A list of films produced in Italy in 1972 (see 1972 in film):
+ Italian films released in 1972 Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1931: Once Upon a Time in New York Luigi Vanzi Tony Anthony, Adolfo Celi, Richard Conte Crime Alfredo, Alfredo Pietro Germi Dustin Hoffman, Carla Gravina, Stefania Sandrelli Comedy All the Colors of the Dark George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Ivan Rassimov Giallo Italian-Spanish co-production Vassili Karamesinis, Omero Capanna, Gillian BrayWesternFabio Testi, Simonetta Vitelli, Riccardo GarroneWestern Richard Harrison, Erika Blanc, Krista NellItalian-Turkish co-production Un apprezzato professionista di sicuro avvenire Giuseppe De Santis Lino Capolicchio, Riccardo Cucciolla, Femi Benussi, Robert Hoffmann drama Arcana Lucia Bosè, Tina Aumont The Assassin of Rome Damiano Damiani Nino Manfredi, Gabriele Lavia historical drama Baron Blood Joseph Cotten, Elke Sommer, Massimo Girotti Italian-West German co-production Beati i ricchi Salvatore Samperi Paolo Villaggio, Sylva Koscina Comedy Beau Masque Bernard Paul Luigi Diberti Drama Beyond the Frontiers of HateGiovanni Scarciofolo, Stefania Nelli, George CavendishWestern La bella Antonia, prima monica e poi dimonia Mariano Laurenti Edwige Fenech, Piero Focaccia Commedia sexy all'italiana Ben and Charlie Giuliano Gemma, George Eastman, Marisa Mell Western Bianco, rosso e... Alberto Lattuada Sophia Loren, Adriano Celentano Comedy The Black Decameron Piero Vivarelli Beryl Cunningham Comedy Black Turin Bud Spencer, Françoise Fabian, Andrea Balestri Italian-French co-production Blood Story Tony Kendall, Femi Benussi, Philip McNamara Bloody Friday Gianni Macchia, Raimund Harmstorf, Amadeus August West German-Italian co-production Boccaccio Bruno Corbucci Alighiero Noschese, Enrico Montesano, Sylva Koscina Comedy Mark Edwards, Fernando Sancho, Carmen SevillaWesternSpanish-Italian-French co-production Brother Sun, Sister Moon (Fratello Sole, Sorella Luna) Franco Zeffirelli Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker Drama Giovanni Scarciofolo, Enzo Pulcrano, Marina MalfattiWestern Byleth - The Demon of Incest Mark Damon, Claudia Gravy, Aldo Bufi Landi La calandria Pasquale Festa Campanile Lando Buzzanca, Barbara Bouchet, Agostina Belli Comedy Caliber 9 Gastone Moschin, Barbara Bouchet, Mario Adorf Charlton Heston, Michèle Mercier, Raimund HarmstorfWesternBritish-French-German-Italian-Spanish co-productionCan Be Done... AmigoBud Spencer, Jack Palance, Renato CestièWesternItalian-French-Spanish co-production Casa d'appuntamento Ferdinando Merighi Anita Ekberg, Barbara Bouchet giallo Il caso Pisciotta Eriprando Visconti Tony Musante, Carla Gravina historical drama The Canterbury Tales Pier Paolo Pasolini Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti Erotic Golden Bear winner at Berlin. Second film in Pasolini's 'Trilogy of Life'. Spoken in English The Case of the Bloody Iris Giuliano Carnimeo Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, Paola Quattrini Giallo Una cavalla tutta nuda Franco Rossetti Don Backy, Barbara Bouchet, Renzo Montagnani Commedia sexy all'italiana Chronicle of a Homicide Mauro Bolognini Massimo Ranieri, Martin Balsam, Turi Ferro Crime Il coltello di ghiaccio Umberto Lenzi Carroll Baker, Evelyn Stewart Giallo Crime Boss Antonio Sabàto, Telly Savalas, Paola Tedesco Armando Crispino Alex Cord, Samantha Eggar, John Marley horror Richard Harrison, Anita Ekberg, Dada GallottiWesternDeath Played the FluteMichael Forest, Franco Borelli, Giuseppe CardilloWesternDevil in the Brain Sergio Sollima Keir Dullea, Stefania Sandrelli Giallo Django... AdiosBrad Harris, Jose Torres, Vassili KaramesinisWestern Don't Torture a Duckling (Non si sevizia un paperino) Lucio FulciBarbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas, Florinda BolkanGiallo Acclaimed giallo noted for its dark subject matter on child killings.Doppia coppia con Regina Julio Buchs Marisa Mell, Gabriele Ferzetti thriller I due gattoni a nove code... e mezza ad Amsterdam Osvaldo Civirani Franco and Ciccio Comedy The Eroticist Lucio