Franco Franchi — Actor (42)

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Two Escape from Sing Sing (1964)
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other title: Les deux évadés de sing-sing / I due evasi di Sing Sing …
Two attendants in a public toilet in New York save the life of the Mafia boss Attanasia. Attanasia turns one of them into a successful boxer by setting up his matches and makes the other into his right hand. When a gang war starts the two are accused of the murders and are sentenced to death. When the execution day comes they refuse to leave their cell, even when they are proved innocent.

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Two Firefighters (1968)
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other title: Die tolldreisten Kerle vom Löschzug 34 / I 2 pompieri …
The firefighter student Francesco Perricone and his cousin the brigadier Barrese fall in love both of the beautiful brunette Caramella and the barracks of Rome are transferred to the village of Sicily where the girl lives.

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Those Two in the Legion (1962)
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other title: Deux de la légion / I due della legione
Ciccio and Franco flee Naples because they are wrongly accused of having murdered a local camorra boss and enlist in the Foreign Legion. They are inept but are mistaken for brave people by their commander and sent to break a weapon smuggling ring.

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Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows (1968)
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other title: Franco, Ciccio e le vedove allegre / Franco, Ciccio et les Veuves joyeuses
A 3-episode film starring popular comedians Franchi and Ingrassia. In the first episode, Carlo and Oreste are married to the same woman; when she delivers twins, they fight for paternity. In the second episode, Celestina needs a heir to receive her dead husband's fortune. In the third episode, young widow Daisy arrives in Italy to meet her deceased much-older husband's family and ends up marrying his great-grandson.

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The Last Italian Tango (1973)
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other title: Ultimo tango a Zagarol / Dernier Tango à Zagarol …
A woman feeds her husband with scraps and gives the best food to her lover, whom she hides in the attic. The husband abandons her and goes and lives with a young girl who drags him into a sadomasochistic relationship.

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Two R-R-Ringos from Texas (1967)
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other title: Zwei Trottel gegen Django / Dos gringos en Texas …
A western comedy starring the Sicilian comedians Franco and Ciccio who produced dozens of such spoofs in the 1960s. This time, they quote mainly "The Good, the Bad And the Ugly". Ciccio is sergeant in the army and Franco volunteers to join (after too many drinks). Franco has a talking horse telling him where a treasure is buried. They have to get behind enemy lines in the civil war to get hold of it, though.

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Two Idiots at Fort Alamo (1965)
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other title: I due sergenti del generale Custer / Herr Major, zwei Flaschen melden sich zur Stelle …
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.