List of the best Fortunio Bonanova movies: Double Indemnity(1944), Man Alive(1945), Five Graves to Cairo(1943), The Moon Is Blue(1953), Thunder in the Sun(1959), Romance on the High Seas(1948), Nancy Goes to Rio(1950), Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves(1944), Fiesta(1947), An Affair to Remember(1957), Where Do We Go From Here?(1945), For Whom the Bell Tolls(1943) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1944
106 Minutes
Sam Garlopis
Fred MacMurray Barbara Stanwyck Edward G. Robinson Porter Hall Fortunio Bonanova Jean Heather Tom Powers Byron Barr Richard Gaines John Philliber
insurance salesman femme fatale investigator daughter melodramatic sultry tense america household los angeles train murder deception affair mystery fall 1930s
An insurance representative lets himself be talked by a seductive housewife into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses the suspicion of an insurance investigator.
Comedy
1945
70 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Adolphe Menjou Ellen Drew Rudy Vallee Fortunio Bonanova Jonathan Hale
War
USA
1943
96 Minutes
Gen. Sebastiano
Franchot Tone Anne Baxter Erich von Stroheim Akim Tamiroff Peter Van Eyck Fortunio Bonanova Konstantin Shayne Fred Nurney Miles Mander Leslie Denison Ian Keith
soldier innkeeper clerk field marshal erwin rommel tense thrilling engaging hotel desert cairo war espionage dangerous assignment world war ii adventure sacrifice pursuit 1940s
In the North African campaign a British straggler manages to pass himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may have an even better use.
Comedy
USA
1953
99 Minutes
Television Performer
William Holden David Niven Maggie McNamara Tom Tully Dawn Addams Fortunio Bonanova Gregory Ratoff Hardy Kruger Johanna Matz
young woman playboy girlfriend father lighthearted cheeky charming new york city apartment store window ledge bedroom battle of sexes virginity father/son relationship may-december romance false accusations quest temptation 1950s
Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both men determine to find a way around her objections.
Western
USA
1959
81 Minutes
Fernando Christophe
Susan Hayward Jeff Chandler Jacques Bergerac Blanche Yurka Carl Esmond Fortunio Bonanova Bertrand Castelli Veda Ann Borg Pedro de Córdoba Felix Locher
immigrant homesteader winemaker farmer native american warrior scout gripping melodramatic suspenseful wagon train mountain wild west missouri california old west pioneering love triangle native americans immigrants journey
1850 adventure story of the Basque immigrants on their way to California, their struggle with the Indians, and the development of a complicated love triangle.
Musical, Romance
USA
1948
99 Minutes
Plinio
Jack Carson Janis Paige Don DeFore Doris Day Oscar Levant S.Z. Sakall Fortunio Bonanova Eric Blore Franklin Pangborn
husband wife singer detective boyfriend playful lighthearted amusing household travel agency cruise ship cabin rio de janeiro stage marriage suspicion drinking romance false accusations impersonation
Romantic misunderstandings abound when spouses suspect each other of being unfaithful, and a nightclub singer takes a cruise under a false identity.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
99 Minutes
Ricardo Domingos
Jane Powell Ann Sothern Barry Sullivan Carmen Miranda Louis Calhern Scotty Beckett Fortunio Bonanova Glenn Anders Nella Walker Hans Conried Frank Fontaine
singer mother daughter producer romantic interest actress winsome touching amusing new york city boat broadway theater rio de janeiro theater misunderstanding performance mother/daughter relationship love love sacrifice
A mother and daughter compete over the same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.
Romance, Fantasy, Adventure, Kids & Family
USA
1944
87 Minutes
Old Baba
Maria Montez Jon Hall Turhan Bey Andy Devine Kurt Katch Frank Puglia Fortunio Bonanova Moroni Olsen Ramsay Ames Chris-Pin Martin Scotty Beckett
A boy prince, raised by forty thieves, takes revenge on the Mongol invaders who murdered his father and stole his kingdom.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
104 Minutes
Antonio Morales
Esther Williams Akim Tamiroff Ricardo Montalban John Carroll Mary Astor Cyd Charisse Fortunio Bonanova Hugo Haas Jean Van Joey Preston Frank Puglia
bullfighter sister brother father mother composer amusing engaging mexico bullring household bullfighting brother/sister relationship deception disguise aspirations family quest transformation 1940s
When a matador leaves town to focus on his music, his twin sister takes on his identity in the bullfighting ring.
