List of Italian films of 1977

A list of films produced in Italy in 1977 (see 1977 in film):

Italian film productions released in 1977
Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
L'altra metà del cielo	Franco Rossi	Adriano Celentano, Monica Vitti	—	^{[citation needed]}
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison	Lino Del Fra	Riccardo Cucciolla, Lea Massari, Mimsy Farmer	—	^{[citation needed]}
L'appuntamento	Giuliano Biagetti	Renzo Montagnani, Barbara Bouchet	—	^{[citation needed]}
An Average Little Man	Mario Monicelli	Alberto Sordi, Shelley Winters, Romolo Valli, Vincenzo Crocitti	—	^{[citation needed]}
La banda Vallanzasca	Mario Bianchi	Enzo Pulcrano, Stefania D'Amario, Antonella Dogan	—	^[1]
Beach House '	Sergio Citti	Jodie Foster, Mariangela Melato, Michele Placido	—	^{[citation needed]}
Beast with a Gun	Sergio Grieco	Helmut Berger, Richard Harrison, Marisa Mell	—	^[2]
Il... Belpaese	Luciano Salce	Paolo Villaggio, Silvia Dionisio	black comedy	^{[citation needed]}
Berlinguer, I Love You	Giuseppe Bertolucci	Roberto Benigni, Alida Valli, Carlo Monni	—	^{[citation needed]}
La Bestia in Calore	Luigi Batzella	Macha Magall	Exploitation	^[3]^[4]^[5]
Brothers Till We Die	Umberto Lenzi	Tomas Milian, Pino Colizzi, Mario Piave	—	^[6]^[7]
Beyond Good and Evil	Liliana Cavani	Dominique Sanda, Robert Powell, Erland Josephson, Virna Lisi	—	^{[citation needed]}
La Bidonata	Luciano Ercoli	Walter Chiari, Maurizio Arena	crime-comedy	^{[citation needed]}
The Bishop's Bedroom	Dino Risi	Ugo Tognazzi, Ornella Muti, Patrick Dewaere	—	^{[citation needed]}
Black Journal	Mauro Bolognini	Shelley Winters, Mario Scaccia, Max von Sydow, Renato Pozzetto, Laura Antonelli	drama	^{[citation needed]}
La Bravata	Roberto Bianchi Montero	Franca Gonella, Silvano Tranquilli, Ajita Wilson	—	^[6]
California	Michele Lupo	Giuliano Gemma, Raimund Harmstorf	Western	Italian-Spanish co-production^[8]
Canne mozze	Mario Imperoli	Antonio Sabàto, John Richardson	Crime	^[9]
Cara sposa	Pasquale Festa Campanile	Johnny Dorelli, Agostina Belli	comedy	^{[citation needed]}
The Cat	Luigi Comencini	Ugo Tognazzi, Mariangela Melato, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Michel Galabru	—	^{[citation needed]}
Charleston	Marcello Fondato	Bud Spencer, James Coco, Herbert Lom	—	^{[citation needed]}
La compagna di banco	Mariano Laurenti	Lilli Carati, Gianfranco D'Angelo, Lino Banfi	—	^{[citation needed]}
Cosmos: War of the Planets	Alfonso Brescia	John Richardson, Massimo Bonetti	—	^{[citation needed]}
Could It Happen Here?	Massimo Pirri	Luc Merenda, Marcella Michelangeli	—	^[10]
Crime Busters	E.B. Clucher	Bud Spencer, Terence Hill, David Huddleston	—	^{[citation needed]}
The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist	Umberto Lenzi	Maurizio Merli, Tomas Milian, John Saxon	—	^[11]
Death Hunt	Gaetano Cisco	Pier Luigi Conti, Ninetto Davoli, Martine Carrell	—	^[12]^[13]
Death Steps in the Dark	Maurizio Pradeaux	Leonard Mann, Robert Webber		^{[citation needed]}
Destruction Force	Stelvio Massi	Luc Merenda, Tomas Milian	—	^[14]
Dove volano i corvi d'argento	Piero Livi	Corrado Pani, Jenny Tamburi, Flavio Bucci	crime-drama	^[15]^[16]
Double Game	Carlo Ausino	George Hilton	poliziottesco	^[17]
Double Murder	Steno	Marcello Mastroianni, Agostina Belli, Ursula Andress, Peter Ustinov	—	^{[citation needed]}
