Roberto Messina

Roberto Messina

Born: January 2, 1934
Died: January 9, 2024
in Casablanca, Morocco

Movies for Roberto Messina...

Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure
Title: Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure
Character: Pirate (uncredited)
Released: December 9, 1981
Type: Movie
Alan gets a map to some war treasure which the Japanese army left behind on a small Pacific island at the end of World War II. But some gangsters try to steal the map from him and so he hides on Charlie's boat which just leaves the harbor. He manipulates the ship's compass so that Charlie is not aware that he is sailing to the treasure island. But when they step on the island, they discover that it is not as abandoned as they believed: there are some natives - and a Japanese soldier still defending the treasure
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Popeye
Title: Popeye
Character: Gozo, a Tough
Released: December 12, 1980
Type: Movie
Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.
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Convoy Busters
Title: Convoy Busters
Character: Corchi Man (uncredited)
Released: December 23, 1978
Type: Movie
In Rome, a vagrant finds the body of a teen girl, her throat professional slashed. Police inspector Olmi uses his brutal and violent methods to follow a trail that leads him toward high government officials. When his methods leave an innocent bystander dead, the corrupt officials have an excuse to get Olmi transferred to a coastal town where the pace is slow and he has time for a romantic dalliance. Soon, Olmi discovers that fishing isn't the only local occupation, and out comes his gun and his ruthless tactics of investigation.
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Don't Shoot on Children
Title: Don't Shoot on Children
Character: Beaumont's henchman
Released: December 22, 1978
Type: Movie
Dino and Marco are two brothers who live alone with their sick father. Marco is on drugs, and Dino becomes involved with a gang of dangerous criminals and is roped into pulling a bank heist with them.
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Little Italy
Title: Little Italy
Character: Police Commissioner Tozzi
Released: October 10, 1978
Type: Movie
Undercover cop Nico Giraldi travels to New York and Las Vegas to find a crooked cop who gave his squadron back in Italy a bad name.
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Title: Return of the Saint
Character: Mario
Released: September 10, 1978
Type: TV
Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
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The Son of the Sheik
Title: The Son of the Sheik
Character: capo dei beduini
Released: February 25, 1978
Type: Movie
The old Emir of the Qudmar discovers he has a natural son in Italy. Secret agents and oil companies involve the man, an aspiring gas station, in the fight for the succession to the emirate.
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The Inglorious Bastards
Title: The Inglorious Bastards
Character: American Prisoner
Released: February 8, 1978
Type: Movie
Set in Europe during WWII, a group of American soldiers on their way to military prison are beset upon by a German artillery attack, escaping with Switzerland in their sights. Before making it any farther, they volunteer to steal a V2 warhead for the French Underground - taking them deep into the heart of German territory.
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The Swindle
Title: The Swindle
Character: commissario Tozzi
Released: November 18, 1977
Type: Movie
A rude Roman policeman Nico Giraldi and an English detective team up in search of a gang that has carried out an enormous fraud against the Lloyd's of London.
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The Criminals Attack. The Police Respond
Title: The Criminals Attack. The Police Respond
Character: Man at the Alicorno
Released: August 23, 1977
Type: Movie
Returning from Switzerland to Rome, the boss prof. Salviati, called 'The Prince', finds his business compromised by Rudy, a small local bandit full of presumption, audacity and men ready to kill. Commissioner Baldi a young and brave employee, will fight against them with the help of an ex-employee Rampelli.
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Crime Busters
Title: Crime Busters
Character: Fred's Henchman
Released: April 1, 1977
Type: Movie
An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.
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Oil
Title: Oil
Character: Fred
Released: February 28, 1977
Type: Movie
When a huge fire erupts at an oil field in the wilds of the Sahara Desert, an American who specializes in fighting oil-field fires and his team are called in to put it out. As the fire rages out of control, the expert finds that he not only has to battle the fire but greed and political corruption as well.
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Keoma
Title: Keoma
Character: Member of Caldwell's Gang (uncredited)
Released: November 25, 1976
Type: Movie
Half-breed Keoma returns to his border hometown after service in the Civil War and finds it under the control of Caldwell, an ex-Confederate raider, and his vicious gang of thugs. To make matters worse, Keoma's three half-brothers have joined forces with Caldwell, and make it painfully clear that his return is an unwelcome one. Determined to break Caldwell and his brothers' grip on the town, Keoma partners with his father's former ranch hand to exact violent revenge.
