List of Italian films of 1977

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A list of films produced in Italy in 1977 (see 1977 in film):

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Italian film productions released in 1977
TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
L'altra metà del cielo Franco Rossi Adriano Celentano, Monica Vitti [ citation needed ]
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison Lino Del Fra Riccardo Cucciolla, Lea Massari, Mimsy Farmer [ citation needed ]
L'appuntamento Giuliano Biagetti Renzo Montagnani, Barbara Bouchet [ citation needed ]
An Average Little Man Mario Monicelli Alberto Sordi, Shelley Winters, Romolo Valli, Vincenzo Crocitti [ citation needed ]
La banda Vallanzasca Mario Bianchi Enzo Pulcrano, Stefania D'Amario, Antonella Dogan [1]
Beach House ' Sergio Citti Jodie Foster, Mariangela Melato, Michele Placido [ citation needed ]
Beast with a Gun Sergio Grieco Helmut Berger, Richard Harrison, Marisa Mell [2]
Il... Belpaese Luciano Salce Paolo Villaggio, Silvia Dionisio black comedy [ citation needed ]
Berlinguer, I Love You Giuseppe Bertolucci Roberto Benigni, Alida Valli, Carlo Monni [ citation needed ]
La Bestia in Calore Luigi Batzella Macha Magall Exploitation [3] [4] [5]
Brothers Till We Die Umberto Lenzi Tomas Milian, Pino Colizzi, Mario Piave [6] [7]
Beyond Good and Evil Liliana Cavani Dominique Sanda, Robert Powell, Erland Josephson, Virna Lisi [ citation needed ]
La Bidonata Luciano Ercoli Walter Chiari, Maurizio Arena crime-comedy[ citation needed ]
The Bishop's Bedroom Dino Risi Ugo Tognazzi, Ornella Muti, Patrick Dewaere [ citation needed ]
Black Journal Mauro Bolognini Shelley Winters, Mario Scaccia, Max von Sydow, Renato Pozzetto, Laura Antonelli drama[ citation needed ]
La Bravata Roberto Bianchi Montero Franca Gonella, Silvano Tranquilli, Ajita Wilson [6]
California Michele Lupo Giuliano Gemma, Raimund Harmstorf WesternItalian-Spanish co-production [8]
Canne mozze Mario Imperoli Antonio Sabàto, John Richardson Crime [9]
Cara sposa Pasquale Festa Campanile Johnny Dorelli, Agostina Belli comedy[ citation needed ]
The Cat Luigi Comencini Ugo Tognazzi, Mariangela Melato, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Michel Galabru [ citation needed ]
Charleston Marcello Fondato Bud Spencer, James Coco, Herbert Lom [ citation needed ]
La compagna di banco Mariano Laurenti Lilli Carati, Gianfranco D'Angelo, Lino Banfi [ citation needed ]
Cosmos: War of the Planets Alfonso Brescia John Richardson, Massimo Bonetti [ citation needed ]
Could It Happen Here? Massimo Pirri Luc Merenda, Marcella Michelangeli [10]
Crime Busters E.B. Clucher Bud Spencer, Terence Hill, David Huddleston [ citation needed ]
The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist Umberto Lenzi Maurizio Merli, Tomas Milian, John Saxon [11]
Death Hunt Gaetano Cisco Pier Luigi Conti, Ninetto Davoli, Martine Carrell [12] [13]
Death Steps in the Dark Maurizio Pradeaux Leonard Mann, Robert Webber [ citation needed ]
Destruction Force Stelvio Massi Luc Merenda, Tomas Milian [14]
Dove volano i corvi d'argento Piero Livi Corrado Pani, Jenny Tamburi, Flavio Bucci crime-drama [15] [16]
Double Game Carlo Ausino George Hilton poliziottesco [17]
Double Murder Steno Marcello Mastroianni, Agostina Belli, Ursula Andress, Peter Ustinov [ citation needed ]
Ecco noi per esempio Sergio Corbucci Adriano Celentano, Renato Pozzetto, Barbara Bach [ citation needed ]
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals Joe D'Amato Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti [ citation needed ]
Emanuelle Around the World Joe D'Amato Laura Gemser, Karin Schubert [ citation needed ]
Emanuelle in America Joe D'Amato Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti sexploitation[ citation needed ]
The Forbidden Room Dino Risi Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Deneuve, Danilo MatteiItalian-French co-production [18]
Il gabbiano Marco Bellocchio Laura Betti, Pamela Villoresi, Remo Girone [ citation needed ]
Gangbuster Alberto Marras Ray Lovelock, Mel Ferrer, Lilli Carati poliziottesco [16]
Goodbye & Amen Damiano Damiani Tony Musante, Claudia Cardinale, John Steiner [19]
The Heroin Busters Enzo G. Castellari Fabio Testi, David Hemmings Crime [20]
Highway Racer Stelvio Massi Maurizio Merli, Lilli Carati [21]
Hitch-Hike Sergio Citti Franco Nero, Corinne Cléry, David Hess [ citation needed ]
Holocaust 2000 Alberto De Martino Kirk Douglas, Simon Ward, Agostina Belli, Virginia McKenna [ citation needed ]
I Am Afraid Damiano Damiani Gian Maria Volonté, Mario Adorf, Erland Josephson [22]
In the Name of the Pope King Luigi Magni Nino Manfredi, Carlo Bagno Historical Drama[ citation needed ]
Jesus of Nazareth Franco Zeffirelli Robert Powell, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Claudia Cardinale, Rod Steiger [ citation needed ]