Fulci Lando Buzzanca, Lionel Stander, Laura Antonelli Commedia sexy all'italiana Execution Squad Enrico Maria Salerno, Mariangela Melato, Cyril Cusack PoliziotteschiItalian-West German co-productionEye in the Labyrinth Mario Caiano Rosemary Dexter, Adolfo Celi, Alida Valli horror Richard Harrison, Fernando Sancho, Fanny GreyWestern Fiorina la vacca Vittorio De Sisti Janet Agren, Gastone Moschin, Ornella Muti Comedy Frankenstein 80 John Richardson, Gordon Mitchell, Dalila Di Lazzaro Gang War in Naples Fabio Testi, Jean Seberg, Raymond Pellegrin Italian-French co-production Il generale dorme in piedi Francesco Massaro Ugo Tognazzi, Mariangela Melato Commedia all'italiana Go Away! Trinity Has Arrived in Eldorado Gordon Mitchell, Stelvio Rosi, Craig Hill Western God in Heaven...Arizona on EarthPeter Lee Lawrence, Maria Pia Conte, Roberto CamardielWesternSpanish-Italian co-productionGod is My ColtGiovanni Scarciofolo, Donal O'Brien, Krista NellWesternItalian-German co-productionLee Van Cleef, Horst Frank, Alberto DenticeWesternItalian-French-German co-productionMark Damon, Rosalba Neri, Stelvio RosiWesternItalian-Spanish co-productionGordon Mitchell, Mario Novelli, Bill VandersWesternHallelujah & Sartana Strike AgainRon Ely, Alberto Dell'Acqua, Uschi Glas WesternItalian-German co-production The Hassled Hooker Eriprando Visconti Terence Hill, Paola Pitagora, Martin Balsam Crime Hector the Mighty Enzo G. Castellari Vittorio Caprioli, Giancarlo Giannini Comedy His Name Was Holy Ghost Gianni Garko, Pilar Velázquez, Cris Huerta Western Italian-Spanish co-production La prima notte di quiete Valerio Zurlini Alain Delon, Giancarlo Giannini, Sonia Petrovna Drama, Romance The Infamous Column Nelo Risi Helmut Berger, Vittorio Caprioli, Francisco Rabal historical drama Henry Silva, Mario Adorf, Woody Strode Crime Italian-West German co-productionIt Can Be Done Amigo Maurizio Lucidi Bud Spencer, Jack Palance Spaghetti Western Jesse & Lester: Two Brothers in a Place Called Trinity Richard Harrison, Donal O'Brien, Gino Marturano Western Jus primae noctis Pasquale Festa Campanile Lando Buzzanca, Renzo Montagnani, Marilù Tolo comedy Kill the Poker Player Robert Woods, Nieves Navarro, Frank Braña Western Italian-Spanish co-productionThe Killer is on the Phone Alberto De Martino Telly Savalas, Anne Heywood, Rossella Falk giallo Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo Tango a Parigi) Bernardo Bertolucci Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider Romantic Drama Life Is Tough, Eh Providence? Tomas Milian, Gregg Palmer, Janet Ågren Western Italian-French-German co-productionLiza (La cagna) Marco Ferreri Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni drama Lo chiameremo Andrea Vittorio De Sica Nino Manfredi, Mariangela Melato Commedia all'italiana Long Arm of the Godfather Adolfo Celi, Peter Lee Lawrence, Erika Blanc Ludwig Luchino Visconti Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Silvana Mangano, Trevor Howard, Helmut Griem, Umberto Orsini Historical drama David di Donatello winner. There's a restored long version. It's about Ludwig II of Bavaria The Master and Margaret Aleksandar Petrović Ugo Tognazzi, Mimsy Farmer fantasy Kirk Douglas, Giuliano Gemma, Florinda Bolkan Crime Italian-West German co-production The Mattei Affair (Il caso Mattei) Francesco Rosi Gian Maria Volonté, Luigi Squarzina, Franco Graziosi Political drama Palme d'Or winner at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Based on the death of Enrico Mattei Miss Dynamite Antonio Sabàto, Marisa Mell, Fernando SanchoWestern Italian-German-Spanish co-production La Mortadella (Lady Liberty) Mario Monicelli Sophia Loren, William Devane, Gigi Proietti, Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito Comedy Lucifera: Demon Lover Edmund Purdom, Rosalba Neri Horror Vassili Karamesinis, Dario Pino, Gordon Mitchell Western Man Called Amen Luc Merenda, Sydne Rome Western Man of the East Terence Hill, Gregory Walcott, Henry Carey Jr. Western Italian-French-Yugoslavian Man from the Deep River Umberto Lenzi Ivan Rassimov, Me Me Lai horror The Mighty Anselmo