The spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's filmmaking style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most of these Westerns were produced and directed by Italians.
Francesco Benenato, known as Franco Franchi, was an Italian actor, comedian and singer.
Francesco "Ciccio" Ingrassia was an Italian actor, comedian and film director.
Gerlando "Lando" Buzzanca was an Italian stage, film, and television actor whose career spanned 65 years.
Valeria Moriconi was an Italian actress who appeared both in movies and on stage.
Walter Annicchiarico, known as Walter Chiari, was an Italian stage and screen actor, mostly in comedy roles.
Bruno Corbucci was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He was the younger brother of Sergio Corbucci and wrote many of his films. He was born in Rome, where he also died.
Sealed Lips is a 1942 Italian mystery thriller film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Fosco Giachetti, Annette Bach, Andrea Checchi and Vera Carmi. It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Piero Filippone and Mario Rappini.
Corpse for the Lady is a 1964 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Sylva Koscina.
Lino Banfi is an Italian actor and screenwriter. Since 1960 he has appeared in more than 100 films.
Franco and Ciccio were a comic comedy duo formed by Italian actors Franco Franchi (1928–1992) and Ciccio Ingrassia (1922–2003), particularly popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Their collaboration began in 1954 in the theatre field, and ended with Franchi's death in 1992. The two made their cinema debuts in 1960 with the film Appuntamento a Ischia. They remained active until 1984 when their last film together, Kaos, was shot, although there were some interruptions in 1973 and from 1975 to 1980.
Mario Castellani was an Italian comic actor, best known as the sidekick of famous comic actor Antonio De Curtis (Totò). He appeared with the latter in all his major movies, as well as many of Totò's theatre productions.
The commedia sexy all'italiana, also known as commedia scollacciata or commedia erotica all'italiana, is a subgenre of the Italian commedia all'italiana film genre.
I Viceré is a 2007 Italian historical drama film directed by Roberto Faenza. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Federico De Roberto. For his performance Lando Buzzanca won the Globo d'oro for best actor. The film also won four David di Donatello awards and two Silver Ribbons.
La calandria is a 1972 Italian comedy film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile. It is based upon the Renaissance play La calandria by Bernardo Dovizi, itself based on Plautus' Menaechmi and Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron.
Il sindacalista is a 1972 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce.
The Blonde in the Blue Movie is a 1971 Italian comedy film directed by Steno.
Giovanni Grimaldi was an Italian screenwriter, journalist and film director. He was sometimes credited as Gianni Grimaldi.
Gino Buzzanca was an Italian film actor.
Mimmo Poli was an Italian film character actor.
