The complete filmography with all the films of Franco and Ciccio

Between greats of Italian cinema who made history let’s discover a series of anecdotes and curiosities about their career and filmography complete with all the movies of Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassiatwo great Sicilian masks who (and continue to do so) made us laugh so much.

There Palermo couple they met almost by chance in the streets of the city starting a collaboration that led them to do more than 100 movies together (there are 112) to which must be added the other participations as soloists.

Franco and Ciccio in all the films of the very long filmography of their career they have stood out for the simplicity even when the big box office receipts arrived. A looking for a simple laugh, without looking for easy compromises between inappropriate languages ​​and the stage presence of beautiful women. THE movie were based on mistakes, misunderstandings, parodies, the story of the society of the time, the inevitable facial expressions and the use of some typical Sicilian expressions such as the phrase In disgust finiu.

Sure the success they receipts at the cinema led the Palermo couple to create a series countless of movies which probably could have been done with more care. Just to give the idea of ​​success in 1964 alone the comic couple made nearly 20 films grossing more than 7 billion lire. In only 8 years old from 1964 to 1972, the most productive years of their careers, the two Sicilians took part as protagonists in well 86 movies.

A popular and commercial success which, as always happens, has led to a certain exploitation of the image by the producers. This endless filmographymostly made in a few years, he also created gods relationship problems between Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia.

AND’ known story their ups and downs, their quarrels and even their separations. The main reason was precisely that of excessive production without paying particular attention to quality.

The reconstruction of the career with the complete filmography with all the films Franco and Ciccio made together and those shot alone

L’start of career cinematic of Franco and Ciccio it is due to the friendship with Domenico Modugno who made them debut in the film Appuntamento ad Ischia in which Mina was also among the protagonists.

Then between musical (very fashionable in the 60s) ei first starring films great success is achieved with many parody movie how 2 jokers at the Moulin Rouge; 00-2 top secret agents; For an eyesore; The beautiful, the ugly, the idiot; 002 operation Moon; Don Quixote and Sancho Panza; Guess who’s coming to snack?; The two sons of Trinity and so on.

In the list of all films of the very long filmography of Franco and Ciccio there are also films shot with the greats of Italian cinema such as Vittorio De Sica, PierPaolo Pasolini, Luigi Comencini (with the Pinocchio television drama) up to Chaosthe couple’s last film together shot with i Taviani brothers.

In the period of the various separations their careers continued as soloists. Ciccio Ingrassia took part in some films by great directors such as Amarcord by Fellini and All Way by Elio Petri. He also tried his hand at directing with the film the Exorcism with Lino Banfi (a friend of both, who was launched in other films by the Palermo couple).

Frank Frankshowever, continued with the comedy genre with the parodies among which we point out Ku Fu? From Sicily with fury And Last Tango in Zagarol.

The filmography with all the films shot together by Franco and Ciccio:

