Mimo Billi

Acting

Mimo Billi

Born — Died

1910-03-21 — 1974-11-26

Known for

Acting

Credits

52 titles

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 13 titles

Panic Button poster
4.7

A businessman comes up with a scheme to make money by financing a film version of "Romeo and Juliet" that's destined to fail, thus giving him some major tax breaks.

Panic Button

1964

Gidget Goes to Rome poster
5.0

Francis, now 17, is still in love with Moondoggy. She can persuade her parents to allow them a journey to Rome, together with two of her and two of his friends. However they have to take an adult with them, so they choose Peter's eccentric aunt. In Rome they get the beautiful guide Daniela, who's fascinating the guys and making especially Gidget jealous. She starts looking elsewhere herself.

Gidget Goes to Rome

1963

Canzoni a tempo di Twist poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Canzoni a tempo di Twist

1962

Sign of Zorro poster
6.0

General Gutierrez, the evil governor of Mexico, terrorizes the people and demands high taxes. The young Ramon Martiney, after discovering that his father was murdered by Gutierrez, dons the mask of Zorro and starts fighting against the injustice.

Sign of Zorro

1963

Joseph and His Brethren poster
6.2

A brother is cast out from his family, sold in to slavery and then returns years later as a man of power - but shows forgiveness and compassion to his family through the strength of character given to him by God.

Joseph and His Brethren

1961

Tequila Joe poster
5.6

A young deputy tries to sober and revitalize a washed up, alcoholic sheriff to take down a pair of warring gangs of criminals in the Old West.

Tequila Joe

1968

The Viking Who Became a Bigamist poster
4.4

The Italian Vittorio Coppa works as a sleeper car commuter and commutes regularly between Munich and Rome. Because he believes that true love exists only in connection with marriage, he is secretly married twice.

The Viking Who Became a Bigamist

1969

Appointment in Ischia poster
6.2

Famous singer Mimmo is a widower with a daughter, Letizia, to whom will give a mother. But the girl does not accept the current girlfriend of her father, growing fond of a young man, who wants as mother. The child creates many situations, such as coming to Ischia for treatment with mud, so that the two would meet and fall in love.

Appointment in Ischia

1960

Dark Purpose poster
6.2

An American woman in Italy falls in love with a man, unaware that he has an insane wife hidden in the attic.

Dark Purpose

1964

Howlers of the Dock poster
5.1

Follows the adventures of a group of friends, teddy boys and rock and roll chicks whose crazy, fun-loving habits inspire jiving from some of Rome's citizens, and bitter complants from others which inspire a group of corrupt officials determined to a bring the group down.

Howlers of the Dock

1960

Songs, Bullies and Chicks poster
6.5

In order to promote a plumcake an adman associates with a mad scientist who has found a way to interfere with TV broadcasts.

Songs, Bullies and Chicks

1964

Indians in the Northwest poster
10.0

An Italian man working as a siringuero is exploited by his sadistic boss.

Indians in the Northwest

1964

A Dirty Business poster
NR

A gang of four boys and a woman kidnap a lawyer.

A Dirty Business

1964

1950s · 36 titles

Puccini poster
6.7

The biographical story of Puccini spans his creative life from early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madama Butterfly and his incomplete Turandot. Along the way he encounters three women who change his life, including an attractive, beautiful singer whom he drops for a small town girl, and a servant girl who commits suicide over him.

Puccini

1953

The Moralist poster
6.4

The newly appointed head of a censorship board uses his uncompromising stance against everything "immoral" – from nudity in movies to nightclubs – to hide a rather unseemly double life.

The Moralist

1959

I tre corsari poster
7.0

The castle of the counts of Ventimiglia is conquered by the spanish Van Gould, who kills the count and sends his three sons in the Antilles. The ship is attacked by pirates and the three brothers are liberated. They decide to join the pirates to have revenge on Van Gould, who has also moved to the Antilles on the command of the viceroy.

I tre corsari

1952

The Man in My Life poster
6.0

L'homme de ma vie stars Madeleine Robinson as Madeleine, who after being abandoned by her lover is forced to raise her baby all by herself. Supporting herself and her child as a prostitute, Madeleine manages to give her daughter an expensive girl's-school education, all the while keeping her own identity and profession a secret. The girl grows up to be an insufferable snob; nonetheless, Madeleine attempts to re-establish a relationship. Things take a sorry turn when the daughter takes drastic actions to defend her mother's honor.

The Man in My Life

1952

The White Sheik poster
7.2

In Italy, small-town newlyweds Wanda and Ivan Cavalli embark on their honeymoon in the big city of Rome. Ivan dutifully wants to keep appointments with family and church, but Wanda is only interested in meeting her favorite photo-strip star known as "The White Sheik". While Wanda impetuously sneaks away to locate the object of her affections, disconsolate Ivan tries his hardest to keep up appearances with the couple's relatives.

The White Sheik

1952

The Monte Carlo Story poster
5.9

Stylish, sophisticated and absolutely broke, Dino and Maria pursue a romance until they realize neither of them has any money, which forces the gold diggers to turn their attention to a wealthy widower and his daughter. A compulsive gambler who owes several anxious investors a small fortune, Dino has trouble cutting his losses, no matter how bad the losing streak.

The Monte Carlo Story

1956

House of Ricordi poster
6.3

The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of the title, and the various composers and other historic personalities, whose careers intersected with the growth of the Ricordi house. It beautifully draws the parallel between the great music of the composers, the historic and social upheavals of their times, as well as the "smaller stories" of the successive generations of Ricordi.

House of Ricordi

1954

Eager to Live poster
7.0

Massimo pretends to be rich but he's actually poor.

