Mario Lanfranchi
Mario Lanfranchi was an Italian film, theater, and television director, screenwriter, and producer. After graduating from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Milan (Accademia dei Filodrammatici) in the early 1950s, he was hired by Sergio Pugliese at RAI, at the onset of Italian television. Lanfranchi was the first to bring opera to the small screen in 1956 with Madama Butterfly, introducing a wide audience to the American soprano Anna Moffo. He directed several films, including Libido (1965) and Death Sentence (1968), showcasing his versatility across different media. Lanfranchi's contributions to Italian television and cinema have left a lasting impact on the industry.
Navajo Joe
as Jefferson ClayThe sole survivor of a bloody massacre vows revenge on his attackers and on the men who killed...
Movie pageSpies Kill Silently
as Lieutenant FouadProfessor Freeman is an important English scientist that is investigating a method to treat...
Movie pageDenn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
as SelfThe beginnings, development and decline of so-called spaghetti-western genre; with clips,...
Movie pageDangerous Pleasures
as uncreditedTwo married women on vacation decide to see who the better seductress is. When the local...
Movie pageOperation Hong Kong
as Colonel StrongA suave gangster tries to get away from his boss with a suitcase full of heroin. Two pilots and...
Movie pageThe One Eyed Soldiers
as Henchman (uncredited)Action - The body of Dr. Charles Berens, Chief of the United Nations Medical Relief...
Movie pageRed Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
as SelfThe relations between Parma and cinema were so strong for almost the whole of the twentieth...
Movie pageThe Beckett Affair
as (as Mario Lanfranchi)Rod Cooper, an American agent of the CIA, is sent to Paris to discover if colonel Segura, head...
Movie pageThe Big Blackout
as uncreditedSecret agent Perry Grant is called in to investigate a strange case which involves counterfeit...
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