Luc Merenda

AKA: Luke Merenda
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1943-09-03

Nogent-le-Roi, Eure-rt-Loir, France

Biography

 Luc Charles Olivier Merenda September 3, 1943 in Nogent-le-Roi, Eure-et-Loir, France

Crew Roles

Pretendo l'inferno
Screenplay
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {54}

Italian Detective

2007-06-07 5.845

Hostel: Part II

Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel, and discover the grim reality behind it. ...
Genre :Horror

Marco (uncredited)

1971-05-07 5.6

Law Breakers

A judge investigating police corruption finds that the deeper he digs, the more roadblocks he finds. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath alias OSS 117

1970-02-04 4.4

OSS 117 Takes a Vacation

OSS 177 goes on holiday to Brazil, but is called into action when he finds himself being stalked by a double. ...
Genre :Action

Claude Aurac

1971-06-23 6.749

Le Mans

Filmed during the annual 24-hour endurance race at Le Mans, Michael Delaney is a Porsche driver haunted by the memory of an accident at the previous year's race in which a competing driver was killed. ...
Genre :Action, Drama

Roberto

1973-01-04 6.593

Torso

A masked serial killer with psychosexual issues strangles female coeds with scarves before dismembering them. When a wealthy student identifies one of the scarves and thinks she has a lead on a suspec ...
Genre :Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Chato

1971-09-15 6.893

Red Sun

In 1870, Japanese ambassador Sakaguchi and his entourage travel by train to Washington to deliver a valuable sword to the President of the United States, a gift from the Emperor of Japan. On board the ...
Genre :Western

Self

2007-10-22 0

Hostel Part II: A Legacy of Torture

Documentary about Hostel Part II and tools of torture. ...
Genre :Documentary

Comandante McFarland

1987-04-09 5.519

Firefighters 2: Heroic Mission

Following a twinning between the national fire brigade and the special forces of the Canadian firefighters, Captain Carter arrives in Rome. ...
Genre :Comedy

2024-12-12 0

Buio come il cuore

Genre :Thriller

Mario Colella

1975-08-27 6.621

Kidnap Syndicate

After his son is kidnapped, a millionaire industrialist seeks revenge, in spite of the potential danger that his rash actions will bring about for his child and another kidnapped boy, the son of a poo ...
Genre :Crime, Action

Rico Manzetti

1976-12-30 6.4

The Last Round

Stelvio Massi's crime thriller centers on a drifter who sets out to help blue-collar workers rise up against the two powerful families who are exploiting them. After settling in an industrial town and ...
Genre :Action, Thriller

Inspector Giorgio Solmi

1975-04-05 5.6

Silent Action

A number of unexplained military deaths hit Italy and are ruled to be accidental or suicides, but police inspector Giorgio Solmi suspects otherwise. When a mysterious wealthy electrician is seemingly ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Crime

Edward

1974-08-23 5.7

Puzzle

In London, A man who has amnesia attempts to uncover the truth about his identity. A menacing individual accuses him of betrayal, and soon more pieces of his puzzling past begin to fall in place. ...
Genre :Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Horror

Vice commissario Caneparo

1973-08-22 6.2

The Violent Professionals

With or without help from law enforcement officers, a lone individual decides to crack down on the syndicate. ...
Genre :Thriller, Crime

Carafo

1973-01-25 5

The Nun and the Devil

It's 1577. The Mother Superior at the convent of Archangel is seriously ill. The determined and calculating Mother Giulia plots to become the next Mother Superior. She receives tough competition from ...
Genre :Drama, Horror

Luca Altieri

1975-01-23 5.6

Gambling City

Luca Altieri is a gambler. He likes cards and he is a master in playing poker. He is a cardsharper too. He begins working for "The President", who has many gambling houses and everything seems to go w ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime

Commissioner Dario Mauri

1977-08-07 5.5

A Man Called Magnum

A drug deal goes bad and the heroin is stolen. One mob boss doesn't have his drugs and the other doesn't get his money. People are going to die until they discover who double-crossed them. Into this b ...
Genre :Crime, Action