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Hit Squad
Title: Hit Squad
Character: Police Commissioner Tozzi
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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Colt 38 Special Squad
Title: Colt 38 Special Squad
Character: Nistri's Man (uncredited)
Released: July 24, 1976
Type: Movie
The city of Turin is in the grip of a brutal crime boss known as "Il Marsigliese" and plenty of cops have good cause to want him dead — none more than Inspector Vanni, whose wife was murdered by the ruthless gangster. Having exhausted every other avenue, Vanni forms a crack squad of motorcycle-riding, Colt .38-toting elite officers, tasked with meting out justice on the margins of the law. But when "Il Marsigliese" launches a bombing campaign designed to extort a vast ransom from the city's authorities, Vanni finds himself in a race against time to exact his revenge and avert disaster.
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The Cop in Blue Jeans
Title: The Cop in Blue Jeans
Character: Police Commissioner Tozzi
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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The Exorciccio
Title: The Exorciccio
Character: Man at Pasquale's Garage (uncredited)
Released: February 27, 1975
Type: Movie
A satire on the American film "The Exorcist," but with an Italian twist.
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Loaded Guns
Title: Loaded Guns
Character: Don Calò Henchman (uncredited)
Released: January 18, 1975
Type: Movie
An air hostess gets involved in Naples, against her will, in the in-fighting amongst rival gangs.
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Lover of the Monster
Title: Lover of the Monster
Character: Farmer
Released: April 28, 1974
Type: Movie
Anijeska, the Rassimov's heir, moves with her husband, Dr. Alex Nijinski, to her father's mansion. In the basement, the doctor discovers the laboratory in which the late Rassimov carried out horrifying experiments.
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Run, Run, Joe!
Title: Run, Run, Joe!
Character: Boss of Henchmen
Released: April 11, 1974
Type: Movie
When a don who they were suppose to protect ends up dead, his bodyguard and bodyguard's friend must go under cover to escape the wrath of mob.
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Provaci anche tu Lionel
Title: Provaci anche tu Lionel
Released: December 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Anna Tredicesimo, wife of Luigi Tredicesimo of Santa Ninfa (Trapani), introduces herself to the private investigator Lionel Lionelli and instructs him to recover some red briefs, purchased by her jealous husband in Paris, and lost by her during a loving meeting with the heartthrob fetishist Gianni Agazzi. Lionel, recommended by his friend ten. Sheridan, begins the research and chases the panties from Agazzi to Lola Lola Bis, a stripper, and from this to Iolanda, Ennio's girlfriend, member of Hell's Angels. Lionelli, a bungler by nature, finds the path difficult and also dangerous because, as he will learn very late, a microfilm with a secret chemical formula is hidden in the briefs and, consequently, his steps are constantly followed by men of the boss Goran , master of Titan.
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Now They Call Him Sacramento
Title: Now They Call Him Sacramento
Character: Saloon Diner (uncredited)
Released: December 23, 1972
Type: Movie
After stealing money transported in a train, Sacramento, Big Jim and Tequila arribe to "La Paz" town. They rent a room there in order to hide the money but Sacramento and Big Jim, while Tequila is sleeping, run away with the money. Tequila follow them...
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The Sicilian Connection
Title: The Sicilian Connection
Released: December 21, 1972
Type: Movie
A small time hood smuggles drugs from Turkey to Italy in an effort to make it into the big time, but along the way everyone has to have their cut.
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The Big Bust Out
Title: The Big Bust Out
Character: Killer
Released: May 25, 1972
Type: Movie
Seven beautiful women in a high security prison set the stage for a big bust out.
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Death Is Sweet From the Soldier Of God
Title: Death Is Sweet From the Soldier Of God
Character: Scott's Henchman
Released: April 2, 1972
Type: Movie
A man, after being accused of a robbery and escaping from jail with a bandit leader, seeks revenge for his brother and his family.
