Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)

Actors: Lindy Hemming (costume designer), Penelope Wilton (actress), Trevor Jones (composer), Bryan Brown (actor), Jim Carter (actor), Alison Steadman (actress), Bryan Brown (actor), Lindsay Anderson (actor), Dudley Moore (actor), Alex Norton (actor), Bronson Pinchot (actor), Ronnie Stevens (actor), Richard Griffiths (actor), Patsy Kensit (actress), Libbie Barr (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Messrs Lawton (a hit-man), Horton (expecting some middle-aged dating agency nooky) and Orton (checking out properties for his boss) converge on the Hotel Gabriella in Venice. Linguistic mix-ups by the staff mean each of the trio get wrong instructions for the next day. So Horton meets up with puzzled estate agent Caroline to see what she's offering, Orton attempts to make a gang of hoods an offer they can't refuse on their villa, while Lawton sets off to rub out a lonely-hearts lady from Huddersfield.

Keywords: farce, hitman, hotel, mistaken-identity, mix-up, venice-italy, what-happened-to-epilogue
Genres: Comedy,

Quotes:

Maurice Horton: So what's the form then? Do I pay you now?::Caroline Wright: You don't carry that sort of cash around, do you?::Maurice Horton: What sort of cash are we talking about?::Caroline Wright: Well, how much do you think it's worth?::Maurice Horton: It's all new to me. [picks up his wallet] Uhm, sixty? Eighty? A hundred?::Caroline Wright: Okay, a hundred. A hundred thousand is about right.::Maurice Horton: A hundred thousand? No, no. I was talking about Pounds.::Caroline Wright: Well, so am I. A hundred thousand Pounds.::Maurice Horton: What?::Caroline Wright: You deaf as well as debauched? Watch my mouth. One hundred thousand Pounds.::Maurice Horton: [incredulous] A hundred thousand Pounds for a bit of rumpy bumpy?

Ho vinto la lotteria di Capodanno (1989)

Actors: Leonardo Benvenuti (writer), Piero De Bernardi (writer), Gianni Franco (actor), Paolo Villaggio (actor), Leonardo Benvenuti (writer), Romano Puppo (actor), Mario Cecchi Gori (producer), Ugo Bologna (actor), Stefano Antonucci (actor), Pietro Torrisi (actor), Claudio Saraceni (producer), Vittorio Cecchi Gori (producer), Jimmy il Fenomeno (actor), Neri Parenti (writer), Piero De Bernardi (writer),

Plot: Ciottoli is a journalist with absolutely no prospects for his career, a lot of debts and a mobster that wants him dead. Unexpectedly he wins the national lottery (almost Eur 2.5 million) and tries to remain anonymous, hiding the winning ticket in his typewriter. Ironically, his manager orders him to write an article on the mysterious winner. When he is back home he discovers all his furniture has been confiscated and will be sold at a public auction. He will try desperately to buy back the worthless typewriter while all his previous problems still follow him, especially the mobster.

Keywords: auction, based-on-silent-comedy, blind-man, blindness, debt, explosion, falling-out-a-window, farce, fictional-tv-show, fireman
Genres: Comedy,

One Down, Two to Go (1976)

Actors: Ed O'Ross (actor), Richard Roundtree (actor), Fred Williamson (actor), Fred Williamson (writer), Fred Williamson (producer), Jim Brown (actor), Fred Williamson (director), Joe Spinell (actor), Tom Signorelli (actor), Daniel Loewenthal (editor), Randy Jurgensen (producer), Frank Ferrara (actor), Peter Dane (actor), Harry Madsen (actor), Captain Haggerty (actor),

Plot: During a high-stakes east-west karate tournament, coach Chuck suspects the match is rigged against him. When looking around the other team's locker room gets him shot, he calls in Cal and J, his partners from California. After exercising a little persuasion and a lot of brute force, they discover who's behind it all. Now the only problem is getting back the money Chuck is owed.

Keywords: african-american, b-movie, blaxploitation, champion, chop-socky, cult-director, cult-film, gangster, grindhouse, karate-tournament
Genres: Action, Drama,
Taglines: Forget the A-team. This is the kick-ass team! Jim Brown! Fred Williamson! Jim Kelly! Richard Roundtree! A Bad Black Machine Wasting The Mob A Bad Black Machine Wasting the Mob! They pack, 4 times the punch!..The Fury!..The Excitement!

Quotes:

Cal: I may not know kung fu, but I'm an expert in gun fu.

J: I don't like violence either, Mr. White Boy.

