Luciano Bonanni

Luciano Bonanni

Born: May 21, 1927
Died: August 11, 1997

Movies for Luciano Bonanni...

Department Store
Title: Department Store
Character: se stesso
Released: June 6, 1986
Type: Movie
A series of skits involving customers and store personnel from several departments of the big department store.
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Troppo forte
Title: Troppo forte
Character: Patient (uncredited)
Released: January 30, 1986
Type: Movie
Oscar dreams of becoming an actor or a stuntman. To contact a manufacturer he stages an accident and consequently injures a young actress, then tries to limit the damage by taking the girl to his home.
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Ginger and Fred
Title: Ginger and Fred
Character: TV Assistant with Megaphone (uncredited)
Released: January 13, 1986
Type: Movie
Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act, imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, on a TV variety show.
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Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later
Title: Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later
Character: Detenuto anziano
Released: December 25, 1985
Type: Movie
Fresh out prison, Tiberio reconnects with his old partners in crime, Michele Ferribote and Peppe the Panther, only to realise that a lot has changed--including crime--after twenty years. Can he cope with this new reality?
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Il tassinaro
Title: Il tassinaro
Character: Taxi Driver #3 (uncredited)
Released: December 21, 1983
Type: Movie
Pietro Marchetti, a mature Roman taxi driver, has countless and interesting meetings while he is on duty with his car "Zara 87".
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I Know That You Know That I Know
Title: I Know That You Know That I Know
Character: sfruttatore delle prostitute
Released: August 29, 1982
Type: Movie
The investigations of a private eye shake up the almost broken marriage of a middle aged couple.
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La sai l'ultima sui matti?
Title: La sai l'ultima sui matti?
Character: paziente del manicomio (non accreditato)
Released: January 22, 1982
Type: Movie
Jokes, rough jokes and spicy adventures set in a psychiatric clinic, naturally managed by an experienced doctor.
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Il lupo e l'agnello
Title: Il lupo e l'agnello
Character: Trippa
Released: March 8, 1980
Type: Movie
Leon de Paris is a modest dog-barber in Paris. In search of more satisfaction. Thanks to the economic helps of Fanny (his terrible mother in law), he succeeds to set up in Roma a very stylish "Coiffeur pour homme". But due to this, his life with Fanny isn't funny, and more, Leon has to dissimulate homosexuality for job reasons. He decides to stop this nightmare engaging "Er Cuculo" (the cuckoo) a B-gangster to simulate a robbery. In fact the plan is to take all Fanny's money, share it among them and escape in Montecarlo. Will the strange couple succeed?
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Fun Is Beautiful
Title: Fun Is Beautiful
Character: Nurse
Released: January 19, 1980
Type: Movie
Three stories set in summer Rome, three characters all played by Verdone: an awkward young man meets a Spanish tourist; another one plans a trip towards East with a suitcase full of stockings and biro pens; a hippie is visited by his father, who tries to convince him to get back home.
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Lobster for Breakfast
Title: Lobster for Breakfast
Character: passante sfortunato
Released: March 1, 1979
Type: Movie
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Geppo il folle
Title: Geppo il folle
Character: Giornalista americano
Released: December 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Italian rockstar Geppo has to learn English in order to perform with Barbra Streisand in the US, but falls in love with his beautiful female tutor, Gilda.
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They Called Him Bulldozer
Title: They Called Him Bulldozer
Character: Osvaldo, il ricettatore (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1978
Type: Movie
The "Bulldozer", a former football star, is now working as a fisherman. As a group of street-people arranges a football match against the local Armybase, he is asked to be their trainer. His boat was damaged by a submarine and he currently has no work, so he agrees.
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The New Monsters
Title: The New Monsters
Character: il moribondo
Released: December 15, 1977
Type: Movie
15 years after the monumental "I mostri" which was a great example of Italian sketch comedy, 3 of the greatest Italian directors ever (Risi, Monicelli, Scola) the best Italian writers ever (Age, Scarpelli) the best Italian actors ever (Tognazzi, Gassmann, Sordi) one of the most beautiful woman in the world (Ornella Muti) participate to this great tribute.
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Ladies' Doctor
Title: Ladies' Doctor
Character: Guardia del corpo di Arlotti
Released: September 13, 1977
Type: Movie
Dr. Lo Bianco, debt load, flees abroad and the headquarters avviatissimo study gynecological colleague Giovannaldi. These are adept at gaining the trust of high society and, thanks to the relationship established with the wife of a wealthy manufacturer (enough to get her pregnant), she becomes finance, own the cuckolded husband, a luxury clinic. And there will be a prize for Lobianco.
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Horse Fever
Title: Horse Fever
Character: Male Nurse
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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Tutti possono arricchire tranne i poveri
Title: Tutti possono arricchire tranne i poveri
Character: Cameriere
Released: September 29, 1976
Type: Movie
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White Collar Blues
Title: White Collar Blues
Character: Japanese Restaurant Client
Released: March 27, 1975
Type: Movie
A good-natured but unlucky Italian is constantly going on a difficult situations, but never lose his mood.