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The Tiger Gang
Title: The Tiger Gang
Released: August 20, 1971
Type: Movie
Captain Tom Rowland and Commissioner X are sent to Pakistan to destroy the Red Tigers gang, responsible for smuggling drugs from Afghanistan into the United States.
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Three Giants of the Roman Empire
Title: Three Giants of the Roman Empire
Character: soldato nella taverna
Released: August 13, 1971
Type: Movie
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Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die
Title: Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die
Character: Morris
Released: March 5, 1971
Type: Movie
Durango, a debt collector, arrives in the town of Tucson, where he is hired by a bank director called Ferguson, who refuses to pay him his fee afterwards. Durango is thrown in jail on a false accusation but manages to escape and teams up with a Mexican bandit to get even with Ferguson, who has concocted a complicated plan to rob a shipment of gold belonging to the people of Tucson.
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Le Mans, Shortcut to Hell
Title: Le Mans, Shortcut to Hell
Released: September 3, 1970
Type: Movie
Former racing champion John Lee Scott coaches young driver Dustin Rich. The learn of a new Italian model that can reach 300 kilometers an hour developed by an 80 year old racing expert.
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The Modification
Title: The Modification
Character: Un policier
Released: July 31, 1970
Type: Movie
While on a train to Rome, Léon muses about his love life after leaving his wife.
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No Room to Die
Title: No Room to Die
Character: Rodriguez
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Mexican's are being smuggled over the border to work as cheap labour for wealthy land baron Fargo. His gang is made up of known criminals with bounties on their heads, this greatly interests two bounty hunters who may have to team up to achieve their goals.
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Quel giorno Dio non c'era (Il caso Defregger)
Title: Quel giorno Dio non c'era (Il caso Defregger)
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Based on a real WW2 episode. In 1944 in a small village in the Italian Appenines several inhabitants are executed in reprisal for a partisan attack on the German occupying troops. The lieutenant responsible for the execution becomes a priest and then a bishop and several years later he is put on trial for the killings.
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Cry of Death
Title: Cry of Death
Character: Bill Ryan (uncredited)
Released: November 21, 1968
Type: Movie
A range war between cattlemen and farmers comes to a head with the arrival of a Deputy Marshal and "Mule" a famous gunfighter in the town of Houstonville, Texas.
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Shoot, Gringo... Shoot!
Title: Shoot, Gringo... Shoot!
Character: Soldier in Doneghan's Army (as Red Buchanan)
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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Superargo and the Faceless Giants
Title: Superargo and the Faceless Giants
Character: Wrestler vs Superargo
Released: January 26, 1968
Type: Movie
A masked wrestler/superhero goes up against a madman and his army of robots.
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Bandidos
Title: Bandidos
Released: October 15, 1967
Type: Movie
Renowned gunman Richard Martin is traveling on a train, held up by Billy Kane, a former student of Martin's. Kane spares Martin, but only after shooting his hands. Years later, Martin meets an escaped convict, wrongly convicted for the train robbery. Martin trains his new student and both men seek out Billy Kane.
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The Magnificent Texan
Title: The Magnificent Texan
Character: Deputy
Released: July 28, 1967
Type: Movie
A gang of bandits burn down the Red House belonging to Pablo Lopez. The whole Lopez family is murdered except ten year old Manuel, who is scarred for life by the horrifying sight of his dead parents and burning home. Fifteen years later, Manuel has grown up. After living through many adventures he returns to his village in disguise. Two things are on his mind: to find his long-loved Evelyn and to take revenge on those responsible for the slaughter at the Red House.
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Return of Django
Title: Return of Django
Character: Logan
Released: May 26, 1967
Type: Movie
The son of Django searches for the murderer of his father and is thereby involved in a war between two factions headed by former acquaintances of his famous parent.
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Kill Me Gently
Title: Kill Me Gently
Released: March 23, 1967
Type: Movie
One of Tony and Brad's best with the boys on the hunt for a treasure of missing LSD that has been stolen by a criminal organization. Their quest eventually leads the boys to far-off desert oil ruins where much of the film's best action occurs.
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Sheriff With the Gold
Title: Sheriff With the Gold
Character: Bob Messenger
Released: December 22, 1966
Type: Movie
A gunman teams up with a small time sheriff to rob a shipment of gold.
