Ida Galli

Acting

Ida Galli

Born

1939-03-09 (87)

Place of birth

Sestola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Ida Galli, also known by the pseudonym Evelyn Stewart (Sestola, October 8, 1939), is an Italian actress, active between 1959 and 1990. She also used the pseudonyms Arianna Galli (in her debut film Nel blu dipinto di blu) and Isli Oberon (in La frusta e il corpo). She moved while still young to Rome where she earned her master's degree, intending to pursue a teaching career, not at all interested in film. Her debut came thanks to a chance meeting with French actor Gérard Landry, who in 1959 enabled her to get a small part in the musicarello film Nel blu dipinto di blu. Later, in the 1960s and 1970s, she was employed as a character actress in numerous films, ranging from art-house to genre …

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 23 titles

The Bloodstained Butterfly poster
6.1

When a young female student is savagely killed in a park during a thunderstorm, the culprit seems obvious: TV sports personality Alessandro Marchi, seen fleeing the scene of the crime by numerous eyewitnesses. The evidence against him is damning... but is it all too convenient? And when the killer strikes again while Marchi is in custody, it quickly becomes apparent that there's more to the case than meets the eye...

The Bloodstained Butterfly

1971

The Psychic poster
7.0

A woman with psychic powers has a vision of a murder that took place in a house owned by her husband.

The Psychic

1977

Footprints on the Moon poster
6.3

Alice, a young translator, finds the real world slowly merging with her recurring nightmares as she tries to solve the puzzle of her recent memory loss. A postcard leads her to the island of Garma where the locals seems to know her. Is she who she thinks she is? And what significance does her dream of an astronaut abandoned on the moon have?

Footprints on the Moon

1975

The Case of the Scorpion's Tail poster
6.3

After her husband dies in a freak plane accident, a woman leaves London for Athens to collect his generous life insurance policy. She soon discovers that others besides herself are keen to get their hands on the money - and are willing to kill for it. Meanwhile, a private investigator arrives to investigate irregularities in the claim, teaming up with a beautiful reporter.

The Case of the Scorpion's Tail

1971

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

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

The Unholy Four poster
6.4

A young man who has lost his memory, escapes from prison with three other convicts. The other men help him find back bits of his past, until they arrive at a village where two warring families recognize him. Apparently he has a reputation for being a fast gun, and he has been paid to kill a man - who says he is his father. His younger brother is jealous of the attention the prodigal son receives, and things come to a dramatic end.

The Unholy Four

1970

Knife of Ice poster
6.1

A mute woman, traumatized by her parents' death, faces new horrors when her cousin is murdered by a suspected killer. As danger looms, the truth proves far more complex.

Knife of Ice

1972

A White Dress for Marialé poster
5.9

A woman, who witnessed her father kill himself as a child, invites several friends to her husband's secluded castle. Unbeknownst to them, she has a sinister motive for the invitation.

A White Dress for Marialé

1972

Four Pistols for Trinity poster
5.2

Arms trafficking with the Indians on the one hand and acquiring documents concerning the ownership of a goldmine on the other are the principal interests of Quin and Gomez, the highly suspicious guests at Papa Martinez' inn. The unexpected arrival of the sheriff Thomas, and the journalist, George, upsets the plans of the two unsavoury allies and they have to try every kind of trick to win out against such adversaries.

Four Pistols for Trinity

1971

The Night Child poster
5.7

The titular medallion is a gift presented to young Nicole Elmi. Once the girl places the gift around her neck, she is possessed by the spirit of a dead child who was a murderess.

The Night Child

1975

Murder Mansion poster
5.7

A group of travelers, stranded at an isolated, fog-bound mansion, are beset upon by the living dead from the adjoining cemetery.

Murder Mansion

1972

The Weekend Murders poster
6.1

An aristocratic English family gather for the reading of their father's will. The family are dismayed to find that everything has been left to Barbara, the deceased's favourite daughter. The butler is soon found stabbed to death and Sergeant Thorpe, the local bobby, telephones Scotland Yard for assistance. Inspector Grey arrives and he and Barbara narrowly escape being shot. Cousin Ted and his wife Pauline are both killed. Sergeant Thorpe recalls some photos which Ted asked to have developed...

The Weekend Murders

1970

Cagliostro poster
6.0

After attending esoterical studies with a wise man, Cagliostro, a mysterious Italian count, received the gift of supernatural powers. He started to travel all over Europe to heal the poor. But he is also a member of a pre-revolutionary lodge the aim of which is to give freedom to the populations of Europe. This cannot be tolerated by the 18th century's establishment and bought the Pope and the regal house of France try to eliminate him. So Cagliostro is locked up in a castle, while his wife is killed. But when in 1795 the door of his cell is opened there is nothing inside but a sword...

Cagliostro

1975

Weapons of Death poster
6.0

When a crime boss sends out his thugs to terrorize an entire city, they do whatever they want, which includes anything from petty theft to robbing the police station in broad daylight. Napoli spara! (internationally released as Weapons of Death and Naples shoots) is a "poliziottesco" film directed by Mario Caiano in 1977. It is an unofficial sequel of Napoli violenta, of which reprises the character of Gennarino (still played by Massimo Deda).

