Stelvio Massi

Birth : 1929-03-26, Macerata, Italy

Death : 2004-03-26

History

Stelvio Massi, sometimes credited "Max Steel", was an Italian director known for his "poliziotteschi" films.

Movies

Deadly Weapon
Director of Photography
International criminals try to obtain a revolutionary new gun made for the U.S. government.
La pista bulgara
Director of Photography
To avenge the murder of her husband, Mirna dedicates herself to the destruction of the beautiful but villainous Sura who ships arms to the Middle East in exchange for drugs. Aiding her in this task is handsome undercover agent, Marc.
La pista bulgara
Director
To avenge the murder of her husband, Mirna dedicates herself to the destruction of the beautiful but villainous Sura who ships arms to the Middle East in exchange for drugs. Aiding her in this task is handsome undercover agent, Marc.
War Dogs
Director
High Risk
Director
A spy must come to the aid of a computer genius, the sole witness to a mass murder at the high-powered firm where she works.
Gesichter des Todes V
Cinematography
Unofficial Germany-produced spin-off of the popular "Faces of Death" series, not to be confused with "Faces of Death V", the official fifth installment in the series.
Gesichter des Todes V
Director
Unofficial Germany-produced spin-off of the popular "Faces of Death" series, not to be confused with "Faces of Death V", the official fifth installment in the series.
Arabella: Black Angel
Director of Photography
Beautiful Arabella is an insatiable nymphomaniac with a crippled writer husband, Francesco, who is unable to pleasure her. Instead, Arabella searches for lovers in elicit dens of debauchery, bedding an endless array of men. However, when her husband discovers her having sex with a stranger in their shed, Arabella panics and kills the man, only to discover that her sudden act of violence arouses creative inspiration in Francesco. Covering up the crime, Francesco asks his wife to further explore her sexual fantasies and report back on her experiences. Unfortunately, Arabella's lovers are subsequently visited by someone else... a vengeful murderer who violently castrates them...
Arabella: Black Angel
Director
Beautiful Arabella is an insatiable nymphomaniac with a crippled writer husband, Francesco, who is unable to pleasure her. Instead, Arabella searches for lovers in elicit dens of debauchery, bedding an endless array of men. However, when her husband discovers her having sex with a stranger in their shed, Arabella panics and kills the man, only to discover that her sudden act of violence arouses creative inspiration in Francesco. Covering up the crime, Francesco asks his wife to further explore her sexual fantasies and report back on her experiences. Unfortunately, Arabella's lovers are subsequently visited by someone else... a vengeful murderer who violently castrates them...
Mondo Cane 2000 - L'incredibile
Director
Taking more inspiration from The Faces of Death than from the "real" movie world, this documentary shows brutal violence, sex, nudes, some curiosities from various countries. Specifically: we observe porn-taxis, gay-pride, erotic patisserie, child prostitution, children forced to crush coca leaves (this causes them horrible wounds on the skin), human skin trade, sick children (very strong scene). According to the tradition of the movie world, even animals are not spared, even if the cruelties against them are limited to two scenes: the extraction of the heart of a monkey while it is still alive, and the operation on the testicles of a other monkey for testosterone.
Obsessed World
Director
Late era Italian mondo film.
Taxi Killer
Director
Catherine Hickland plays a taxi driver who is robbed and gang raped. She is then stalked by her attackers who also kill her father played by Chuck Connors. She finally snaps and seeks revenge. This film was produced by Fred Williamson and directed by Stelvio Massi but was never officailly finished or released.
Cobra nero
Director
A lone cop struggles to protect a female photographer from a gang of psychopathic bikers. Early in "Black Cobra," Detective Robert Malone establishes himself as a maverick, uncompromising policeman when he guns down several criminals during a hostage standoff. Next, he finds himself protecting a female photographer who has witnessed a murder. She is sought by a moronic gang of motorcyclists who have been murdering and raping at will. Malone finds them, confronts them, and takes care of (police) business.
