Lina Franchi

Lina Franchi

Movies for Lina Franchi...

Mother Ebe
Title: Mother Ebe
Character: Passante al Palazzo di Giustizia (uncredited)
Released: April 8, 1985
Type: Movie
Based on the story of the woman recently brought to trial on charges of moral plagiarism and witchcraft.
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Soap and Water
Title: Soap and Water
Character: donna alla finestra nº 2
Released: October 27, 1983
Type: Movie
A school janitor pretends to be a priest in order to give private lessons to a young top model.
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Sing Sing
Title: Sing Sing
Released: October 15, 1983
Type: Movie
Eduardo accidentally discovers that he is adopted. His real father is dying, but before his death he said that his mother was the "Queen of England", failing to clarify that this is the nickname of Italian prostitute. But Eduardo is already rushing to the capital of England...
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Long Live the Seal
Title: Long Live the Seal
Character: moglie del passante (uncredited)
Released: March 28, 1982
Type: Movie
Andrea, a nice girl, move from Veneto (north of Italy) to Roma. She is employed as a nurse in a medical practice. She soon is involved in a never-ending game of misunderstanding, couples exchange, sexual seductions.
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Talcum Powder
Title: Talcum Powder
Character: Prostituta
Released: January 22, 1982
Type: Movie
Sergio Benvenuti is a shy seller of contracts for a Roman company of music, but because of his character he cannot find even a customer, so he asks for help from a fellow named Nadia.
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A Policewoman in New York
Title: A Policewoman in New York
Character: paziente dell'Ospedale
Released: November 21, 1981
Type: Movie
A Texan travels to Rome to hire two police officers to impersonate a mobster's girlfriend and his most ruthless hitman.
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L'assistente sociale tutto pepe
Title: L'assistente sociale tutto pepe
Character: Crying Woman
Released: March 18, 1981
Type: Movie
Nadia is a social worker who is trying to keep the residents of a local slum in line. Unfortunately she keeps neglecting her work and fantasizing about a life as a pop-star. When she falls for one of the residents in question, a small time crook called Bel Ami, she ends up an accomplice in a convoluted heist involving a holy Catholic relic.
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La Cage aux Folles II
Title: La Cage aux Folles II
Character: Baldi Family Woman (uncredited)
Released: December 10, 1980
Type: Movie
In a move to make his partner, Renato, jealous, the flamboyant Albin waits in a local cafe - dressed as a woman - hoping to be picked up. But Albin gets more than he bargains for when the fly he catches in his web is actually a spy, who uses him as an unwitting courier of secret microfilm. Now on the run from ruthless agents, Albin and Renato flee to Italy where they attempt to hide out on a farm, with Albin posing as Renato's wife. Can Albin escape the deadly pursuit of these relentless spies or does he have to sustain this charade - as a woman - forever?
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I'm Photogenic
Title: I'm Photogenic
Character: Mourner (uncredited)
Released: March 21, 1980
Type: Movie
Antonio Barozzi moves from Lago Maggiore to Rome to become an actor. He does not realize his agent and acting coach are only manipulating him to further their own careers.
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Cafè Express
Title: Cafè Express
Character: Train Passenger (uncredited)
Released: February 16, 1980
Type: Movie
An Italian laborer foils anyone who tries to stop him from selling espresso on the Milan-to-Naples night train.
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Tutti a squola
Title: Tutti a squola
Character: madre di uno studente
Released: September 1, 1979
Type: Movie
The upright prof. Filippo Bottini Said Pippo is an "old-fashioned" teacher in a Roman school. He would like a Heart book-style school but clashes with the harsh reality of modern teaching and in particular with the turmoil of the seventies: strikes, occupations, armed students, feminist colleagues. Overwhelmed by events, he will find himself more and more in the maelstrom of the post-1968 protest until he becomes a drug courier. He will be arrested and incarcerated, but thanks to the release on bail provided by his colleague Lalla, with whom he had in the meantime started a relationship, he will be able to redeem himself.
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The New Godfathers
Title: The New Godfathers
Character: Woman with Stellatella
Released: August 24, 1979
Type: Movie
A revolution in Iran halts a heroin shipment, but an alliance of crime families is set on getting it to the US. They decide to run the drug through an unsuspecting network of good-natured, local smugglers in Naples, while an international anti-narcotics agent rushes to shut their operation down. Betrayals and divided loyalties lead to a final, bloody confrontation in America.