Weapons of Death

1977

Queens of Evil poster
5.9

A young hippie kills a man, and seeks refuge at the lakeside house of three beautiful sisters, who seem to be hiding a dark secret.

Queens of Evil

1970

Once Upon a Time in the West There Was a Man Called Invincible poster
5.9

A gunman and his sheriff companion are hired to deliver a million dollars in gold by traveling through gang-infested lands, while in disguise.

Once Upon a Time in the West There Was a Man Called Invincible

1973

The Castro's Abbess poster
4.8

A young woman is forced into a convent. However, due to her nobility she rises to be an abbess. She has to deal with corruption in the church.

The Castro's Abbess

1974

Povero Cristo poster
7.5

A provincial young man with aspirations of becoming a private investigator is approached by a stranger that promises 100 million lire if he provides evidence of the existence of Jesus Christ.

Povero Cristo

1976

For Love poster
6.5

A classical pianist falls in love with a friend's young daughter.

For Love

1976

The Little Cowboy poster
6.0

Yumurcak lives in a village in the wild west. On his way from school, he is kidnapped by the bandit Demirbilek and his gang. His mom seeks help from a gunfighter.

The Little Cowboy

1973

Le due orfanelle poster
8.0

A Drama film.

Le due orfanelle

1976

Grazie signore p... poster
3.3

Young Marco, who shies away from women because of his mother's behavior—she sleeps with anyone and everyone to cope with the trauma of early widowhood—finds himself seduced by Anna and Eva, two enterprising women from Milan. A trivial accident resulting from a "game" with the two women causes Marco's mother to fall and hit her head; the incident restores her to "normality," leaving Marco with nothing to do but thank Anna and Eva for what happened.

Grazie signore p...

1972

1960s · 33 titles

The Leopard poster
7.7

As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life.

The Leopard

1963

La Dolce Vita poster
8.0

Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.

La Dolce Vita

1960

Eagles Over London poster
6.3

The British High Command finds itself in the thick of a huge dilemma when it is realized that they have long been infiltrated by spies from a German intelligence group. This all happens during the preliminary stages of the Battle of Britain.

Eagles Over London

1969

The Whip and the Body poster
6.4

Disowned in the past by his father, Kurt Menliff, a cruel and sadistic nobleman, returns to the family castle to reclaim his inheritance.

The Whip and the Body

1963

The Sweet Body of Deborah poster
5.5

A newlywed couple visits the husband's hometown of Geneva, where they are subjected to threats stemming from the death of his former fiancée.

The Sweet Body of Deborah

1968

Hercules in the Haunted World poster
6.6

Upon his return from battle in the previous film, the great warrior Hercules learns that his lover, Daianara, has lost her senses. According to the oracle Medea, Dianara's only hope is the Stone of Forgetfulness which lies deep in the realm of Hades. Hercules, with two companions, Theseus and Telemachus, embarks on a dangerous quest for the stone, while he is unaware that Dianara's guardian, King Lico, is the one responsible for her condition and plots to have the girl for himself as his bride upon her revival.

Hercules in the Haunted World

1961

Special Mission Lady Chaplin poster
6.5

Lady Chaplin is a beautiful woman, she is a fashion stylist and she owns an atelier in Paris. Zoltan is a rich American specialized in submarine researches. Dick Malloy is an American secret agent. What have the three in common? Perhaps a sunk American atomic submarine with sixteen missiles still on board? And why every other scene one, two, ten or more men are trying to kill Malloy in every conceivable way?

Special Mission Lady Chaplin

1966

Medicine Italian Style poster
6.5

Story of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the sick with the same cynicism of his young years.

Medicine Italian Style

1969

Blood for a Silver Dollar poster
6.7

Two brothers part company only to be reunited when one is hired to stop a thief who turns out to be his sibling.

Blood for a Silver Dollar

1965

Adiós Gringo poster
6.1

A gunslinger on the run for a murder he didn't commit goes to New Mexico where he hopes to find a person who can exculpate him. While on his way he finds a girl who has been kidnapped and tortured, sets her free and then takes his revenge at gunpoint.

Adiós Gringo

1965

Madame poster
5.8

Catherine Hubscher, who washes the shirts of young Napoleon and other soldiers fighting the Revolution, falls in love with Sergeant Lefebvre. Circumstances bring Lefebvre a noble title and even more -- Napoleon decides to make him the local ruler over a large territorial fiefdom. But trouble brews when Madame Sans-Gene, now elevated to the nobility along with her man -- cannot keep her frank observations under control.

Madame

1961

Django Shoots First poster
5.2

Django's father is framed by his business partner Clusker and shot by a bounty Killer. Django inherits his fathers part of the business and a score to settle with Clusker.

Django Shoots First

1966

Be Sick… It's Free poster
7.0

Comedy about the flawed Italian healthcare system of the time and a doctor's expeirence with it.

Be Sick… It's Free

1968

Messalina poster
5.6

Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of terror that shook the empire to its very foundations. The subject of countless film treatments, Rome's most villified empress is herein played by British actress Belinda Lee.

