72% (3) Viva Las Vegas 85 min, Approved, [Comedy, Musical] [George Sidney] [20 May 1964]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 85%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews
Awards: 3 nominations.
Actors: Ann-Margret, Cesare Danova, Elvis Presley, William Demarest
Writer: Sally Benson
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA
Plot: Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress takes his mind off things. It seems he will lose both race and girl, problems made more difficult by rivalry from Elmo Mancini, fellow racer and womaniser. Perhaps some singing will help.
Rotten Tomatoes: Viva Las Vegas, one of Elvis Presley's most popular vehicles, adheres as rigidly to formula as a Kabuki dance. Elvis plays a race-car driver competing in the Las Vegas Grand Prix opposite his principal rival, Cesare Danova. To finance his entry, Elvis takes a job as a casino waiter. Naturally, he is occasionally prevailed upon to sing, making one wonder why he didn't choose this talent as a means of making some quick cash. As always, Elvis chases all the wrong girls, only to ignore the "right" one, portrayed by Ann-Margret in her considerable youthful prime (We're supposed to believe that A-M is the daughter of irascible William Demarest. So much for the reliability of gene pools). With a pre-fat Presley, an indescribably gorgeous Ann-Margret, and no fewer than 12 songs on the soundtrack, how could Viva Las Vegas help but reap a fortune at the box office? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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63% (1) Crossed Swords 86 min, Approved, [Adventure] [Milton Krims, Vittorio Vassarotti] [28 Jul 1954]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 63%, External Reviews
Actors: Cesare Danova, Errol Flynn, Gina Lollobrigida, Nadia Gray
Writer: Milton Krims
External Links: Wikipedia IMDb Language: Italian Country: Italy, USA
Plot: Adventurer sets out to save princess' father's kingdom.
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56% (1) Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! 99 min, Approved, [Comedy] [George Marshall] [08 Jun 1966]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 56%, External Reviews
Awards: 2 nominations.
Actors: Bob Hope, Cesare Danova, Elke Sommer, Phyllis Diller
Writer: George Beck (story), George Kennett, Albert E. Lewin, Burt Styler
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA
Plot: The Divine Didi, a European actress known more for her bubble bath scenes than for her acting, decides she has had enough with bubble baths and wants to be taken seriously as an actress. So much so that she runs away during the middle of a scene while filming in Hollywood and winds up in Oregon. While she is staying in a hotel, the operator accidentally connects her with a real estate agent named Tom Meade. She asks Tom to bring her some food and when he does he suggests that she go to his cabin in the woods. She also asks him not to tell anyone where she is because she doesn't want to go back to Hollywood. Now Tom must keep the secret, especially from his wife and from his suspicious housekeeper Millie.
Rotten Tomatoes: Usually cited as the absolute nadir of Bob Hope's film career, Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! is by no means a classic, but it isn't nearly as bad as some of his other sixties efforts (take a look a Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell sometime). The plot is set in motion by movie sex bomb Elke Sommer, who flees from the set of her latest picture when she refuses to do yet another bathtub sequence. Sommer hides out in the home of real estate agent Hope, who is forced to keep the buxom starlet under wraps lest his wife Marjorie Lord misunderstand. Phyllis Diller plays Hope's maid, who conspires with her boss to keep Sommer out of sight. The plot lumbers forward to a wild climax wherein Hope, accused of Sommer's murder (she's still very much alive), embarks upon a slapstick car chase, chock full of Sennett-like sight gags. Though cheaply produced and perilously anachronistic, Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! is professionally assembled by director George Marshall, a Hope colleague from way back. The film turned a tidy profit, thanks largely to the popularity of Hope's costar Phyllis Diller.
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52% (1) Che! 96 min, PG, [Biography, Drama, History] [Richard Fleischer] [27 Jun 1969]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 52%, External Reviews
Actors: Cesare Danova, Jack Palance, Omar Sharif, Robert Loggia
Writer: Sy Bartlett (story), David Karp (story), Michael Wilson (screenplay), Sy Bartlett (screenplay)
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish Country: USA
Plot: Biography of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro in his struggle against the corrupt Batista regime, eventually resulting in the overthrow of that government and Castro's taking over of Cuba. The film covers Guevara's life from when he first landed in Cuba in 1956 to his death in an ambush by government troops in the mountains of Bolivia in 1967.
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51% (1) Gidget Goes to Rome 104 min, Not Rated, [Comedy, Romance] [Paul Wendkos] [07 Aug 1963]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 51%, External Reviews
Actors: Cesare Danova, Cindy Carol, James Darren, Jessie Royce Landis
Writer: Ruth Brooks Flippen (screenplay), Katherine Albert (screenplay), Dale Eunson (screenplay), Ruth Brooks Flippen (story), Frederick Kohner (based on the characters created by)
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Italian Country: USA
Plot: Frances, 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...
Rotten Tomatoes: The last of the Gidget films take place in Rome as Gidget (Cindy Carol) and her boyfriend Moondoggie (James Darren) spend a vacation together. In spite of their "steady" relationship, the two find themselves torn between their well-established love and the temptation of an Italian affair.
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50% (1) Valley of the Dragons 82 min, APPROVED, [Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi] [Edward Bernds] [01 Nov 1961]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 50%, External Reviews
Actors: Cesare Danova, Danielle De Metz, Joan Staley, Sean McClory
Writer: Edward Bernds, Jules Verne (novel), Donald Zimbalist (story)
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Plot: Algeria 1881. Two men, Michael Denning and Hector Servadac are having a duel with one another when a comet goes past the earth at low altitude. The strong wind this creates transports the two men to the moon. They find themselves in a jungle inhabited by reptiles and prehistoric humans. They have a difficult time before they manage to adapt to the dangers, but eventually they each find a girl to spend time with, awaiting the next return of the comet to take them back to Earth.
Rotten Tomatoes: In this sci-fi fantasy, based on a Jules Verne story, two 18th-century men are preparing for a duel when they find themselves caught in the tremendous tailwind of a passing comet. They get sucked onto the comet's head where they find a strange world inhabited by dinosaurs and cave men. The rivals are forced to split up. When they see each other again, each has become the leader of rival cave-man clans during a war. Peace is restored when the heroes each fall for a woman belonging to the other's clan. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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