
Directing
Roberto Mauri
Born 1924-01-01 · Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy
Roberto Mauri (8 February 1924 – 18 February 2018) was an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. Born Giuseppe Tagliavia in Castelvetrano, Trapani, Mauri began his career as a film actor in low-budget films, occasionally even playing main roles. He debuted as a director co-directing with Andrea Bianchi the crime film La legge del mitra, in which he was also an actor. Mainly active between the 1960s and the first half of the 1970s, Mauri specialized in the Spaghetti Western genre, in which he was sometimes credited as Robert Johnson. He died in Rome, Italy on 18 February 2018, at the age of 94.
Acting credits
9.0A gang of violent criminals holds captive a group of young women and men in an abandoned mining complex.
Lost Souls
1959
7.2One of the most famous movie stars of the moment has a problem with his car. The actor is obliged to stop in a provincial hotel, where he finds himself surrounded by his admirers.
Apparizione
1943
7.0The film follows men from all walks of life, seeking to give meaning to their lives and rediscover their inner peace during a retreat in the “House of Silence”. For three days, they meditate on their lives.
Voice of Silence
1953
9.0Set in 1857, it's the story of a band of revolutionaries fighting against the Borbones.
Eran trecento
1952
NRA smuggler has to skip town at avoid the pursuing police. The he returns, he falls for the daughter of his disapproving boss - and soon he has murder in mind
Francis the Smuggler
1953
4.2A mad doctor performs a head transplant on an injured criminal, which results in him being even more dangerous and murderous than before.
Crimson, the Color of Blood
1973
10.0A marquis falls in love with an orphaned girl that he takes under his wing, but the girl is secretly in love with another man.
Retaggio di sangue
1956
Behind the camera
4.4An impotent husband is inspired by the bull that he inherited from his father and finds the lost virility.
A Bull for Mounts
1976
4.4An impotent husband is inspired by the bull that he inherited from his father and finds the lost virility.
A Bull for Mounts
1976
4.3An international drugs deal goes wrong, and two New York hit-women are dispatched to Rome, Italy, to get the missing pay money. Even before departure the girls have a poolside hot party with two young men, and when they get to their hotel in Rome, they share a shower and an intimate moment together. At the beach, they make eye contact with a pair of Italian gigolos, then use judo and wrestling holds to dominate them - and impose their feminist supremacy. Finally, they will get close to the money, but their mission is made easier as the top men are fighting each other for it.
The Porno Killers
1980
4.3An international drugs deal goes wrong, and two New York hit-women are dispatched to Rome, Italy, to get the missing pay money. Even before departure the girls have a poolside hot party with two young men, and when they get to their hotel in Rome, they share a shower and an intimate moment together. At the beach, they make eye contact with a pair of Italian gigolos, then use judo and wrestling holds to dominate them - and impose their feminist supremacy. Finally, they will get close to the money, but their mission is made easier as the top men are fighting each other for it.
The Porno Killers
1980
9.0A gang of violent criminals holds captive a group of young women and men in an abandoned mining complex.
Lost Souls
1959
3.3Eve is a jungle girl brought up by apes. She is captured with a number of apes by a mad scientist, conducting mind control experiments on them. Eventually she is liberated by a young explorer.
King of Kong Island
1968
3.3Eve is a jungle girl brought up by apes. She is captured with a number of apes by a mad scientist, conducting mind control experiments on them. Eventually she is liberated by a young explorer.
King of Kong Island
1968
5.5On their wedding night, a newlywed couple find themselves menaced by a bloodthirsty vampire.
The Slaughter of the Vampires
1962
5.5On their wedding night, a newlywed couple find themselves menaced by a bloodthirsty vampire.
The Slaughter of the Vampires
1962
3.0When an army lieutenant is sent on a secret mission and his contact is shot and killed, he is charged with the crime and court-martialed. He learns he was set up by his commanding officer and escapes to prove his innocence.
Court Martial
1974
3.0When an army lieutenant is sent on a secret mission and his contact is shot and killed, he is charged with the crime and court-martialed. He learns he was set up by his commanding officer and escapes to prove his innocence.
Court Martial
1974
6.3In a small western town our hero Durango delivers his prisoner to the jailhouse and then goes to the local saloon where the lady saloon owner Joanne has eyes only for him. But Durango only has eyes for his bride-to-be Lucy. Four masked men attack Lucy's father's farm and steal Lucy's dowry. They kill Lucy and her parents after the father strips the face mask from one of the bandits. A pocket watch is stripped from one of the bandits by Lucy's father and this is the only clue that Durango will have to revenge his love... With Joanne's help can Durango avenge himself?
