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Giorgio Simonelli

Giorgio Simonelli

Directing

Biography

Giorgio Simonelli was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor. He began his career in the film industry as an editor in the 1930s, working on films such as The Three-Cornered Hat (1935). Simonelli transitioned to directing with Il signor Max (1937), a comedy that gained significant popularity. Throughout his career, he directed over 40 films, including Totò Tarzan (1950) and I due mafiosi (1964). Simonelli's films are noted for their comedic elements and contribution to the Italian comedy genre.

Known For

Two Sons of Ringo
6.1

Another spoof from the Franco and Ciccio team in which the boys, who are running a scam pretending to be bounty hunters, are 'persuaded' to help a real bounty hunter discover a treasure by claiming to be the heirs of a deceased lawman.

Two Sons of Ringo

1966
Two Gangsters in the Wild West
5.9

In the late 1800's, Sicilians Franco and Ciccio are serving 20 years of prison for stealing two mules, when they are helped to escape by an American who says he is a friend of their grandfathers, who were killed in Texas by a gang of bandits who wanted to take over their gold mine. The two friends travel to America to take posses of the gold mine, but they soon discover that they are not the only ones who want it.

Two Gangsters in the Wild West

1964
The Amazing Doctor G
5.6

Nefarious villain Goldginger is thwarted by bumbling secret agents Franco and Ciccio in his scheme to spark an international war by zombifying all government employees in this Italian spoof of the James Bond movies.

The Amazing Doctor G

1965
2 Mobsters Against Al Capone
5.9

For a misunderstanding Franco and Ciccio, two Sicilian immigrants of very limited intellectual faculties, are enrolled in the police force in New York.

2 Mobsters Against Al Capone

1966
Totò nella fossa dei leoni
5.8

The explorer Smith leaves with Laura, a beautiful but naive girl, in search of Professor Berti, who mysteriously disappeared in Africa in the midst of one of his researches.

Totò nella fossa dei leoni

1943
Che femmina!! E... che dollari!
5.0

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 sunny Italy, but they only have one clue to find their heiress: she has three moles on the buttock. One of the private eyes falls in love with a gypsy who sings in nightclubs.

Che femmina!! E... che dollari!

1960
The Black Panther of Ratana
7.0

Murder mystery following the revenge for the theft of a sapphire from a Buddha in a Thailand temple.

The Black Panther of Ratana

1963
Un dollaro di fifa
5.7

Two conmen, Alamo and Mike, find shelter in Paradise City, which is full of jokers like themselves, who assume them to be lawmen and are almost hanged.

Un dollaro di fifa

1960
Hong Kong Hot Harbor
8.0

German journalist Peter Holberg arrives in Hong Kong and, by accident, he is carrying a microfilm that was destined to local gang lord, Marek. Peter is helped by another German journalist, Joan Kent, and falls in love with a night-club dancer, Colette. Colette is actually working for Marek, but betrays the gang for love - at the ultimate cost to her. The HK Police will intervene just in time to prevent Peter from further losses.

Hong Kong Hot Harbor

1962
Saluti e baci
5.5

Carlo Mastelli, the young radio presenter of "New Voices" has run short of ideas and his program is likely to be suspended from the radio schedule if he does not find any new ones.

Saluti e baci

1953
I baccanali di Tiberio
5.7

Cassio, a tourist guide, and Primo, his bus driver, are taking a bus load of tourists to visit villa Jovis, at Capri island. Then they have an accident, and they knock their heads hard, losing conscience. They come awake in the times of the Roman Empire in Tiberius' villa.

I baccanali di Tiberio

1960
La moglie è uguale per tutti
7.1

Antonio De Papis is a lawyer and his specialization is separation by mutual consent. He is contrary to marriage because he sees so many of them going wrong. So when his nephew calls on him asking for his approval to his marriage, Antonio suggests to him to spend a day in his office to see what marriage really is.

La moglie è uguale per tutti

1955
Noi siamo 2 evasi
5.5

Two inmates escape prison changing clothes with a couple of businessmen. They'll be taken by the financiers and find themselves surrounded by wealth and beautiful women.

Noi siamo 2 evasi

1959
Robin Hood and the Pirates
6.6

On his way to (or from) the Crusades, Robin Hood is shipwrecked but saved by pirates who plan to return him home in order to ransom him to his father.

Robin Hood and the Pirates

1960
The Three Enemies
5.7

A meek clerk is hunted by the counterespionage because he has a secret formula tattooed on his bottom.

The Three Enemies

1962
Two Idiots at Fort Alamo
5.8

During the War of Succession, Franco and Ciccio are arrested for being accused of desertion from the Northern army. Rather than condemn them to death for his carelessness, they will be chosen for a special mission: to infiltrate as expert officers on a delicate espionage action.

Two Idiots at Fort Alamo

1965
I magnifici tre
5.4

Pablo, Domingo and Jose, three idiots, gunmen exchanged for large liberate a village in the republic of "Nonduras" from the oppression of dictator Bonarios. Parody of The Magnificent Seven, five writers got together for an anemic script that exploits a repertoire mixture with the song "A man alive"by Gino Paoli.

I magnifici tre

1961
Napoli sole mio
8.0

Lorella must marry Dr. Matteini, but when she goes to Naples to meet him, she meets Michele, who sings in restaurants. The fateful spark is ignited, and although Michele is poor, Lorella decides to marry him against his mother's wishes.

Napoli sole mio

1958
Ursus in the Land of Fire
5.5

Hamilan, a cruel and ambitious general, murders his king and places himself on the throne with the former king's evil niece as his queen. He then wages war against his peaceful neighbors, killing their women and enslaving their men. A hero named Ursus appears at a tournament to challenge Hamilan's authority. Though victorious at the tournament, Ursus is arrested and forced to turn a grist-mill under an overseer's lash. Meanwhile, the former king's virtuous daughter, Diana, is tormented by her evil cousin, the new queen. Sentenced to a slow and tortuous execution, Ursus breaks free and a revolt breaks out. Ursus throws Hamilan to his death in a fiery pit and then Ursus and Diana enjoy the cheers of a grateful populace. - Written by dinky-4 of Minneapolis

Ursus in the Land of Fire

1963
The Two Mafiosi
5.6

Two clumsy mobsters on a mission in Paris.

The Two Mafiosi

1964