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Seduced and Abandoned (1964)

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As the new year starts, I repost Tina's first role in a film, the one of Nicole at Modesty Blaise.

The screencaps have been untagged and I've changed some of them keeping the ones with better quality and always mentioning the sources. Please if you have better ones just send them to me and I'll change these, thank you!

And welcome to 2024!

Eleni

Modesty Blaise screencaps!

Modesty Blaise is a 1966 British comedy spy-fi film directed by Joseph Losey. It was loosely based upon the popular comic strip Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell, who co-wrote the original story upon which Evan Jones based his screenplay. The film’s music composed by Johnny Dankworth and the theme song, Modesty, sung by David and Jonathan. Modesty Blaise stars Italian actress Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, Dirk Bogarde, Harry Andrews, Michael Craig and Clive Revill. It is Monica Vitti’s first English-speaking role.

Plot (it may contain spoilers)

British Secret Service chief Sir Gerald Tarrant (Harry Andrews) recruits former criminal mastermind Modesty Blaise (Monica Vitti) to protect a shipment of diamonds en route to a Middle Eastern sheik, Abu Tahir (Clive Revill). The shipment has also attracted Gabriel (Dirk Bogarde), the head of a criminal organization that includes his henchman McWhirter (Clive Revill) and Mrs. Fothergill (Rossella Falk). Modesty believes that Gabriel, who maintains a compound in the Mediterranean, is dead, but he reveals himself to her. In Amsterdam, Modesty reunites with her former lover, secret agent Paul Hagen (Michael Craig), while her partner, Willie Garvin (Terence Stamp), is reunited with an old flame, Nicole (Tina Aumont), who may have information on Gabriel. Nicole is killed by assassins working for Gabriel, who are in turn killed by Modesty and Willie. Modesty and Willie set themselves up as live bait to draw Gabriel out, but find themselves pursued by Tarrant and Hagen. Gabriel captures Modesty and forces Willie to help steal the diamonds. Held prisoner on Gabriel’s island, Modesty and Willie escape, killing Mrs. Fothergill. Thanks to a radio signal from Modesty, Abu Tahir’s forces invade the island and capture Gabriel. Modesty gives the shipment of diamonds to Abu Tahir and, as her reward, asks for and receives the diamonds.

Cast

Monica Vitti - Modesty Blaise

Terence Stamp - Willie Garvin

Dirk Bogarde - Gabriel

Harry Andrews - Tarrant

Michael Craig - Paul Hagen 

Clive Revill - McWhirter / Sheik Abu Tahir

Alexander Knox - Minister

Rossella Falk - Mrs. Fothergill

Scilla Gabel - Melina

Michael Chow - Weng

Joe Melia - Crevier

Saro Urzì - Basilio

Tina Aumont (credited as Tina Marquand) - Nicole

Oliver MacGreevy - Tattooed Man

Jon Bluming - Hans

Robin Hunter - Pilot

Silvan - the illusionist

The film was released on 5th May 1966.

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Beat the Devil (1953) John Huston

July 15th 2022

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Saro Urzi, Stefania Sandrelli, and Aldo Puglisi in Seduced and Abandoned (Pietro Germi, 1964) Cast: Stefania Sandrelli, Saro Urzi, Aldo Puglisi, Lando Buzzanca, Lola Braccini, Leopoldo Trieste, Umberto Spadaro, Paola Biggio, Rocco D'Assunta, Oreste Palella, Lina Lagalla, Gustavo D'Arpe, Rosetta Urzi, Roberta Narbonne, Vincenzo Licata, Attilio Martella, Adelino Campardo, Salvatore Fazio, Italia Spadaro. Screenplay: Pietro Germi, Luciano Vincenzoni, Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli. Cinematography: Aiace Parolin. Art direction: Carlo Egidi. Film editing: Roberto Cinquini. Music: Carlo Rustichelli. Bigotry is fun to watch, as long as it's someone else's. There's no fun to be had from the story about the high school valedictorian who was kicked out of the house for being gay, even though it had a happy ending: He received a full college scholarship. That's because it hits too close to where we live: a United States beset by bigots often sanctioned by our government. Pietro Germi's Seduced and Abandoned delighted audiences because it made them feel superior to the small-minded, small town Sicilians who cause such a ruckus over Agnese Ascalone's (Stefania Sandrelli) out-of-wedlock pregnancy. To them, the story was much ado about "honor," a concept long regarded as outmoded ever since it was mocked by Shakespeare's Falstaff, and the notion that things could be set right by marriage, even if the marrying couple was a rapist and his victim. In this case, however, the seducer, Peppino ( Aldo Puglisi), refuses to marry Agnese, whom he impregnated, because she's not a virgin -- no matter that it's his fault that she isn't. Much raucous but edgy humor ensues from this Catch-22, as the irascible head of the Ascalone family, played wonderfully by Saro Urzi, tries to work out the complications while maintaining the family honor -- a word that will be engraved on his tombstone. Seduced and Abandoned is a keen-eyed, cold-hearted film that works best if you realize that Germi and his screenwriters are making a point about the danger of imposing societal values on private matters, the risk run in communities of all constituencies and convictions.