Kaput Lager – Gli ultimi giorni delle SS Luigi Batzella Richard Harrison, Lea Leander, Isarco Ravaioli [5] [23]
Kleinhoff Hotel Carlo Lizzani Corinne Cléry, Bruce Robinson, Michele Placido [ citation needed ]
Last Orgy of the Third Reich Cesare Canevari Daniela Poggi [ citation needed ]
El Macho Marcello Andrei Carlos Monzón, George Hilton Western [8]
La malavita attacca... la polizia risponde! Mario Caiano Leonard Mann, Maria Rosaria Omaggio [24] [25]
A Man Called Magnum Michele Massimo Tarantini Luc Merenda, Enzo Cannavale [26]
Mannaja Sergio Martino Maurizio Merli, John Steiner, Philippe Leroy Western [8]
Il marito in collegio Maurizio Lucidi Enrico Montesano, Silvia Dionisio [ citation needed ]
Maschio latino cercasi Giovanni Narzisi Dayle Haddon, Gloria Guida, Stefania Casini [ citation needed ]
Messalina, Messalina Bruno Corbucci Tomas Milian, Anneka Di Lorenzo, Lino Toffolo [ citation needed ]
Il mostro Luigi Zampa Johnny Dorelli, Sydne Rome [ citation needed ]
Nazi Love Camp 27 Mario Caiano Sirpa Lane [ citation needed ]
Nenè Salvatore Samperi Leonora Fani, Tino Schirinzi [ citation needed ]
Nerone Castellacci & Pingitore Pippo Franco, Enrico Montesano [ citation needed ]
Nine Guests for a Crime Ferdinando Baldi Arthur Kennedy, John Richardson [ citation needed ]
Onore e guapparia Tiziano Longo Pino Mauro, Laura Gray [27]
Orazi e curiazi 3-2 Giorgio Mariuzzo Lino Banfi, Gloria Guida, Gianni Agus [ citation needed ]
Padre Padrone Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani Omero Antonutti, Saverio Marconi, Nanni Moretti [ citation needed ]
Per amore di Poppea Mariano Laurenti María Baxa, Alvaro Vitali [ citation needed ]
The Pajama Girl Case Flavio Mogherini Dalila Di Lazzaro, Ray Milland, Michele Placido, Mel Ferrer [ citation needed ]
Pane, burro e marmellata Giorgio Capitani Enrico Montesano, Rossana Podestà, Rita Tushingham [ citation needed ]
The Perfect Killer Mario Siciliano Lee Van Cleef, Tina Baker, John Ireland Italian-Spanish co-production [28]
Pigs Have Wings Paolo Pietrangeli Lou Castel drama[ citation needed ]
Polizia selvaggia Guido Zurli Piero Fabiani, Giorgio Ardissan, Tarik Arkan Italian-Turkish co-production [29]
Il prefetto di ferro Pasquale Squitieri Giuliano Gemma, Claudia Cardinale [ citation needed ]
La presidentessa Luciano Salce Mariangela Melato, Johnny Dorelli [ citation needed ]
Ready for Anything Giorgio Stegani Eleonora Giorgi, Bekim Fehmiu [ citation needed ]
Return of the 38 Gang Giuseppe Vari Antonio Sabato, Dagmar Lassander [30]
The Rip-Off Antonio Margheriti Lee Van Cleef, Karen Black, Edward Albert [ citation needed ]
The Schoolteacher Goes to Boys' High Mariano Laurenti Edwige Fenech, Renzo Montagnani, Lino Banfi [ citation needed ]
Sahara Cross Tonino Valerii Franco Nero, Michel Constantin Action [30]
Sette note in nero Lucio Fulci Jennifer O'Neill, Gianni Garko, Gabriele Ferzetti giallo [31] [32]
Shock Mario Bava Daria Nicolodi, John Steiner [33]
A Special Day Ettore Scola Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon [ citation needed ]
Spell – Dolce mattatoio Alberto Cavallone Paola Montenero, Jane Avril, Monica Ronchi [34] [35] [36] [37]
A Spiral of Mist Eriprando Visconti Marc Porel, Duilio Del Prete, Eleonora Giorgi [ citation needed ]
Squadra antitruffa Bruno Corbucci Tomas Milian, David Hemmings, Anna Cardini [38]
SS Girls Bruno Mattei Ivano Staccioli, Alan Collins [ citation needed ]
Stato interessante Sergio Nasca Turi Ferro, Janet Agren, Monica Guerritore, Enrico Montesano, Magali Noël [ citation needed ]
Stunt Squad Domenico Paolella Marcel Bozzuffi, Vittorio Mezzogiorno [39]
Suspiria Dario Argento Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Joan Bennett Horror [40] [41]
Taxi Girl Michele Massimo Tarantini Edwige Fenech, Aldo Maccione [ citation needed ]
Tentacles Ovidio G. Assonitis John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins,HorrorItalian-American co-production [42]
Three Tigers Against Three Tigers Sergio Corbucci , Steno Renato Pozzetto, Enrico Montesano, Paolo Villaggio [ citation needed ]
La tigre è ancora viva: Sandokan alla riscossa! Sergio Sollima Kabir Bedi, Philippe Leroy, Adolfo Celi [ citation needed ]
Tutti defunti... tranne i morti Pupi Avati Gianni Cavina, Francesca Marciano, Carlo Delle Piano [43]
The Virgo, the Taurus and the Capricorn Luciano Martino Edwige Fenech, Alberto Lionello, Aldo Maccione [ citation needed ]
Twilight of Love Luigi Scattini Anthony Steel, Annie Belle, Hugo Pratt, Pam Grier [ citation needed ]
Viva Italia! Mario Monicelli , Dino Risi, Ettore Scola Vittorio Gassman, Ornella Muti, Alberto Sordi, Ugo Tognazzi [ citation needed ]
Weapons of Death Mario Caiano Leonard Mann, Henry Silva [38]
Wifemistress Marco Vicario Marcello Mastroianni, Laura Antonelli [ citation needed ]