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White Fang to the Rescue
Title: White Fang to the Rescue
Released: February 9, 1975
Type: Movie
Set at the end of the 19th century in Canada's gold rush Klondike area, wolf-dog White Fang teams up with a prospector when his master is killed. Together they try to avenge his death.
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We All Loved Each Other So Much
Title: We All Loved Each Other So Much
Character: Torquato (uncredited)
Released: December 21, 1974
Type: Movie
Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.
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To Love Ophelia
Title: To Love Ophelia
Character: Cliente di prostitute
Released: April 25, 1974
Type: Movie
Although he is in his thirties, Orlando still feels like a child. He is terrified of the outside world and is stuck in an obsessive relationship with his mother.
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Paolo il freddo
Title: Paolo il freddo
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
Released: April 11, 1974
Type: Movie
A baron, nicknamed Paolo il caldo (Paul the Hot One) because of his womanizing, asks his son, on his deathbed, to leave women alone and only think about work. The son tries hard but only gets into trouble.
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Title: Door Into Darkness
Character: Bar Customer
Released: September 4, 1973
Type: TV
Italian anthology horror miniseries conceived by Dario Argento.
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Il Figlioccio del padrino
Title: Il Figlioccio del padrino
Character: Don Vincenzo Assistant #1
Released: February 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A mafioso falls in love with his boss's daughter. Since the girl has already been widowed four times her father takes good care that this does not happen again.
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...e continuavano a mettere lo diavolo ne lo inferno
Title: ...e continuavano a mettere lo diavolo ne lo inferno
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
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The Last Italian Tango
Title: The Last Italian Tango
Character: ingegnere
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A woman feeds her husband with scraps and gives the best food to her lover, whom she hides in the attic. The husband abandons her and goes and lives with a young girl who drags him into a sadomasochistic relationship.
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The Union
Title: The Union
Character: Operaio
Released: August 29, 1972
Type: Movie
A Sicilian worker, a member of the internal commission in a factory in Bergamasco, believes he has won it over the owner because he has obtained important improvements, but the astute employer sells the company to a multinational company.
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It Can Be Done Amigo
Title: It Can Be Done Amigo
Character: Saloon-Wirt
Released: March 31, 1972
Type: Movie
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 gunfighter has decided that the drifter should marry his daughter after being with her previously. The two get into a series of brawls and shoot-outs until they arrive in the town and find the boy's inheritance -which turns out not to be as useless as it first appears.
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Execution Squad
Title: Execution Squad
Character: Radio Operator
Released: February 25, 1972
Type: Movie
Bertone is a moderately honest homicide cop. Unfortunately, the court system is so inept and corrupt that many more-or-less honest policemen have begun taking the law into their own hands. Between his efforts to thwart the growth of crime and to control his vengeful co-workers, homicide-chief Bertone has his hands full
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1870
Title: 1870
Character: Compagno di Augusto in carcere
Released: January 7, 1972
Type: Movie
Rome, 1870. Opponents of the church power are being sent to prison. Some of the exhausted prisoners are asking for the mercy of Pope. Others, like Augusto Parenti, prefer to fight for their rights until the end. His wife, Teresa is a simple woman, who gets involved with the rebels.
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Coup D'Etat
Title: Coup D'Etat
Released: March 15, 1969
Type: Movie
Italy, 1972. Political elections are taking place and Christian Democrat victory is expected; but the electronic computer of the Ministry of the Interior reveals that the party with the highest number is the Italian Communist Party.
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Be Sick… It's Free
Title: Be Sick… It's Free
Character: Patient
Released: October 24, 1968
Type: Movie
Comedy about the flawed Italian healthcare system of the time and a doctor's expeirence with it.
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Vengeance
Title: Vengeance
Character: Jimmy
Released: April 19, 1968
Type: Movie
A man tracks down the five outlaws who murdered his brother, all the while being shadowed by a mysterious Pinkerton detective.
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I'll Die for Vengeance
Title: I'll Die for Vengeance
Released: March 10, 1968
Type: Movie
A Mexican gang headed by vicious Pedro terrorizes the land between New Mexico and Arizona. Jeff a youth whose father has been killed by Pedro seeks revenge.
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I due vigili
Title: I due vigili
Character: Un automobilista
Released: December 13, 1967
Type: Movie
Two traffic policemen help capture a dangerous robber after unwittingly contributing to his making off with the loot.
