Writing

Giovanni Grimaldi

Born — Died

1917-11-14 — 2001-02-25

Place of birth

Catania, Sicily, Italy

Known for

Writing

Credits

41 titles

Giovanni Grimaldi was an Italian screenwriter, journalist, and film director. He began his career in 1952, writing for numerous successful films, often collaborating with Bruno Corbucci. Grimaldi directed films such as Brutti di notte (1968) and I 2 deputati (1968). His work is noted for its contribution to Italian comedy and genre cinema.

Known for

Gladiators 7 poster
3.8

Framed for the escape of five gladiators from the arena, the son of one of Sparta's leading citizens is sentenced to the arena as gladiator himself and forced to fight for his life in the Roman Colosseum. Years later he manages to escape and return to Sparta, only to find out that his father has been murdered--even though it was ruled a "suicide"--and the woman he loves is about to marry the evil king who has usurped the throne. He sets out to find six of his fellow gladiators and return to Sparta to save his woman and place the rightful king on the throne.

Gladiators 7

1962

So In Love poster
5.9

During his military service, the young singer Gianni Traimonti falls in love with Carla, the marshal's daughter.

So In Love

1964

Web of the Spider poster
5.8

Alan Foster, a professional American journalist, travels to London to meet with Edgar Allan Poe for an interview. While in London, Alan soon finds himself in the company of Lord Blackwood, and Alan accepts a bet to spend a night in his castle

Web of the Spider

1971

The Shortest Day poster
6.4

Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.

The Shortest Day

1963

It Happened at the Police Station poster
6.5

Everyday all kind of people pass through a Police Station, especially if it is downtown. Today, however, the chief of police has bought his first car and he has decided to test it with his wife going to Ostia. But first a theatrical company sent out of the theatre, last Alfredo Todini arrested while walking wearing a gown and in the mean a series of human cases, ranging from the pathetic to the funny one, get in the way of his wish.

It Happened at the Police Station

1954

Totò sexy poster
5.2

Two strange street musicians end up in jail and exchange sexy stories to while away time.

Totò sexy

1963

Film credits

Behind the camera

Gladiators 7 poster
3.8

Framed for the escape of five gladiators from the arena, the son of one of Sparta's leading citizens is sentenced to the arena as gladiator himself and forced to fight for his life in the Roman Colosseum. Years later he manages to escape and return to Sparta, only to find out that his father has been murdered--even though it was ruled a "suicide"--and the woman he loves is about to marry the evil king who has usurped the throne. He sets out to find six of his fellow gladiators and return to Sparta to save his woman and place the rightful king on the throne.

Gladiators 7

1962

So In Love poster
5.9

During his military service, the young singer Gianni Traimonti falls in love with Carla, the marshal's daughter.

So In Love

1964

Web of the Spider poster
5.8

Alan Foster, a professional American journalist, travels to London to meet with Edgar Allan Poe for an interview. While in London, Alan soon finds himself in the company of Lord Blackwood, and Alan accepts a bet to spend a night in his castle

Web of the Spider

1971

The Shortest Day poster
6.4

Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.

The Shortest Day

1963

It Happened at the Police Station poster
6.5

Everyday all kind of people pass through a Police Station, especially if it is downtown. Today, however, the chief of police has bought his first car and he has decided to test it with his wife going to Ostia. But first a theatrical company sent out of the theatre, last Alfredo Todini arrested while walking wearing a gown and in the mean a series of human cases, ranging from the pathetic to the funny one, get in the way of his wish.

It Happened at the Police Station

1954

Totò sexy poster
5.2

Two strange street musicians end up in jail and exchange sexy stories to while away time.

Totò sexy

1963

The Winsome Widow poster
4.6

After the death of Salvatore in a car accident, his beautiful wife Catherine is preparing to collect the enormous legacy but, because the deceased did not make a will and when he was alive was sterile, his wife’s legacy will benefit only if, within three hundred days established by law, she will give birth to a son.

The Winsome Widow

1973

The Slave poster
6.0

The decurion Randus holds himself so well in the command of his troops, that Caesar promotes him to centurion. He is subsequently sent to Egypt, to keep Cesar informed on the actions and intentions of co-triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus - a man too rich, and ambitious, for Caesar's comfort. A fateful sea trip from Egypt to Rome forces Randus in captivity by mercenary troops, and leads a revolt by which he gets freedom for himself, and all the other slaves. Through an amulet he received from his late mother, a man who had fought by Spartacus' side, identifies the young man as Spartacus' and Varinia's son. At first reluctant to accept this story about his origins, Randus will be forced by the circumstances to repeat the feat of his father, twenty years later.