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Where Can You Go Without the Little Vice?
Title: Where Can You Go Without the Little Vice?
Character: suora al ristorante (uncredited)
Released: August 4, 1979
Type: Movie
Two detectives are hired to discover if a rich industrialist is having an affair. The detectives pose as a gay butler and as a female cook in order to spy on all of the happenings within the house.
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A Man on His Knees
Title: A Man on His Knees
Character: la consorte del pentito
Released: April 13, 1979
Type: Movie
Nino, a regular working-class guy, finds that a hitman has been hired to kill him. He discovers that a wealthy woman has been kidnapped and that everyone who was involved in it is being killed off. However, Nino had nothing to do with the kidnapping and has to find out who has sent the killers and stop them before it's too late.
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Concorde Affair
Title: Concorde Affair
Character: Passenger - 2nd Concorde (uncredited)
Released: March 23, 1979
Type: Movie
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.
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Deadly Chase
Title: Deadly Chase
Released: December 8, 1978
Type: Movie
Police Commissioner Verrazzano (Luc Merenda) is visited by charming Giulia Medici (Janet Agren) who claims that her brother, banker Valter Medici didn't commit suicide but was murdered. The investigation leads Verrazzano to dark secrets of loan sharks.
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Blood and Diamonds
Title: Blood and Diamonds
Character: Woman in the Pullman
Released: March 17, 1978
Type: Movie
A man is arrested and condemned to five years in jail for robbery. After serving his term, he is out for revenge on the gang members he considers were to blame for his arrest. The prize for this deadly fight is a large cache of diamonds.
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I Am Afraid
Title: I Am Afraid
Released: October 6, 1977
Type: Movie
During a wave of political violence in Italy, a policeman who's already survived an assassination is assigned to act as a bodyguard to a morally upright judge. He feels increasingly fearful as the links of the upper echelons of police and government to the violence become clear.
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The Heroin Busters
Title: The Heroin Busters
Released: August 13, 1977
Type: Movie
Drug use in the city of Rome is at an all-time high. Children score from dealers in front of their schools, mules waltz straight through airport security, and Interpol's main man, Mike Hamilton (David Hemmings), is at his wits' end. Fed up to the back teeth with the local police force's incompetence, his only hope is to rely on one of his own men, Fabio (Fabio Testi), an officer so deep undercover that no-one but Hamilton knows who he really is. Even as Fabio gains the trust of cartel leader Gianni (John Loffredo), however, the dealers are edging ever closer to the truth, and when his cover is blown, the hunter becomes the hunted as Fabio finds himself alone in a desperate fight to survive.
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Horse Fever
Title: Horse Fever
Character: Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Released: October 29, 1976
Type: Movie
Bruno Fioretti, known as "Mandrake", is an inveterate gambler who never misses a day at the horse racing track in Rome. He is doubly unlucky: he bets too much on one horse, and his wife is sleeping with his best friend because Mandrake is always at the track. Penniless and cuckolded, Mandrake decides to make one last bet.
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Hit Squad
Title: Hit Squad
Character: Hippodrome Spectator (uncredited)
Released: October 29, 1976
Type: Movie
A gang of thieves are robbing luxury apartments in Rome, but after emptying the villa of the wealthy Mr. Douglas, the thieves are beginning to die.
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Like Rabid Dogs
Title: Like Rabid Dogs
Character: Prostitute
Released: August 2, 1976
Type: Movie
Two police officers attempt to hunt down and arrest a trio of rich kids who rob, assault and kill for fun.
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Rome, the Other Face of Violence
Title: Rome, the Other Face of Violence
Released: July 27, 1976
Type: Movie
Four bandits commit a robbery in a villa. The maid calls the police and Commissioner Carli immediately orders patrols to chase them.
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The Cop in Blue Jeans
Title: The Cop in Blue Jeans
Character: Angry Woman at Market (uncredited)
Released: March 11, 1976
Type: Movie
A top undercover cop finds and arrests a series of purse snatchers until he discovers an American at the top of an evil ring of thieves.
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Confessions of a Lady Cop
Title: Confessions of a Lady Cop
Character: Prostitute
Released: February 12, 1976
Type: Movie
Gianna Amicucci works in the house of the head of her hometown police force and enters the academy with a kickback from him. She is a beautiful woman (she generously sheds clothes during the film) and has to overcome her male colleagues prejudices, but she gains their respect through a series of brilliant operations.
