Ernesto Gastaldi

Olga O's Strange Story (1995)

When Olga Roli returns to her birthplace after a nervous breakdown, it quickly becomes much worse for her. Anonymous, threatening phone calls to deal with her as Olga O, her stage name from her time working in a local strip club, soon followed by a near mi ...

Il giorno del giudizio (1994)

A 1994 Italian film. ...

Casablanca Express (1989)

It is 1942 and the conflict between the U.S. and Germany is getting heated, U.S. Intelligence soon discovers that the Natzis are planning to capture Winston Churchill. In order to protect him they send commando Al Cooper to guard Churchill who is going by ...

Jiboa (1989)

A man wakes in a native village, unable to recall how he got there. As he's aided back to health through rest and the topless magic of a young girl, the village soon comes under attack by a helicopter which drives the man to flee into the jungle. ...

Stradivari (1988)

As a boy the orphan Antonio Stradivari heard for the first time in his life the sound of a violin and he was fascinated by its voice. He tried to construct a violin and attracted the attention of Niccolò Amati, a famous lutist of Cremona. Antonio became a ...

The Shatterer (1987)

Following the opening of a Japanese auto factory in Sicily, the head of the company is kidnapped by Sicilian mobsters. This was a co-production between Italy and Japan's Toho Studios. ...

Provare per credere (1987)

A man is left by his wife and to overcome the shock he follows the advice of his playboy friend , who suggests that he jump into the fray and surround himself with beautiful girls. ...

Hands of Steel (1986)

A story about a cyborg who is programmed to kill a scientist who holds the fate of mankind in his hands. ...

The Killer Is Still Among Us (1986)

During a spree of violent killings, a young woman writing a thesis in criminology begins to suspect that her new boyfriend, who is a forensic pathologist, might be a serial killer. ...

2019: After the Fall of New York (1983)

After a nuclear war society breaks down into two groups, the evil Euraks, and the rebel Federation. A mercenary named Parsifal is hired by the Federation to infiltrate New York City, which is controlled by the Euraks, to rescue the only fertile woman left ...

Scorpion with Two Tails (1982)

An archeologist's wife has recurring nightmares about ritual killings in an Etruscan tomb while her husband is away excavating a lost temple. After a phone call where she is forced to listen to him being murdered, she travels to the excavation site to solv ...

The Nosy One (1981)

Luciano Persichetti is hypersensitive and convinced that he has paranormal powers. Susanna, a parapsychology student with whom he is in love, tries to help him interpret the paranormal warning messages he is receiving. When Luciano turns out to be haunted ...

Screams in the Night (1981)

When a member of a group of occultists is violently slain, the rest repair to the woods, where they are haunted by an apparently supernatural force. ...

I'm Getting a Yacht (1980)

A dentist buys a small yacht and takes his two children on a cruise of the Mediterranean. His ex-wife stows away to keep an eye on the children and the inevitable happens. ...

The Great Alligator (1979)

Tourists on a tropical island anger an island god, who turns himself into a giant alligator and stalks them. ...

Concorde Affair (1979)

A reporter tries to stop the crash of an aircraft after uncovering an airline's plot to save their business by sabotaging Concorde flights and have them decommissioned. ...

Sahara Cross (1977)

Jean Bellard and Carl Mank, two Western engineers supported by Hamid are in search of a terrorist group that murdered their colleague in the Tunisian desert. ...

The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist (1977)

A vengeful criminal targets the inspector who put him away, but the inspector survives and fakes his death. Ignoring orders to flee, he sets out to bring the fugitive back to justice. ...

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot (1975)

Expert conman Joe Thanks teams up with half-breed Bill and naive Lucy to steal $300,000 from the Indian-hating Major Cabot. Their elaborate plan is full of disguises, double-crosses, and chases, but Joe always seems to know what he's doing. ...

Savage Three (1975)

By day, Ovidio (Joe Dallesandro) and his two friends work at a data center. After work, they blow off steam by committing random acts of savage violence, swiftly graduating from sparking a riot at a football game to vehicle theft, rape, and murder. The pol ...