The Slave

1962

Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life poster
6.8

Antonio goes to Rome to represent his fellow peasants, to request a highway that will be built in their region. But the guy is mastered by 'la dolce vita' and wastes the money entrusted to him for his mission. When Peppino is sent to to find out what happened, he lets himself be trapped by the gentle grip of 'la dolce vita'

Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life

1961

Castle of Blood poster
7.1

When a cynical journalist accepts a wager that he won't survive the night in a haunted castle, it unlocks an odyssey of sexual torment, undead vengeance, and a dark seductress who surrenders the gravest of pleasures.

Castle of Blood

1964

When Women Were Called Virgins poster
5.7

When women were called Madonna is a film of 1972 directed by Aldo Grimaldi . The film is one of the first Italian erotic comedies in which a licentious bursting Edwige Fenech struggles with the nagging demands of three suitors.

When Women Were Called Virgins

1972

He Who Hesitates Is Lost poster
7.0

After their boss' death, two clerks eagerly await the arrival of the next one, each one of them hoping to become the apple of his eye. They compete in every possible way to impress him, which causes lots of trouble and many misunderstandings.

He Who Hesitates Is Lost

1960

In a Colt's Shadow poster
5.8

A story about two gunfighters, Duke and Steve. Steve is in love with Duke's daughter but Duke disapproves of the match, envisioning a life of hardship and danger for the girl if she marries Steve..

In a Colt's Shadow

1965

In a Colt's Shadow poster
5.8

A story about two gunfighters, Duke and Steve. Steve is in love with Duke's daughter but Duke disapproves of the match, envisioning a life of hardship and danger for the girl if she marries Steve..

In a Colt's Shadow

1965

Le inibizioni del dottor Gaudenzi, vedovo col complesso della buonanima poster
6.3

Doctor Gaudenzi, a real Sicilian manly man living in Rome, Italy, married the daughter of a wealthy industrialist. One day, his wife is about to die, and being very religious, she asks for a cardinal to perform the last rites and further demands that her husband pledges not to marry or be with other women after she dies. Constrained by the cardinal's presence, Gaudenzi promises, and she promptly dies. Later, as soon as he is about to fall in temptation when looking at sexy girls, strange things happen, finally convincing him that his jealous wife is watching from "out there". Gaudenzi decides to give up on his lusty life: he's returning to his Sicily home and, to be on the sure side, he asks to be injected with female hormones. That's when he meets a sexy woman no man can resist...

Le inibizioni del dottor Gaudenzi, vedovo col complesso della buonanima

1971

Le inibizioni del dottor Gaudenzi, vedovo col complesso della buonanima poster
6.3

Doctor Gaudenzi, a real Sicilian manly man living in Rome, Italy, married the daughter of a wealthy industrialist. One day, his wife is about to die, and being very religious, she asks for a cardinal to perform the last rites and further demands that her husband pledges not to marry or be with other women after she dies. Constrained by the cardinal's presence, Gaudenzi promises, and she promptly dies. Later, as soon as he is about to fall in temptation when looking at sexy girls, strange things happen, finally convincing him that his jealous wife is watching from "out there". Gaudenzi decides to give up on his lusty life: he's returning to his Sicily home and, to be on the sure side, he asks to be injected with female hormones. That's when he meets a sexy woman no man can resist...

Le inibizioni del dottor Gaudenzi, vedovo col complesso della buonanima

1971

The Lovemakers poster
5.2

Carlo Danieli, an industrialist of Sicilian origins, manages a French fries company. The man marries Elena, his girlfriend for years, who has decided to remain a virgin until the wedding day. The man is a great womanizer and is surprised by the revelation, so much so that on the first night he is unable to consummate the relationship. The word soon spread and the mother of the bride, Donna Virginia, urged her son-in-law to apply. Carlo then tries to find a solution before it's too late and his mother-in-law thinks that throwing him into the arms of a professional is the ideal ploy.

The Lovemakers

1970

The Lovemakers poster
5.2

Carlo Danieli, an industrialist of Sicilian origins, manages a French fries company. The man marries Elena, his girlfriend for years, who has decided to remain a virgin until the wedding day. The man is a great womanizer and is surprised by the revelation, so much so that on the first night he is unable to consummate the relationship. The word soon spread and the mother of the bride, Donna Virginia, urged her son-in-law to apply. Carlo then tries to find a solution before it's too late and his mother-in-law thinks that throwing him into the arms of a professional is the ideal ploy.

The Lovemakers

1970

The Governess poster
4.9

Catania, Italy. The Platania family hires a new French governess, the beautiful Caterina. The life of the whole family will be soon turned upside down.

The Governess

1974

4 Dollars of Revenge poster
5.5

Bandits ambush Capt. Roy Dexter of the U.S. Cavalry while he and his men escort a fortune in Confederate gold coins. Only Dexter survives the attack. He's subsequently sentenced to life in prison on the false belief he masterminded the ambush. Escaping from prison, Dexter sets about tracking down and exposing the true culprits.