Roma bene (1971)

Actors: Umberto Orsini (actor), Philippe Leroy (actor), Gastone Moschin (actor), Peter Baldwin (actor), Enzo Cannavale (actor), Giancarlo Badessi (actor), Nino Manfredi (actor), Pupo De Luca (actor), Vittorio Caprioli (actor), Carlo Hinterman (actor), Gigi Ballista (actor), Franco Fabrizi (actor), Mario Feliciani (actor), Tom Felleghy (actor), Vittorio Sanipoli (actor),

Genres: Comedy,

Roulotte e roulette (1959)

Actors: Antonio Margheriti (writer), Ciccio Barbi (actor), Alberto Bonucci (actor), Mario Carotenuto (actor), Piero Umiliani (composer), Marisa Merlini (actress), Turi Vasile (writer), Luciano Martino (writer), Ugo Guerra (writer), Nicola Manzari (writer), Giuseppe Porelli (actor), Turi Vasile (director), Adriana Berselli (costume designer), Antonio Cifariello (actor), Rocco D'Assunta (actor),

Genres: ,

The Man Who Understood Women (1959)

Actors: Doug McClure (actor), Conrad Nagel (actor), Frank Cady (actor), Marcel Dalio (actor), Louis Mercier (actor), Charles La Torre (actor), Richard Deacon (actor), Booth Colman (actor), Henry Fonda (actor), Tom Greenway (actor), Jack Chefe (actor), Alphonse Martell (actor), George Davis (actor), Jack Kruschen (actor), Jeffrey Sayre (actor),

Genres: Comedy,

Hanno rubato un tram (1954)

Actors: Mario Amendola (writer), Luciano Vincenzoni (writer), Ruggero Maccari (writer), Aldo Fabrizi (writer), Mario Bonnard (writer), Mimo Billi (actor), Carlo Campanini (actor), Juan de Landa (actor), Aldo Fabrizi (actor), Sergio Leone (director), Aldo Fabrizi (director), Mario Bonnard (director), Carlo Rustichelli (composer), Luigi Rovere (producer), Zoe Incrocci (actress),

Genres: Comedy,

The Red Beret (1953)

Actors: Harry Locke (actor), Richard Shaw (actor), Anton Diffring (actor), Alan Ladd (actor), Anthony Bushell (actor), Henry B. Longhurst (actor), Harry Andrews (actor), John Boxer (actor), Carl Duering (actor), Stanley Baker (actor), Leo Genn (actor), Walter Gotell (actor), Michael Balfour (actor), Donald Houston (actor), Peter Swanwick (actor),

Plot: Steve MacKendrick, now known as Canada, shows up in 1940 as a volunteer for paratroop school. He obviously has a good deal more background and leadership skills than he lets on. With Major Snow wounded, MacKendrick must assume command if his troop is to survive.

Keywords: based-on-novel, british-war-movie, canadian-soldier, commando-raid, german-radar, invasion-of-north-africa, operation-biting, parachute-regiment, paratrooper, raf
Genres: Drama, War,
Taglines: Alan Ladd at his greatest in this ripcord thriller that rips at your emotions! The skies go black with thousands of fighting men hurtling into battle!

Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)

Actors: George Barbier (actor), Lowden Adams (actor), J. Edward Bromberg (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), Warner Baxter (actor), Edward Cooper (actor), Gino Corrado (actor), Lawrence Grant (actor), Harry Hayden (actor), Howard C. Hickman (actor), George Irving (actor), Robert Kellard (actor), Robert Lowery (actor), Jack Luden (actor), Bert Moorhouse (actor),

Plot: Leonard Borland's contracting business is doing badly, while his monied wife wants to pursue an operatic career. He lets her get on with it until she seems to be a success, when he finds he himself has a singing voice good enough to go on tour with. Brings some money in, and his new singing partner fancies him too.

Keywords: based-on-novel, high-society, husband-versus-wife's-career, singer, theatre-critic
Genres: Comedy,

Quotes:

Leonard Borland aka Logan Bennett: You're just an old... Foof! Sorry, ladies.

Ein gewisser Herr Gran (1933)

Actors: Hans Albers (actor), Albert Bassermann (actor), Walter Rilla (actor), Hans Adalbert Schlettow (actor), Willi Schur (actor), Hermann Speelmans (actor), Hubert von Meyerinck (actor), Karin Hardt (actress), Olga Tschechowa (actress), Philipp Lothar Mayring (writer), Gerhard Lamprecht (director), Hans Deppe (actor), Bruno Eichgrün (actor), Friedrich Ettel (actor), Theodor Loos (actor),

Genres: Drama,