Lino Banfi
Total Credits at Criticker: 69 (Actor), 2 (Writer)
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Mimmo Baldi plays Luigi, the overweight son of a town mayor (Lino Banfi), who finds a strange amulet and takes it home. The demons inside the amulet begin possessing the entire family. A conman, who pretends to be an exorcist tries to help, but ends up possessed as well. (imdb)
Oronzo Canà is the new trainer of Longobarda, a soccer team newly promoted in Serie A. He'll have a lot of work to do, if the team wants to avoid relegation!
Dalmazio, Amalio and Egisto Siraghi are three cousins who don't know each other and have the worst luck with their jobs.
Perhaps taking a cue from the popular 1970s Brit television comedy "Are You Being Served?," this Italian department store comedy is a series of skits involving customers and store personnel from several departments... (All Movie Guide)
Trainer Oronzo Canà is called to manage Longobarda, the team of a small town of Northern Italy, when it's promoted to the First Division. His only task is not to go back to the Second Division, but even the team's owner plays against Longobarda since the First Division is too expensive, and the young Brazilian player bought for the team is affected by deep 'saudade'. (imdb)
Giandomenico Fracchia must be the world greatest loser: his colleagues at the chocolate factory make fun of him, his boss harrasses him, the woman he loves hates him... and things are going to be even worse! Fracchia is the lookalike of the Belva Umana (the Human Beast), the most dangerous criminal in the world... (imdb)
An air hostess gets involved in Naples, against her will, in the in-fighting amongst rival gangs. (imdb)
When Jan decides to marry his girl-friend Sara, he is not aware of his opponent: her father, who is an Italian patriarch. Antonio won't hear of a wedding anywhere else than in Campobello, his hometown in southern Italy. Jan is faced with an overwhelmingly large Italian family, forced to discover new traits in his bride once she's embraced her Italian side, and looking forward to a lifetime of being the fifth wheel... (imdb)
Police commissioner Lo Gatto is sent to a Sicilian remote island: Favignana. Although in the island there isn't anything to do for a police commissioner Lo Gatto decides to investigate the vanishing of a tourist. (imdb)
There's a new girl in school, Angela, the Headmaster's neice. Every male will try to seduce her, even her uncle. Meanwhile she will drive the philosophy's teacher mad and her best friend Irma will have a good time with the classmates. Will they get the grades? Written by Toni (imdb)
Andrea Damiani (Renzo Montagnani) is a manager of an italian meat factory and is married with Valeria (Barbara Bouchet) but has a lover (Edwige Fenech) claiming for consideration. Thinghs get worse when summer holidays starts... (imdb)
La liceale nella classe dei ripetenti'', directed in 1978 by Mariano Laurenti (another specialist of Italian comedies), the protagonist is once again the wonderful Gloria Guida in the role of Angela, a beautiful female student engaged with Tonino (Alvaro Vitali). However, she also catches the fancy of one of her other fellow-students. In this sequel of ''La liceale'' the erotic side, characteristic for the first movie, is less emphasized, while this movie gives more space to the comedy.
In order to get his hands on his father's inheritance and pay all his debts, Don Peppino must see his son Gianluca married and produce an heir within a year. Problem is everybody suspects the boy of playing for the other team. (imdb)
Edwige Fenech and Lino Banfi stars in this Italian sex-comedy from Sergio Martino. Mariana (Fenech) and Domenico (Banfi) are on the run from her jealous boyfriend who just happens to be an over-jealous professional football player. (imdb)
Savino La Gastra discovers his wife Celeste has a liaison with an architect: Andrea. Even if also Savino has a story with Elvira, a judge's wife, he decides anyway to ask to a mobster to kill his wife. In the mean time Celeste is organizing a surprise party for Savino's birthday, and that day things start to get complicated... Written by 1felco (imdb)
Lino lives in Turin with the family of his sister. He doesn't have a good job and never enough money. But in a day his life changes: he wins 1 billion dollars in a lottery and... Written by Francesco Cordella (imdb
Gloria Guida stars in this Italian sex-comedy in which she plays a private nurse who is involved in a family struggle for the estate of the ailing old man she cares for. (imdb)
With this movie Lino Banfi, the best italian actor, has reached the peak of his ability as a comedian and an hero. Nadia Cassini is more beautiful than ever. One of the best Italian-Sexy-Comedy!
Giuseppe Di Noi, an Italian land surveyor who has lived in Sweden for the past seven years, goes to his native country with his Swedish wife and children for his holidays. At the border he is however jailed for no apparent reason. He thus begins a nightmarish kafkian experience while he's moved from one prison to another, subject to any humiliation and violence. Written by Salvatore Santangelo (imdb)
Lino Banfi reached the pinnacle of his acting career,as a comedian,in this robust comedy. The movie is very enjoyable from the very start.One of the film assets is Franco Bracardi.This often forgotten comedy genius is the perfect sidekick for Banfi; a perfect example of this special relationship is the scene where Bracardi mimes to Banfi, and the Apulian actor has to act in front of Bracardi's character wife. (imdb)
Lino Banfi plays a self confessed Master of Disguise who wants to be a crime solving
detective, but has to settle for cases involving farm animals. When diamonds are
found amongst chicken droppings, the Farm Yard Detective finally bumbles himself
into the middle of a big investigation... (imdb)
Teenaged boys fantasize about having sex with women in this Italian sex comedy, and they often succeed. Sandro takes his father's housekeeper to bed not long before she becomes his step-mother. As a temporary lifeguard at the beach, he courts the large coterie of sex-starved wives left at the beach for the summer by their hard-working husbands who only visit them on weekends.