Kidnap Syndicate (1975)

After his son is kidnapped, a millionaire industrialist seeks revenge, in spite of the potential danger that his rash actions will bring about for his child and another kidnapped boy, the son of a poor mechanic. ...

The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975)

Police detective Paolo Germi and the mysterious Marisa meet each other at a dance hall. Germi is unsuspecting of the secret Marisa is carrying with her: adverse conditions forced her into prostitution. As Germi finds the young girl brutally murdered, he de ...

Gambling City (1975)

Luca Altieri is a gambler. He likes cards and he is a master in playing poker. He is a cardsharper too. He begins working for "The President", who has many gambling houses and everything seems to go well until Luca falls for Maria Luisa. Unfortunately for ...

Gun Moll (1975)

A happy-go-lucky prostitute gets mixed up with the Mafia. ...

Puzzle (1974)

In London, A man who has amnesia attempts to uncover the truth about his identity. A menacing individual accuses him of betrayal, and soon more pieces of his puzzling past begin to fall in place. ...

Almost Human (1974)

A psychotic small-time criminal realizes that the everyday robberies, rapes and murders he commits aren't profitable enough, so he figures to hit the big time by kidnapping the daughter of a rich man. ...

My Name Is Nobody (1973)

Jack Beauregard, an aging gunman of the Old West, only wants to retire in peace and move to Europe, but a young gunfighter known as "Nobody" who idolizes Beauregard wants him to go out in a blaze of glory. So, he arranges for Jack to face the 150-man gang ...

Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment (1973)

A beautiful but poor young girl finds all the money and material goods she never had when she becomes the girlfriend of a crime boss, but soon learns that there is a price to be paid for that kind of life. ...

The Magnificent Dare Devil (1973)

A race-car driver must elude the police and two rival criminal organizations as he tries to locate a suitcase full of heroin and absolve himself of murder. ...

The Violent Professionals (1973)

With or without help from law enforcement officers, a lone individual decides to crack down on the syndicate. ...

Torso (1973)

A masked serial killer with psychosexual issues strangles female coeds with scarves before dismembering them. When a wealthy student identifies one of the scarves and thinks she has a lead on a suspect, she becomes the killer's next target, retreating to h ...

The Grand Duel (1972)

A grizzled ex-sheriff helps a man framed for murder to confront the powerful trio of brothers who want him dead. ...

A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972)

A dishonored Union Army officer leads a group of convicts to retake Fort Holman from the Confederate Army. ...

Death Walks at Midnight (1972)

Valentina, a beautiful fashion model, takes an experimental drug as part of a scientific experiment. While influenced by the drug, Valentina has a vision of a young woman being brutally murdered with a viciously spiked glove. It turns out that a woman was ...

The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)

A high-rise apartment populated by models, nightclub dancers and call girls becomes the focus of a mysterious serial killer. When a young model named Jennifer and her friend Marilyn move into one of the victims' former apartments, Jennifer becomes the next ...

Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)

Oliviero is a drunk, burned-out writer who amuses himself by hosting orgies at his grand country manor and humiliating his wife Irina. When a number of women are murdered in grisly fashion, Oliviero becomes a prime suspect. ...

Prey of Vultures (1972)

Thanks to his ability, Danny can draw each of the bandits who robbed the stage coach in which he was traveling with his father, who was killed. When he arrives to the next town he looks for a job helped by the sheriffs` daughter. In the bulletin board ther ...

It Can Be Done Amigo (1972)

An outspoken boy and a gunfighter-pimp save a drifter's life from hanging. The boy's uncle dies, leaving a house and some dry, useless land to the boy. The dying uncle has obtained the drifter's promise to help the boy get what is his. Meanwhile the gunfig ...

All the Colours of the Dark (1972)

After a car accident that caused the loss of her baby, Jane experiences an increasing amount of nightmares that shake her to her core. After seeking professional help, her haunting visions turn into an even more frightening reality, one full of black magic ...

