
Directing
Stelvio Massi
Born — Died
1929-03-26 — 2004-03-26
Place of birth
Macerata, Italy
Known for
Directing
Credits
40 titles
Stelvio Massi, sometimes credited "Max Steel", was an Italian director known for his "poliziotteschi" films.
Known for
5.5In Rome, a vagrant finds the body of a teen girl, her throat professional slashed. Police inspector Olmi uses his brutal and violent methods to follow a trail that leads him toward high government officials. When his methods leave an innocent bystander dead, the corrupt officials have an excuse to get Olmi transferred to a coastal town where the pace is slow and he has time for a romantic dalliance. Soon, Olmi discovers that fishing isn't the only local occupation, and out comes his gun and his ruthless tactics of investigation.
Convoy Busters
1978
5.7A ruthless Interpol agent goes after the man who killed his wife in Stelvio Massi's crime thriller. A gutsy robber named Marseilles pulls off a tricky heist, but he's no match for agent Ravelli, a maverick who can't control his bloodlust. And this time, it's personal: Years earlier, the daring thief murdered the operative's wife in cold blood.
Emergency Squad
1974
6.1Rudi is an illegal street racer named whose reputation in the area becomes so strong that he is hired to compete professionally on the circuit.
Speed Driver
1980
5.5An insatiable nymphomaniac with a wheelchair-bound writer husband finds that her lurid exploits rejuvenate his creativity and libido, but soon enough, all of her lovers end up being murdered by an unknown assailant.
Arabella: Black Angel
1989
5.5A hot-shot police officer has more guts than brains, often landing him in hot water with his middle-aged mentor, who was once a legendary cop responsible for numerous large scale arrests.
Highway Racer
1977
5.7Commissioner Mariani investigates a group of kidnappers.
The Iron Commissioner
1978
Behind the camera
5.5In Rome, a vagrant finds the body of a teen girl, her throat professional slashed. Police inspector Olmi uses his brutal and violent methods to follow a trail that leads him toward high government officials. When his methods leave an innocent bystander dead, the corrupt officials have an excuse to get Olmi transferred to a coastal town where the pace is slow and he has time for a romantic dalliance. Soon, Olmi discovers that fishing isn't the only local occupation, and out comes his gun and his ruthless tactics of investigation.
Convoy Busters
1978
5.5In Rome, a vagrant finds the body of a teen girl, her throat professional slashed. Police inspector Olmi uses his brutal and violent methods to follow a trail that leads him toward high government officials. When his methods leave an innocent bystander dead, the corrupt officials have an excuse to get Olmi transferred to a coastal town where the pace is slow and he has time for a romantic dalliance. Soon, Olmi discovers that fishing isn't the only local occupation, and out comes his gun and his ruthless tactics of investigation.
Convoy Busters
1978
5.7A ruthless Interpol agent goes after the man who killed his wife in Stelvio Massi's crime thriller. A gutsy robber named Marseilles pulls off a tricky heist, but he's no match for agent Ravelli, a maverick who can't control his bloodlust. And this time, it's personal: Years earlier, the daring thief murdered the operative's wife in cold blood.
Emergency Squad
1974
5.7A ruthless Interpol agent goes after the man who killed his wife in Stelvio Massi's crime thriller. A gutsy robber named Marseilles pulls off a tricky heist, but he's no match for agent Ravelli, a maverick who can't control his bloodlust. And this time, it's personal: Years earlier, the daring thief murdered the operative's wife in cold blood.
Emergency Squad
1974
6.1Rudi is an illegal street racer named whose reputation in the area becomes so strong that he is hired to compete professionally on the circuit.
Speed Driver
1980
6.1Rudi is an illegal street racer named whose reputation in the area becomes so strong that he is hired to compete professionally on the circuit.
Speed Driver
1980
5.5An insatiable nymphomaniac with a wheelchair-bound writer husband finds that her lurid exploits rejuvenate his creativity and libido, but soon enough, all of her lovers end up being murdered by an unknown assailant.
Arabella: Black Angel
1989
5.5A hot-shot police officer has more guts than brains, often landing him in hot water with his middle-aged mentor, who was once a legendary cop responsible for numerous large scale arrests.
Highway Racer
1977
5.7Commissioner Mariani investigates a group of kidnappers.
The Iron Commissioner
1978
5.7Police believe that a respectable industrialist is actually the head of drug smuggling ring in Milan.
Blood, Sweat and Fear
1975
5.7Police believe that a respectable industrialist is actually the head of drug smuggling ring in Milan.
Blood, Sweat and Fear
1975
4.6A maverick cop must protect a female photographer who witnessed a murder and is now targeted by a ruthless biker gang.
The Black Cobra
1987
6.2Stelvio Massi's crime thriller centers on a drifter who sets out to help blue-collar workers rise up against the two powerful families who are exploiting them. After settling in an industrial town and witnessing the cruelty of the factory owners, ex-mercenary Marco (Carlos Monzón) assumes the role of union agitator. When a violent confrontation erupts, the labor leader is driven to bring down the corrupt clans.
The Last Round
1976
5.3Thriller about a reporter who comes home from an overseas assignment to find his baby in the hospital and his wife dead...
Five Women for the Killer
1974
6.6Mark Terzi goes to Genoa to take on the case of a serial killer who calls himself "The Sphinx".
Mark Shoots First
1975
6.6Mark Terzi goes to Genoa to take on the case of a serial killer who calls himself "The Sphinx".
Mark Shoots First
1975
5.4Commissario Paolo Ferro (Maurizio Merli) stars as a (typical) tough cop again. This time he returns to the city of Milan to go after a murder corporation. Acampora (Mario Merola) is believed to be the prime suspect although he later proves to be one of the mafia's targets. As if all that wasn't enough, Paolo has to face his own nephew who seems to be involved in all sorts of dirty business.