Shotgun
1968
6.7Carla Pratesi, a prostitute, is killed. Her death is followed by a number of attempted murders. Carla's sister undertakes her own investigation. Police enquiries uncover a drugs trade connected to a call-girls organization but the murderer remains at large. Finally, a witness identifies the killer as a well-known actor. However, he has a strong alibi (he was shooting a film). The following night, a girl who manages to escape from the maniac's clutches swears he is a different famous actor but he turns out to have a strong alibi too! Eventually the police set a trap in the park and, with the help of Carla, kill the madman. It emerges he had been disfigured by the atomic blast at Hiroshima and went crazy because his disformed features revolted women and but them off having sex with him. He created masks reproducing the features of handsome actors just to approach prostitutes!
Night of Violence
1965
6.7Carla Pratesi, a prostitute, is killed. Her death is followed by a number of attempted murders. Carla's sister undertakes her own investigation. Police enquiries uncover a drugs trade connected to a call-girls organization but the murderer remains at large. Finally, a witness identifies the killer as a well-known actor. However, he has a strong alibi (he was shooting a film). The following night, a girl who manages to escape from the maniac's clutches swears he is a different famous actor but he turns out to have a strong alibi too! Eventually the police set a trap in the park and, with the help of Carla, kill the madman. It emerges he had been disfigured by the atomic blast at Hiroshima and went crazy because his disformed features revolted women and but them off having sex with him. He created masks reproducing the features of handsome actors just to approach prostitutes!
Night of Violence
1965
6.0Year 1000. At the death of King Henry, Stefano Cunningam seized with the power of power making himself crowned king of England and Scotland. Ten years later, a young Norman, Ivanhoe, returning home from the Holy Land where he fought, finds the nation prey to the violence and cruelty of Stephen and his acolytes. Conducted in prison for his opposition to the usurper, Ivanhoe learns from York, former advisor to King Henry, also held prisoner, that the "Norman sword", symbol of the power of the king of England and Scotland is not in the hands of Stefano, but is guarded by a Scottish clan loyal to the dynasty of Henry.
Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman
1971
5.2Smooth and lethal gunfighter Lee Calloway helps three bandit brothers escape from jail under the condition that they give him fifty percent of the stolen gold they have hidden. Of course, the treacherous sibling trio don't plan on keeping their end of the deal.
Sartana in the Valley of Death
1970
5.2Smooth and lethal gunfighter Lee Calloway helps three bandit brothers escape from jail under the condition that they give him fifty percent of the stolen gold they have hidden. Of course, the treacherous sibling trio don't plan on keeping their end of the deal.
Sartana in the Valley of Death
1970
8.0Two 'Trinity'esque brothers bicycle into Silver City and become involved with its citizens and the local rancher who runs it.
An Animal Called Man
1972
8.0Two 'Trinity'esque brothers bicycle into Silver City and become involved with its citizens and the local rancher who runs it.
An Animal Called Man
1972
6.7Female American tourists are being kidnapped by a crime ring headed by a beautiful Asian woman. They're drugged and then sent to an island where they are kept as sex slaves to be used by wealthy tourists. Two agents are dispatched to rescue the women and put an end to this operation.
Island of Lost Girls
1969
8.0222 AD in the Roman Empire. A teenage Emperor, Elagabalus, is technically on the throne but manipulated by a conniving mother, who is the real power.
Three Swords for Rome
1964
8.0222 AD in the Roman Empire. A teenage Emperor, Elagabalus, is technically on the throne but manipulated by a conniving mother, who is the real power.
Three Swords for Rome
1964
7.5Sabata is condemned for a murder he never committed, but as he is about to be hanged, a mysterious man throws him a gun! Sabata escapes, wounding the guard whom somebody else shortly after kills. Someone wants to get our friend accused for a long list of crimes, but the strength of his innocence will save him. Having convinced the sheriff, the dramatic search for the guilty one begins.
Wanted Sabata
1970
7.5Sabata is condemned for a murder he never committed, but as he is about to be hanged, a mysterious man throws him a gun! Sabata escapes, wounding the guard whom somebody else shortly after kills. Someone wants to get our friend accused for a long list of crimes, but the strength of his innocence will save him. Having convinced the sheriff, the dramatic search for the guilty one begins.
Wanted Sabata
1970