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“I’m an American hiding in Sicily. My name is Michael Corleone. There are people who’d pay a lot of money for that information... But then your daughter would lose a father instead of gaining a husband.”

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nel nome della legge (1949)

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A comedy that strangely starts off with some rather heavy themes, Seduced And Abandoned proves an interesting and eventually hilarious watch, with manic antics and a hugely entertaining lead performance.

Here’s my review.

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Al Pacino with Saro Urzi, who played Apollonia’s father on the set of Godfather.

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We saw some real beauties. One of them struck our friend like a thunderbolt. She would tempt the devil himself.

Fabrizio - The Godfather (1972)

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"The marriage erases everything, better than a general pardon."

The Word is SWEAT.

Spine #350

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Sedotta e abbandonata (Pietro Germi, 1964)

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Modesty Blaise screencaps!

Modesty Blaise is a 1966 British comedy spy-fi film directed by Joseph Losey. It was loosely based upon the popular comic strip Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell, who co-wrote the original story upon which Evan Jones based his screenplay. The film's music composed by Johnny Dankworth and the theme song, Modesty, sung by David and Jonathan. Modesty Blaise stars Italian actress Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, Dirk Bogarde, Harry Andrews, Michael Craig and Clive Revill. It is Monica Vitti's first English-speaking role.

Plot (it may contain spoilers)

British Secret Service chief Sir Gerald Tarrant (Harry Andrews) recruits former criminal mastermind Modesty Blaise (Monica Vitti) to protect a shipment of diamonds en route to a Middle Eastern sheik, Abu Tahir (Clive Revill). The shipment has also attracted Gabriel (Dirk Bogarde), the head of a criminal organization that includes his henchman McWhirter (Clive Revill) and Mrs. Fothergill (Rossella Falk). Modesty believes that Gabriel, who maintains a compound in the Mediterranean, is dead, but he reveals himself to her. In Amsterdam, Modesty reunites with her former lover, secret agent Paul Hagen (Michael Craig), while her partner, Willie Garvin (Terence Stamp), is reunited with an old flame, Nicole (Tina Aumont), who may have information on Gabriel. Nicole is killed by assassins working for Gabriel, who are in turn killed by Modesty and Willie. Modesty and Willie set themselves up as live bait to draw Gabriel out, but find themselves pursued by Tarrant and Hagen. Gabriel captures Modesty and forces Willie to help steal the diamonds. Held prisoner on Gabriel's island, Modesty and Willie escape, killing Mrs. Fothergill. Thanks to a radio signal from Modesty, Abu Tahir's forces invade the island and capture Gabriel. Modesty gives the shipment of diamonds to Abu Tahir and, as her reward, asks for and receives the diamonds.

Cast

Monica Vitti - Modesty Blaise

Terence Stamp - Willie Garvin

Dirk Bogarde - Gabriel

Harry Andrews - Tarrant

Michael Craig - Paul Hagen 

Clive Revill - McWhirter / Sheik Abu Tahir

Alexander Knox - Minister

Rossella Falk - Mrs. Fothergill

Scilla Gabel - Melina

Michael Chow - Weng

Joe Melia - Crevier

Saro Urzì - Basilio

Tina Aumont (credited as Tina Marquand) - Nicole

Oliver MacGreevy - Tattooed Man

Jon Bluming - Hans

Robin Hunter - Pilot

Silvan - the illusionist

The film was released on 5th May 1966.

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Il Capolavoro di Pietro Germi

Un Maledetto Imbroglio

Data di uscita: 24 ottobre 1959 (Italia)

Regista: Pietro Germi

Musiche Carlo Rustichelli

Paese di produzione: Italia 🇮🇹

Scritto da: Carlo Emilio Gadda

Curiosità

La trama è una rielaborazione del romanzo Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana di Carlo Emilio Gadda

Incasso accertato nelle sale sino a tutto il 31 maggio 1964 389.192.203 lire dell'epoca.

Interpreti e personaggi

Pietro Germi: commissario Ingravallo

Claudia Cardinale: Assuntina

Eleonora Rossi Drago: Liliana Banducci

Nino Castelnuovo: Diomede

Franco Fabrizi: Valdarena

Cristina Gaioni: Virginia

Claudio Gora: Remo Banducci

Saro Urzi: maresciallo Saro

Ildebrando Santafe: Anzaloni

Peppino De Martino: dottor Fumi

Silla Bettini: brigadiere Oreste

Rosolino Bua: parroco dei 4 santi

Loretta Capitoli: Camilla la beduina

Nanda De Santis: Zamira la sdentata

Attilio Martella: Marchetti

Gianni Musy: 1° ladro - Retalli

Toni Ucci: 2° ladro - Er Patata

Vincenzo Tocci: 3° ladro - Filone

Pietro Tordi: direttore cottage Verbania

Antonio Acqua: Generale Pomilia

Maria Saccenti: signora Pomilia

April Hennessy: ragazza americana

Rina Mascetti: cassiera che telefona a Banducci

Antonio Gradoli: maresciallo Mariano