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Thieves Highway review by ChesterDent 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 ... Read customer review

Valentina Cortese - filmography

Buster's Bedroom (1991)
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Geraldine Chaplin, Geraldine Chaplin
Director: Rebecca Horn
Certificate:
A young woman who is obsessed with Buster Keaton stays in the sanatorium where the actor was once a patient.

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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen on DVD (1988)
Starring: John Neville, Jonathan Pryce, Eric Idle
Director: Terry Gilliam
Certificate:
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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 »

65% from 6,331 members

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen - Blu-ray (1988)
Starring: John Neville, Jonathan Pryce, Eric Idle
Director: Terry Gilliam
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
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 »

67% from 776 members

Jesus Of Nazareth (2 discs) on DVD (1977)
Starring: Robert Powell, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Certificate:
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 »

73% from 1,289 member

Day for Night (1973)
Starring: Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani
Director: Francois Truffaut
Certificate:
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 »

77% from 181 members
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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.

38% from 81 members
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Juliet Of The Spirits on DVD (1965)
Starring: Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu
Director: Federico Fellini
Certificate:
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 »

67% from 724 members

Barabbas on DVD (1961)
Starring: Arthur Kennedy, Valentina Cortese, Harry Andrews
Director: Richard Fleischer
Certificate:
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 »

59% from 308 members

Magic Fire (1955)
Starring: Alan Badel, Rita Gam, Carlos Thompson
Director: William Dieterle
Certificate:
The life and career of German composer Richard Wagner.

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Le Amiche (1955)
Starring: Gabriele Ferzetti, Franco Fabrizi, Valentina Cortese
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Certificate:
Roman couturier Clelia (Eleonora Rossi-Drago) leaves the big city to work at a boutique in Turin. She moves into a hotel and makes several new friends, but is soon drawn into their extremely unpleasant lives. Clelia enters a doomed relationship with a poor architect's assistant (Ettore Manni), sees ..read more »

67% from 50 members
Not available for rental

Le Amiche (1955)
Starring: Gabriele Ferzetti, Franco Fabrizi, Valentina Cortese
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Certificate:
Roman couturier Clelia (Eleonora Rossi-Drago) leaves the big city to work at a boutique in Turin. She moves into a hotel and makes several new friends, but is soon drawn into their extremely unpleasant lives. Clelia enters a doomed relationship with a poor architect's assistant (Ettore Manni), sees ..read more »

66% from 49 members
Not available for rental

The Barefoot Contessa on DVD (1954)
Starring: Elizabeth Sellars, Valentina Cortese, Warren Stevens
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Certificate:
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 »

61% from 732 members

Secret People on DVD (1952)
Starring: Valentina Cortese, Serge Reggiani, Charles Goldner
Director: Thorold Dickinson
Certificate:
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 »

60% from 96 members

The House On Telegraph Hill on DVD (1951)
Starring: Valentina Cortese, Richard Basehart, William Lundigan
Director: Robert Wise
Certificate:
After surviving the hell of a Nazi death camp, a refugee faces even greater dangers in America in this tale of murder, deceit, and assumed identities. Victoria Kopwelska (Valentina Cortese) is a Polish woman imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp near the end of World War II. Desperate to survive, ..read more »

66% from 73 members

Tito Gobbi - The Glass Mountain / Lucia ... on DVD (1949)
Starring: Dulcie Gray, Titto Gobbi, Valentina Cortese
Director: Henry Cass
Certificate:
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 »

63% from 94 members

Thieves Highway on DVD (1949)
Starring: Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb
Director: Jules Dassin
Certificate:
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.

70% from 212 members

Valentina Cortese facts

5 most recent films

Buster's Bedroom - 3 stars
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen - 3.5 stars
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Jesus Of Nazareth - 3.5 stars
Day for Night - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Day for Night - 4.0 stars
Jesus Of Nazareth - 3.5 stars
Thieves Highway - 3.5 stars
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Juliet Of The Spirits - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Buster's Bedroom - 3 stars
Magic Fire - 3 stars
Le Amiche - 3.5 stars
Le Amiche - 3.5 stars
The Assassination Of Trotsky - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Robin Williams - 3 times - show films
Winston Dennis - 3 times - show films
Charles McKeown - 3 times - show films
Ernest Borgnine - 3 times - show films
Jack Purvis - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Terry Gilliam - 3 times - show films
Franco Zeffirelli - 2 times - show films
Michelangelo Antonioni - 2 times - show films
Thorold Dickinson - 1 times - show films
Jules Dassin - 1 times - show films