Gia Scala

Gia Scala

Birth : 1934-03-03, Liverpool, England

Death : 1972-04-30

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Gia Scala
Gia Scala
Gia Scala

Movies

Operation Delilah
Dalida
A couple try to help the residents of a small Caribbean island overthrow a dictator.
The Triumph of Robin Hood
Anna
Adventure film about the popular hero Robin Hood, and how he and his partisans take on the defence of King Richard Lion-Heart's interests against his brother John, while the former is in the Holy Land.
The Guns of Navarone
Anna
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
I Aim at the Stars
Elisabeth Beyer
The life story of the famed rocket scientist Dr. Werner von Braun, one of the most brilliant and controversial figures of the space age. Dr. von Braun literally pioneered man's adventure into space through his rocket experiments; his was the brain behind the V-2 rockets which blasted London in World War II; his was also the brain which led America into the development and the launching of space satellites.
Battle of the Coral Sea
Karen Philips
A US submarine and its crew are captured by the Japanese on the eve of a major WWII battle.
The Angry Hills
Eleftheria
Nazis chase a U.S. newsman (Robert Mitchum) paid to smuggle names of Greek resistance leaders to London.
Ride a Crooked Trail
Tessa Milotte
After robbing a bank Murphy assumes the identity of his pursuer, a famous US Marshal, when he stumbles into a town and is confronted by the local judge, Matthau. Murphy is forced to remain as the new Marshal; an old flame, Scala, nearly unmasks him by accident, only to be forced to assume the ruse of being Murphy's wife. The "couple" given a house and respectability, which neither has had before. They maintain the charade to avoid hurting a young orphan boy, Matthau's ward. Scala is torn by her loyalty to boyfriend planning to rob the bank and growing feelings for Murphy
The Tunnel of Love
Estelle Novick
The Pooles are unable to have a baby after years of trying. They apply to the Rock-A-Bye Adoption Agency, and are assigned Miss Novick as an investigator. Through a farfetched mis-communication she gets a very bad impression of Augie Poole and indicates her report will be unfavorable. Through even more far-fetched circumstances, Augie is able to change Miss Novick's mind, and later comes to believe the baby she is carrying is his. Rock-A-Bye does find the Pooles a baby, and Augie is convinced it is Miss Novick's, and that he is the real father...so much so that his wife comes to believe it, too. She threatens to leave him, but all the misunderstandings are finally cleared up for a happy ending.
The Two-Headed Spy
Lili Geyr
Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland's autobiography "The London Cage". The plot has greatly exaggerated the actual events of A.P. Scotland's experiences, including the addition of a fictional love interest.
Don't Go Near the Water
Melora Alba
Madison Avenue-trained Navy men handle public relations on a South Pacific island during World War II.
Tip on a Dead Jockey
Paquita Heldon
Broke and about to divorce his wife, a pilot joins a smuggling scheme in postwar Madrid.
The Garment Jungle
Theresa Renata
Alan Mitchell returns to New York to work for his father Walter, the owner of a fashion house that designs and manufactures dresses. To stay non-union, Walter has hired Artie Ravidge, a hood who uses strong-arm tactics to keep the employees in line.
The Big Boodle
Anita Ferrer
Tough guy fights gangsters and counterfeiters in pre-Castro Cuba.
Four Girls in Town
Vicki Dauray
Four young starlets, from various parts of the world, are called to Hollywood to test for the lead in a major film. Each is romantically pursued by the director, composer, playboy, and actor. Which one of an international quartette of beauties will replace Universal's glamour star in an upcoming Biblical epic?
The Price of Fear
Nina Ferranti
A co-owner of a race track goes on the run after witnessing something he shouldn't have at the track.
Never Say Goodbye
Minnie
In present-day U.S., Dr. Michael Parker, a prominent surgeon, unexpectedly runs into his German-born wife whom he thought was dead. Victor, an artist and his "dead" wife's now boyfriend, berates Dr. Parker for "killing" her. The bulk of the story flashes back to Austria during World War II as we learn how Dr. Parker met and married his wife, and the one mistake that may have cost him his family.
All That Heaven Allows
Marguerita (uncredited)
Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children and country club friends.