (Robin Renucci) runs a leper colony in the 15th century that takes in...

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Ciao marziano

as Er Cinese
Released: 1980-02-28

The inhabitants of the distant planet Gemini send to Rome the extraterrestrial Bix. His task is...

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La Rabbia di Pasolini

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2008-09-05

An attempt to reconstruct the complete version of Pier Paolo Pasolini's segment of La rabbia.

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Puttana galera!

as Ciro
Released: 1977-01-12

The presence of mafia boss Vangelli's yacht in front of the island of Ventotene brings a group...

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First Surrender

as uncredited
Released: 1971-10-21

Giallo about a man plotting to kill his wife for her money.

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Gangster's Law

as Bruno Esposito
Released: 1969-08-08

A con man pulls a double-cross on a gang of vicious bank robbers.

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The Angels from 2000

as Franco
Released: 1969-01-01

A drug dealer obsessed by the memory of a young woman whom he had fallen in love, is disgusted...

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The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

as Le préfet
Released: 1984-02-12

Sebastian, Chief Archer in the Roman Army, converts to Christianity. A favorite of Emperor...

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Colpita da improvviso benessere

as Luiso Malerba
Released: 1976-02-21

Elisabetta is a fishmonger with petty-bourgeois aspirations who cohabits with Luiso Malerba, an...

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Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's Life

as Self
Released: 1971-06-01

Documentary about Italian movie director Pier Paolo Pasolini, with interviews with some of his...

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Ingrid on the Road

as Renato
Released: 1973-02-24

After being raped by her father, Ingrid moves to Rome and ends up becoming a prostitute. She...

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Power and Lovers

as Michele
Released: 1994-01-01

Two brothers start to bicker and battle when Nick, an aggressive businessman, finds himself...

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Chi dice donna, dice donna

as Benito
Released: 1976-02-11

Film in five episodes on the female universe. Among the women portrayed, neglected wives who...

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L'albero della maldicenza

as uncredited
Released: 1978-12-16

Five youngsters spend their time spreading rumours in a little village.

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We Free Kings

as Attore
Released: 1996-12-20

Three tumblers wander throughout Italy with their show. A priest asks them to perform the Three...

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Cartoni animati

as Peppe
Released: 1997-01-01

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Il prossimo tuo

as uncredited
Released: 2009-06-19

Rome, Paris and Helsinki right after the Madrid bombings. Three stories about people who, for...

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Così venne ucciso Pasolini

as Himself
Released: 2005-01-01

Sergio Citti talks about a video he shot in 1975 after Pier Paolo Pasolini's death.

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Macrò

as uncredited
Released: 1974-02-04

The story is about a young hippy called Salvatore who sparks up a relationship with a high class...

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Il Sindaco

as Arturo Santaniello
Released: 1997-01-10

The Mayor (Italian: Il sindaco) is a 1997 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Ugo Fabrizio...

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Yerma

as Juan
Released: 1978-02-11

Yerma wants a child but with her dispassionate husband has failed to conceive. On the other...

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Rosso di sera

as Capace
Released: 1989-01-24

Alex is separated and has a young daughter, Elo. After a youth studded with failures at...

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Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

as Calò
First aired: 1977-11-12

An adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II, re-edited in...

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I promessi sposi

as Grignapoco
First aired: 1989-11-12

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