Ecco noi per esempio	Sergio Corbucci	Adriano Celentano, Renato Pozzetto, Barbara Bach	—	^{[citation needed]}
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals	Joe D'Amato	Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti	—	^{[citation needed]}
Emanuelle Around the World	Joe D'Amato	Laura Gemser, Karin Schubert	—	^{[citation needed]}
Emanuelle in America	Joe D'Amato	Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti	sexploitation	^{[citation needed]}
The Forbidden Room	Dino Risi	Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Deneuve, Danilo Mattei	—	Italian-French co-production^[18]
Il gabbiano	Marco Bellocchio	Laura Betti, Pamela Villoresi, Remo Girone	—	^{[citation needed]}
Gangbuster	Alberto Marras	Ray Lovelock, Mel Ferrer, Lilli Carati	poliziottesco	^[16]
Goodbye & Amen	Damiano Damiani	Tony Musante, Claudia Cardinale, John Steiner	—	^[19]
The Heroin Busters	Enzo G. Castellari	Fabio Testi, David Hemmings	Crime	^[20]
Highway Racer	Stelvio Massi	Maurizio Merli, Lilli Carati	—	^[21]
Hitch-Hike	Sergio Citti	Franco Nero, Corinne Cléry, David Hess	—	^{[citation needed]}
Holocaust 2000	Alberto De Martino	Kirk Douglas, Simon Ward, Agostina Belli, Virginia McKenna	—	^{[citation needed]}
I Am Afraid	Damiano Damiani	Gian Maria Volonté, Mario Adorf, Erland Josephson	—	^[22]
In the Name of the Pope King	Luigi Magni	Nino Manfredi, Carlo Bagno	Historical Drama	^{[citation needed]}
Jesus of Nazareth	Franco Zeffirelli	Robert Powell, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Claudia Cardinale, Rod Steiger	—	^{[citation needed]}
Kaput Lager – Gli ultimi giorni delle SS	Luigi Batzella	Richard Harrison, Lea Leander, Isarco Ravaioli	—	^[5]^[23]
Kleinhoff Hotel	Carlo Lizzani	Corinne Cléry, Bruce Robinson, Michele Placido	—	^{[citation needed]}
Last Orgy of the Third Reich	Cesare Canevari	Daniela Poggi	—	^{[citation needed]}
El Macho	Marcello Andrei	Carlos Monzón, George Hilton	Western	^[8]
La malavita attacca... la polizia risponde!	Mario Caiano	Leonard Mann, Maria Rosaria Omaggio	—	^[24]^[25]
A Man Called Magnum	Michele Massimo Tarantini	Luc Merenda, Enzo Cannavale	—	^[26]
Mannaja	Sergio Martino	Maurizio Merli, John Steiner, Philippe Leroy	Western	^[8]
Il marito in collegio	Maurizio Lucidi	Enrico Montesano, Silvia Dionisio	—	^{[citation needed]}
Maschio latino cercasi	Giovanni Narzisi	Dayle Haddon, Gloria Guida, Stefania Casini	—	^{[citation needed]}
Messalina, Messalina	Bruno Corbucci	Tomas Milian, Anneka Di Lorenzo, Lino Toffolo	—	^{[citation needed]}
Il mostro	Luigi Zampa	Johnny Dorelli, Sydne Rome	—	^{[citation needed]}
Nazi Love Camp 27	Mario Caiano	Sirpa Lane	—	^{[citation needed]}
Nenè	Salvatore Samperi	Leonora Fani, Tino Schirinzi	—	^{[citation needed]}
Nerone	Castellacci & Pingitore	Pippo Franco, Enrico Montesano	—	^{[citation needed]}
Nine Guests for a Crime	Ferdinando Baldi	Arthur Kennedy, John Richardson	—	^{[citation needed]}
Onore e guapparia	Tiziano Longo	Pino Mauro, Laura Gray	—	^[27]
Orazi e curiazi 3-2	Giorgio Mariuzzo	Lino Banfi, Gloria Guida, Gianni Agus	—	^{[citation needed]}
Padre Padrone	Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani	Omero Antonutti, Saverio Marconi, Nanni Moretti	—	^{[citation needed]}
Per amore di Poppea	Mariano Laurenti	María Baxa, Alvaro Vitali	—	^{[citation needed]}