Eroi dell'inferno
Director
Disgruntled Sgt. Darkin has to protect a senator who's visiting a Vietnam village. Senator gets assassinated by the Vietcong, and Darkin gets arrested for AWOL. When the Vietcong attacks the base, he and others escape. Now what?
Drugs: A River of No Return
Director
This film deals with an atrocious and inhuman truth of various worldwide drug problems, according to the text which scrolls in the opening sequence. Some of the problems include: Drug trafficking, investigations and how drugs are affecting people around the world.
Savage World Today
Writer
A new age Mondo film that explores the realm of urban decay and various oddities of the modern world, ranging from underground club scenes to sex change operations.
Savage World Today
Director
A new age Mondo film that explores the realm of urban decay and various oddities of the modern world, ranging from underground club scenes to sex change operations.
Torna
Director of Photography
Torna
Director
Guapparia
Director
Salvatore Di Donato is one of the most feared and respected members of the Mafia in Naples. His wife, Assuntina, is a young theater actress. During a pilgrimage to Madonna of the Arch, Salvatore and Assuntina meet Margaret, a woman proud and beautiful. Salvatore falls in love with her, leaves Assuntina and goes to live with his new love. Margaret, however, is a strong woman, free, resistant to bring controlled by Salvatore, and ultimately he is forced to return home, ridiculed in the eyes of all.
Speed Driver
Writer
Rudi is forced into racing for a kingpin drug dealer, but after the murder of his brother he swears revenge.
Speed Driver
Director
Rudi is forced into racing for a kingpin drug dealer, but after the murder of his brother he swears revenge.
Speed Cross
Director
Undercover cop Fabio Testi infiltrates the world of motocross racing.
Poliziotto, solitudine e rabbia
Director
"Poliziotti solitudine e rabbia" or "Ein Mann namens Venedig" (A Man called Venice), as it was called in Germany, is an Italian-German crime drama co-production from 1979, filmed mainly in the snowy winter of bleak West-Berlin. Italian cop Nick, played by gangster movie veteran Maurizio Merli, goes to Berlin to find the head of an International European blackmailing gang who has murdered several people. He investigates undercover as a contract killer for the gangsters, but of course becomes immediately the target of his enemies and has to fight hard to save his life...
Hunted City
Producer
Commissario Paolo Ferro (Maurizio Merli) stars as a (typical) tough cop again. This time he returns to the city of Milan to go after a murder corporation. Acampora (Mario Merola) is believed to be the prime suspect although he later proves to be one of the mafia's targets. As if all that wasn't enough, Paolo has to face his own nephew who seems to be involved in all sorts of dirty business.
Hunted City
Screenplay
Commissario Paolo Ferro (Maurizio Merli) stars as a (typical) tough cop again. This time he returns to the city of Milan to go after a murder corporation. Acampora (Mario Merola) is believed to be the prime suspect although he later proves to be one of the mafia's targets. As if all that wasn't enough, Paolo has to face his own nephew who seems to be involved in all sorts of dirty business.
Hunted City
Director
Commissario Paolo Ferro (Maurizio Merli) stars as a (typical) tough cop again. This time he returns to the city of Milan to go after a murder corporation. Acampora (Mario Merola) is believed to be the prime suspect although he later proves to be one of the mafia's targets. As if all that wasn't enough, Paolo has to face his own nephew who seems to be involved in all sorts of dirty business.
Convoy Busters
Screenplay
In Rome, a vagrant finds the body of a teen girl, her throat professional slashed. Police inspector Olmi uses his brutal and violent methods to follow a trail that leads him toward high government officials. When his methods leave an innocent bystander dead, the corrupt officials have an excuse to get Olmi transferred to a coastal town where the pace is slow and he has time for a romantic dalliance. Soon, Olmi discovers that fishing isn't the only local occupation, and out comes his gun and his ruthless tactics of investigation.