Rodolfo

1978-02-16 5.6

Hotel Fear

A young girl and her mother run a hotel during the war. When the mother dies, the girl finds herself at the mercy of her sex-crazed guests. Soon enough, a cloaked figure starts killing off everyone th ...
Genre :Horror, Mystery, Drama

Self

2012-03-30 7.7

Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s

A documentary concerning the violent Italian 'poliziotteschi' cinematic movement of the 1970s which, at first glance, seem to be rip-offs of American crime films like DIRTY HARRY or THE GODFATHER, but ...
Genre :Documentary

Nick Hezard

1976-09-14 6.7

Nick the Sting

Nick Hezard, a young con man, wants to avenge the death of a friend of his and organizes a swindle trying to cheat Robert Turner, an American businessman he thinks responsible for his friend's death. ...
Genre :Crime, Action, Comedy

Domenico Malacarne

1974-07-12 6.803

Shoot First, Die Later

When mobsters try to put an honest policeman on the payroll, he seeks revenge on the mob. But, he soon learns that his actions, however honest, have dire consequences. ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Thriller

Così Sia / Amen

1972-08-11 2.5

Man Called Amen

A very unlikely trio join forces in order to rob a bank: an ex-bandit called Smith, now a cheerful reverend, a nomadic artist and a pickpocket. Their plan is successful, however, and the three make of ...
Genre :Western

Cosi' Sia / Amen

1973-12-24 0

They Still Call Me Amen

Chaco and his band of downtrodden men meet Così Sia (Amen), who always seems to get the better of them. He takes on the men with a plan to break into the Bank of Little-hole. For Così Sia, getting the ...
Genre :Western, Comedy

Commissario Verrazzano

1978-12-08 6.6

Deadly Chase

Police Commissioner Verrazzano (Luc Merenda) is visited by charming Giulia Medici (Janet Agren) who claims that her brother, banker Valter Medici didn't commit suicide but was murdered. The investigat ...
Genre :Crime

Ricardo

1970-05-25 5.6

The Palace of Angels

Bárbara, a French girl living in São Paulo, and two friends transform a small apartment into a luxury bordello, "The Palace of Angels", at first securing money and success, but... ...
Genre :Drama

Keaton

1979-02-01 3

Target

On a mission in Istanbul, an interpol agent disrupts the activities of a powerful drug lord and his accomplices. To get rid of him, the gangsters blackmail a skeet shooting champion into shooting the ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Adventure

Simon LeTerre

1990-09-01 6

The Madonna and the Dragon

Exposé of two news photographers covering the People's Revolution in the Philippines. ...
Genre :Drama, Action, TV Movie

Paolo

1981-02-01 6.9

The Nosy One

Luciano Persichetti is hypersensitive and convinced that he has paranormal powers. Susanna, a parapsychology student with whom he is in love, tries to help him interpret the paranormal warning message ...
Genre :Comedy, Mystery

Don Josè Borges

1989-01-27 7.3

'o Re

One of the key factors in Italian unification was the overthrow in 1860 of Francesco, the King of Naples and the two Sicilies, who went into elegant but impoverished exile in Rome with his Queen, Mari ...
Genre :History, Drama, Comedy

Giorgio Martini

1973-08-11 6

The Off-Road Girl

A successful advertising journalist, embarks on a journey to Egypt where he encounters Maryam, a striking Eritrean woman whose beauty is matched only by her enigmatic presence. What begins as a chanc ...
Genre :Drama

2023-11-30 0

Il paese del melodramma

Genre :Drama

Bruno Martel

1980-01-04 4.559

Action

A failed actor, broken by violence and rejection, finds refuge among outcasts and forms an unconventional bond, but their fragile peace is threatened by a jealous husband. ...
Genre :Drama

Ferruccio

1977-11-24 0

Could It Happen Here?