Three episodes. First Valerio is mistaken for a notorious criminal. Very beautiful journalists succeed to bring him to her house for an exclusive interview. She tries to seduce him. Second. Guiseppe, an unlucky and ugly man, gets a job as a maid. His mistress falls in love for him. Third. Plinio is a taxi driver who loves his cab above all. But at one point he is involved with the kidnapping of a woman. (imdb)
Comedy about an inspector who has been passed over for promotion many times, and the problems in his personal life. (ftvdb.bfi)
Two out of work Italian actors go to America but have to escape the police. They dress as women for an extended period, and even after the emergency one of them continues to do so.(tg-films.info)
Luisa, moved from Milan to Lucca to stay close to the man who loves, the councilor Ferdinand, notice that you have not chosen the best moment: it is approaching the elections and the presence dell'amante can be harmful to the political career of Mayor candidate. Thus, while all deburred for her, Luisa choose who wants to be effective.
Edwige Fenech stars in this Italian sex-comedy as the new teacher in all-boys Catholic school. All of the boys desire for the chance to "learn" more about their new teacher, but only 1 student gets the opportunity. (imdb)
Girls' dance instructor Claudia Gambetti takes over the boy's gym class after gym teacher Martorelli breaks both his legs owing to one of his student's pranks. Soon both teachers and students are interested in learning more of Claudia's athletic dance moves. Director Fiorontori has made some debts betting on horses and wants Claudia to win a disco competition to balance the school budget, too. (imdb)
Comedy set at the time of King Umberto I of Monza (Italy) about Maria Sarti, aka Ninì Tirabusciò, actress/singer who caused a scandal with her raunchy dancing. (imdb)
3 episodes set in Montecarlo. In the first one a priest is compelled to become the lover of a princess. In the second, a con woman tries to cheat an insurance man. In the third, a man has to deal with his wife's suicidal attempts. Written by Salvatore Santangelo (imdb)
This is another comedy anthology from the team that brought us Zucchero, miele e peperoncino' (1980). It features the same cast, the same premise and the same courthouse. Three cases of misunderstanding and mischief follow: First up in court is Renato (Pippo Franco), who in order to enjoy the cheapest holiday possible, builds his own beach house. The trouble starts when a small group of nudists.... (twistedanger)
A story about a singer/showgirl who poses as a nurse to recover some stolen paintings, which for some reason are hidden in a military insane asylum. (themoviedb)
Two episodes. In the first one, " Il pelo della disgrazia", Mr. Altomare's life is constantly threatened by his neighbor that in Altomare opinion is a jinx. Altomare is obsessed by him and will spend his time finding a way to neutralize his bad luck... In the second one, "Il Mago", Gaspare AKAS Le Grand Gaspar, is an inapt magician. His life will change when he meet a 318 years old witch that give him magic powers, but... Written by 1felco (imdb)
The adventures of Gianna, a sexy police woman (E Fenech) who wants to help a child in the search of his mother, who has ended up in trouble. She has become a prostitute and is kept prisoner. Gianna will succeed and be honoured for her "skills" shown in duty. (imdb)
Lilli Carati plays a high school student being pursued by a very persistent young man in this Italian sex-comedy (imdb)
An unemployed teacher asks for help from her lover, an MP, and finds out that he is married. (imdb)
Raccà, a businessman on the edge of bankruptcy, plans to swindle an insurance company by sinking his yacht, at present anchored in a Moroccan port. The operation is to be carried out by his submissive brother-in-law Zappi, who takes along a life boat for him and the would-be sea dog, Bigazza. The two arrive in Morocco, undergo a series of misfortunes in the desert... (mediasetdistribution)
Margherita nicknamed Fornarina is Raphael's mistress. Beatrice, a noblewoman who is also in love with the famous painter tries to get her out of the way, by having her wrongly accused of the murder of a loan shark, whom she has in reality killed herself. Fornarina is sentenced to death. Will Raphael manage to prove her innocent? (imdb)
For her final thesis to get her degree in sociology a young woman goes under cover for three months as a prostitute. (10kbullets)
The film tells the story of a group of people during the summer: football fans, loving couples, single fathers, beautiful women and businessmen, emigrants who return to their country and great dramatic actors forced into comic situations etc. (wiki)
This movie is divided into three parts tracing the lives and problems of various people. (worldcat)
Rich girl Angela returns to school and falls for the local hunk. But when he refuses her advances, she pretends to be in love with the principal instead. (imdb)
This movie about a poor Neapolitan guy that emigrates in Rome to find a job is hilarious. After reading a book about sex written from American experts he manages to work out a profession of it, making himself an expert in sexual matters... (imdb)
Pippo Franco, Lino Banfi and Gianfranco D'Angelo form the cast of this hilarious film about a professor who is able to gain respect and prestige among his students only when, due to a misunderstanding, he is thought to be involved in something illegal. (negozioitalia)
