Roberto Leoni

Writing

Roberto Leoni

Born — Died

1940-11-16 — 2024-03-05

Known for

Writing

Credits

41 titles

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Street People poster
5.0

A Mafia boss is enraged when he is suspected of smuggling a heroin shipment into San Francisco. He dispatches his nephew, a hotshot Anglo-Sicilian lawyer, to identify the real culprit. The lawyer also enlists the aid of his best friend, a grand prix driver with an adventurous streak.

Street People

1976

California poster
5.9

At the end of the Civil War, a Union soldier is released from prison and travels with a fellow prisoner to Missouri where his travelling companion is shot and hung for horse stealing. California decides to take the dead companion's belongings to his family's ranch, where he falls in love with his friend's sister. But then the "ghosts" of the war return in an unexpected way haunting him again.

California

1977

Santa Sangre poster
7.2

A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless, cult leader mother, and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name.

Santa Sangre

1989

The Trap poster
4.2

A woman becomes obsessed with a man she can't have, and carries the torch for more than 15 years.

The Trap

1985

How to Lose a Wife and Find a Lover poster
5.4

Alberto deceived by his wife, goes to some place in the mountains to escape. There he meets a woman who was there for the same reasons that he was.

How to Lose a Wife and Find a Lover

1978

Gian Burrasca poster
5.1

Giannino Stoppani, called Gian Burrasca, is a boy who loves bad taste jokes. A series of actions will lead him to be detested by everyone except his mother.

Gian Burrasca

1982

Pure as a Lily poster
4.0

Anthony M. Wilson is an English gentleman. He has a string of restaurants in London plus a beautiful house decorated with all the trendy art he can get.

Pure as a Lily

1976

Good Like Bread poster
4.7

Lisetta (Carmen Russo) a high-priced call-girl, that entertained her eccentric clients in her apartment and in empty theaters over opera! She met Filippo (Saverio Marconi), a bumbling astronomer , and after a series of mishaps, they got married.

Good Like Bread

1982

My Dear Killer poster
6.5

Following the mysterious decapitation of an insurance investigator, Police Inspector Peretti is put onto the case, but all the clues lead to an unsolved case of kidnapping and murder.

My Dear Killer

1972

Vieni avanti cretino poster
6.9

Pasquale Baudaffi, on amnesty, comes out of prison and starts looking for a job with the help of his cousin Gaetano. But first he goes to what was once a brothel, but, unbeknownst to our hapless hero, has been taken over and rented as a dental office. Pasquale finds himself at the center of endless misunderstandings. He tries to be a gamekeeper but that's not okay, he tries to be a waiter in a bar: he immediately gets his orders wrong and he is fired. His performance as a garage keeper was negative. The very latest experience is in an electronics company but its insertion into the futuristic mechanism triggers the craziest complications. The encounter with a lost dog allows him to get to know his mistress and thus discover the woman of his life.

Vieni avanti cretino

1982

Sex Diary poster
5.7

The Don Juan of a small provincial town saves from suicide a young American girl who falls in love with him. The citizens, after having discovered that the girl is very rich, will do everything to organize the marriage between them.

Sex Diary

1976

The Dark Tale poster
6.3

It is the story of a terrorist who manages to escape during a transfer by sea and lands on a remote desert island where there is a large mansion inhabited by a little girl about 9 years old, a girl of 18, and their housekeeper.

The Dark Tale

1991

The Dark Tale poster
6.3

It is the story of a terrorist who manages to escape during a transfer by sea and lands on a remote desert island where there is a large mansion inhabited by a little girl about 9 years old, a girl of 18, and their housekeeper.

The Dark Tale

1991

The Dark Tale poster
6.3

It is the story of a terrorist who manages to escape during a transfer by sea and lands on a remote desert island where there is a large mansion inhabited by a little girl about 9 years old, a girl of 18, and their housekeeper.

The Dark Tale

1991

Wild Team poster
7.3

A South American rebel leader in exile in Miami is given one last chance to overthrow his successor, a brutal dictator, by a multi-national mining group out to exploit his countries' mineral resources.

Wild Team

1985

The Cat from Brooklyn Wants to Be a Detective poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

The Cat from Brooklyn Wants to Be a Detective

1973

18.000 giorni fa poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

18.000 giorni fa

1994

Gioco perverso poster
NR

Alina, orphaned at a young age, discovers the murder of her sister Enrica, but the surprises aren't over because an Inspector reveals to her that her sister was a luxury call girl who got clients on the Internet. The hunt for the maniac begins.