Death Walks on High Heels (1971)

Exotic dancer Nicole finds herself terrorized by a black-clad assailant determined on procuring her murdered father's stolen gems. Fleeing Paris in hopes of evading her knife-wielding pursuer, Nicole arrives in England only to discover that death stalks he ...

The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)

After her husband dies in a freak plane accident, a woman leaves London for Athens to collect his generous life insurance policy. She soon discovers that others besides herself are keen to get their hands on the money - and are willing to kill for it. Mean ...

Human Cobras (1971)

A former American gangster organises a safari in Kenya in order to have his business partner, whom he suspects of being responsible for his brother's death, killed. However, it turns out that he killed the wrong person and a series of murders follow. ...

The Lonely Violent Beach (1971)

A married couple on a weekend away when their private party is crashed by a band of local bikers. They tie up the man and the leader rapes his wife. The wife and the bike leader then fall for one another, that turns out to be bad news for the husband, and ...

The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (1971)

When socialite and heiress Julie Wardh begins receiving blackmail letters attributed to a mysterious serial killer, she suspects her cruel and sadistic former lover Jean is behind them. With her husband Neil frequently out of town, she falls into the arms ...

Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming (1970)

Wily roving gunslinger Sartana arrives in a small town and tries to find a hidden fortune of half a million dollars in gold and two million dollars in counterfeit money. Naturally, a bunch of other treacherous folks who include conniving widow Senora Manas ...

The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970)

The wife of a financially struggling businessman is blackmailed by a mysterious man into having a sadistic relationship with him, or he will release damning evidence that suggests that her husband is a murderer. ...

Arizona Colt Returns (1970)

Famed gunman Arizona Colt is sent by Moreno to rescue his daughter from the grips of Arizona's old enemy, Keane. But certain complications make the mission far more dangerous than expected. ...

La banda de los tres crisantemos (1970)

So Sweet... So Perverse (1969)

An industrialist's affair with a troubled woman entangles him in a dangerous situation with her abusive boyfriend. His glamorous life spirals into unexpected peril. ...

Desert Assault (1969)

Allied and German forces are stranded in desert during WW II and attempt to surrender each other. ...

The Battle of El Alamein (1969)

June 1942. As Rommel swept toward the Nile, the fall of Egypt and the capture of the Suez Canal seemed inevitable. Italian and German advance units raced toward Alexandria. Mussolini had given explicit orders: The Italians must arrive first! ...

Diamonds for Breakfast (1968)

Swinging playboy Grand Duke Nicholas Goduno, a direct descendent of the Romanov family who were overthrown in the Russian Revolution of 1917, learns that his family's crown jewels will be exhibited at a London museum and plots to steal them. To this end, h ...

To Hell and Back (1968)

Johnny King, a rebellious drifter, sets out to avenge the death of his mentor and friend, Steve, after he has been murdered for his land by the Ward Brothers. After causing some trouble for the Wards, Johnny faces a new opponent, his outlaw friend, Meredit ...

Cheers... Cyanide! (1968)

French / Italian espionage thriller. ...

Taste of Vengeance (1968)

A group of Northern vigilantes, roaming the post Civil War south, attack and kill the fiancee of war veteran Brian, who is rescued by his friend, Daniel. The two, with brother Robert, set out to find the killers. But Brian, suffering from amnesia and becom ...

The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968)

A newlywed couple visits the husband's hometown of Geneva, where they are subjected to threats stemming from the death of his former fiancée. ...

Day of Anger (1967)

A scruffy garbage boy becomes the pupil of famed gunfighter Talby, and the stage for confrontation is set when the gunman overruns the boy's town through violence and corruption. ...

Vengeance Is Mine (1967)

Johnny Forest, bounty hunter, attempts to carry out his mother's dying wish that he bring in his outlaw brother, Clint, alive. On the run from Jurago, a former partner he has crossed, Clint accepts Johnny's help, and agrees to surrender ..... for now. ...