The Pajama Girl Case	Flavio Mogherini	Dalila Di Lazzaro, Ray Milland, Michele Placido, Mel Ferrer	—	^{[citation needed]}
Pane, burro e marmellata	Giorgio Capitani	Enrico Montesano, Rossana Podestà, Rita Tushingham	—	^{[citation needed]}
The Perfect Killer	Mario Siciliano	Lee Van Cleef, Tina Baker, John Ireland	—	Italian-Spanish co-production^[28]
Pigs Have Wings	Paolo Pietrangeli	Lou Castel	drama	^{[citation needed]}
Polizia selvaggia	Guido Zurli	Piero Fabiani, Giorgio Ardissan, Tarik Arkan	—	Italian-Turkish co-production^[29]
Il prefetto di ferro	Pasquale Squitieri	Giuliano Gemma, Claudia Cardinale	—	^{[citation needed]}
La presidentessa	Luciano Salce	Mariangela Melato, Johnny Dorelli	—	^{[citation needed]}
Ready for Anything	Giorgio Stegani	Eleonora Giorgi, Bekim Fehmiu	—	^{[citation needed]}
Return of the 38 Gang	Giuseppe Vari	Antonio Sabato, Dagmar Lassander	—	^[30]
The Rip-Off	Antonio Margheriti	Lee Van Cleef, Karen Black, Edward Albert	—	^{[citation needed]}
The Schoolteacher Goes to Boys' High	Mariano Laurenti	Edwige Fenech, Renzo Montagnani, Lino Banfi	—	^{[citation needed]}
Sahara Cross	Tonino Valerii	Franco Nero, Michel Constantin	Action	^[30]
Sette note in nero	Lucio Fulci	Jennifer O'Neill, Gianni Garko, Gabriele Ferzetti	giallo	^[31]^[32]
Shock	Mario Bava	Daria Nicolodi, John Steiner	—	^[33]
A Special Day	Ettore Scola	Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon	—	^{[citation needed]}
Spell – Dolce mattatoio	Alberto Cavallone	Paola Montenero, Jane Avril, Monica Ronchi	—	^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]
A Spiral of Mist	Eriprando Visconti	Marc Porel, Duilio Del Prete, Eleonora Giorgi	—	^{[citation needed]}
Squadra antitruffa	Bruno Corbucci	Tomas Milian, David Hemmings, Anna Cardini	—	^[38]
SS Girls	Bruno Mattei	Ivano Staccioli, Alan Collins	—	^{[citation needed]}
Stato interessante	Sergio Nasca	Turi Ferro, Janet Agren, Monica Guerritore, Enrico Montesano, Magali Noël	—	^{[citation needed]}
Stunt Squad	Domenico Paolella	Marcel Bozzuffi, Vittorio Mezzogiorno	—	^[39]
Suspiria	Dario Argento	Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Joan Bennett	Horror	^[40] ^[41]
Taxi Girl	Michele Massimo Tarantini	Edwige Fenech, Aldo Maccione	—	^{[citation needed]}
Tentacles	Ovidio G. Assonitis	John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins,	Horror	Italian-American co-production^[42]
Three Tigers Against Three Tigers	Sergio Corbucci, Steno	Renato Pozzetto, Enrico Montesano, Paolo Villaggio	—	^{[citation needed]}
La tigre è ancora viva: Sandokan alla riscossa!	Sergio Sollima	Kabir Bedi, Philippe Leroy, Adolfo Celi	—	^{[citation needed]}
Tutti defunti... tranne i morti	Pupi Avati	Gianni Cavina, Francesca Marciano, Carlo Delle Piano	—	^[43]
The Virgo, the Taurus and the Capricorn	Luciano Martino	Edwige Fenech, Alberto Lionello, Aldo Maccione	—	^{[citation needed]}
Twilight of Love	Luigi Scattini	Anthony Steel, Annie Belle, Hugo Pratt, Pam Grier	—	^{[citation needed]}
Viva Italia!	Mario Monicelli, Dino Risi, Ettore Scola	Vittorio Gassman, Ornella Muti, Alberto Sordi, Ugo Tognazzi		^{[citation needed]}
Weapons of Death	Mario Caiano	Leonard Mann, Henry Silva	—	^[38]
Wifemistress	Marco Vicario	Marcello Mastroianni, Laura Antonelli	—	^{[citation needed]}

