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Thieves Highway review by from London, England

I'm the original tough luck kid. 25 August 2006
...rown in The Big Combo) is outstanding as are Lee Cobb as the devious Figlia and Valentina Cortese as prostitute Rica. The film can be rather melodramatic but this drama about ...

Valentina Cortese - filmography

- our price: £4.43
The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen on DVD (1988)
Starring: John Neville, Jonathan Pryce, Eric Idle
Director: Terry Gilliam
Certificate:
In TIME BANDITS, director Terry Gilliam told a fantastical story filled with heroes and villains seen through the eyes of a small boy. In BRAZIL, Gilliam focused on a fantasy world created by a young man trapped in a totalitarian state. With THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN, Gilliam tells the ..read more »

Rate this: 64% from 5,271 members

- our price: £9.93
Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, The - BL... (1988)
Starring: John Neville, Jonathan Pryce, Eric Idle
Director: Terry Gilliam
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In TIME BANDITS, director Terry Gilliam told a fantastical story filled with heroes and villains seen through the eyes of a small boy. In BRAZIL, Gilliam focused on a fantasy world created by a young man trapped in a totalitarian state. With THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN, Gilliam tells the ..read more »

Rate this: 66% from 448 members

Jesus Of Nazareth (2 discs) on DVD (1977)
Starring: Robert Powell, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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This epic chronicle of Christ begins with the arrangements of the wedding between Joseph and Mary, proceeds through Jesus' birth, his encounter with John the Baptist, and all the way to the grueling, transfigurative end. The all-star cast includes Anne Bancroft, Laurence Olivier, Michael York, ..read more »

Rate this: 73% from 1,146 member

Day for Night (1973)
Starring: Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani
Director: Francois Truffaut
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An English stuntman arrives to do a car crash sequence. Liliane falls for him and Alphonse is abandoned. The director explains that the crash is to be in "la nuit Americaine" - that is simulated night filmed in the daytime by use of filters. The rejected Alphonse wants to leave the film but is ..read more »

Rate this: 76% from 138 members

The Assassination Of Trotsky (1972)
Starring: Richard Burton, Alain Delon, Romy Schneider
Director: Joseph Losey
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The last days of the famous Russian rebel turns into a dangerous web of intrigue, a conspiracy of terror and an act of madness.

Rate this: 38% from 77 members
Not currently released

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Giuliette Degli Spiriti aka Juliet Of Th... on DVD (1965)
Starring: Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu
Director: Federico Fellini
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A delightful, visually inventive fantasy, Federico Fellini's JULIET OF THE SPIRITS is about a bored Italian housewife (Giulietta Masina, Fellini's real-life wife) who finds relief from the mundane--and her philandering husband (Mario Pisu)--through sensual escapades in the spirit realm. This ..read more »

Rate this: 67% from 537 members

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Barabbas on DVD (1961)
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman
Director: Richard Fleischer
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When thief and murderer Barabbas (Anthony Quinn) is freed by the people of Judea rather than Jesus of Nazareth, the criminal struggles to understand why he was chosen to live. Rachel (Silvanno Mangano), the woman he loves, becomes a follower of Jesus, whom she believes has risen from the tomb. ..read more »

Rate this: 58% from 266 members

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The Barefoot Contessa on DVD (1954)
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmund O'Brien
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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In one of the last films before his death in 1957, Humphrey Bogart plays washed-up film director Harry Dawes, who sees another chance at success when he meets Spanish dancer Maria Vargas (Ava Gardner) and recognizes her star potential. Harry's willingness to let Maria keep her independence, and his ..read more »

Rate this: 60% from 577 members

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Secret People (1952)
Starring: Valentina Cortese, Serge Reggiani, Charles Goldner
Director: Thorold Dickinson
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A dark and suspenseful drama set in 1930s London. Maria Brentano and her younger sister Nora flee to London after their father is murdered by a European minister. Seven years later, during a weekend trip to Paris, Maria unexpectedly meets Louis, her former lover who is now plotting the ..read more »

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Due for release on 18th January 2010

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The House On Telegraph Hill on DVD (1951)
Starring: Valentina Cortese, Richard Basehart, William Lundigan
Director: Robert Wise
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Richard Wise's (THE SOUND OF MUSIC) early film noir stars Valentina Cortese as Victoria Kowelska, a Polish woman who adopts the identity of a deceased friend so she can come to America after her release from a concentration camp. There, she discovers that she is the godmother of a very wealthy ..read more »

Rate this: 66% from 45 members

Tito Gobbi - The Glass Mountain / Lucia ... on DVD (1949)
Starring: Dulcie Gray, Titto Gobbi, Valentina Cortese
Director: Henry Cass
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The Glass Mountain is about longing that knows no bounds and about carrying the one you love inside you. The hero carries one woman inside him, then another, and then, when he is with her, the first again. The film is compellingly acted and directed, the dialog so well written as to sharpen the ..read more »

Rate this: 61% from 60 members

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Thieves Highway on DVD
Starring: Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb
Director: Jules Dassin
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A young GI returns to San Francisco and instead of settling into life as a vet he becomes involved in his father's feud with a rival truck driver.

Rate this: 69% from 150 members

Valentina Cortese facts

5 most recent films

The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen - 3.0 stars
Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Jesus Of Nazareth - 3.5 stars
Day for Night - 4.0 stars
The Assassination Of Trotsky - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Day for Night - 4.0 stars
Jesus Of Nazareth - 3.5 stars
Thieves Highway - 3.5 stars
Giuliette Degli Spiriti aka Juliet Of The Spirits - 3.5 stars
Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Secret People - 3 stars
The House On Telegraph Hill - 3.5 stars
The Assassination Of Trotsky - 2.0 stars
Barabbas - 3.0 stars
The Barefoot Contessa - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Robin Williams - 2 times - show films
John Neville - 2 times - show films
Ernest Borgnine - 2 times - show films
Alison Steadman - 2 times - show films
Uma Thurman - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Terry Gilliam - 2 times - show films
Franco Zeffirelli - 1 times - show films
Richard Fleischer - 1 times - show films
Joseph Losey - 1 times - show films
Francois Truffaut - 1 times - show films

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