Rosario Borelli

Acting

Rosario Borelli

Born — Died

1927-12-15 — 2001-01-01

Place of birth

Cerignola, Puglia, Italy

Known for

Acting

Credits

57 titles

Known for

Rocco and His Brothers poster
8.0

When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.

Rocco and His Brothers

1960

Rulers of the City poster
6.4

Tony, a mob loan collector, is dissatisfied with his station in life. Though he dreams of one day being rich, he is stuck with the dead-end job of beating up borrowers who fall behind in their payments. After meeting up with Napoli, another mob enforcer who's just been fired from his job, the two hatch a plan. Together, they will con mob boss Manzari out of a fortune, after which they can retire and live in luxury. Manzari, however, is not about to let them go so easily.

Rulers of the City

1976

The Thief of Baghdad poster
5.5

When Karim impersonates a prince Osman, he steals the heart of Amina the Sultans daughter. The real prince intends to get Amina back by giving her a love potion. But his plan backfires and Amina becomes deathly ill. Karim must make it through 7 doors to retrieve the only thing that can save his love-a mystical blue rose. A timeless, enchanting story!

The Thief of Baghdad

1961

Puzzle poster
5.7

In London, A man who has amnesia attempts to uncover the truth about his identity. A menacing individual accuses him of betrayal, and soon more pieces of his puzzling past begin to fall in place.

Puzzle

1974

Loaded Guns poster
5.1

An air hostess gets involved in Naples, against her will, in the in-fighting amongst rival gangs.

Loaded Guns

1975

Shoot First, Die Later poster
6.8

When mobsters try to put an honest policeman on the payroll, he seeks revenge on the mob. But, he soon learns that his actions, however honest, have dire consequences.

Shoot First, Die Later

1974

Film credits

1970s · 33 titles

Rulers of the City poster
6.4

Tony, a mob loan collector, is dissatisfied with his station in life. Though he dreams of one day being rich, he is stuck with the dead-end job of beating up borrowers who fall behind in their payments. After meeting up with Napoli, another mob enforcer who's just been fired from his job, the two hatch a plan. Together, they will con mob boss Manzari out of a fortune, after which they can retire and live in luxury. Manzari, however, is not about to let them go so easily.

Rulers of the City

1976

Puzzle poster
5.7

In London, A man who has amnesia attempts to uncover the truth about his identity. A menacing individual accuses him of betrayal, and soon more pieces of his puzzling past begin to fall in place.

Puzzle

1974

Loaded Guns poster
5.1

An air hostess gets involved in Naples, against her will, in the in-fighting amongst rival gangs.

Loaded Guns

1975

Shoot First, Die Later poster
6.8

When mobsters try to put an honest policeman on the payroll, he seeks revenge on the mob. But, he soon learns that his actions, however honest, have dire consequences.

Shoot First, Die Later

1974

Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods poster
6.1

An old professor rents a mysterious old villa, and finds a tape recorded by a previous occupant, detailing her debauched lifestyle and the events leading to her murder.

Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods

1972

The Schoolmate poster
5.2

Lilli Carati plays a high school student being pursued by a very persistent young man in this Italian sex-comedy

The Schoolmate

1977

The Biggest Battle poster
4.7

A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.

The Biggest Battle

1978

Highway Racer poster
5.5

A 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

Death Rage poster
5.4

A professional killer is lured into a deadly double-cross when he agrees to assassinate a Mafia kingpin.

Death Rage

1976

Armageddon poster
5.8

After years of poverty, Carrier, a repairman, inherits a large sum of money upon his brother's death in an accident. Now rich, he decides it is time to make his mark and be known at any cost. Becoming more and more mentally unstable, he begins to threaten police and the government signing his tracts, "Armaguedon". A detective from Interpol heads the investigation and prepares a trap at an international conference of world leaders in Paris.

Armageddon

1977

The Violent Professionals poster
6.1

With or without help from law enforcement officers, a lone individual decides to crack down on the syndicate.

The Violent Professionals

1973

Syndicate Sadists poster
6.0

A biker's brother is killed while investigating the kidnapping of a young boy, the byproduct of a war between two crime families. The biker vows to get revenge by finding the kidnapped boy and destroying the two families.

Syndicate Sadists

1975

Free Hand for a Tough Cop poster
6.8

A cop recruits a criminal and his cohorts to help track down a violent crime lord who has kidnapped the ill daughter of a rich family.

Free Hand for a Tough Cop

1976

The Highschool Girl Repeating Class poster
5.2

Angela is torn between two lovers - one, who tries to romance her in a straightforward manner, and the other who pretends to be severely injured in a car accident.

