Horse Fever 1976
7.348 /10
Bruno Fioretti, known as "Mandrake", is an inveterate gambler who never misses a day at the horse racing track in Rome. He is doubly unlucky: he bets too much on one horse, and his wife is sleeping with his best friend because Mandrake is always at the track. Penniless and cuckolded, Mandrake decides to make one last bet.
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Full Cast & Crew
Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti
Armando "Er Pomata" Pellicci
Gabriella
De Marchis
Felice Roversi
Fortune-teller
Count Dallara
President of the Court
Otello "Manzotin" Rinaldi
Male Nurse
Augustarello
Count Dallara's Assistant
Stelvio Mazza
Commercial Director
Giuliana Pellicci
Er Pomata's Grandmother
Jean-Louis Rossini
Car Driver Fined by Mandrake
De Marchis' Wife
Bleky
Train Controller (uncredited)
Man in Betting Room (uncredited)
Man in Betting Room (uncredited)
Man in Betting Room (uncredited)
Man in Betting Room (uncredited)
Woman in Betting Room (uncredited)
Woman in Betting Room (uncredited)
Woman in Betting Room (uncredited)
Count Dallara's Friend (uncredited)
Count Dallara's Friend (uncredited)
Fashion Model (uncredited)
Associate Judge (uncredited)
Associate Judge (uncredited)
Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
Hippodrome Spectator (uncredited)
Hippodrome Spectator (uncredited)
Tribunal Guard (uncredited)
Commercial Actor (uncredited)
(uncredited)
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Avengers Age of Ultron is an excellent sequel and a worthy MCU title! There are a lot of good and one thing that feels off in my opinion.
THE GOOD:
First off the action in this movie is amazing, to buildings crumbling, to evil blue eyed robots tearing stuff up, this movie has the action perfectly handled. And with that action comes visuals. The visuals are really good, even though you can see clearly where they are through the movie, but that doesn't detract from the experience. While all the CGI glory is taking place, there are lovable characters that are in the mix. First off the original characters, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, are just as brilliant as they are always. And Joss Whedon fixed my main problem in the first Avengers by putting in more Hawkeye and him more fleshed out. Then there is the new Avengers, Quicksilver, Scarletwich, and Vision, they are pretty cool in my opinion. Vision in particular is pretty amazing in all his scenes.
THE BAD:
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If there were not an audience for Marvel comic heroes than clearly these films would not be made, to answer one other reviewer although I sympathize with him somewhat. The world is indeed an infinitely more complex place than the world of Marvel comics with clearly identifiable heroes and villains. But I get the feeling that from Robert Downey, Jr. on down the organizer and prime mover as Iron Man behind the Avengers these players do love doing these roles because it's a lot of fun. If they didn't show that spirit of fun to the audience than these films would never be made.
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Pretend you're a kid again and enjoy, don't take it so seriously.
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"Avengers: Age of Ultron" is an entertaining adventure with impressive special effects and cast. The storyline might be better, since most of the characters do not show any chemistry. However, it is worthwhile watching this film since the amazing special effects are not possible to be described in words. Why Pietro has to die is also not possible to be explained. My vote is eight.
Cast & crew of
Horse Fever
Directors & Credit Writers
Screenplay
Editor
First Assistant Director
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Screenplay
Cast
Armando "Er Pomata" Pellicci
Gabriella
De Marchis
Felice Roversi
Fortune-teller
Count Dallara
President of the Court
Otello "Manzotin" Rinaldi
Male Nurse
Augustarello
Count Dallara's Assistant
Stelvio Mazza
Commercial Director
Giuliana Pellicci
Er Pomata's Grandmother
Jean-Louis Rossini
Car Driver Fined by Mandrake
De Marchis' Wife
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