Convoy Busters
Director
In Rome, a vagrant finds the body of a teen girl, her throat professional slashed. Police inspector Olmi uses his brutal and violent methods to follow a trail that leads him toward high government officials. When his methods leave an innocent bystander dead, the corrupt officials have an excuse to get Olmi transferred to a coastal town where the pace is slow and he has time for a romantic dalliance. Soon, Olmi discovers that fishing isn't the only local occupation, and out comes his gun and his ruthless tactics of investigation.
Magnum Cop
Screenplay
A low-rent private investigator and former cop is sent to Austria on a job, and while there sees a number of seemingly unrelated coincidences that lead him into a strange web of corruption and decadence.
Magnum Cop
Director
A low-rent private investigator and former cop is sent to Austria on a job, and while there sees a number of seemingly unrelated coincidences that lead him into a strange web of corruption and decadence.
The Iron Commissioner
Director
Pretty solid Merli/Massi collaboration. The plot is a simple one that centers on various kidnapping episodes. With each scenario, the stakes increase for Merli's character and he must race against the clock to resolve each standoff.
Highway Racer
Director
Maurizio Merli stars as a hot-shot police driver who has more guts than brains, often landing him in hot water with his middle-aged mentor, who was once a legendary police interceptor responsible for numerous large scale arrests.
Destruction Force
Director
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 Sicilian gangster and 'Trashy', the dirty leader of a gang of killers. The action is violent as both police and criminals track down Belli who still finds some time to attempt a couple of robberies...
Cross Shot
Director
A mobster kills a cop during a robbery and then finds himself pursued by the police, his gang, and the media.
The Last Round
Director
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 witnessing the cruelty of the factory owners, ex-mercenary Marco (Carlos Monzón) assumes the role of union agitator. When a violent confrontation erupts, the labor leader is driven to bring down the corrupt clans.
Mark Strikes Again
Director
A murderous drug dealer breaks his partner out of police custody. An undercover cop is assigned to track down the two killers and bring them in.
Mark Shoots First
Screenplay
Mark Terzi goes to Genoa to take on the case of a serial killer who calls himself "The Sphinx".
Mark Shoots First
Director
Mark Terzi goes to Genoa to take on the case of a serial killer who calls himself "The Sphinx".
Blood, Sweat and Fear
Writer
Police believe that a respectable industrialist is actually the head of drug smuggling ring in Milan.
Blood, Sweat and Fear
Director
Police believe that a respectable industrialist is actually the head of drug smuggling ring in Milan.
Five Women for the Killer
Director
Thriller about a reporter who comes home from an overseas assignment to find his baby in the hospital and his wife dead...
Emergency Squad
Screenplay
A ruthless Interpol agent goes after the man who killed his wife in Stelvio Massi's crime thriller. A gutsy robber named Marseilles pulls off a tricky heist, but he's no match for agent Ravelli, a maverick who can't control his bloodlust. And this time, it's personal: Years earlier, the daring thief murdered the operative's wife in cold blood.
Emergency Squad
Director
A ruthless Interpol agent goes after the man who killed his wife in Stelvio Massi's crime thriller. A gutsy robber named Marseilles pulls off a tricky heist, but he's no match for agent Ravelli, a maverick who can't control his bloodlust. And this time, it's personal: Years earlier, the daring thief murdered the operative's wife in cold blood.
Macrò
Director
The story is about a young hippy called Salvatore who sparks up a relationship with a high class prostitute, Maddalena. The two fall in love and try to start a new life together but things turn ugly when Maddalena is kidnapped by his old hippy pals and Maddalena's dangerous pimp...
Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia
Director of Photography
In the West There Was a Man Named Invincible
Director of Photography
Giovannona Long-Thigh
Director of Photography
When a judge shuts down a high profile cheese factory for violating pollution standards, the owner bribes a monsignor to fix the problem. After they discover the judge has a predilection for married women, the owner employs a prostitute to pose as his wife in an attempt to seduce the judge.
Halleluja to Vera Cruz
Director
Two American bandits disguise themselves as priests in order to work undetected in Mexico during the revolution.