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Agente 070: Thunderbay missione Grasshopper
Title: Agente 070: Thunderbay missione Grasshopper
Released: December 12, 1966
Type: Movie
A group of mismatched people try and capture another group with the use of spears and bows and arrows. They turn them over to SCUBA divers. This B&W movie was shown on TV as a Euro-Spy movie.
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The Beckett Affair
Title: The Beckett Affair
Character: Aumont (as Bob Messenger)
Released: July 29, 1966
Type: Movie
Rod Cooper, an American agent of the CIA, is sent to Paris to discover if colonel Segura, head of a clandestine organization which proclaims itself anti-Castroist, is playing a double game at the expense of the United States. He first tries to make contact with Ms Beckett, who should tell him. Segura's intentíons, but the woman is found killed. Subsequently, Rogerson, another American, presents Cooper to Segura himself and so Rod can enter his organization. Here he discovers that the colonel tries to attract a certain number of Americans to use them in an attack against the president of a state of southern America and thus promote communist expansion. Segura soon discovers Rod's real identity and tries to get rid of him; but the agent manages to reverse the situation and kills Segura in a shoot-out.
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Operation Poker
Title: Operation Poker
Character: Omar
Released: December 30, 1965
Type: Movie
A secret agent is assigned to protect a Vietnamese official who's traveling for talks with the U.N. His mission becomes more complicated when other agents who escorted the official for part of his journey start getting eliminated one by one.
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Bloody Pit of Horror
Title: Bloody Pit of Horror
Character: Anderson's Henchman #2
Released: November 28, 1965
Type: Movie
A photographer and his models go to an old, abandoned castle for a photo shoot. Unbeknownst to them, the castle is inhabited by a lunatic who believes himself to be the reincarnated spirit of a 17th-century executioner whose job it is to protect the castle against intruders.
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Damned Pistols of Dallas
Title: Damned Pistols of Dallas
Character: Zeke
Released: December 5, 1964
Type: Movie
Clay Stone defends a lawless town from a gang of outlaws after s stagecoach robbery.
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Triumph of the Ten Gladiators
Title: Triumph of the Ten Gladiators
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
Released: November 26, 1964
Type: Movie
The ten gladiators are hired to travel to Arbela, a small country on the outskirts of the Roman Empire to learn if Parthia is planning to war with Rome. Upon arriving, the heroes decide to kidnap the beautiful Parthian queen and spirit her to Syria to serve as a hostage.
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Mission to Venice
Title: Mission to Venice
Released: April 23, 1964
Type: Movie
An American polo player in Paris gets roped into intrigue when he's asked to find a family friend whom has gone missing.
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Hercules the Invincible
Title: Hercules the Invincible
Character: Guard (uncredited)
Released: March 19, 1964
Type: Movie
Hercules battles to save the population from a giant dragon.
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Three Dollars of Lead
Title: Three Dollars of Lead
Character: Mark
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Rudy Wallace arrives home to take over the family ranch as his father was killed by cattle baron Morrison. Morrison wants no competition and instructs all other ranchers not to sell Rudy any cattle. A sheriff has followed Rudy to arrest him as an accomplice in a series of holdups but eventually finds out that Rudy is innocent and helps him defeat the crooked Morrison. Filmed back-to-back with Damned Pistols of Dallas
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Sodom and Gomorrah
Title: Sodom and Gomorrah
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: Movie
Lot leads his people to a fertile valley adjacent to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, hotbeds of vice and corruption ruled by the merciless Queen Bera. When Lot orders a dam to be busted in order to prevent the destruction of the cities by the attacking Helamites, the queen, in gratitude, allows Lot's people to settle in Sodom. Soon, however, the veneer of civilization begins crumbling as Lot and the Hebrews become corrupted by the Sodomites.
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Colossus of the Arena
Title: Colossus of the Arena
Character: Gladiator (uncredited)
Released: September 13, 1962
Type: Movie
A powerful man posing as a gladiator in Rome's fourth century discovers a plan to put the beautiful Queen in prison, which he thwarts by exposing a sinister duke as a traitor.