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Romulus and Remus: The Story of Two Sons of a Wolf
Title: Romulus and Remus: The Story of Two Sons of a Wolf
Character: Donna Sabina (uncredited)
Released: January 29, 1976
Type: Movie
The history of Rome revisited by the group of Bagaglino (Franco, Montesano, Castellacci and Pingitore). Romulus kills Remus, but also manages to get rid of him. The sister continues to bother him in the ghost robes. When Romulus founded Rome and abducted the Sabine, dies, hell, he is received, needless to say, the petulantissimo Remo.
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My Father's Nurse
Title: My Father's Nurse
Character: Zizì, the maitresse
Released: January 28, 1976
Type: Movie
An old man's spirits are lifted greatly when he finds that his new personal nurse is a spectacularly beautiful, volcanically sexy young woman.
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A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Title: A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Character: Mary Gomez, Prostitute (uncredited)
Released: December 16, 1975
Type: Movie
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.
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Who's Afraid of Zorro
Title: Who's Afraid of Zorro
Character: Landlady (uncredited)
Released: July 2, 1975
Type: Movie
Spain, occupied by the French. Zorro, the intrepid swordsman, has an accident. As a result, his friend, Father Donato, is forced by oath to find a temporary replacement for him.
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Trinity Plus the Clown and a Guitar
Title: Trinity Plus the Clown and a Guitar
Character: Woman at Game
Released: April 4, 1975
Type: Movie
A town awaits the arrival of a gunslinger to help defeat a gang of bandits, but a trio of misfits is mistaken for the anticipated relief.
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The Novice
Title: The Novice
Character: Woman in House of Nunziata
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
A young man comes back to his provincial home town to visit his dying uncle who is being attended to by a night nurse and novice nun. Before long, the young man develops a deep longing for the young, beautiful nun.
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The Last Desperate Hours
Title: The Last Desperate Hours
Character: Argumentative Prostitute
Released: November 28, 1974
Type: Movie
Paolo Mancuso is a gang boss whose rivals want dead. During a failed assassination attempt, he is bitten by an infected lab rat. In the short time he has left to live, he tracks down his enemies and kills them one by one.
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Italian Sex
Title: Italian Sex
Character: prostituta falsa turista (uncredited)
Released: June 11, 1974
Type: Movie
A sexy graduate student is giving her thesis presentation, which creates quite a stir since it reveals that she has just posed as a prostitute for several months to do sociological research for her thesis. She relates various stories of her experiences to her salivating thesis committee and a large audience of curious on-lookers.
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Naked Fists
Title: Naked Fists
Character: Prostitute (uncredited)
Released: April 25, 1974
Type: Movie
A young man comes out of a reform school properly reformed, but life outside will bring him to the underworld again. His second reform will be short-lived.
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The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine
Title: The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine
Character: Nun (uncredited)
Released: March 26, 1974
Type: Movie
Lucita has been locked away in a convent by her family in order to keep her away from her lover, Esteban. The pair make plans to elope, but Esteban is accused of heresy before Lucita can escape. Hiding in the convent, Esteban discovers the horrifying depravity of the covent's abbess, Sister Incarnation. Can Esteban rescue his love from this madhouse before the inquisitor discovers what is going on and has everyone executed?
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Counselor at Crime
Title: Counselor at Crime
Character: Woman with headscarf working for Torrillo
Released: August 30, 1973
Type: Movie
When the godson of San Francisco's crime lord asks permission to leave "the business," Don Antonio agrees, but reluctantly. Such behavior by either one is a violation of the code, and a bloody mob war breaks out. It is only through the strong support of his family connections in Sicily that Don Antonio is able to survive the mêlée and come out on top. Aghast at the situation he has caused, the godson becomes his leader's "consigliere," or Counselor at Crime.
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The Other Canterbury Tales
Title: The Other Canterbury Tales
Character: Friend of Rebecca (segment 'La sposa ebrea') (uncredited)
Released: September 8, 1972
Type: Movie
Four stories about unfaithful wives and jealous husbands.
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The Italian Connection
Title: The Italian Connection
Character: Prostitute (uncredited)
Released: September 2, 1972
Type: Movie
When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him to eliminate any chance of them finding out he's the wrong man.