• Appointment in Ischia (1960)
• The Honored Company (1961)
• 5 Marines for 100 Girls (1961)
• Maciste against Hercules in the Valley of Troubles (1961)
• The Last Judgment (1961)
• Fists Babes and Sailors (1961)
• Hierarchs You Die (1961)
• My Friend Benito (1962)
• The Three Enemies (1962)
• Two of the Legion (1962)
• 2 Samurai for 100 Geisha (1962)
• The Masseuses (1962)
• The Motorized (1962)
• Wine, Whiskey and Salt Water (1963)
• Motel Adventure (1963)
• The Shortest Day (1963)
• The woman of others is always more beautiful (1963)
• Goal Girls (1963)
• Everything is Music (1963)
• The Tricksters (1963)
• Naked Scandals (1963)
• The Two Mobsters (1964)
• 2 wags at the Moulin Rouge (1964)
• Mature women (1964)
• Martians Have 12 Hands (1964)
• The Maniacs (1964)
• These Crazy, Crazy Women (1964)
• Songs, bullies and babes (1964)
• Two mobsters in the Far West (1964)
• Primitive Love (1964)
• The seven vipers (The Latin husband – 1964)
• Sing Sing’s Two Convicts (1964)
• Corpse for a Lady (1964)
• Easy Love (1964)
• 00-2 top secret agents (1964)
• Seduced and Scammed (1964)
• The Two Bullfighters (1964)
• A Monster and a Half (1964)
• Venus in the Sun (1964)
• The Two Public Perils (1964)
• Soldiers and Corporals (1964)
• I Kill, You Kill (1965)
• Wrong Beds (1965)
• For an Eyesore (1965)
• Children of the Leopard (1965)
• The Latin Lovers (1965)
• General Custer’s Two Sergeants (1965)
• How We Troubled the Army (1965)
• Venus in boarding school (1965)
• Two Mobsters Versus Goldginger (1965)
• 002 Operation Moon (1965)
• Two Marines and a General (1965)
• The two paratroopers, directed by Lucio Fulci (1965)
• 2 mobsters against Al Capone (1966)
• How we robbed the Bank of Italy (1966)
• Spies Come from Parfait (1966)
• The Two Sans-culottes (1966)
• The others, the others… and us (1966)
• Ringo’s Two Sons (1966)
• How We Stole the Atomic Bomb (1967)
• The Long, the Short, the Cat (1967)
• The mosquitoes (1967)
• The Beautiful, the Bad and the Ugly (1967)
• Two rrringos in Texas (1967)
• I’m Going Tonight (1967)
• The Two Policemen (1967)
• The Barbers of Sicily (1967)
• Into the Sun (1967)
• Ugly at Night (1968)
• Gold of the World (1968)
• Capriccio all’italiana (episode “What are the clouds?” – 1968)
• Franco, Ciccio and the Merry Widows (1968)
• The Two Crusaders (1968)
• Don Quixote and Sancho Panza (1968)
• Ciccio forgives… I don’t! (1968)
• The 2 Firemen (1968)
• Zorro’s Nephews (1968)
• The Two Magnificent Fresconi (1968)
• The 2 deputies (1969)
• Guess who’s coming for lunch? (1969)
• Franco, Ciccio and the pirate Blackbeard (1969)
• Franco and Ciccio… thief and guard (1969)
• Blue Eyed Lisa (1969)
• Very Satirical (1970)
• On the Lord’s Day (1970)
• Franco and Ciccio on the warpath (1970)
• Don Franco and Don Ciccio in the year of the protest (1970)
• But who gave you the license? (1970)
• The Two Craziest Beetles in the World (1970)
• Crown Prince Wanted for Rich Heiress (1970)
• W Women (1970)
• Two Whites in Black Africa (1970)
• The Two Wizards of Football (1970)
• The clan of the two Borsalinis (1971)
• Mazzabubù… How many horns are there down here? (1971)
• Excuse me, but do you pay taxes? (1971)
• But what music maestro (1971)
• The two of F. 1 in the craziest, craziest race in the world (1971)
• Come Soldier With Us (1971)
• Will the lawyer Franco Benenato be able to defeat his bitter enemy the magistrate Ciccio De Ingras? (1971)
• Let’s arm ourselves and go! (1971)
• The Two Pieces of 90 (1971)
• The Two Aces of the Glove (1971)
• They Kept Calling Them The Two Craziest Pilots In The World (1972)
• They Kept Calling Them… More and Less (1972)
• The Two Sons of Trinity (1972)
• The two cats with nine tails … and a half in Amsterdam (1972)
• Story of fear and knife – Er continuation der Più (1972)
• Paul the Cold (1974)
• Butterflies (1974)
• Cream, chocolate and… paprika (1981)
• Kaos (episode “The jar” – 1984)

The filmography with the films shot solo by Ciccio Ingrassia:

• Violence: The Fifth Estate (1972)
• Amarcord (1973)
• The cav. Demonic Constant Nicosia or: Dracula in Brianza (1975)
• White Horses of August (1975)
• The Exorcism (1975)
• All the way (1976)
• The Traffic Jam (1979)
• Tomorrow Will Happen (1988)
• La bohème (1988)
• The Voyage of Captain Fracassa (1990)
• Journey of Love (1990)
• Condominium (1991)
• The Street of Food (1994)
• Waiters (1995)
• Young and Beautiful (1996)
• Fatal Frames (1996)

The filmography with the films shot solo by Franco Franchi:

• The Godfather’s Godson (1973)
• Ku Fu? From Sicily with fury (1973)
• Sergeant Rompiglioni (1973)
• Last Tango in Zagarol (1973)
• Brooklyn Cat Aspiring Detective (1973)
• Littlefoot the Policeman (1974)
• Good Soul Uncle’s Legacy (1974)
• Death Wish (1975)
• Sergeant Rompiglioni becomes… corporal (1975)
• Zorro’s Dream (1975)
• The Emperor’s New Suit (1977)
• Blue Tango (1987)