The Highschool Girl Repeating Class

1978

The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist poster
6.6

A vengeful criminal targets the inspector who put him away, but the inspector survives and fakes his death. Ignoring orders to flee, he sets out to bring the fugitive back to justice.

The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist

1977

Brothers Till We Die poster
6.9

Vincenzo 'hunchback' plans a robbery on a armored police van with his gang. Once the job is done, his gang try to kill him and absconds with the loot. Vincenzo hides in the sewers before looking up his friend Monezza who the police later interrogate for his involvement with vincenzo. Meanwhile, Vincenzo is getting revenge on his gang by killing them off one at the time in his various brutal ways.

Brothers Till We Die

1977

Destruction Force poster
5.8

A 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

Crimebusters poster
5.3

Major Paolo Altieri of the Paratroopers Corps foils the kidnapping of child, but becomes the victim himself of a violent assault by the bandits. He realises that the criminals have used an experimental machine gun that's used only in his own Corps. Altieri begins to take part in police raids on criminal activities, and ultimately discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the democratic government.

Crimebusters

1976

On the Third Day Arrived the Crow poster
8.0

Lincoln Tate and Lorenzo Rineschi are the Kennedy/Connelly brothers who are out to avenge their father's death at the hands of the Crow and his men. In their search, they stumble upon a gold shipment that the bandits are after.

On the Third Day Arrived the Crow

1973

The Bloody Hands of the Law poster
7.2

When a crime boss is murdered while in hospital, a young woman sees the killers, but her room mate convinces her not to tell the police, fearing the consequences. Unfortunately the murderers realize that they have been seen, and kill both women. Catching the killers proves difficult as anyone who knows anything dies in unexplained circumstances. It becomes evident that a large and powerful criminal organization is behind the murders, and that they have links within the police force. It is up to Lt. Carmine to see that justice prevails, using any means necessary.

The Bloody Hands of the Law

1973

My Horse, My Gun, Your Widow poster
5.3

Doc Saxon and his gang rob the Crown City bank but are double-crossed by Carrasco, a Mexican bandit, who steals the gold and leaves Doc and Donovan with nothing.

My Horse, My Gun, Your Widow

1972

Gangbusters poster
6.4

Mario Gastaldi, a lawyer with no clients and no money, agrees to be a negotiator in a deal on stolen paintings, between the boss Peseti and the engineer Farnese, who plots kidnappings unsuspectedly. After he cashed from Farnese three hundred millions of lire to deliver to Peseti, Mario lets money be robbed by four pickpockets, which he is naturally in cahoots with and which he will share out it with. Money cannot be used since it comes from a kidnapping and it was marked. The lawyer will be able to make the boss get arrested.

Gangbusters

1977

Manhunt in the City poster
5.8

A man's daughter is killed by thieves during a bank robbery. Due to the incompetence of the corrupt authorities, he decides to take to law into his own hands and track down the killers.

Manhunt in the City

1975

Nick the Sting poster
6.8

Nick Hezard, a young con man, wants to avenge the death of a friend of his and organizes a swindle trying to cheat Robert Turner, an American businessman he thinks responsible for his friend's death. He succeeds in getting a hundred thousand swiss francs and uses them to carry out the second part of his plan.

Nick the Sting

1976

Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia poster
5.5

A bumbling police officer suffers a series of demotions, but is determined to prove his worth. At last, he is assigned to an important case—or so he believes, since his colleagues are actually using him as bait. Despite everything, his contribution proves decisive, but even more decisive is that of his wife, a formidable karate champion, amid mistaken identities, brawls, and other complications. To display the long-awaited recognition he has earned, however, the police sergeant has to award it to himself, with the help of a porter.

Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia

1973

Silence the Witness poster
6.0

De Luca is killed by Marchetti's chauffeur. Marchetti ordered the murder because he was to be accused by De Luca. The two have a car accident while going home to get an alibi. There is a witness, Sironi, who calls the police. But when the police arrive the car has gone and so have the two men. Inspector Santi and young judge Novelli look into the strange case. Marchetti, however, is a powerful man and Sironi and his family begin to be obsessed first by threats then by assaults.

Silence the Witness

1974

Fear in the City poster
5.2

The film focuses on Murri; the token maverick cop. He is called in after a bunch of criminals pull off a successful prison break and spend the night picking off various informers and people they don't like. Murri investigates; hooking up with one of the criminal's nieces along the way. He uses his own methods; which mostly involve breaking all the rules, and thus comes under a lot of scrutiny from his superiors who don't take too kindly to the cop's way of working.

Fear in the City

1976

Pistol Packin' Preacher poster
10.0

Gunman Slim joins the Italian Pizza baker Geremia and his two daughters to try in various disguises to get a hidden treasure from a respectable banker.