Flashman (1967)

Superhero Flashman--who is secretly a member of the British royal family--battles a host of villains and gangsters, including Mafia bank robbers and a gang of beautiful female counterfeiters. ...

$10,000 for a Massacre (1967)

After being hired to free a landowner's kidnapped daughter, a bounty hunter double-crosses his employer and joins the kidnapper's gang. ...

Your Turn to Die (1967)

When Gordon Smash tries to get away with the loot from a successful diamond heist, his fellow conspirators shoot him in the back. Smash manages to get a clue to newspaper reporter Robert Foster, who sets of to retrieve the diamonds. Despite becoming a targ ...

$1,000 on the Black (1966)

Johnny Liston has just been released from prison where he has wrongly served twelve years for a murder. He returns to Campos, the village of his birth, where the whole town is terrorized by Johnny's brother, Sartana, who has taken Manuela, Johnny's fiancè ...

Ring Around the World (1966)

Investigator Fred Lester uncovers a killer using an air pistol firing chemical bullets in the swinging '60s spy thriller RING AROUND THE WORLD, a globe-hopping escapade featuring a plane-and-parachute stunt later repeated in the James Bond film Moonraker. ...

Arizona Colt (1966)

Arizona Colt heads for Blackstone City where Gordon is planning a robbery. When one of Gordon's henchmen murders a saloon girl, Arizona offers to hunt down the killer. ...

Where Are You Taking That Woman (1966)

A lady killer tracked by the police, takes refuge at a psychiatrist's home, and the doctor tells him three stories, to convince him that crime does not pay ...

A... For Assassin (1966)

After a rich mine worker dies in mine accident, his heirs gather in his house to hear the reading of the will. ...

Almost Perfect Crime (1966)

Fury in Marrakesh (1966)

A contemporary gang of international thieves has found the multi-billion counterfeit money stash that the Nazis produced. They need to dump it all across the world at once. A lower-level dame is spotted distributing some of it, and this sets American agent ...

The Murder Clinic (1966)

Patients and those working in an isolated mental hospitals are murdered, one by one, by a madman lurking in the corridors ...

Killers Are Challenged (1966)

When a trio of scientists who have discovered an alternative energy source starts dying mysteriously Bob Fleming goes to Casablanca to solve the mystery. ...

Special Code: Assignment Lost Formula (1966)

Seven Rebel Gladiators (1965)

The ruthless Roman tribune, Vadio, joins forces with the evil Morakeb to take over the throne of Aristea, usurping King Krontal and stealing away his lovely daughter in the process. Meanwhile, Marco Aulo, now a Roman centurion, comes to Aristea to learn wh ...

Libido (1965)

A young man visits his ancestral home accompanied by his guardian and their wives, where he is plagued by the memories and influence of his murderous, psychosexual father. ...

Secret Agent Fireball (1965)

An American CIA agent must find the whereabouts of valuable microfilm that was smuggled over by two Russian scientists who had been hoping to defect. ...

The Long Hair of Death (1964)

In a 15th century village, a woman is accused of witchcraft and put to death. Her beautiful older daughter knows the real reason for the execution lies in the lord's sexual desire for her mother. ...

The Revenge of the Gladiators (1964)

Friends of Spartacus achieve revenge on the plotter who tries to make political capital out of the rumor that he is still alive. It was shot back to back with Seven Slaves Against the World. ...

Giants of Rome (1964)

An elite group of soldiers led by the courageous Claudius Marcellus are handpicked by Julius Caesar to embark on a desperate and dangerous suicide mission to destroy the Druids' secret weapon. ...

The Monster of the Opera (1964)

A theater troupe's young, energetic leader has secured an old theater in which to produce his new production. The theater's elderly caretaker urges the group to leave at once. A vampire is awakened and discovers that one of the troupe is the reincarnation ...

Crypt of the Vampire (1964)

Count Karnstein sends for a doctor to help his sick daughter Laura. Her nurse believes she is possessed by the spirit of a dead ancestor, Carmilla. A young woman becomes intrigued by the mysterious deaths surrounding Laura after a carriage accident outside ...

