Rik Battaglia
Acting
Biography
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Born: February 18, 1927
Place of Birth: Corbola, Rovigo, Italy
Known For
Radhapura – Endstation der Verdammten
Steve Weston, a diamond prospector in Ceylon, is robbed of his precious stones. Left without money, he gets hired in a mine where he finds Alfred, the man who stole his diamonds, in the guise of the ruthless overseer. He, having recognized his victim, tries to get rid of him by blaming him in turn for theft. Having thwarted the attempt, Steve organizes the escape from the mine with the complicity of other whites and the help of a guard who owes him a debt of gratitude.
Nackt, wie Gott sie schuf
Adaptation of a novel by Johannes Mario Simmel. The story takes place in the Dolomites, where a conflict arises between the clergy of a monastery and the inhabitants of a shanty town for construction workers over the water supply. A young novice feels increasingly attracted to the men who, after work, enjoy themselves in dimly lit bars with music and alcohol with easy girls. As a result, she is in danger of falling away from the faith and, instigated by a woman from the village, even leaves the convent. In the end, however, she finds her way back to God.
Duck, You Sucker
At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national bank. When it turns out that the government has been using the bank as a hiding place for illegally detained political prisoners -- who are freed by the blast -- Miranda becomes a revolutionary hero against his will.
Conqueror of the Orient
Centuries ago in the Orient, the fiscal exactions on the people lead to a revolt against the usurper of the throne, and the empowerment of a new leader.
Detective School Dropouts
Two bumbling private detectives get themselves hired to find a missing person. They find themselves in the middle of a mob war when it turns out that the missing person is somebody the mob wants to stay missing.
Engaged to Death
A tale of love, rivalry and passion set in the 50s, in the madcap world of motorcycle speed races, shot on the occasion of the main competitions of that time, such as Monza’s Moto GP and the last edition of the legendary Milano-Taranto race. With also very rare footage of the Moto Guzzi wind tunnel and factories. The film features, alongside popular actors Rik Battaglia and Sylva Koscina, many of the most important champions of those years: Geoffrey Duke, Libero Liberati, Bill Lomas, Enrico Lorenzetti, Reg Armstrong, Stanley Woods, Ken Cavanagh, Dickie Dale, Thomas Campbell, Pierre Monneret, Albino Milani, Walter Zeller, Bruno Francisci, all of them riding amazing Moto Guzzi, Gilera, Mondial and Norton bikes with the so charming and dangerous dustbin fairings that were going to be banned in 1958.
Caterina Sforza, the lioness of Romagna
Giovanni Medici, the future leader of the Black Bands, has a last meeting in a convent with his dying mother Caterina Sforza, listening to the re-enactment of her life.
The Desperado Trail
Rollins' gang wants to grab land by inciting the settlers in a war against the Indians but Winnetou and Old Shatterhand try to keep the peace, until Rollins frames Winnetou up for the murder of Jicarilla Chief's son.
Lo scugnizzo
Gennarino is a Neapolitan orphan boy. He lives with Angela, his adoptive mother, a former famous singer now fallen on hard times. She has a serious illness, and they together try to get the money, necessary for her right care, by singing around. But one day Angela is obliged by the illness to stop her activity, and Gennarino decides to join a pilferers gang.
The New Godfathers
A revolution in Iran halts a heroin shipment, but an alliance of crime families is set on getting it to the US. They decide to run the drug through an unsuspecting network of good-natured, local smugglers in Naples, while an international anti-narcotics agent rushes to shut their operation down. Betrayals and divided loyalties lead to a final, bloody confrontation in America.
Filmography
as Himself
as Bauman
as Bill
as Andrea
as Marchese Michele Cavour
as Don Zanetti
as Don Vito
as Colonnello Carabinieri
as La Fayette
as Rik Battaglia
as Frank Geraci
as Don Calogero
as Don Calogero Avallone
as Dott. Rampone
as American commando
as Capecelatro
as Gerald Merton - Mannaja's father
as Monica's Father
as Dr. Schubert
as Nina's Father
as Superintendent
as Captain
as Johnson
as Rick Battaglia/Vendedor
as Jim Hall, scagnozzo di Smith
as Finch
as Averagus
as Dutch Harry
as Captain Smollett
as Montana
as Barnett
as Santerna
as Mercante
as Murphy
as Bob
as Murdoch
as Skinner/Sanchez
as Capt. Norton
as Vic Graham
as Drummer
as Sebastian
as Captain Mendoza
as Rollins
as Antonio Perillo
as David
as Pedro Valverde
as Captain Lazaro Verdoja
as Captain Lazoro Verdoja
as Nirwan (archive footage)
as Steve Perkins
as The Schut Nirwan
as Dixon
as Steffi
as Giandolo
as Sambigliong
as Soldato austriaco (uncredited)
as Lucius
as Melchor
as Vercingetorix
as Nadir
as Guilio
as Demetrio
as Simon
as Carpiti
as Hasdrubal
as Lt. Lisenko
as Joschi Türk
as Gavino
as Giorgio Pitagora
as Rinaldo d'Este
as Ibrahim
as Carlo
as Orlando / Roland
as Gianni
as Gino Lodi
as Gino Lodi