Mimmo Palmara
Birthday: 1928-07-25
Place of Birth: Cagliari, Italy
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Born in Cagliari, Palmara made his film debut in 1952 as character actor in drama films by eminent directors such as Luchino Visconti, Mario Monicelli and Antonio Pietrangeli, then obtained main roles in a great number of genre films, especially adventure films and peplum films., When the sword and sandals genre declined, he took part at a number of spaghetti westerns in which he is usually credited as Dick Palmer. A close friend of Sergio Leone, he was the Leone's first choice for the role of Ramon in A Fistful of Dollars; Palmara eventually chose to star in Mario Caiano's Bullets Don't Argue and the role of Ramon was played by Gian Maria Volontè.
Movies
Temple of the White Elephant
In British colonial India, Lt. Dick Ramsay is charged with secretly rescuing the kidnapped daughter ...
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Senso
A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affa...
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Dead for a Dollar
When the lead robber in their gang steals the money from his two companions, a cat and mouse/back an...
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Hercules and the Captive Women
King Androcles of Thebes commands a ship in search of a threat to Greece, predicted by an atmospheri...
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Three Swords for Rome
222 AD in the Roman Empire. A teenage Emperor, Elagabalus, is technically on the throne but manipula...
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Hercules
In this melange of characters and events from separate mythological stories, Hercules, demigod and s...
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Hercules Unchained
En route to Thebes for an important diplomatic mission, Hercules drinks from a magic spring and lose...
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The Pirates of Malaysia
Filmed in Singapore it tells the story of Sandokan who is a Malaysian rebel who, with a group of ren...
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A Long Ride from Hell
Mike Sturges and his younger brother, Roy, are sentenced to Yuma Penitentiary on a trumped-up train ...
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Two Sons of Ringo
Another spoof from the Franco and Ciccio team in which the boys, who are running a scam pretending t...
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Guess Who's Coming for a Snack?
Sicily 1943 to avoid war, Franco and Ciccio are hiding in the mountains. Two American paratroopers s...
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For One Thousand Dollars Per Day
Hud's parents were murdered, their land stolen and now Hud will dish out justice to the guilty - the...
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Tequila Joe
A young deputy tries to sober and revitalize a washed up, alcoholic sheriff to take down a pair of w...
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Panhandle 38
The son of an aging gunfighter returns home with a shipment of confederate gold....
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Chains
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Bullets Don't Argue
On his own wedding day, sheriff Pat Garrett must leave and try to arrest two bank robbers....
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Execution
Clips, a bounty killer, is after one John Coler, who has fooled him, keeping all of a loot he should...
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A Rope for a Bastard
A sheriff saves an innocent man from the gallows and brings the guilty party to justice....
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Black Jack
Black Jack Murphy is the brains in an outfit of outlaws who rob the bank at Tusca City. All goes to ...
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The Handsome, The Ugly, And The Stupid
Two POWs learn of a treasure of gold hidden in a cemetery, and escape from their POW camp to look fo...
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Left Handed Johnny West
Lone gunman Johnny West and his dog, Gypsy, fall foul of twin bad men who have designs on a gold min...
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Hercules and the Masked Rider
In 16th century Spain, Don Francisco reluctantly betroths his daughter, Blanca, to the arrogant Don ...
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Empty Eyes
A young and shy girl Celestina arrives from her small home village to Rome to become a housemaid. He...
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Attila
Attila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto ...
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And His Name Was Holy Ghost
After gaining his freedom with the help of an old friend of his father, Spirito Santo/Holy Ghost rec...
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The Tyrant of Lydia Against the Son of Hercules
Italian sword & sandal thrills as the son of Hercules is pitted against an evil king and his wretche...
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Isabella, Duchess of the Devils
An Alsacian Baron massacres the family of a French Duke, and takes his lands and his title. Isabella...
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Roland the Mighty
In this sword-and-sandal saga set on the steppes of Asia, Roland, leader of the Paladin troops, who ...
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Franco, Ciccio and the Pirate Blackbeard
Franco and Ciccio embark on a journey to find Pirate Flint's lost treasure, hunted by the fearsome P...
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The Ten Gladiators
Roccia and a band of fellow gladiators join forces with a patrician named Glaucus Valerius to replac...