Three terrorists—a rebel girl from an upper-class family, a teacher who despises capitalism, and an ex-con with a taste for violence—come together to kill the Minister of the Interior and destabilise ...
Genre :Crime

Enzo

1972-01-01 0

For Love One Dies

A hyper sensitive film student falls in love with an older woman. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Martin

1979-03-15 5

Tough to Kill

A group of mercenaries escort a man with a million dollar bounty on his head across the African terrain. Double crosses, back stabbing, and gunfire follows. ...
Genre :Action, War

Self

2024-03-11 6

Pretendo l'inferno

Genre :Documentary

poliziotto

1980-08-12 4.5

Love in First Class

A man from Milan, Carmelo, is forced to take his young son Malcolm, on a trip down South so his mother, who usually takes care for the boy, can go on vacation with her Moroccan boyfriend. Carmelo, who ...
Genre :Comedy

Recrosio

1976-10-26 5.625

Evil Thoughts

Mario Marani is a well-respected lawyer in late 70s Milan, with a wonderful wife and a high social life. But Mario has a problem: every time he sees his wife talking to one of their friends he immedia ...
Genre :Comedy

Antagonista di Fantozzi

1986-12-23 6.295

Super Fantozzi

Superfantozzi (1986) is an Italian film from 1986. It is the fifth film in the saga of the unlucky clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio. In this film, Fantozzi is portrayed in a ...
Genre :Comedy

Giorgio

1982-04-02 5

Poor Love

Carmelo and Maria have a baby girl. He wants a boy but another pregnancy would risk Maria's health. Eventually, Carmelo leaves Maria and she attempts to win him back. ...
Genre :Drama

Commissario Ghini

1977-03-18 5.732

Destruction Force

A shoot out after a robbery ends with the death of the Chief of Police. Police detective Ghini goes in search of a suspect, Lanza, to avenge the death of his boss. Ghini's search leads him to Belli, a ...
Genre :Crime

Self

2004-01-01 0

Fernando di Leo: La morale del genere

The story of the legendary Italian director Fernando Di Leo (Milano Calibro 9, Il boss) narrated by himself and others members of his crew. ...
Genre :Documentary

Maniaco (uncredited)

1981-01-01 5.4

Teste di quoio

A group of clumsy terrorists hold a strange group of inhabitants of a compartment block hostage. ...
Genre :Comedy

The Man in the Room

1981-05-08 4.6

Honey

A surreal erotic fantasy about a young woman who checks into a bizarre, labyrinthine hotel. ...
Genre :Drama

2012-01-01 0

La seconda mano del Gioco

Documentary: "The Second Round of the Game" ...
Genre :Documentary

Fouks

1986-08-13 0

Appelez-moi Fouks

Genre :Comedy

Self

0

Masters of Mayhem

For decades Italian genre cinema dominated the world and before changing beyond recognition it went to unthinkable places. Giants don't die quietly however and this is the story of an industry's most ...
Genre :Horror, Documentary

Il re/Il padre di Maria

1983-09-02 0

Occhio nero, occhio biondo, occhio felino...

Genre :Drama

Alex

1982-03-18 0

Freddo da Morire

While traveling by car, Alex witnesses a murder. Together with his partner, he wants to find out who the victim is and what lies behind a strange check won during a poker game. ...
Genre :Thriller, Crime, Action, TV Movie

1988-12-26 8.5

Nonni und Manni

Nonni and Manni is a children's television series produced as a joint venture between Iceland and West Germany. It debuted on 26 December 1988 on West Germany's ZDF channel and lasted for six episodes ...
Genre :Family, Action & Adventure

Sandro

1982-01-07 7

Patto con la morte

Genre :Action & Adventure

John

1992-02-18 8

L' Edera

Genre :Soap, Drama

André Travers

1985-01-04 5.3

Châteauvallon

Genre :Drama

Self

1987-09-02 5.1

Sacrée Soirée

Genre :Talk