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Gianna Maria Canale

Gianna Maria Canale

Italian actress (1927-2009)
September 12, 1927 (February 13, 2009)

Le Pont des soupirs

V.O.: Il Ponte dei sospiri
It. 1964. Adventures by Piero Pierotti with Brett Halsey, Gianna Maria Canale, Conrado San Martin. The son of the doge of Venice rises against usurpers.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Lion of Saint Mark

V.O.: Il Leone di San Marco
It. 1963. Adventures by Luigi Capuano with Gordon Scott, Gianna Maria Canale, Rik Battaglia. In the 17th century, under the name of Lion of St. Mark, the son of the Doge of Venice organizes the resistance against the pirates who want to plunder the city.
Runtime: 85 min.

The Adventures of Scaramouche

V.O.: La Mascara de Scaramouche
It. 1963. Adventures by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi with Gérard Barray, Alberto de Mendoza, Michele Girardon. With the help of a troupe of acrobats, a noble who was dispossessed at birth of his title and possessions tries to unmask the perpetrators of this trickery.
Runtime: 97 min.

Tiger of the Seven Seas

V.O.: La tigre dei sette mari
It. 1962. Adventures by Luigi Capuano with Gianna Maria Canale, Anthony Steel, Maria Grazia Spina. A pirate's daughter takes command of her father's ship.
Runtime: 83 min.

The Son of Spartacus

V.O.: l Figlio di Spartacus
It. 1962. Adventures by Sergio Corbucci with Steve Reeves, Jacques Sernas, Gianna Maria Canale. The son of Spartacus, a Roman centurion, becomes a liberator of slaves in Egypt just like his father.
Runtime: 102 min.

Clash of Steel

V.O.: Le Chevalier de Pardaillan
Fr. 1962. Adventures by Bernard Borderie with Gérard Barray, Gianna Maria Canale, Michèle Grellier. A knight becomes the defender of a young gypsy.
Runtime: 85 min.

Goliath and the Vampires

V.O.: Maciste contro il vampiro
It. 1961. Adventures by Giacomo Gentilomo with Gordon Scott, Gianna Maria Canale, Jacques Sernas. A giant fights the Sultan of Salmanak who wants to dominate the world with an army of human automatons.
Runtime: 91 min.

Queen of the Pirates

V.O.: La Venere dei pirati
It. 1961. Adventures by Mario Costa with Gianna Maria Canale, Massimo Serato, Livio Lorenzon. The story of a reckless girl raised by an old sea dog.
Runtime: 82 min.

Nights of Rasputin

V.O.: Les Nuits de Raspoutine
It. 1960. History by Pierre Chenal with Edmund Purdom, Gianna Maria Canale, John Drew Barrymore. A strange monk gains power in the Russian imperial court.
Runtime: 87 min.

Le Cavalier à l'armure d'or

V.O.: I Cavalieri del diavolo
Runtime: 88 min.

La Révolte des gladiateurs

V.O.: La rivolta dei gladiatori
Runtime: 88 min.
G.-B. 1957. War drama by William Fairchild with Laurence Harvey, Dawn Addams, Gianna Maria Canale. Frogmen are charged with demining Gibraltar?s harbour.
Runtime: 112 min.

Sous le Signe de la croix

V.O.: Le Schiave di Cartagine
It. 1957. Adventures by Guido Brignone with Gianna Maria Canale, Jorge Mistral, Marina Allasia. A Roman tribune falls in love with a Christian slave, whom he will rescue from persecution.
Runtime: 93 min.

The Mighty Crusaders

V.O.: La Gerusalemme Liberata
Runtime: 95 min.

La Belle et le Corsaire

V.O.: Il Corsaro della Mezzaluna
It. 1957. Adventures by Giuseppe Maria Scotese with John Derek, Gianna Maria Canale, Ingeborg Schoener. The feats of an Italian nobleman who becomes a privateer after being ruined.
Runtime: 77 min.

Les Vampires

V.O.: I Vampiri
It. 1957. Horror by Riccardo Freda with Gianna Maria Canale, Antoine Balpêtré, Paul Muller. To rejuvenate his wife, a doctor injects her with the blood of young girls he kidnaps.
Runtime: 80 min.

Desert Detour

V.O.: La Châtelaine du Liban
Fr. 1956. Adventures by Richard Pottier with Jean-Claude Pascal, Gianna Maria Canale, Jean Servais. A mysterious countess takes every means to take over a uranium deposit.
Runtime: 102 min.

Theodora, the Slave Empress

V.O.: Teodora, imperatrice di Bisanzio
It. 1954. History by Riccardo Freda with Gianna Maria Canale, Georges Marchal, Henri Guisol. Theodora, a slave and Egyptian dancer, becomes emperor Justinian?s wife.

Crime Squad

V.O.: Dramma nella Kasbah
It. 1954. Crime drama by Edoardo Anton, Ray Enright with George Raft, Gianna Maria Canale, Massimo Serato. Police officers in Algiers look for the gold that was stolen from the Bank of France during the 1940 debacle.
Runtime: 81 min.
It. 1954. Melodrama by Giorgio Bianchi with Marta Toren, Pierre Cressoy, Gianna Maria Canale. A painter whose, wife is paralyzed, loses his taste for work and falls in love with a young woman.
Runtime: 85 min.

Le Passé d'une mère

V.O.: Vedi Napoli e poi muori
It. 1952. Melodrama by Riccardo Freda with Gianna Maria Canale, Renato Baldini, Vittorio Sanipoli. Having fallen prey to a blackmailer, a woman loses her husband's trust.

The Eternal Chain

V.O.: I Grandi Peccatori (L'Eterna Catena)
It. 1952. Drama by Anton Giulio Majano with Gianna Maria Canale, Marcello Mastroianni, Umberto Spadaro. The rivalry between two brothers in love with the same woman.
Runtime: 98 min.

Trahison

V.O.: Il Tradimento

La Vengeance de l'aigle noir

V.O.: La Vendetta di Aquila Nera
It. 1951. Adventures by Riccardo Freda with Rossano Brazzi, Gianna Maria Canale, Franca Marzi. A man tries to avenge the murder of his wife.

Le Fils de d'Artagnan

V.O.: Il Figlio di d'Artagnan
It. 1944. Adventures by Riccardo Freda with Piero Palermini, Gianna Maria Canale, Franca Marzi. D'Artagnan's son tries to unravel a murky plot.

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