Pistol Packin' Preacher

1971

Ingrid on the Road poster
5.0

After being raped by her father, Ingrid moves to Rome and ends up becoming a prostitute. She finds a friend in Claudia, but Claudia's protector is a sadistic thug by the name of Renato who will show her the worst of the what life in the city has to offer.

Ingrid on the Road

1973

Prima e dopo l'amore... un grido d'allarme poster
10.0

Somewhere between mondo movie and fake investigative film, this work reaches levels of dementia that are difficult to match.

Prima e dopo l'amore... un grido d'allarme

1973

Nobody Move... This Is a Robbery poster
6.0

In a luxury hotel in Rome jewelry worth $8 million is put on display. At the orders of a fake waiter, the orchestras put all the guests to sleep and flee with the huge booty.

Nobody Move... This Is a Robbery

1975

Marital Seduction poster
NR

A married couple belonging to a world of petty bourgeoisie, are in crisis.

Marital Seduction

1974

La Missione del Mandrillo poster
NR

Pietro Rossini is a strapping young man that unfortunately spends most of his time at work chasing after two pretty young secretaries who are only too happy to return his advances. Tired of this endless chase and work waste, his boss sends him on an errand to Paris hoping this will help productivity around the office. Pietro quickly hits up his friend for a woman he can fool around with while he's in Paris, but Rita, the woman he meets, ends up being an large, boorish, unsightly woman. Once he arrives at his hotel, Pietro meets the young and lovely Nancy and attempts to romance her as best he can, but no matter where he goes, Rita is not far behind.

La Missione del Mandrillo

1975

1960s · 5 titles

1950s · 18 titles

Cantando sotto le stelle poster
6.5

A man finds out that he won the lottery and travels to Rome to retrieve the other half of his winning ticket.

Cantando sotto le stelle

1956

Il vetturale del Moncenisio poster
9.0

During the first Napoleonic expedition into Italy, Thibaud is seriously injured before being caught up in a mystery involving his wife, her rightful inheritance and his own daughter's happiness.

Il vetturale del Moncenisio

1954

O.K. Nero poster
6.0

Two American sailors, Fiorello and Jimmy are slugged while sight-seeing in Rome and, together, they dream they are back in Rome in the days of Nero.

O.K. Nero

1951

Legs of Gold poster
5.7

Baron Luigi Fontana is a rich and stinging producer of fine wines, as well as president of the amateur football team of Cerignola who, to crown a triumphant championship, is about to be promoted to Serie C.

Legs of Gold

1958

A Sailor's Promises poster
8.0

A group of sailors usually spends their shore leave chasing after girls in the ports they dock at. This time, however, the young men will limit themselves to acting as go-betweens. They’ll devote their energies to helping bring to a successful conclusion the romance between one of their officers and the manager of a record store.

A Sailor's Promises

1958

La zia d'America va a sciare poster
7.0

Tecla Cammarano, following a financial crisis that has made her situation precarious, leaves America and comes to Italy with her two lovely grandchildren.

La zia d'America va a sciare

1958

Ragazze da marito poster
7.2

Oreste is known for his deliberation and caution in handling license forms at his office.But when he needs money to send his 3 girls off to Capri to find rich suitors, he is tempted to take bribes to put a license through more quickly.

Ragazze da marito

1952

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Presentimento

1956

Anna's Sin poster
6.0

Anna's Sin tells the story of a black American actor (Johnson) who falls in love with a white woman playing Desdemona to his Othello on the Italian stage.

Anna's Sin

1953

Sing with us poster
9.0

The old friends Nicola and Pasquale meet in the city after many years. The two, now married and with their children, try to marry their four children, but it soon becomes more difficult than expected.

Sing with us

1955

Te stò aspettanno poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Te stò aspettanno

1957

No artwork available
7.0

Film by Silvio Laurenti Rosa.

Ieri, oggi, domani

1953

Maddalena poster
5.3

The story takes plays during the annual Good Friday pageant in a tiny Italian village. Local priest Don Vincenzo faces a crisis when the girl selected to play the Virgin Mary shows up pregnant.

Maddalena

1954

Madonna delle rose poster
9.0

A young couple, Renato and Maria, struggle to provide for their young daughter Pia.

Madonna delle rose

1953

One Hundred Serenades poster
7.0

When his girlfriend falls for a rich entrepreneur, an aspiring singer plots with the man's girlfriend so that they can get back their respective partners.

One Hundred Serenades

1954

Piccola santa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Piccola santa

1954

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Class of Iron

1957

Giuramento d'amore poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Giuramento d'amore

1955