List of Italian films of 1973

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A list of films produced in Italy in 1973 (see 1973 in film):

Italian films released in 1973 Title  | Director  | Cast  | Genre  | Notes

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...All the Way, Boys! | Giuseppe Colizzi | Terence Hill, Bud Spencer | action-comedy |
Amarcord | Federico Fellini | Magali Noël, Bruno Zanin, Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia, Alvaro Vitali | comedy-drama | David di Donatello winner. Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1974, 3 Oscar nominations.
Amore e ginnastica | Luigi Filippo D'Amico | Lino Capolicchio, Senta Berger | comedy |
Anna, quel particolare piacere | Giuliano Carnimeo | Edwige Fenech, John Richardson, Richard Conte | drama |
Anything for a Friend | Demofilo Fidani | Ettore Manni, Bud Randall, Sleepy Warren | Western | [1]
The Assassination of Matteotti | Florestano Vancini | Mario Adorf, Franco Nero, Vittorio De Sica | historical drama | Entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival
Bad Kids of the West | Tonino Ricci | Andrea Balestri, Cristiana, Mirko Ellis | Western | [1]
Bawdy Tales | Sergio Citti | Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli | comedy |
The Big Family | Tonino Ricci | Raymond Pellegrin, Simonetta Stefanelli | Crime |
Black Holiday | Marco Leto | Adolfo Celi, John Steiner | Drama |
Black Magic Rites | Renato Polselli | Mickey Hargitay, Rita Calderoni, Raoul Lovecchio | Horror | [2]
The Bloody Hands of the Law | Mario Gariazzo | Philippe Leroy, Silvia Monti, Klaus Kinski | Crime |
Il Boss | Fernando Di Leo | Richard Conte, Henry Silva | — | [3]
A Brief Vacation | Vittorio De Sica | Florinda Bolkan, Renato Salvatori, Adriana Asti | drama |
Brothers Blue | Luigi Bazzoni | Guido Mannari, Tina Aumont, Jack Palance | Western | Italian-French co-production[1]
Charity and the Strange Smell of Money | Italo Alfaro | Robert Malcolm, Piero Vida, Rosalba Neri | Western | [1]
Chino | John Sturges, Diulio Coletti | Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Marcel Bozzuffi | Western | Italian-Spanish-French co-production[1][4]
Colt in the Hand of the Devil | Gianfranco Baldanello | Robert Woods, William Berger, George Wang | Western | [1]
Come Home and Meet My Wife | Mario Monicelli | Ugo Tognazzi, Ornella Muti, Michele Placido | Commedia all'italiana |
Counselor at Crime | Alberto De Martino | Tomas Milian, Martin Balsam, Francisco Rabal | Crime | [5]
Cry of a Prostitute | Andrea Bianchi | Henry Silva, Barbara Bouchet | Crime | [6]
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears | Paolo Cavara | Franco Nero, Anthony Quinn, Pamela Tiffin | Western | [1]
Dear Parents | Enrico Maria Salerno | Florinda Bolkan, Catherine Spaak | Melodrama |
Death Carries a Cane | Maurizio Pradeaux | Robert Hoffmann, Susan Scott | giallo |
Death Smiles on a Murderer | Joe D'Amato | Ewa Aulin, Klaus Kinski | Horror | [7]
The Devil's Wedding Night | Luigi Batzella, Joe D'Amato | Mark Damon, Rosalba Neri, Esmeralda Barros | Horror | [8][9]
Dirty Weekend | Dino Risi | Marcello Mastroianni, Oliver Reed | Commedia all'italiana |
Don't Look Now | Nicolas Roeg | Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland | Horror | British-Italian co-production[10][11][12]
Even Angels Eat Beans | Luciano Salce | Giuliano Gemma, Bud Spencer | Action-comedy |
Fast-Hand is Still My Name | Mario Bianchi | Sergio Ciani, William Berger, Frank Brana | Western | Italian-Spanish co-production[1]
The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe | Mario Caiano | Chen Lee, Klaus Kinski, Carla Romanelli | Western | [1]
Flatfoot | Steno | Bud Spencer, Adalberto Maria Merli | poliziottesco-comedy |
Flesh for Frankenstein | Paul Morrissey | Udo Kier, Joe Dallesandro, Dalila Di Lazzaro | horror | [13]
Il figlioccio del padrino | Mariano Laurenti | Franco Franchi, Saro Urzì | comedy |
The Flower with the Petals of Steel | Gianfranco Piccioli | Gianni Garko, Carroll Baker, Paola Senatore | giallo |
For a Book of Dollars | — | Lincoln Tate, Gabriella Farinon, Jean-Claude Jabes | Western | [1]
The Funny Face of the Godfather | Franco Prosperi | Alighiero Noschese, Minnie Minoprio | comedy |
Fuzzy the Hero | Tulio Demicheli | Anthony Steffen, Eduardo Fajardo, Roberto Camardiel | Western | Spanish-Italian co-production[4]
Gang War in Milan (Milano rovente) | Umberto Lenzi | Antonio Sabàto, Philippe Leroy, Marisa Mell | Poliziottesco |
Giordano Bruno | Giuliano Montaldo | Gian Maria Volonté, Charlotte Rampling | biographical-drama |