Scandal Nudes (1963)

A theater manager wants to stage a striptease act but his jealous wife puts a lot of obstacles on his way. ...

Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963)

In 16th century Spain, Don Francisco reluctantly betroths his daughter, Blanca, to the arrogant Don Ramiro in order to preserve the lands in the family estate. Then Don Juan, Don Francisco's nephew and Blanca's true love, returns from the war in Flanders. ...

The Whip and the Body (1963)

Disowned in the past by his father, Kurt Menliff, a cruel and sadistic nobleman, returns to the family castle to reclaim his inheritance. ...

Horror Castle (1963)

Women are being tortured to death with various devices in the dungeon of an old castle by a mysterious, hooded figure who may be a notorious executioner from medieval times. ...

Divorzio alla siciliana (1963)

Son of Hercules vs. Medusa (1963)

To avenge his father's death and free the people of Seriphos from the evil King Galinor of Argus, the noble Perseus must defeat a dragon -- and the monster Medusa, whose steely gaze has cast the kingdom's best soldiers into stone. ...

Alone Against Rome (1962)

A Roman Consul, on his way to fight a border war, stations a garrison of soldiers in a provincial town. The townspeople aren't happy with this situation but decide it's in their best interests to cooperate. However, the Tribune left in charge of the garris ...

The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)

In late 19th century London, a woman weds a necrophiliac doctor whose first wife died under mysterious circumstances - and who might be returning from the grave to torment her successor. ...

Mars, God of War (1962)

In days of old there lived a son of Hercules, who dwelt near Mount Olympus, and as a result was endowed with godlike powers. A city of civilized people face an army of rampaging barbarians. The people at once go into battle and pray for deliverance from th ...

Last Chance for Life (1962)

Women held in prison by the Nazi's in Italy during WW2. ...

Pesci d'oro e bikini d'argento (1961)

People who take part in a telephone radio quiz get a golden fish as first prize and a silver bikini as second one. ...

Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory (1961)

The new science teacher Dr. Julian Olcott with a mysterious past arrives in an institutional boarding school for troublemaker girls. Along the night, the intern Mary Smith, who is blackmailing another teacher - Sir Alfred Whiteman - with some love letters, ...

Rocco e le sorelle (1961)

A Sicilian leaves for Milan, in search of fortune, with the four sisters he supervises fiercely. ...

Che femmina!! E... che dollari! (1960)

An American millionaire has just died. His sole legatee is a youthful indiscretion, a girl who is currently living in Italy. Two private eye detective agencies, in competition with each other, investigate. Combining business with pleasure, they search sunn ...

The Vampire and the Ballerina (1960)

A troupe of beautiful dancers find themselves stranded in a sinister castle, not knowing it is home to a group of vampires. ...

Pretendo l'inferno (2024)

Spaghetti alla Martino (2019)

The film documentary by Daniele Ceccarini and Francesco Tassara tells the prolific career of the Italian director Sergio Martino. ...

All the Colors of Giallo (2019)

'Giallo' is Italian for 'yellow', the color of the lurid pulp novels that inspired one of the most intense, extreme and influential genres in movie history. In this unprecedented collection, experience the full chronological evolution of giallo with more t ...

Private Pictures (2018)

Documentary about the making of the early Giallo "Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion". ...

Crime Does Pay (2017)

Screenwriter Gastaldi reflects on his career in the crime film-writing business, including a look at Death Walks at Midnight; ...

Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres… (2014)

French documentary on the Spaghetti Western genre, with numerous interviews. ...

The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti (2013)

Documentary on the life and films of Antonio Margheriti. ...

Like a Beast... Almost (2005)

Director Umberto Lenzi, writer Ernesto Gastaldi and stars Ray Lovelock & Gino Santercole discuss the making of Lenzi's Almost Human. ...

Dark Fears Behind the Door (2005)

Rare interview of Sergio Martino and Edwige Fenech (with Luciano Martino, Ernesto Gastaldi & George Hilton) discussing their film The Strange Vice of Mrs. ...