Gioco perverso

2002

The Final Executioner poster
3.8

After a nuclear holocaust, as the rest of society regresses to primitivism, a small, "elite" group that has managed to escape radioactive contamination takes it upon itself to exterminate those it sees as "unfit", including certain members of its own group.

The Final Executioner

1984

Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio poster
5.9

The film is divided into two episodes, The Hair of Disgrace and The Magician, both focusing on the theme of the occult and beliefs. The title translates as "Eye, Evil Eye, Parsley and Fennel".

Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio

1983

Italiani a Rio poster
4.1

A bank sends three prize-winning employees on a vacation to Rio.

Italiani a Rio

1987

Una donna da scoprire poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Una donna da scoprire

1987

Brothers in Blood poster
7.0

War is Hell... especially NAM. A group of battle weary soldiers in Vietnam are trapped behind enemy lines. There is no way back. No help on the way. It's only a matter of time and these guys intend to "Die Fighting". Bo Svenson and Peter Hooten together again (Inglorious Bastards) join the Late, great Werner Porchat (as a part-time drag queen commando) in this explosive Italian commando film.

Brothers in Blood

1987

Casablanca Express poster
3.8

It is 1942 and the conflict between the U.S. and Germany is getting heated, U.S. Intelligence soon discovers that the Natzis are planning to capture Winston Churchill. In order to protect him they send commando Al Cooper to guard Churchill who is going by train to Casablanca where he will meet with Roosevelt and Stalin.

Casablanca Express

1989

Dalla parte giusta poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dalla parte giusta

2005

Dalla parte giusta poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dalla parte giusta

2005

Dalla parte giusta poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dalla parte giusta

2005

Miami Cops poster
6.7

Richard Roundtree takes on thugs on the streets of Miami.

Miami Cops

1989

Miami Cops poster
6.7

Richard Roundtree takes on thugs on the streets of Miami.

Miami Cops

1989

Let's Make It Clear poster
4.4

The young manager of a small television station loses his sight following an accident. When he buys her back, thanks to a new accident, he discovers that his wife is cheating on him, that his best friend has sold the television and that the girl he was falling in love with is only an investigator of the insurance company.

Let's Make It Clear

1984

Bang, and the Angels Sing poster
9.0

A gangster comedy with music by Les Humphries and the Les Humphries Singers.

Bang, and the Angels Sing

1974

L'uomo della fortuna poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

L'uomo della fortuna

2000

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A caro prezzo

1999

Master of Love poster
4.0

The wise and experienced maestro in the arts of love imparting his knowledge and techniques to a younger man before he dies.

Master of Love

1972

L'inquilina del piano di sopra poster
6.3

Exasperated by the great racket coming from Miss Aurora Trabocchetti's apartment, the neighbors give Professor Canestrari a mandate to deliver an ultimatum to the young woman. Too bad the teacher takes a liking to Aurora and agrees to give her private lessons. In fact, the girl aspires to marry the scion of a noble family and to try to crown her dream she must improve her culture.

L'inquilina del piano di sopra

1978

Distant Lights poster
5.1

Alien spirits from outer space land on earth and take over the bodies of the recently deceased--but their purpose isn't what it would appear to be.

Distant Lights

1987

Si fa presto a dire amore poster
5.0

Enrico is 30 years old, unemployed, and spends his life between public competitions and his friends at the bar. But one day, Silvana, his beautiful girlfriend, suddenly leaves him without explanation. His life falls apart, and Enrico even attempts suicide, albeit half-heartedly. Elvira, a sweet girl who has also recently suffered a heartbreak, mends his broken heart. Everything seems to be fine when Silvana returns forcefully to the forefront. Enrico has no choice but to divide his time between the two. Martha, a beautiful foreigner with children, will take him far away, dragging him to Uruguay. But Silvana will always be in his heart.

Si fa presto a dire amore

2000

Frigidaire - Il film poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Frigidaire - Il film

1998

Giro girotondo... con il sesso è bello il mondo poster
8.0

It is the year 2010 and, due to extreme overpopulation, casual sexual activity has been outlawed. An innocent young girl named Little Red Riding Hood makes her way across the countryside encountering all manner of people exhibiting sexual perversion from both sides of the law. As she witnesses these lewd acts, she dreams of a time when these sexual unions weren't forbidden and people were free to act on their impulses.

Giro girotondo... con il sesso è bello il mondo

1975

Gioco a Incastro poster
NR

A man, wearing a motorcycle helmet, stabs Eleonora, a wealthy heiress. Near the scene of the murder, a photographer—hired by her jealous husband to follow her—takes a picture of an architect. The police are quick to identify him as both her lover and the killer. But the truth is different...

Gioco a Incastro

2000