4 Dollars of Revenge

1966

Symphony of Love poster
6.4

Al Bano and Romina bring to the big screen the unhappy love between the composer Franz Schubert and the Hungarian Countess Anna Rostkov. Al Bano sings the immortal 'Ave Maria'.

Symphony of Love

1970

Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza poster
6.5

Comic version of the famous man of la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes in which Don Quixote having read an adventure book too many sets out on his own adventures with his servant Sancho Panza.

Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza

1968

Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza poster
6.5

Comic version of the famous man of la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes in which Don Quixote having read an adventure book too many sets out on his own adventures with his servant Sancho Panza.

Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza

1968

Gli onorevoli poster
6.8

Some political candidates are determined to win the electors' preference during an election campaign in Italy.

Gli onorevoli

1963

Latin Lovers poster
6.1

The film is composed of five episodes which depict Italians' love lives in the 1960s.

Latin Lovers

1965

Johnny Colt poster
6.6

Starblack is a hero who dresses in black and his face is covered by a black scarf and he carries in his shirt a black star, which he always leaves at the scene of his enterprises, as a symbol of justice.

Johnny Colt

1966

Johnny Colt poster
6.6

Starblack is a hero who dresses in black and his face is covered by a black scarf and he carries in his shirt a black star, which he always leaves at the scene of his enterprises, as a symbol of justice.

Johnny Colt

1966

How Do I Love You? poster
6.7

Gigliola is a young and humble Neapolitan swimmer who will compete in a competition in Spain and finds herself falling for the fiance of her best friend. But when they come to visit her in Italy, she pretends to be rich, with the complicity of their parents.

How Do I Love You?

1966

Totò diabolicus poster
7.1

The marquis Galeazzo di Torre Alta is murdered by a mysterious killer who calls himself Diabolicus. His heirs are his three brothers and a sister, but all of them, with the exception of Monsignor Antonino di Torre Alta, are killed by Diabolicus. The police are unable to solve the case, but when Antonino gives his inheritance to Pasquale Bonocore, illegitimate son of his father and Pasquale is in prison and therefore can't be the killer, all the clues are in the hand of the police.

Totò diabolicus

1962

Guaglione poster
6.8

This is an Italian Romance starring Terence Hill

Guaglione

1956

Un caso di coscienza poster
6.0

Discovering that a woman from their small town in Sicily cheated on her husband, a group of upper class men investigate and try to identify her.

Un caso di coscienza

1970

Un caso di coscienza poster
6.0

Discovering that a woman from their small town in Sicily cheated on her husband, a group of upper class men investigate and try to identify her.

Un caso di coscienza

1970

James Tont Operation U.N.O. poster
5.7

The diabolical Goldsinger, enraged at being excluded from the UN, hatches a plot to blow up the assembly while all the heads of the state participate. Luckily, inept agent James Tont discovers the plot and sets out to stop Goldsinger.

James Tont Operation U.N.O.

1965

James Tont Operation U.N.O. poster
5.7

The diabolical Goldsinger, enraged at being excluded from the UN, hatches a plot to blow up the assembly while all the heads of the state participate. Luckily, inept agent James Tont discovers the plot and sets out to stop Goldsinger.

James Tont Operation U.N.O.

1965

Il suo nome è Donna Rosa poster
7.2

Andrea falls in love with the beautiful Rosetta, but the girl's father pushes her into the arms of the rich Giorgio. Al Bano and Romina in a musicarello of extraordinary success.

Il suo nome è Donna Rosa

1969

Ugly at Night poster
5.2

Franco consults a psychoanalyst due to a series of nightmares that constantly haunt him. The doctor prescribes a very special treatment for the patient: an intense love life. The man's wife, aware that she is part of the problem, decides to get a facial and to meet her husband in disguise.

Ugly at Night

1968

Ugly at Night poster
5.2

Franco consults a psychoanalyst due to a series of nightmares that constantly haunt him. The doctor prescribes a very special treatment for the patient: an intense love life. The man's wife, aware that she is part of the problem, decides to get a facial and to meet her husband in disguise.

Ugly at Night

1968

I'm Not Worthy of You poster
6.5

In the sequel of "In ginocchio da te", the engagement of Gianni and Carla is threatened by Giorgio.

I'm Not Worthy of You

1965

Frou-frou del Tabarin poster
6.5

Misadventures of a mother (Carmen Scarpitta) and a her daugther (Martine Brochard)

Frou-frou del Tabarin

1976

Frou-frou del Tabarin poster
6.5

Misadventures of a mother (Carmen Scarpitta) and a her daugther (Martine Brochard)

Frou-frou del Tabarin

1976