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The Bang-Bang Kid
Title: The Bang-Bang Kid
Character: The barber
Released: November 14, 1967
Type: Movie
Guy Madison has a high old time as a would be feudal baron in the Wild West. No one is willing to stand up to Madison and his henchmen, no one that is, except mild-mannered inventor Tom Bosley. It seems that Bosley has welded together a robot gunslinger, whom he calls "The Bang Bang Kid". Only trouble is, the "Kid" breaks down at the darnedest times. The film goes off in too many directions, but generally delivers the goods laugh-wise. (Source: SWDB)
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Soldati e capelloni
Title: Soldati e capelloni
Released: March 23, 1967
Type: Movie
An Italian music promoter has engaged an English rock band who wear their hair short, and since it is the 1960s, people don't like them. The band and the promoter wait for the hair to grow, but in the meantime the lads are called for military service and have their hair cut again. They decide to call themselves I Galeotti (the convicts).
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The Taming of the Shrew
Title: The Taming of the Shrew
Character: Citizen (uncredited)
Released: March 8, 1967
Type: Movie
Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.
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Love Italian Style
Title: Love Italian Style
Character: tifoso allo stadio
Released: February 2, 1966
Type: Movie
Anthology comedy structured in 10 episodes (The Exam, Blue Bloods, Too Easy, Love Italian Style, Sunday Story, Wedding Present, Gold Fischer, The Tuxedo, Railway Courtesy, Play Boy). Whimsical exploration of the mores, customs and vices of Italy at that time.
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The Two Parachutists
Title: The Two Parachutists
Character: Villager with the rifles
Released: December 24, 1965
Type: Movie
Two penniless Italian buskers want to go to the USA but get on the wrong ship and end up in South America in a concentration camp where they are rescued by American parachutists from. Afterwards they become big shots in the States but their dream comes to an end : they are sent to fight in Vietnam
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Thrilling
Title: Thrilling
Character: Claudio the lifeguard (segment "Il vittimista")
Released: October 21, 1965
Type: Movie
An anthology film / black comedy about three ordinary men who become involved in violent crimes.
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Sedotti e bidonati
Title: Sedotti e bidonati
Character: Il custode della clinica
Released: October 14, 1964
Type: Movie
Two rich Sicilian cousins sell their farm because they want to help two fake Siamese twins separate and then marry them. After the operation the girls are thought to be dead but then they reappear to con more money out of the two gullible men. Will they manage to do so?
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Easy Love
Title: Easy Love
Released: October 3, 1964
Type: Movie
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The Fascist
Title: The Fascist
Character: Autista del bus
Released: August 5, 1961
Type: Movie
1944. Primo Arcovazzi is a fanatical and dim-witted Fascist Party militiaman who accepts to escort an opponent of the regime to Rome in the hope of be promoted — still oblivious as ever to the forthcoming fall of the regime.
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The Policeman on Horseback
Title: The Policeman on Horseback
Character: sagrestano
Released: July 29, 1961
Type: Movie
A soldier has his horse stolen on his wedding day and spends the first day of his honeymoon looking for it.
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La banda del buco
Title: La banda del buco
Character: L'impiegato della banca
Released: September 9, 1960
Type: Movie
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L'impiegato
Title: L'impiegato
Released: January 20, 1960
Type: Movie
Nando is dissatisfied with his repetitive and mortifying work. He manages to escape from daily mediocrity only at night, when he enters his fantasy world.
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Il mondo dei miracoli
Title: Il mondo dei miracoli
Character: Il regista americano
Released: June 25, 1959
Type: Movie
An actor fails to find success in the film world but falls in love with a theatre manager's daughter.
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Il nemico di mia moglie
Title: Il nemico di mia moglie
Character: Pasquale Giardina
Released: March 28, 1959
Type: Movie
Marco and Luciana are married and in love, but the passion of Marco for football distract him, and make him impossible to keep a job for a long time: that's why the young couple keeps arguing.
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The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina
Title: The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina
Released: November 21, 1958
Type: Movie
Sabrina is a beautiful thief, one who happens to have seven moles on her thigh, forming the constellation Ursa Minor; this is the only clue German police have to solve a recent robbery. Teo is a photographer looking for a pair of beautiful legs to participate in a photo contest. When he secretly takes a photo of Sabrina's legs, including the telltale moles, Sabrina has to get it back at any cost, something which brings her into dangerous proximity with the smitten Teo. Romance and assorted hijinx ensue.
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Nights of Cabiria
Title: Nights of Cabiria
Character: Man in Black Suit at the Edge of the River (uncredited)
Released: October 3, 1957
Type: Movie
Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. Rescued, she resumes her life and tries her best to find happiness in a cynical world. Even when she thinks her struggles are over and she has found happiness and contentment, things may not be what they seem.
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The Art of Getting Along
Title: The Art of Getting Along
Character: Pazzo Ospedale
Released: December 29, 1954
Type: Movie
In this comedy Alberto Sordi plays Rosario Scimoni, known as Sasà, an opportunistic and unscrupulous guy, nephew of the mayor of Catania, and he's always ready to take sides with anyone who can help him. He switches from socialism to fascism; he changes his political faith the same way he changes women. He even tries to found his own party.
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Cops and Robbers
Title: Cops and Robbers
Character: The Second Barber
Released: November 29, 1951
Type: Movie
Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose his job if he can't catch Esposito.