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Footnotes

  1. Curti 2013, p. 203.
  2. Curti 2013, p. 204.
  3. Shipka 2011, p. 168.
  4. "La bestia in calore (1977)". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  5. 1 2 Curti 2017, p. 129.
  6. 1 2 Curti 2013, p. 206.
  7. Curti 2013, p. 207.
  8. 1 2 3 Grant 2011, p. 467.
  9. Curti 2013, p. 208.
  10. Curti 2013, p. 209.
  11. Curti 2013, p. 211.
  12. Curti 2013, p. 213.
  13. Curti 2013, p. 214.
  14. Curti 2013, p. 215.
  15. Curti 2013, p. 217.
  16. 1 2 Curti 2013, p. 218.
  17. Curti 2013, p. 216.
  18. Curti 2017, p. 169.
  19. Curti 2013, p. 219.
  20. Curti 2013, p. 220.
  21. Curti 2013, p. 221.
  22. Curti 2013, p. 223.
  23. "Kaput lager gli ultimi giorni delle SS (1977)". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  24. Curti 2013, p. 224.
  25. Curti 2013, p. 225.
  26. Curti 2013, p. 226.
  27. Curti 2013, p. 227.
  28. Curti 2013, p. 228.
  29. Curti 2013, p. 229.
  30. 1 2 Curti 2013, p. 230.
  31. Curti 2017, p. 172.
  32. Curti 2017, p. 173.
  33. Curti 2017, p. 177.
  34. "Spell". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  35. Buchanan, Jason. "Man, Woman and Beast (1977)". AllMovie . Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  36. Curti 2018, p. 46.
  37. Curti 2018, p. 47.
  38. 1 2 Curti 2013, p. 233.
  39. Curti 2013, p. 232.
  40. Curti 2017, p. 180.
  41. Curti 2017, p. 181.
  42. "Tentacles". American Film Institute . Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  43. Curti 2017, p. 187.

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