Fulvia Franco

Acting

Fulvia Franco

Born — Died

1931-05-21 — 1988-05-15

Place of birth

Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Known for

Acting

Credits

41 titles

From Wikipedia Fulvia Franco (21 May 1931 - 15 May 1988) was an Italian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. Born in Trieste, the daughter of a businessman, Franco won the third edition of the Miss Italia beauty contest held in 1948 in Stresa. As a part of the contest that provided for the winner a role in a movie soon to be realized with Totò, a member of the jury, Franco appeared in a bib part in Totò al giro d'Italia. Thanks to the success of the film, Franco continued her film career, even appearing in leading roles; her most significant and critically apprecciated role was the sensual widow in L’avventura di un soldato, the directorial debut of Nino Manfredi which wa…

Known for

Conquerors of Arkansas poster
5.0

Based on the novel by Friedrich Gerstäcker, the film, set entirely in the state of Arkansas, tells of the conflict of interests between the local townspeople and homesteaders on the surrounding land, miners arriving during the gold rush, cowboys and cattle thieves who cause problems in the area, and the native tribes of the region. Two adventurers arrive in town and try to restore peace to it and its inhabitants.

Conquerors of Arkansas

1964

Tempest poster
6.5

A young officer in the army of Empress Catherine of Russia is on his way to his new duty station at a remote outpost. During a blinding snowstorm he comes upon a stranger who was caught in the storm and is near death from freezing. He rescues the man and eventually brings him back to health. When the man is well enough to travel, the two part company and the man vows to repay the officer for saving his life. Soon after he arrives at his new post, a revolt by the local Cossacks breaks out and the fort is besieged by the rebels. The young officer is astonished to find out that the leader of the rebellious Cossacks is none other than the stranger whose life he had saved during the storm.

Tempest

1958

For Love and Gold poster
7.7

A group of rogues steal a scroll granting its bearer the property of the land of Aurocastro in Apulia, a province in the south of Italy. They elect a shaggy knight, Brancaleone from Norcia, as their leader, and decide to get possession of this supposedly wealthy land. Many adventures will occurr during the journey.

For Love and Gold

1966

Hercules, Samson & Ulysses poster
5.3

Two strongmen set out to hunt down a murderous sea monster. Their ship is wrecked and they end up in the Holy Land where Hercules is assumed to be Samson who is a wanted man. The two team up to survive.

Hercules, Samson & Ulysses

1963

Lone and Angry Man poster
5.2

Shenandoah (Steffen) works his way into a band of highwaymen led by Rojo (Armando Calvo). His initiation consists of hunting down and killing a member of the gang who has 12 bullets while he is only given 2 bullets. When the bandits attempt to rob a wealthy rancher, whom Shenandoah knows, he warns him. The outlaws begin to suspect they were betrayed and commence to rough Shenandoah up. Shenandoah then reveals his true reason for joining the gang; one of them killed his wife and he is there for retribution.

Lone and Angry Man

1965

Hercules Unchained poster
5.0

En route to Thebes for an important diplomatic mission, Hercules drinks from a magic spring and loses his memory. He spends most of the movie in the pleasure gardens of Queen Omphale of Lydia. While young Ulysses tries to help him regain his memory, political tensions escalate in Thebes, and Hercules' new wife Iole finds herself in mortal danger.

Hercules Unchained

1959

Film credits

1960s · 15 titles

Conquerors of Arkansas poster
5.0

Based on the novel by Friedrich Gerstäcker, the film, set entirely in the state of Arkansas, tells of the conflict of interests between the local townspeople and homesteaders on the surrounding land, miners arriving during the gold rush, cowboys and cattle thieves who cause problems in the area, and the native tribes of the region. Two adventurers arrive in town and try to restore peace to it and its inhabitants.

Conquerors of Arkansas

1964

For Love and Gold poster
7.7

A group of rogues steal a scroll granting its bearer the property of the land of Aurocastro in Apulia, a province in the south of Italy. They elect a shaggy knight, Brancaleone from Norcia, as their leader, and decide to get possession of this supposedly wealthy land. Many adventures will occurr during the journey.

For Love and Gold

1966

Hercules, Samson & Ulysses poster
5.3

Two strongmen set out to hunt down a murderous sea monster. Their ship is wrecked and they end up in the Holy Land where Hercules is assumed to be Samson who is a wanted man. The two team up to survive.