and His Squire Bruno Corbucci Alighiero Noschese, Enrico Montesano, Erminio Macario Comedy More Sexy Canterbury Tales Joe D'Amato Monica Audras, Attilio Dottesio, Ari Hanow decamerotico La morte accarezza a mezzanotte Luciano Ercoli Susan Scott, Peter Martell Giallo The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life Ettore Scola Alberto Sordi, Michel Simon, Pierre Brasseur Commedia all'italiana My Dear Killer Tonino Valerii George Hilton, Marilù Tolo Giallo My Horse... My Gun... Your Widow Craig Hill, Claudie Lange, Cris Huerta Western Italian-Spanish co-production Naked Girl Killed in the Park Alfonso Brescia Robert Hoffmann, Adolfo Celi Giallo Gianni Garko, Agostina Belli, Roberto Maldera Italian-Spanish co-production Not Dumb, The Bird Jean Delannoy Françoise Rosay, Anny Duperey, Bruno Pradal Comedy crime Co-production with France and West GermanyNow They Call Him Sacramento Michael Forest, Fernando Bilbao, Malisa Longo Western Spanish-Italian co-production The Adventures of Pinocchio Giuliano Cenci Renato Rascel, Lauro Gazzolo animated film Il provinciale Luciano Salce Gianni Morandi, Maria Grazia Buccella Comedy La ragazza dalla pelle di luna Luigi Scattini Zeudi Araya, Ugo Pagliai, Beba Lončar erotic The Red Headed Corpse Renzo Russo Farley Granger, Erika Blanc, Krista Nell Giallo Barbara Bouchet, Ugo Pagliai, Sybil Danning GialloItalian-West German co-production George Martin, Klaus Kinski Western Return of Halleluja George Hilton, Lincoln Tate Western Italian-German-French co-production Return of the Holy Ghost Vassili Karamesinis, Craig Hill, Remo Capitani Western The Ribald Decameron Giuseppe Vari Malisa Longo, Orchidea De SantisCommedia sexy all'italiana Robert Blake, Catherine Spaak, Ernest Borgnine Film noir Roma Federico Fellini Peter Gonzales Falcon, Pia De Doses, Alvaro Vitali Felliniesque Cannes Award La schiava io ce l'ho e tu no Giorgio Capitani Lando Buzzanca, Catherine SpaakComedy The Scientific Cardplayer (Lo scopone scientifico) Luigi Comencini Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Joseph Cotten, Bette Davis, Mario Carotenuto Commedia all'italiana 2 David di Donatello The Seduction of Mimi (Mimí metallurgico ferito nell'onore) Lina Wertmüller Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato Commedia all'italiana Entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival Seven Blood-Stained Orchids Umberto Lenzi Rossella Falk, Antonio Sabàto Giallo Shadows Unseen Frederick Stafford, Marilù Tolo, Franco Fabrizi Italian-French-West German co-production Shoot Joe, and Shoot Again Richard Harrison, Jose Torres, Franca Polesello Western Italian-Spanish co-production Enrico Maria Salerno, Gastone Moschin, Mario Adorf Ben Gazzara, Silvia Monti, Fausto Tozzi Il sindacalista Luciano Salce Lando Buzzanca, Paola Pitagora Comedy Slap the Monster on Page One Marco Bellocchio Gian Maria Volonté, Laura BettiDrama Smile Before Death Silvio Amadio Jenny Tamburi, Rosalba Neri Giallo Sonny and JedTomas Milian, Susan George, Telly SavalasWesternItalian-Spanish-German co-production So Sweet, So Dead Roberto Bianchi Montero Farley Granger, Sylva Koscina Giallo Spirits of DeathEvelyn Stewart, Luigi Pistilli, Ivan Rassimov Sting of the West Jack Palance, Lionel StanderWestern Summertime Killer Ben Gazzara, Silvia Monti, Fausto TozziSpanish-French-Italian co-production Sweet Deception Édouard Molinaro Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, Madeleine Renaud Comedy Co-production with France Tarzan and the Brown Prince Manuel Caño Steve Hawkes Jungle adventure Denys de La Patellière Jean Gabin, Fabio Testi, Uschi Glas Crime French-Italian-West German co-productionThey Believed He Was No SaintAnthony Steffen, Daniel Martin, Tania AlvardoWesternSpanish-Italian co-production They Call Him AmenLuc Merenda, Alfio Caltabiano, Tano CimarosaWestern They Call Him VaritasMark Damon, Pat Nigro, Pietro CeccarelliWestern This Kind of Love Alberto Bevilacqua Jean Seberg, Ugo Tognazzi drama Thunder Over El PasoAntonio Sabàto, Chris Avram, Erika BlancWesternItalian-Spanish co-production Tragic Ceremony Camille Keat