Giovannona Long-Thigh | Sergio Martino | Edwige Fenech, Pippo Franco | commedia sexy all'italiana |
God's Executioner | Franco Lattanzi | William Berger, Donal O'Brien, George Wang | Western | [4]
La grande abbuffata | Marco Ferreri | Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret | Satire |
The Great Kidnapping | Romolo Guerrieri | Enrico Maria Salerno, Lee J. Cobb, Jean Sorel | poliziottesco |
Hail the Artist | Yves Robert | Marcello Mastroianni, Françoise Fabian | Comedy | French-Italian co-production
Halleluja to Vera Cruz | Blanco Manini | Lionel Stander, Riccardo Salvino, Jean Louis | Western | [4]
Here We Go Again, Eh Providence? | Alberto De Martino | Tomas Milian, Gregg Palmer, Carole Andre | Western | Italian-Spanish-French co-production[4]
The Heroes | Duccio Tessari | Rod Steiger, Rosanna Schiaffino, Rod Taylor, Claude Brasseur | war comedy |
Heroes in Hell | Joe D'Amato | Klaus Kinski, Ettore Manni | war |
His Colt, Himself, His Revenge | Ferdinando Merighi | Dino Strano, Gordon Mitchell, John Braun | Western | [4]
Hitler: The Last Ten Days | Ennio De Concini | Alec Guinness, Simon Ward, Adolfo Celi | biographical drama |
Holy God, Here Comes the Passatore! | Giuliano Carnimeo | George Hilton, Edwige Fenech | adventure-comedy |
Hospitals: The White Mafia | Luigi Zampa | Gabriele Ferzetti, Senta Berger, Enrico Maria Salerno | drama | Entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival
How Funny Can Sex Be? | Dino Risi | Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli | Commedia all'italiana |
I Kiss the Hand | Vittorio Schiraldi | Arthur Kennedy, John Saxon, Agostina Belli | Crime |
Io e lui | Luciano Salce | Lando Buzzanca, Bulle Ogier | Comedy |
Italian Graffiti | Alfio Caltabiano | Pino Colizzi, Ornella Muti | Crime-comedy |
The Jack London Story | Angelo D'Alessandro | Orso Maria Guerrini, Arnaldo Bellofiore, Andrea Checchi | Western | Italian-Yugoslavian co-production[4]
Karate, Fists and Beans | Tonino Ricci | Dean Reed, Alfredo Mayo, Cris Huerta | Western | Italian-Spanish co-production[4]
Ku-Fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore | Nando Cicero | Franco Franchi, Gianni Agus | Comedy |
Kung Fu Brothers in the Wild West | Yeo Ban Yee | William Berger, Jason Pai Piao, Donal O'Brien | Western | Italian-Hong Kong co-production[4]
The Last Snows of Spring | Raimondo Del Balzo | Bekim Fehmiu, Agostina Belli | drama |
Little Funny Guy | Pasquale Festa Campanile | Adriano Celentano, Claudia Mori, Sybil Danning | comedy |
Long Lasting Days | Ferdinando Baldi | Mino Reitano, Ewa Aulin | crime |
Love and Anarchy | Lina Wertmüller | Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Lina Polito | comedy-drama | Giannini won Best Actor at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival
Il magnate | Giovanni Grimaldi | Lando Buzzanca, Rosanna Schiaffino | Comedy |
Malicious | Salvatore Samperi | Laura Antonelli, Turi Ferro, Tina Aumont | comedy | Entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival
A Man Called Invincible | Giuliano Carnimeo | George Hilton, Chris Huerta, Evelyn Stewart | Western | [4]
The Man Called Noon | Peter Collinson | Richard Crenna, Stephen Boyd, Rosanna Schiaffino | Western | Italian-Spanish-British co-production[4]
Man with the Golden Winchester | Gianfranco Baldanello | Alberto Dell'Acqua, Fernando Sancho | Western | Italian-Spanish co-production[4]
Massacre in Rome (Rappresaglia) | George Pan Cosmatos | Marcello Mastroianni, Richard Burton | War Drama | About Ardeatine massacre in WWII
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony | Michele Lupo | Lee Van Cleef, Tony Lo Bianco, Edwige Fenech | — | [14]
Milano trema - la polizia vuole giustizia | Sergio Martino | Richard Conte, Luc Merenda | Poliziottesco |
My Brother Anastasia | Steno | Alberto Sordi, Richard Conte | crime-comedy |
My Name Is Nobody | Tonino Valerii | Terence Hill, Henry Fonda | Western | Italian-French-West German co-production[15][4]
My Pleasure Is Your Pleasure | Claudio Racca | Ewa Aulin, Barbara Bouchet, Barbara Bouchet, Sylva Koscina | commedia sexy all'italiana |
Il nano e la strega | Gibba | - | animated |
No, the Case Is Happily Resolved | Vittorio Salerno | Enzo Cerusico, Riccardo Cucciolla | crime |
Now Where Did the 7th Company Get to? | Robert Lamoureux | Pierre Mondy, Aldo Maccione | war-comedy | French-Italian co-production
Number One | Gianni Buffardi | Renzo Montagnani, Claude Jade | crime |
The Nun and the Devil | Domenico Paolella | Anne Heywood, Luc Merenda, Ornella Muti | Nunsploitation |