Ingrid on the Road
Director of Photography
After being raped by her father, Ingrid moves to Rome and ends up becoming a prostitute. She finds a friend in Claudia, but Claudia's protector is a sadistic thug by the name of Renato who will show her the worst of the what life in the city has to offer.
The Return of Halleluja
Director of Photography
Ramirez, the general of the Mexican revolution against Maximilian who has been appointed king of Mexico, organizes his forces to attack the king's General, Miranda. Ramirez realizes that the Aztec Indians would be allies of great value, so he offers to return to them an idol statue that has been stolen from them. Only Alleluja is capable of retrieving the idol from the thieves.
Winged Devils
Director of Photography
The real-life courage and audacity of aeronautic acrobats whose ground life is often as exciting as flight maneuvers.
The Case of the Bloody Iris
Director of Photography
A high-rise apartment populated by models, nightclub dancers and call girls becomes the focus of a mysterious serial killer. When a young model named Jennifer and her friend Marilyn move into one of the victims' former apartments, Jennifer becomes the next target and the pair try to identify the killer.
Sergeant Klems
Director of Photography
A man masquerading as a dead soldier seeks to desert his post and join the enemy in their struggle.
A Bullet for a Stranger
Director of Photography
John and George McIntire are a couple of naive brothers who travel to a lawless western town to see their father. The bumbling siblings get themselves into big trouble after they beat up a member of a gang of extortionists. Fortunately, a mysterious roving gunfighter decides to help the guys out of their jam.
They Call Me Hallelujah
Director of Photography
A Yankee gunman, Hallelujah, is hired by Mexican Juarista, General Ramirez to confiscate a case of jewels to fund the revolution. For this, Hallelujah will receive a percentage. But other parties are interested in the case and when they turn out to be fakes, it all deteriorates into a cat and mouse style game with Hallelujah, gunrunners, the French, and a Russian outlaw(!) all searching for the real jewels. - SWDB
Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay
Director of Photography
After witnessing a brutal massacre, the legendary hero Sartana is ready to do some investigating. Almost everyone in the tiny town of Indian Creek seems eager to buy up the property left behind by the murder victims, and one of them could well be behind the killings. The sheriff himself is not above suspicion, so Sartana must uncover the culprit all on his own.
Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin
Director of Photography
Sartana, bounty hunter and gunfighter, witnesses the robbery of a shipment of gold. He finds his way into town where he meets with a lot of suspicious stares from the locals. He also meets with Samuel Spencer, who seems to own the company in this company town. The gold shipments are being stolen, so Spencer agrees to hire Sartana to protect the next gold shipment. Numerous dull-witted villains make attempts on Sartana's life, but he survives. Eventually, Sartana's nemesis Sabbath (he of the white coat and parasol) rides into town. With a showdown inevitable, Sartana and Sabbath square off to settle the score.
A Girl Called Jules
Director of Photography
After his Western triumphs, Valerii stepped out of the shadow of Sergio Leone with this distinctly Bergmanesque sexual melodrama.Dionisio is perfect in the title role and this remains her best film, Valerii turns up along the way too. Just when the film hits a period of auto pilot John Steiner turns up in the final reel for a climax that is quite unforgettable. A bit difficult to trace but well worth the effort.
Gradiva
Director of Photography
After unearthing an ancient bas-relief sculpture of the gradiva or ‘woman who walks’ a young archaeologist begins to dream of the figure eluding him, while also pursuing a mysterious woman who eludes him in his waking life. Based on the novella by Wilhelm Jensen.
The Price of Power
Director of Photography
In 1881 Dallas, an ex-Union soldier attempts to expose a conspiracy of Southerners that killed his father, his friend and President James A. Garfield.
Il suo nome è Donna Rosa
Director of Photography
Andrea falls in love with the beautiful Rosetta, but the girl's father pushes her into the arms of the rich Giorgio. Al Bano and Romina in a musicarello of extraordinary success.
The Archangel
Director of Photography
Comedy about a lawyer who is suspected of murder
L'alibi
Director of Photography
Three friends meet for the first time in years.