Messalina

1960

Man Who Cried for Revenge poster
4.3

A Civil War veteran is amnesic after being shot in the head. When he returns to his hometown, he finds out that he has been declared a deserter. The local judge offers him a chance to clear his name, but he only wants to send him against some dangerous outlaw and his gang.

Man Who Cried for Revenge

1968

Gatling Gun poster
5.1

This dramatization of the origin of Dr. Gatling's self-named invention stands tall in the annals of the Old West. As cavalry transported the high-tech gun across the dangerous frontier, it blasted its way into history to become the predecessor to the modern-day machine gun.

Gatling Gun

1968

The Laws of War poster
6.5

During WW2, in a Nazi-occupied country, a local partisan blows-up a German military train, prompting the Germans to take civilian hostages to be shot if the culprit doesn't surrender before a deadline.

The Laws of War

1961

No Graves on Boot Hill poster
5.4

Three men meet in the same prison and in their cell they find a Mexican boy condemned to death for murder. One night the three convicts are mysteriously released by a priest and the father of the Mexican boy who promises them a reward of $30,000 if they can find the real murderer within ten days. Certain that the Mexican boy is not guilty, Reno and the others organize a plan which leads to the unmasking of the real killers.

No Graves on Boot Hill

1968

Ghosts of Rome poster
7.2

An old prince lives in his ancient palace in Rome together with the ghosts of his ancestors. For years he has proudly rejected huge offers by a real estate group seeking to buy the palace and build a department store in its place, but when he suddenly dies his nephew signs the deal. The palace seems lost, but the ghosts forge a plan to save it from destruction.

Ghosts of Rome

1961

Pleasant Nights poster
6.6

A trilogy of comedic tales set in the Middle Ages.

Pleasant Nights

1966

Seven Guns for Timothy poster
5.2

The greenhorn Timothy Benson is the heir of a mine, in which also the bandit Rodriguez is interested. Timothy's foreman Corky and his 5 friends are his only hope and they teach him the lessons of self-reliance. Source: SWDB www.spaghetti-western.net

Seven Guns for Timothy

1966

Mexican Slayride poster
2.9

Secret Agent Francis Coplan, is given the task of finding priceless artwork stolen by the Nazis' in 1943. The trail leads to Mexico, where Coplan challenges a "secret" organization in order to re-gain the paintings.

Mexican Slayride

1967

Assault on Fort Texan poster
7.0

During the War of Independence, a group of Southern soldiers form an alliance with the Apache Indians for the purpose of hunting down and killing the Northern soldiers stationed at Fort Worth.

Assault on Fort Texan

1965

The Fall of Rome poster
5.3

After the death of Emperor Constantine in Rome, the persecutions of the Christians threaten the centurion Marco forced to become a gladiator.

The Fall of Rome

1963

War of the Zombies poster
4.4

A fantastic yarn about a plot to conquer the world with an army of zombies!

War of the Zombies

1964

Garden of Delights poster
5.9

Charlo and Carla are on their honeymoon. She is three months pregnant. He, furious about his marriage of convenience, recalls the past and ponders on The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, dear to the Surrealists. While she is bleeding, he spends the night with a beautiful stranger...

Garden of Delights

1967

Latin Lovers poster
7.0

An episodic film based on letters to agony columns, showing the effect of sex on the lives of women.

Latin Lovers

1961

Why Go On Killing? poster
5.3

A young deserter from the army returns to the place where his father has been killed by a family of Mexican landowners. The task is not easy as he is alone in his efforts to avenge his father's death.

Why Go On Killing?

1965

A Mistress for the Summer poster
6.3

Philippe, a little known artist, has a mistress, Viviane, a woman he does not love. When he learns the bailiffs are about to seize his paintings, Philippe decides to leave alone for the French Riviera and spend, as he regularly does, comfortable and carefree holidays in the luxurious villa of his friend Paule. But, on his way, he meets Manette, a beautiful but poor girl to whom he offers to become his companion for the Summer. Manette accepts the strange deal in exchange for bed and board. As Philippe always comes in the company of his mistress of the time, the presence of Manette does not pose a problem. But the young woman soon feels ill-at-ease in such a dubious environment. moreover, she realizes that she is falling in love with Philippe, who might not be so cynical as he wants to appear.

A Mistress for the Summer

1960

Assassination poster
4.8

John Chandler is sentenced to death only to re-emerge as his own brother, courtesy of the CIA who have arranged the subterfuge so they can use him as a double agent.

Assassination

1967

Rififi ad Amsterdam poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rififi ad Amsterdam

1966

Desert Assault poster
6.0

Allied and German forces are stranded in desert during WW II and attempt to surrender each other.

Desert Assault

1969

Dead End poster
7.0

Rebellious teen Sergio decides to isolate himself from society by living near the shore of a desolate lake. But he's unable to live freely once police show up and accuse him of murdering a young girl he was briefly acquainted with. This psychological drama with giallo elements appears to have been out of circulation since its theatrical run.

Dead End

1969

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