On the Third Day Arrived the Crow | — | Lincoln Tate, William Berger, Dino Strano | Western | [4]
Once Upon a Time in the Wild, Wild West | — | Gordon Mitchell, Vincent Scott, Benito Pacifico, Malisa Longo | Western | [4]
One Hamlet Less (Un Amleto di meno) | Carmelo Bene | Carmelo Bene | comedy | Entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival
One Russian Summer (Il giorno del furore) | Antonio Calenda | Oliver Reed, Claudia Cardinale | drama |
The Police Serve the Citizens? | Romolo Guerrieri | Enrico Maria Salerno, John Steiner | giallo-poliziottesco |
Polvere di stelle | Alberto Sordi | Alberto Sordi, Monica Vitti, John Phillip Law | Comedy, Musical | About Avanspettacolo (artist tours) during World War II
Il prato macchiato di rosso | Riccardo Ghione | Marina Malfatti, Nino Castelnuovo, Lucio Dalla | — | [16][17]
Property Is No Longer a Theft | Elio Petri | Ugo Tognazzi, Flavio Bucci | comedy | Entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival
Redneck | Silvio Narizzano | Franco Nero, Telly Savalas, Mark Lester | crime |
Revolver | Sergio Sollima | Oliver Reed, Fabio Testi, Paola Pitagora, Agostina Belli | crime |
Ricco the Mean Machine | Tulio Demicheli | Christopher Mitchum, Barbara Bouchet | crime |
Rugantino | Pasquale Festa Campanile | Adriano Celentano, Claudia Mori, Renzo Palmer | comedy |
Seduction | Fernando Di Leo | Lisa Gastoni, Jenny Tamburi | Erotic-drama |
Il sergente Rompiglioni | Pier Giorgio Ferretti | Franco Franchi, Mario Carotenuto | Comedy |
Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye | Antonio Margheriti | Jane Birkin, Hiram Keller, Serge Gainsbourg | horror | [18]
Seven Hours of Violence | Michele Massimo Tarantini | George Hilton, Rosemary Dexter | crime-thriller |
Sex of the Witch | Angelo Pannaccio | Susanna Levi, Jessica Dublin, Sergio Ferero | horror-mystery | [19][20]
Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad | Pietro Francisci | Robert Malcolm, Sonia Wilson, Luigi Bonos | — | [21]
Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre | Franco Lattanzi | Robert Woods, Donal O'Brien, Attilio Dottesio | Western | [4]
Sgarro alla camorra | Ettore Maria Fizzarotti | Mario Merola, Dada Gallotti | Crime |
A Slightly Pregnant Man | Jacques Demy | Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni | Comedy | French-Italian co-production
Sono stato io | Alberto Lattuada | Giancarlo Giannini, Silvia Monti | comedy-drama |
Special Killers  | German Lorente | Frederick Stafford, Femi Benussi | thriller |
Stateline Motel | Maurizio Lucidi | Ursula Andress, Fabio Testi, Eli Wallach | crime |
Story of a Cloistered Nun | Domenico Paolella | Catherine Spaak, Eleonora Giorgi, Suzy Kendall, Martine Brochard | nunsploitation |
Super Bitch | Massimo Dallamano | Ivan Rassimov, Stephanie Beacham | Poliziottesco | [22]
Teresa the Thief | Carlo Di Palma | Monica Vitti, Stefano Satta Flores, Michele Placido | Commedia all'italiana |
Those Dirty Dogs | Giuseppe Rosati | Gianni Garko, Stephen Boyd | Western | Italian-Spanish co-production[4]
The Three Musketeers of the West | Bruno Corbucci | Giancarlo Prete, George Eastman | Western | Italian-Spanish-German co-production[4]
Three Supermen of the West | Italio Martinenghi | George Martin, Salvatore Borgese, Frank Brana | Western | Italian-Spanish co-production[4][23]
La Tosca | Pasquale Festa Campanile | Gigi Proietti, Monica Vitti, Vittorio Gassman | Commedia all'italiana |
Tony Arzenta | Duccio Tessari | Alain Delon, Richard Conte, Carla Gravina | crime | Italian-French co-production[24]
The Train | Pierre Granier-Deferre | Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider | war drama | French-Italian co-production
Torso (I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale) | Sergio Martino | Suzy Kendall, Luc Merenda | giallo |
Trevico-Turin: Voyage in Fiatnam | Ettore Scola | Paolo Turco, Stefania Casini | Drama |
Ultimo tango a Zagarol | Nando Cicero | Franco Franchi, Martine Beswick | Comedy |
We Want the Colonels | Mario Monicelli | Ugo Tognazzi, Claude Dauphin | Commedia all'italiana | Entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival
War Goddess | Terence Young | Rosanna Yanni, Luciana Paluzzi | adventure |
While There's War There's Hope | Alberto Sordi | Alberto Sordi, Silvia Monti | satirical comedy |
White Fang | Lucio Fulci | Franco Nero, Virna Lisi, Fernando Rey | Western | Italian-Spanish-French co-production[23]
Woman Buried Alive | Aldo Lado | Agostina Belli, Fred Robsahm | Erotic-drama |
Women in Cell Block 7 | Rino Di Silvestro | Anita Strindberg, Jenny Tamburi | Women in prison |