Criminal Affair
Director of Photography
A renowned author, college professor and criminologist is given a year off in order to write his latest book. His arrival in Buenos Aires gives him the opportunity to work on his true project, planning and pulling off the perfect crime.
The Moment to Kill
Director of Photography
Two famous gunmen, Lord and Bull are called to a southern western town by a judge to retrace a gold reserve, worth $500.000 which was hidden in the last days of the Civil War, by a Confederate colonel and people have been looking for it ever since.
I'll Sell My Skin Dearly
Director of Photography
Shane’s a man come home to settle something he’d tried to forget, but has kept eating at him. His mother, father, and little sister, had been murdered for their land. Specifically an old mine the father had been working at for years with little result, but had finally struck a vein.
Brutti di notte
Director of Photography
Fuller Report, Base Stockholm
Director of Photography
Dick Worth (Ken Clark) is an American racing driver in Stockholm to put on an exhibition that his boss Bennet (Jess Hahn) hopes will result in orders for cars, and instead gets drawn into CIA business when he is mistaken for a spy and takes on the job of recovering the Fuller Report, CIA information about an assassination plot.
Two Faces of the Dollar
Director of Photography
A teacher, a gunman, an ex-Colonel and a beautiful girl decide to steal a big load of gold stored in Fort Henderson. The task is not easy, because the fort is very well guarded, but with adventurous stratagems...
Fifteen Scaffolds for the Killer
Director of Photography
Unjustly accused of the murder of three women, the members of two rival gangs are joined to survive to the hunting that the whole town is making. Running away, they reach an abandoned fort in which the attempt to fend off attacks from the group that pursues them.
Tiffany Memorandum
Director of Photography
A journalist and secretary get involved in espionage.
Killer Caliber .32
Director of Photography
Super cool Silver kills the seven members of a masked gang, one by one. Saloon girls and poker games enliven this action-packed movie which culminates in the unmasking of the evil gang's boss.
Your Turn to Die
Director of Photography
When Gordon Smash tries to get away with the loot from a successful diamond heist, his fellow conspirators shoot him in the back. Smash manages to get a clue to newspaper reporter Robert Foster, who sets of to retrieve the diamonds. Despite becoming a target for the rest of the gang, Foster prefers to rely on fashion model Arabella and news paper photographer 'Flash' instead of the more seasoned Inspector Chandler.
You'll See Me Returning
Director of Photography
A young Italian sailor enrolled in the Italian Navy meets in Rome the Princess Liu, betrothed to a nobleman in Tokyo.
Taste of Killing
Director of Photography
Lanky Fellow has a typical cynical SW like way to earn his living. He observes valuable transports of money or gold, but when they are robbed he doesn't intervene, but follows the robbers and then brings the loot back to collect the insurance. When his "job" brings him in conflict with the notorious outlaw Gus Kenneback, he has personal reasons to protect the money as Kenneback was once responsible for the death of Lanky's brother.
No One Can Judge Me
Director of Photography
Two youths who work together in a department store love each other but also their supervisor has his eyes on the young girl.
Don't Ever Leave Me
Director of Photography
A young singer secretly gets married since he does not want to let his fans down. After a while the gutter press make up a love story which seriously worries his young bride.
I'm Not Worthy of You
Director of Photography
In the sequel of "In ginocchio da te", the engagement of Gianni and Carla is threatened by Giorgio.
Two Vikings
Director of Photography
The viking chief Hjorvard has two wild sons, Glum and Garm, both notorious berserkers.
The Revenge of the Crusader
Director of Photography
After wedding the beautiful Genoveffa, Count Sigfrido of Treviri employs his right-hand man to look after his bride while he's away fighting in the crusades, unaware that his supposed friend has plans of his own for the new countess.
So In Love
Director of Photography
During his military service, the young singer Gianni Traimonti falls in love with Carla, the marshal's daughter.