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Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
Title: Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
Character: Prostitute (uncredited)
Released: February 24, 1972
Type: Movie
A maniac on the loose is committing savage acts of slaughter, and one survivor may be the only key to unmasking the serial slayer known as the Half-Moon Killer. The mysterious half-moon lockets he leaves with his victims could be the only key to unraveling his sinister motives, but will that be enough before he completes his ice-cold plot to claim his intended seven victims?
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And His Name Was Holy Ghost
Title: And His Name Was Holy Ghost
Character: Rosita, Spirito Santo's mother
Released: November 26, 1971
Type: Movie
After gaining his freedom with the help of an old friend of his father, Spirito Santo/Holy Ghost recovers in an abandoned mine the gold fruit of a previous robbery and makes preparations for a new job recruiting a strange sacristan armed with a machine-gun. Meanwhile a Native American sheriff is on his trail.
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Slaughter Hotel
Title: Slaughter Hotel
Character: Nurse Killed with Scythe (uncredited)
Released: August 2, 1971
Type: Movie
A masked killer stalks an institution for mentally disturbed rich women.
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The Five Man Army
Title: The Five Man Army
Character: Woman at Execution (uncredited)
Released: October 16, 1969
Type: Movie
At the behest of local revolutionaries, a mercenary enlists four specialists in various combat styles to help him rob a Mexican Army train carrying $500,000 in gold.
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Quintana: Dead or Alive
Title: Quintana: Dead or Alive
Character: Mexican Woman (uncredited)
Released: June 13, 1969
Type: Movie
Don Juan, the governor of a Mexican province, arrests Manuel, the fiancé of the beautiful heiress, Virginia. When Quintana frees Manuel, Don Juan kidnaps Virginia to force her hand in marriage. The ceremony is interrupted in a violent battle.
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Tepepa
Title: Tepepa
Released: January 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The Mexican guerilla leader Tepepa and his gang fight against the chief of police, Cascorro.
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Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?
Title: Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?
Character: Prostitute from Bologna
Released: December 31, 1968
Type: Movie
Using interviews and filmed reconstructions, the director analyzes eroticism from the period of breastfeeding, in which the newborn feels pleasure from contact with the mother's breast until reaching adulthood.
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Shoot, Gringo... Shoot!
Title: Shoot, Gringo... Shoot!
Character: Rosita
Released: August 31, 1968
Type: Movie
Chad Stark is offered his life and a nice ammount of dollars if he is to bring back the runaway son of mexican land-owner Gutierrez . This son, Fidel, teams up with an outlaw band lead by a former military man going by the name The Major. When Stark finds Fidel he is reintroduced to an old acquaintance which makes his job of returning the son a lot more difficult.
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Twice a Judas
Title: Twice a Judas
Character: Dingus' Mother
Released: August 30, 1968
Type: Movie
Luke Barrett, having lost his memory due to an accident, does not realize that Dingus had killed his wife and brother to take possession of the Barretts' land and money. At first Luke trusts him, but while looking for his forgotten identity he discovers the truth.
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Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!
Title: Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!
Character: Bunny Fox's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Released: March 28, 1968
Type: Movie
A man, released after a jail term for a crime he did not commit, raises a gang to go after the man who framed him.
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Shotgun
Title: Shotgun
Character: Mexican Woman (uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1968
Type: Movie
In a small western town our hero Durango delivers his prisoner to the jailhouse and then goes to the local saloon where the lady saloon owner Joanne has eyes only for him. But Durango only has eyes for his bride-to-be Lucy. Four masked men attack Lucy's father's farm and steal Lucy's dowry. They kill Lucy and her parents after the father strips the face mask from one of the bandits. A pocket watch is stripped from one of the bandits by Lucy's father and this is the only clue that Durango will have to revenge his love... With Joanne's help can Durango avenge himself?
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Colt in the Hand of the Devil
Title: Colt in the Hand of the Devil
Character: Woman in Saloon (uncredited)
Released: November 24, 1967
Type: Movie
Pat Scotty is hired to eliminate a gang of Mexican bandits led by El Condor. Scotty craftily earns the trust of the bandits, enabling him to trap them all, but in the meantime, genuine friendship and respect have developed between him and El Condor.
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Assault on the State Treasure
Title: Assault on the State Treasure
Released: August 4, 1967
Type: Movie
Twenty million dollars are going to be transferred from an Arab central bank to a British oil company. Four among the biggest criminal of the world are in charge to rob it. An undefined intelligence agency tries to stop them. An infiltrator is not sure for who is working. A complicate twist is waiting beyond the corner and will include a love affair too.