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Grant 2011, p. 463.
2. ^ Curti 2017, p. 102.
3. ^ Curti 2013, p. 77.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Grant 2011, p. 464.
5. ^ Curti 2013, p. 79.
6. ^ Curti 2013, p. 109.
7. ^ Curti 2017, p. 90.
8. ^ Curti 2017, p. 97.
9. ^ Smith 2017, p. 104.
10. ^ Sanderson 1996, p. 81.
11. ^ French, Philip (9 April 2006). "The sexual power and terror that produced a classic". The Observer. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
12. ^ ""Don't Look Now" (1973)". Film & TV Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
13. ^ Curti 2017, p. 80.
14. ^ Curti 2013, p. 91.
15. ^ Curti 2016, p. 197.
16. ^ Curti 2017, p. 99.
17. ^ Curti 2017, p. 100.
18. ^ Curti 2017, p. 93.
19. ^ Curti 2017, p. 104.
20. ^ Curti 2017, p. 105.
21. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 156.
22. ^ Curti 2013, p. 101.
23. ^ a b Grant 2011, p. 465.
24. ^ Curti 2013, p. 72.

### References

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* Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
* Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970–1979. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476629605.
* Curti, Robert (2016). Tonino Valerii: The Films. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476664682.
* Grant, Kevin (2011). Any Gun Can Play. Fab Press. ISBN 9781903254615.
* Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.
* Sanderson, Mark (1996). Don't Look Now. London: British Film Institute. ISBN 0-85170-572-3.
* Smith, Gary A (2017). Vampire Films of the 1970s: Dracula to Blacula and Every Fang Between. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476625591.

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