Hercules, Samson & Ulysses

1963

Lone and Angry Man poster
5.2

Shenandoah (Steffen) works his way into a band of highwaymen led by Rojo (Armando Calvo). His initiation consists of hunting down and killing a member of the gang who has 12 bullets while he is only given 2 bullets. When the bandits attempt to rob a wealthy rancher, whom Shenandoah knows, he warns him. The outlaws begin to suspect they were betrayed and commence to rough Shenandoah up. Shenandoah then reveals his true reason for joining the gang; one of them killed his wife and he is there for retribution.

Lone and Angry Man

1965

High Infidelity poster
5.3

Four different directors present lighthearted stories about married Italian couples and their dilemmas with jealousy, sex and love. Segment 1: Scandaloso / The Scandal (Franco Rossi) Segment 2: Peccato nel poeriggio / Sin in the Afternoon (Elio Petri) Segment 3: La sospirosa / The Victim (Luciano Salce) Segment 4: Gente moderna / Modern People (Mario Monicelli)

High Infidelity

1964

Sex Can Be Difficult poster
6.3

A journalist could marry the daughter of a tycoon, but prefers a relationship with a married woman. An attorney renounces her lover by greed. A soldier tries to approach a widow on a train. A German couple looking for adventure mistakingly aim for the wrong target, yet find love.

Sex Can Be Difficult

1962

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

Wrong Beds poster
4.5

Four episodes: a traveler is enticed by train per bet; a professional wants to be alone with a woman he likes; a lawyer becomes the lover of an adversary; a man discovers his wife's infidelity after ten years.

Wrong Beds

1965

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

Beauties on Motor Scooters poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Beauties on Motor Scooters

1962

These Mad, Mad Women poster
5.0

Four episodes preceded with a narrator in the role of psychiatrist who tells some cases of female madness.

These Mad, Mad Women

1964

The Magnificent Texan poster
5.7

A gang of bandits burn down the Red House belonging to Pablo Lopez. The whole Lopez family is murdered except ten year old Manuel, who is scarred for life by the horrifying sight of his dead parents and burning home. Fifteen years later, Manuel has grown up. After living through many adventures he returns to his village in disguise. Two things are on his mind: to find his long-loved Evelyn and to take revenge on those responsible for the slaughter at the Red House.

The Magnificent Texan

1967

Target: Girls poster
4.4

Four former soldiers meet and reminisce about the time they were in active service: a parachutist mistaking his sergeants house for a brothel, a hypnotized sailor who thinks he has changed his sex, two GIs captured by an African tribe.

Target: Girls

1963

Una rete piena di sabbia poster
9.0

Between mafia movie and social denunciation, it is the story of a journalist who makes a television report in a small town in Calabria on the election eve. Instead of illustrating the beauty of the place as the town’s notables would like, he interviews humble fishermen about their miserable living conditions. But the local mafia boss does not agree with this choice….

Una rete piena di sabbia

1967

Virgin Merchants poster
10.0

A man who sells counterfeit drugs decides to become a marriage counselor. Having barely started this business, he finds himself in serious trouble, threatening him with mortal danger...

Virgin Merchants

1969

1950s · 23 titles

Tempest poster
6.5

A young officer in the army of Empress Catherine of Russia is on his way to his new duty station at a remote outpost. During a blinding snowstorm he comes upon a stranger who was caught in the storm and is near death from freezing. He rescues the man and eventually brings him back to health. When the man is well enough to travel, the two part company and the man vows to repay the officer for saving his life. Soon after he arrives at his new post, a revolt by the local Cossacks breaks out and the fort is besieged by the rebels. The young officer is astonished to find out that the leader of the rebellious Cossacks is none other than the stranger whose life he had saved during the storm.

Tempest

1958

Hercules Unchained poster
5.0

En route to Thebes for an important diplomatic mission, Hercules drinks from a magic spring and loses his memory. He spends most of the movie in the pleasure gardens of Queen Omphale of Lydia. While young Ulysses tries to help him regain his memory, political tensions escalate in Thebes, and Hercules' new wife Iole finds herself in mortal danger.

Hercules Unchained

1959

Finalmente libero poster
7.0

Enrico Rossi is accused of polygamy for having married six different women over the years.