Hunted City
1979
5.4Commissario Paolo Ferro (Maurizio Merli) stars as a (typical) tough cop again. This time he returns to the city of Milan to go after a murder corporation. Acampora (Mario Merola) is believed to be the prime suspect although he later proves to be one of the mafia's targets. As if all that wasn't enough, Paolo has to face his own nephew who seems to be involved in all sorts of dirty business.
Hunted City
1979
5.4Commissario Paolo Ferro (Maurizio Merli) stars as a (typical) tough cop again. This time he returns to the city of Milan to go after a murder corporation. Acampora (Mario Merola) is believed to be the prime suspect although he later proves to be one of the mafia's targets. As if all that wasn't enough, Paolo has to face his own nephew who seems to be involved in all sorts of dirty business.
Hunted City
1979
5.8A shoot out after a robbery ends with the death of the Chief of Police. Police detective Ghini goes in search of a suspect, Lanza, to avenge the death of his boss. Ghini's search leads him to Belli, a Sicilian gangster and 'Trashy', the dirty leader of a gang of killers. The action is violent as both police and criminals track down Belli who still finds some time to attempt a couple of robberies...
Destruction Force
1977
5.8A shoot out after a robbery ends with the death of the Chief of Police. Police detective Ghini goes in search of a suspect, Lanza, to avenge the death of his boss. Ghini's search leads him to Belli, a Sicilian gangster and 'Trashy', the dirty leader of a gang of killers. The action is violent as both police and criminals track down Belli who still finds some time to attempt a couple of robberies...
Destruction Force
1977
3.7Undercover cop Fabio Testi infiltrates the world of motocross racing.
Speed Cross
1980
6.6A mobster kills a cop during a robbery and then finds himself pursued by the police, his gang, and the media.
Cross Shot
1976
4.8"Poliziotti solitudine e rabbia" or "Ein Mann namens Venedig" (A Man called Venice), as it was called in Germany, is an Italian-German crime drama co-production from 1979, filmed mainly in the snowy winter of bleak West-Berlin. Italian cop Nick, played by gangster movie veteran Maurizio Merli, goes to Berlin to find the head of an International European blackmailing gang who has murdered several people. He investigates undercover as a contract killer for the gangsters, but of course becomes immediately the target of his enemies and has to fight hard to save his life...
The Rebel
1980
5.0A murderous drug dealer breaks his partner out of police custody. An undercover cop is assigned to track down the two killers and bring them in.
Mark Strikes Again
1976
5.5Salvatore manages a gas station and a cafeteria in the outskirts of Naples, but bad luck has stolen his beloved wife, left alone, the pain has crushed all the projects and removed any desire to live. Then one night, Angela, eager for a different and simple life, enters his life.
Torna
1984
3.2The final official installment in the "Mondo Cane" series dares to go where no other Mondo film has gone before.
Mondo Cane 2000 -The Incredible
1988
6.5The story is about a young hippy called Salvatore who sparks up a relationship with a high class prostitute, Maddalena. The two fall in love and try to start a new life together but things turn ugly when Maddalena is kidnapped by his old hippy pals and Maddalena's dangerous pimp...
Macrò
1974
4.3Catherine Hickland plays a taxi driver who is robbed and gang raped. She is then stalked by her attackers who also kill her father played by Chuck Connors. She finally snaps and seeks revenge. This film was produced by Fred Williamson and directed by Stelvio Massi but was never officailly finished or released.
Taxi Killer
1988
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Mondo Cane 4
1992
5.1A low-rent private investigator and former cop is sent to Austria on a job, and while there sees a number of seemingly unrelated coincidences that lead him into a strange web of corruption and decadence.
Magnum Cop
1978
5.1A low-rent private investigator and former cop is sent to Austria on a job, and while there sees a number of seemingly unrelated coincidences that lead him into a strange web of corruption and decadence.
Magnum Cop
1978
3.8To avenge the murder of her husband, Mirna dedicates herself to the destruction of the beautiful but villainous Sura who ships arms to the Middle East in exchange for drugs. Aiding her in this task is handsome undercover agent, Marc.
Balkan Runner
1994
4.4This film deals with an atrocious and inhuman truth of various worldwide drug problems, according to the text which scrolls in the opening sequence. Some of the problems include: Drug trafficking, investigations and how drugs are affecting people around the world.
Drugs: A River of No Return
1986
6.2Salvatore Di Donato is one of the most feared and respected members of the Mafia in Naples. His wife, Assuntina, is a young theater actress. During a pilgrimage to Madonna of the Arch, Salvatore and Assuntina meet Margaret, a woman proud and beautiful. Salvatore falls in love with her, leaves Assuntina and goes to live with his new love. Margaret, however, is a strong woman, free, resistant to bring controlled by Salvatore, and ultimately he is forced to return home, ridiculed in the eyes of all.
Guapparia
1984
7.0Two American bandits disguise themselves as priests in order to work undetected in Mexico during the revolution.
Halleluja to Vera Cruz
1973
5.3Disgruntled Sgt. Darkin has to protect a senator who's visiting a Vietnam village. Senator gets assassinated by the Vietcong, and Darkin gets arrested for AWOL. When the Vietcong attacks the base, he and others escape. Now what?
Inglorious Bastards 2: Hell's Heroes
1987
1.0Unofficial Germany-produced spin-off of the popular "Faces of Death" series, not to be confused with "Faces of Death V", the official fifth installment in the series.
Faces Of Death V
1991
7.0A spy must come to the aid of a computer genius, the sole witness to a mass murder at the high-powered firm where she works.
High Risk
1993
7.0A spy must come to the aid of a computer genius, the sole witness to a mass murder at the high-powered firm where she works.
High Risk
1993