The Commander Ercole Cubetti invites a provocative French teacher to his hotel by the sea to give his son some lessons in preparation for September exams. For the rich father summer classes are just an excuse to seduce the young teacher to spite of his possessive wife. After many attempts to seduce the teacher and her embarassing situations, the poor Commander is by his own son. (negozioitalia)
Gloria and her sister go with Grandma to the horse track. Grandma has Gloria make a bet, and her horse wins, but Gloria has bet on the wrong horse. Grandma drops dead on the spot. Gloria and her sister inherit a villa, and decide to turn it into a Pension. When the sister orders the advertising, the brochure, together with the name, Pension Paradise, leads people to believe it is a whore house. An investigation is started by a judge, who is famous for enforcing morals... (amazon)
Dr. Eva Marini, charged with conducting the investigation on the behavior secret lovers of Italian soldiers, commanded by Colonel reach the barracks canteen. While fulfilling his mandate, with the help of Corporal and his bungling assistant nurses, the Navy comes to the aid of Don Pagnotta that, without adequate means, try to bring up a bunch of orphans, kids who lost parents to The feuds of the southern country... (unpodituttodinoi)
Comedy, farce. A presenter introduces some characters and illustrates a series of situations which deal with infidelity. (ftvdb.bfi)
After having challenged the German Ottone to single combat for the hand of Leonza, the bishop's niece, the valiant knight Anselmo da Montebello, leaves for Rome where he must deliver a precious relic to the Pope and obtain a sum of twenty-thousand crowns in order to participate in the third crusade in the Holy Land. He is accompanied by Gian Puccio, his sluggish squire, drawn by the money and by the charm of ... Leonzia. (imdb)
Don Franco and Don Ciccio are priests of two parishes in eternal conflict. Don Franco is a more innovative priest, while Don Ciccio is more traditionalist. The political period is the 1960s. Sit-ins, manifestations and a soccer match concern the factions of the two parishes. (worldcat)
Franco Franchetti is a security guard whose real job is teaching the art of theft in a school for would-be crooks. As part of their final exam, Franco gets his students to rob a jeweller's with hilarious consequences and surprise ending. (surffilm)
An uncle and his nephew both work at the tax office and compete in exposing tax dodgers. The uncle after a while is deranked because of his nephew, while the latter exposes the winner of an important lottery. (imdb)
During the second world war a couple of inept soldiers have various escapades, including disguising themselves as Hitler and Mussolini, while trying to avoid the conflict. (bfi)
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? (imdb)
Two Sicilian royalist soldiers flee the island in a trunk at the arrival of Garibaldi's republican troops. They end up in the Far West with the army fighting the Indians and with their ineptitude they contribute to the army's defeat. (imdb)
A comedy about the Italian National Health System based on a doctor who owns a private clinic and manages it more like a con man than a follower of the Hippocratic oath. (imdb)
Two policeman make endless blunders and eventually end up in prison for having brought the force into disrepute. (bfi)
A defense counsellor and a judge are at loggerheads and the latter thinks his liver condition depends on the lawyer's ploys to get his clients acquitted. (imdb)
The sons of a billionaire hijack an airplane because their father is against their love affair with two poor girls. (imdb)
Don Celeste, one day during Carnival, is cycling along a lane in the open country when he is attacked by three masqueraded girls. Two of them hold him down while the third, the one dressed up as a devil, rapes him. The priest should report the fact to the police, but the bishop, in order to avoid scandal, with tones that savour more of an order than of advice, suggests that he investigates the matter alone. Thus his investigation begins.. (filmexport)
Portly schlub Piero Mazzarella and his two attractive, grown daughters have recently lost the breadwinner of the bunch, his wife, their mom, and thus must seek gainful employment. The girls immediately find some not-quite-described but well paying job, aided by family pal Lino Banfi (in a glorified cameo), and terminally lazy Piero is at last shamed into action, joining the undercovers operation of super cop Chris Avram. His assignment is to investigate masseuses advertising.. (thewildeye)
Three films directed by three masters of Italian comedy. L'Equivoco directed by Luigi Comecini, Macchina d'amore directed by Nanny Loy and Il Superiore directed by Luigi Magni. (mubi)
A common day in the actual Italy, narrated by the different stories of seven different people, it's the starting point for an overview to the 21st century's italian society, among corrupt politicians, unfaithful husbands, hardcore soccer fans and dishonest businessmen. (imdb)
A Doctor in the Family (1998) - TV Series
Widower Dr. Lele Martini lives with his kids Ciccio, Maria, Annuccia, father Libero and maid Cettina. Lele's fond of sister-in-law Alice. Comical situations arise with vivacious Ciccio, typical teen Maria and 3-year-old Annuccia. (imdb)