Massacre At Grand Canyon
Camera Operator
After a search for his father's killers, Wes Evans returns home only to find himself involved in a bloody land dispute.
A Fistful of Dollars
Camera Operator
The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.
Una lacrima sul viso
Director of Photography
The film tells the difficult love-story between Bobby Tonner, an American singer who came to Naples to meet his old music professor, and the charming daughter of the same professor.
Gli onorevoli
Camera Operator
Some political candidates are determined to win the electors' preference during an election campaign in Italy.
The Monk of Monza
Camera Operator
Pasquale takes all of his 12 children and runs away from Monza, looking for a house of a wealthy and generous awning. Having met on the way impoverished peasant, Pasquale takes him also, having granted the rank of "Half-Monk" and thus having gained rustic, but a reliable friend.
The Shortest Day
Camera Operator
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
Lo smemorato di Collegno
Camera Operator
A man is hospitalized in a neurological clinic, suffering from amnesia. After seeing his photo in the newspaper, Mrs. Ballerini realizes that he is her husband and brings him home; then Mrs. Polacich recognizes him as her husband.
The Four Monks
Camera Operator
Four petty criminals pretend to be friars escaped from communist Hungary and go and live in a Sicilian convent
The Slave
Camera Operator
The decurion Randus holds himself so well in the command of his troops, that Caesar promotes him to centurion. He is subsequently sent to Egypt, to keep Cesar informed on the actions and intentions of co-triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus - a man too rich, and ambitious, for Caesar's comfort. A fateful sea trip from Egypt to Rome forces Randus in captivity by mercenary troops, and leads a revolt by which he gets freedom for himself, and all the other slaves. Through an amulet he received from his late mother, a man who had fought by Spartacus' side, identifies the young man as Spartacus' and Varinia's son. At first reluctant to accept this story about his origins, Randus will be forced by the circumstances to repeat the feat of his father, twenty years later.
Totò diabolicus
Camera Operator
The marquis Galeazzo di Torre Alta is murdered by a mysterious killer who calls himself Diabolicus. His heirs are his three brothers and a sister, but all of them, with the exception of Monsignor Antonino di Torre Alta, are killed by Diabolicus. The police are unable to solve the case, but when Antonino gives his inheritance to Pasquale Bonocore, illegitimate son of his father and Pasquale is in prison and therefore can't be the killer, all the clues are in the hand of the police.
The Two Marshals
Camera Operator
September 1943: in the general confusion a thief dressed as a priest and a sergeant exchange clothes and roles.
Duel of the Titans
Camera Operator
Twin brothers were raised by wolves, revolt against tyranny in pre-Roman Italy and then come to a parting of the ways as they lead their people toward the founding of a new city, the founders of Rome.
Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World
Camera Operator
Sam must rescue a beautiful Chinese princess from a marauding horde of warriors.
Joseph and His Brethren
Camera Operator
A brother is cast out from his family, sold in to slavery and then returns years later as a man of power - but shows forgiveness and compassion to his family through the strength of character given to him by God.
5 marines per 100 ragazze
Camera Operator
Five GIs end up in a female college during their military manouvers. They are very welcome by the girls and since one of them has also a beautiful voice they take part in a show organized by the college.
Atlas Against the Cyclops
Camera Operator
Strongman Maciste must battle the one-eyed Cyclops monster that is ravaging the land of Sadok, while at the same time fending off the advances of the evil Queen Capys, who wants to do a little ravaging of her own.
La trovatella di Pompei
Camera Operator
Maria, is a girl raised by the loving care of a poor couple but without knowing anything about her real parents. She is in love with Giorgio, a boy from a good family, who however has also aroused the interest of the intriguing Edvige who frequents bad company including jealous Roberto.
We will get married in Capri
Camera Operator
A Free Woman
Camera Operator
Liana, an architecture graduate, is about to get married until she is confronted with the fact she is sacrificing the rest of her life for a man she barely knows. So begins a series of romantic encounters in which Liana tries to find her freedom and happiness, but which will ultimately lead her to a tragic fate.