References

Footnotes

^ Curti 2013, p. 203.
^ Curti 2013, p. 204.
^ Shipka 2011, p. 168.
^ "La bestia in calore (1977)". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved 10 March 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Curti 2017, p. 129.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Curti 2013, p. 206.
^ Curti 2013, p. 207.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Grant 2011, p. 467.
^ Curti 2013, p. 208.
^ Curti 2013, p. 209.
^ Curti 2013, p. 211.
^ Curti 2013, p. 213.
^ Curti 2013, p. 214.
^ Curti 2013, p. 215.
^ Curti 2013, p. 217.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Curti 2013, p. 218.
^ Curti 2013, p. 216.
^ Curti 2017, p. 169.
^ Curti 2013, p. 219.
^ Curti 2013, p. 220.
^ Curti 2013, p. 221.
^ Curti 2013, p. 223.
^ "Kaput lager gli ultimi giorni delle SS (1977)". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved 11 June 2018.
^ Curti 2013, p. 224.
^ Curti 2013, p. 225.
^ Curti 2013, p. 226.
^ Curti 2013, p. 227.
^ Curti 2013, p. 228.
^ Curti 2013, p. 229.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Curti 2013, p. 230.
^ Curti 2017, p. 172.
^ Curti 2017, p. 173.
^ Curti 2017, p. 177.
^ "Spell". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
^ Buchanan, Jason. "Man, Woman and Beast (1977)". AllMovie. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
^ Curti 2018, p. 46.
^ Curti 2018, p. 47.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Curti 2013, p. 233.
^ Curti 2013, p. 232.
^ Curti 2017, p. 180.
^ Curti 2017, p. 181.
^ "Tentacles". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
^ Curti 2017, p. 187.

Sources

Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476629605.
Curti, Roberto (2018). Mavericks of Italian Cinema. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-7242-7.
Grant, Kevin (2011). Any Gun Can Play. Fab Press. ISBN 9781903254615.
Shipka, Danny (2011). Perverse Titillation: The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France, 1960–1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-4888-3.

External links

Italian films of 1977 at the Internet Movie Database

[FOOTNOTECurti2013203-1] Curti 2013, p. 203.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013204-2] Curti 2013, p. 204.

[FOOTNOTEShipka2011168-3] Shipka 2011, p. 168.

[archivio-4] "La bestia in calore (1977)". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved 10 March 2018.

[FOOTNOTECurti2017129-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Curti 2017, p. 129.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013206-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b Curti 2013, p. 206.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013207-7] Curti 2013, p. 207.

[FOOTNOTEGrant2011467-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Grant 2011, p. 467.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013208-9] Curti 2013, p. 208.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013209-10] Curti 2013, p. 209.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013211-11] Curti 2013, p. 211.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013213-12] Curti 2013, p. 213.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013214-13] Curti 2013, p. 214.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013215-14] Curti 2013, p. 215.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013217-15] Curti 2013, p. 217.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013218-16] Jump up to: ^a ^b Curti 2013, p. 218.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013216-17] Curti 2013, p. 216.

[FOOTNOTECurti2017169-18] Curti 2017, p. 169.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013219-19] Curti 2013, p. 219.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013220-20] Curti 2013, p. 220.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013221-21] Curti 2013, p. 221.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013223-22] Curti 2013, p. 223.

[23] "Kaput lager gli ultimi giorni delle SS (1977)". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved 11 June 2018.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013224-24] Curti 2013, p. 224.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013225-25] Curti 2013, p. 225.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013226-26] Curti 2013, p. 226.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013227-27] Curti 2013, p. 227.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013228-28] Curti 2013, p. 228.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013229-29] Curti 2013, p. 229.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013230-30] Jump up to: ^a ^b Curti 2013, p. 230.

[FOOTNOTECurti2017172-31] Curti 2017, p. 172.

[FOOTNOTECurti2017173-32] Curti 2017, p. 173.

[FOOTNOTECurti2017177-33] Curti 2017, p. 177.

[34] "Spell". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 15 September 2019.

[35] Buchanan, Jason. "Man, Woman and Beast (1977)". AllMovie. Retrieved 15 September 2019.

[FOOTNOTECurti201846-36] Curti 2018, p. 46.

[FOOTNOTECurti201847-37] Curti 2018, p. 47.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013233-38] Jump up to: ^a ^b Curti 2013, p. 233.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013232-39] Curti 2013, p. 232.

[FOOTNOTECurti2017180-40] Curti 2017, p. 180.

[FOOTNOTECurti2017181-41] Curti 2017, p. 181.

[42] "Tentacles". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

[FOOTNOTECurti2017187-43] Curti 2017, p. 187.

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