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Kindar the Invulnerable
An evil bandit kidnaps a sultan's son and raises him but finds the son has magic powers....
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Sodom and Gomorrah
Lot leads his people to a fertile valley adjacent to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, hotbeds of vi...
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Goliath and the Sins of Babylon
Goliath battles for the freedom of the Babylonian people....
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Shotgun
In a small western town our hero Durango delivers his prisoner to the jailhouse and then goes to the...
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Serenade for Two Spies
An international gang of gun dealers in the USA has stolen the prototype of a laser rifle from a Ger...
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That Malicious Age
Gardener Napoleone takes a job in a southern-Italian villa and quickly finds himself embroiled in a ...
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The Tigers of Mompracem
After the evil maharajah Varauni exterminated his whole family, the brave Sandokan decides to retrea...
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The Trojan Horse
Trojan hero Aeneas battles to save his city from the Greeks, but once Troy falls, he leads the 600 s...
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Appointment in Riviera
In the study of a lawyer, two young spouses tell their story. The singer Tony manages to reach the m...
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The Last Days of Pompeii
Glaucus, a demobilized centurion returns home to Pompeii to find his father murdered by a gang of bl...
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Holiday Hookers
Madame is running a high class escort (and prostitution) service. She wants to quit the business as ...
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The Arena
Female gladiators fight to the death. Inspired by the story of Spartacus, follow the adventures of a...
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Le Notti Bianche
A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return....
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The Stranger
Meursault is a man who feels utterly isolated from everyone and everything around him. This alienati...
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Hercules Against Rome
Hercules comes from Greece to Ravenna, Italy, because a friend from childhood days has sent for him:...
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Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
The beginnings, development and decline of so-called spaghetti-western genre; with clips, interviews...
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Colussus and the Huns
King Bohlem, brother of the late Attila, reconquers former Hun territory. To secure this territory, ...
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Woman of the River
When peasant girl Nives is deserted by smuggler Gino Lodi, she betrays him to the police. Police off...
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Violent Rome
A detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds wit...
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The Colossus of Rhodes
While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to over...
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Psychopath
The hero steals the haul from the thieves, gives it back to the police but charges 10% for his servi...
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The Shatterer
Following the opening of a Japanese auto factory in Sicily, the head of the company is kidnapped by ...
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Argoman the Fantastic Superman
Argoman is practically invincible with powers beyond the scope of mortal man. Who is Sir Reginald Ho...
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FantastiCozzi
A feature-length documentary about the life and career of Italian director Luigi Cozzi and his obses...
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The Queen of Sheba
The Queen of Sheba falls in love with the King of Israel. The King of Israel, however, is in love wi...
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Convoy Busters
In Rome, a vagrant finds the body of a teen girl, her throat professional slashed. Police inspector ...
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Sign of the Gladiator
Zenobia, Queen of Palmira, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops, but she makes a big mi...
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Gunman of One Hundred Crosses
A grim, merciless gunfighter known as Santana protects a young woman from the murderers of her famil...
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Forbidden
Don Paolo, a young parson troubled by his love for Agnese, tries to make peace in a little village i...
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The Crook
A thief known as Simon the Swiss faces up and downs in his criminal profession....
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3 Avengers
Ursus and his sword-wielding companions run head-on against a usurper of a throne....
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The Two Gladiators
The twins of the recently departed Marcus Aurelius fight it out to see who will become emperor of Ro...
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Slave Girls of Sheba
Saracen pirates aboard the "Black Eagle" attack Christians strongholds along the coast of Spain. Whe...
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Gastone
During the period between world wars, vaudeville sketches were popular before film showings.Gastone ...
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Poker with Pistols
After losing everything in a poker game and finding himself indebted, Lucas agrees to deliver a wago...
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Western all'italiana
"Western all'italiana" is a documentary produced and broadcast by the satellite broadcaster Studio U...
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Caterina Sforza, the lioness of Romagna
Giovanni Medici, the future leader of the Black Bands, has a last meeting in a convent with his dyin...
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Uomini forti
The epic of Hercules and Maciste to the live voices of witnesses and through the images of the Itali...
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Sandokan the Great
After the capture of the Sultan of Muluder, Sandokan, the sultan's son, leads a guerilla army throug...
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