Eager to Live

1953

Napoleone poster
8.0

A historical farce about Napoleon.

Napoleone

1951

They Stole a Tram poster
6.2

Cesare Mancini is a tram driver who lives in Bologna. One day he accidentally hits a woman on a bicycle, the accident costs Cesare the relegation to a ticket seller.

They Stole a Tram

1954

If All the Guys in the World... poster
7.2

A distress call from a trawler leads various people to come to the crew's aid.

If All the Guys in the World...

1956

Loves of Three Queens poster
9.0

At a wedding party involving three beautiful women, a young man should choose the most charming. But a professor intervenes to prevent the verdict, remembering the troubles caused by Paris in a similar situation.

Loves of Three Queens

1954

The Overcoat poster
7.0

Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, "The Overcoat" is the story of a poor city hall clerk whose only desire is to buy a new overcoat.

The Overcoat

1952

La nipote Sabella poster
6.7

Donna Sabella accompanies her nephew Raffaele and Lucia on their honeymoon in Rome when he meets two Americans who want to go to Pollena because there seems to be oil in the soil "The bubbles".

La nipote Sabella

1958

Onore e sangue poster
9.0

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

Onore e sangue

1957

Solo Dio mi fermerà poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Solo Dio mi fermerà

1957

Ho ritrovato mio figlio poster
8.0

A young boy, about to take his first communion, must wrestle with his familial loyalty and his conscience when there is a fire at their local cinema where his brother works and it is clear that he is involved in the theft of the projector. Determined to right the wrong done by his sibling, he attempts to make amends.

Ho ritrovato mio figlio

1954

The Story of William Tell poster
9.0

A short that follows the legend of Wilhelm Gorkeit of Tellikon (William Tell), the legendary archer and hero from Switzerland.

The Story of William Tell

1953

Spring, Autumn and Love poster
5.1

Fernand Sarrazin, who runs a nougat factory to perfection, is a happy bachelor, notwithstanding the acrimonious presence of his sister-in-law Julie. Love enters his life in the form of a young orphan, Cécilia, whom he saves from drowning, falls in love with and marries. The treacherous Julie uses a young pianist to lead Cecilia astray. She returns, however, repentant, after a short stay in Paris. Good Fernand forgives her, but when he learns of his sister-in-law's actions, he chases her out of his house.

Spring, Autumn and Love

1955

Crossed Swords poster
4.5

Nobleman Rainiero, Sidonia's duke son, comes back home with his friend Renzo. Soon after arrival, Renzo will get in a big trouble and he will be forced to choose between going to church for marriage or going to prison.

Crossed Swords

1954

Love and Troubles poster
6.3

Three vignettes about couples trying to get together and the problems that continue to keep them apart.

Love and Troubles

1958

Il monello della strada poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il monello della strada

1950

Processo contro ignoti poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Processo contro ignoti

1952

The Barbarians poster
6.5

Rome, 1527. Massimo Colonna is in love with Angela, a member of the Orsinis, the Colonnas'arch enemies. As she is officially engaged to Tancredi Serra, the latter, a faithless individual, has Massimo accused of the murder of Prince Orsini whereas he himself has woven it. Massimo is rejected by an outraged Angela and banned from Rome.Meanwhile the Eternal City has to face a brutal attack by armed invaders from Spain. The Spaniards are about to storm Rome when Massimo and his troops appear. The invading forces are defeated and Massimo is acclaimed by the crowd. After clearing his name, he can marry Angela.

The Barbarians

1953

Il romanzo della mia vita poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il romanzo della mia vita

1952

Ergastolo poster
9.0

Rosa Lulli, has an illegitimate 20-year-old son, named Stefano, who lives with her in the house of Professor Arlotta. Stefano is in love with Lydia, the granddaughter of the professor. The couple has a gambling addiction: the need to obtain a large sum to meet gambling debts, which pushes him to accept the loving invitation of Jeannette, owner of a dance school, where Stefano goes to play.

Ergastolo

1952

La trovatella di Pompei poster
9.0

Maria, is a girl raised by the loving care of a poor couple but without knowing anything about her real parents. She is in love with Giorgio, a boy from a good family, who however has also aroused the interest of the intriguing Edvige who frequents bad company including jealous Roberto.

La trovatella di Pompei

1957

Immortal Melodies poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Immortal Melodies

1952

L'ultimo amante poster
5.0

Maria, a prostitute, meets Cesare in a police station, a drunkard reporter. Cesare falls in love with her and wants to save her from her bleak life but the girl refuses any help.

L'ultimo amante

1955

Ha da venì... don Calogero! poster
8.0

A good-natured priest inherits a large sum of money from a former student at his elementary school and must decide wisely on how to use it best.

Ha da venì... don Calogero!

1952

Oh! Sabella poster
7.2

Raffaele, a Neapolitan student, get the news that his beloved grandmother Sabella is dying. He immediately goes to Pollena to be beside her.

Oh! Sabella

1957

Lacrime d'amore poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lacrime d'amore

1954

Big Farewell poster
9.0

An Italian woman has a son with an African American soldier after World War II ends.

Big Farewell

1954

Operazione notte poster
10.0

An unemployed young man has a relationship with the mistress of a rich industrialist. In order to escape her protector, he decides to commit a robbery in the company of a friend...

Operazione notte

1955

Il bivio poster
8.0

After the war, Aldo and his men became gangster. But now the times are changing and Aldo decides to became a policeman to help better his men in crime. He meets Giovanna and falls for her. But he begins liking his new job and after their first robbery, Aldo tries to leave his old accomplices...

Il bivio

1951

Giuramento d'amore poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Giuramento d'amore

1955

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