Finalmente libero

1953

Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor poster
5.4

The fake private detective Mike Spillone is hired by two old ladies to find out if Brigitte, the wife of their nephew Otello Bellomo, has a lover. Brigitte is a physician but the two aunts are unaware of the fact. While investigating, Mike and his assistant Johnny discover Brigitte with a prospective patient, the marquis De Vitti who was shot by the husband of the woman he tried to seduce. Afterwards Spillone finds her with her husband who he believes to be her lover.

Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor

1957

Sins of Casanova poster
4.0

1760 Spain provides the setting for Giacomo Casanova's romantic escapades, every woman he encounters unable to resist his disarming charm, be they single, engaged, or even married.

Sins of Casanova

1954

Totó in color poster
7.3

In the first Italian film to be shot in color, Totò portrays a musician named Antonio Scannagatti who strongly hopes to sell his composition, "Epopea italiana", to Tiscordi, who is one of the most important Italian impresarios.

Totó in color

1952

Le belle dell'aria poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Le belle dell'aria

1957

Totò all'inferno poster
6.3

After several attempts at suicide, depressed thief Antonio Marchi accidentally drowns in a river and ends up in hell.

Totò all'inferno

1955

Onore e sangue poster
9.0

A humble clerk is forced to take on debts to cure his mother.

Onore e sangue

1957

La moglie è uguale per tutti poster
6.2

Antonio De Papis is a lawyer and his specialization is separation by mutual consent. He is contrary to marriage because he sees so many of them going wrong. So when his nephew calls on him asking for his approval to his marriage, Antonio suggests to him to spend a day in his office to see what marriage really is.

La moglie è uguale per tutti

1955

Bertoldo, Bertoldino and Cacasenno poster
7.0

A poor farmer is invited to the King's court and tries to prevent the princess' marriage to a villanious knight.

Bertoldo, Bertoldino and Cacasenno

1954

Peppino, le modelle e... chella llà poster
8.5

Young painter Teddy is successful with women but not very clever about selling pictures. He is in love with Elisabetta but cannot marry her because he is penniless. The couple asks for help from Peppino, a retired clerk who often uses Teddy's painting, pretending that they are his so he can impress the women he likes.

Peppino, le modelle e... chella llà

1957

A sud niente di nuovo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A sud niente di nuovo

1956

Il cavaliere dalla spada nera poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il cavaliere dalla spada nera

1956

Donne, amore e matrimoni poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Donne, amore e matrimoni

1956

Tripoli, bel suol d'amore poster
6.2

The young Alberto Ruotolo leave the country cottage to go for the sharpshooter. But the command does not pull good air, three riflemen arrogant and unruly bear much disorder as anger Marshal Nero.

Tripoli, bel suol d'amore

1954

Il romanzo della mia vita poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il romanzo della mia vita

1952

The Black Archer poster
7.0

A mysterious archer who dresses in black is out for revenge against the bandits who killed his father.

The Black Archer

1959

Caravan of songs poster
8.0

In a luxury hotel in Miramare, a competition is organized between pop music singers. Famous celebrities and famous singers are invited.

Caravan of songs

1955

Scapricciatiello poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Scapricciatiello

1955

La rossa poster
10.0

Amelia, a beautiful and irrepressible girl known as "La Rossa", returns from Paris to her country, a small seaside town in southern Italy, where her father is the lighthouse keeper. To her father and her fellow villagers, she gives the impression that she is married to a rich gentleman. In reality she is only the friend of Pierre Dupont, an elegant Parisian bandit. Dupont, however, actually gives the girl a certain economic comfort. Later Pierre arrives in the country incognito, being wanted for a large theft of jewels in Paris, and Amelia, her lover and accomplice, helps him to hide.

La rossa

1955

Las aeroguapas poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Las aeroguapas

1957

Buongiorno primo amore! poster
7.0

Michele and Valentina are about to get married despite the financial problems that threaten to make the first years of their marriage very difficult. Valentina wishes she could skip the first five years of marriage and find herself at a point in her life where all the difficulties have been resolved. A mysterious man who has overheard everything grants her wish, and the couple reunites in Spain, where he is a successful singer but the couple feels uneasy.

Buongiorno primo amore!

1957