Romance
USA
1957
115 Minutes
Courbet
Cary Grant Deborah Kerr Richard Denning Neva Patterson Cathleen Nesbitt Robert Q. Lewis Charles Watts Fortunio Bonanova
ladies' man fiancée child emotional passionate france new york city empire state building cruise ship love romance deception wedding christmas accident forbidden love quest 1950s
A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
Musical, Comedy
1945
77 Minutes
Christopher Columbus
Fred MacMurray Joan Leslie June Haver Gene Sheldon Anthony Quinn Carlos Ramírez Alan Mowbray Fortunio Bonanova Herman Bing Howard Freeman
man pretty woman love interest genie native american amusing playful patriotic united states new york city time travel aspirations romance culture clash battle history adventure escape 18th century
Patriotic Bill (Fred MacMurray), who is listed as 4F in 1945, uses a jinni's magic lamp to go back in time to help Washington and Columbus.
Romance, Adventure, Drama
USA
1943
170 Minutes
Fernando
Gary Cooper Ingrid Bergman Katina Paxinou Akim Tamiroff Arturo de Cordova Joseph Calleia Vladimir Sokoloff Mikhail Rasumny Fortunio Bonanova Eric Feldary Victor Varconi
soldier guerrilla fighter love interest engaging emotional gripping spain mountain romance war historical events adventure sacrifice love 1930s
During the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge.
Adventure
USA
1942
85 Minutes
Don Miguel
Tyrone Power Maureen O'Hara Laird Cregar Thomas Mitchell George Sanders Anthony Quinn George Zucco Edward Ashley Fortunio Bonanova Stuart Robertson Charles McNaughton
pirate governor damsel in distress english gentleman thrilling passionate amusing jamaica island pirate ship tavern fort pirates love adventure 17th century
An ex-pirate contends with rowdy buccaneers and a love-hate relationship with an aristocratic woman who's tougher than she seems.
Drama
1947
104 Minutes
The Governor's Cousin
Henry Fonda Dolores del Río Pedro Armendáriz Ward Bond Leo Carrillo J. Carrol Naish Robert Armstrong John Qualen Fortunio Bonanova Chris-Pin Martin Miguel Inclán
priest peasant criminal police chief police officer informant dark tense somber village church pier faith persecution betrayal small-town life religion fall escape sacrifice
Adventure
USA
1953
102 Minutes
Sheriff Antoine Chighizola
James Stewart Joanne Dru Dan Duryea Gilbert Roland Marcia Henderson Robert Monet Jay C. Flippen Antonio Moreno Harry Morgan Fortunio Bonanova
oil driller oil worker fisherman daughter sister love interest engaging spirited louisiana coast oil drilling platform fishing boat family home small town prospecting oil culture clash fishing small-town life rivalry
Shrimpers and oilmen clash when an ambitious wildcatter begins constructing an off-shore oilrig.
Biography
USA
1953
101 Minutes
Kathryn Grayson Merv Griffin Walter Abel Joan Weldon Rosemary DeCamp Jeff Donnell Douglas Dick Ann Doran Margaret Field Mabel Albertson Fortunio Bonanova
Biopic of opera star Grace Moore, who was killed in a plane crash in 1947.
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
105 Minutes
Ralph Meeker Albert Van Dekker Paul Stewart Maxine Cooper Gaby Rodgers Juano Hernandez Wesley Addy Nick Dennis Cloris Leachman Marion Carr Jack Lambert
mike hammer stranger girlfriend police captain scientist roommate uneasy chilling brutal los angeles highway hospital office apartment beach house murder femme fatales atomic age deception impersonation
A doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious "great whatsit".
Drama
USA
1941
120 Minutes
Tyrone Power Linda Darnell Rita Hayworth Alla Nazimova Anthony Quinn J. Carrol Naish John Carradine Lynn Bari Laird Cregar Vicente Gomez William Montague
matador sweetheart temptress best friend critic mother sultry emotional seville, spain madrid bullring apartment church bullfighting fame redemption infidelity loyalty disillusionment rise
Illiterate peasant Juan Gallardo rises meteorically to fame and fortune in the bullfight arena only to sow the seeds of his own fall.
Comedy
1942
95 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Jane Wyman Broderick Crawford Jack Carson Anthony Quinn Edward Brophy Harry Davenport John Qualen Barbara Jo Allen Grant Mitchell Jackie Gleason
ex-convict bank robber daughter friend thief salesman offbeat frenetic hilarious new york city soda shop bank store prison bank heist redemption small business father/daughter relationship scam friendship
An ex-convict's (Edward G. Robinson) niece (Jane Wyman) runs a shop over the tunnel he and his partners are digging to a bank vault.
Drama
UK
1963
103 Minutes
Laurence Harvey Lee Remick Alan Bates Felix Aylmer Eleanor Summerfield Allan Cuthbertson Harold Goldblatt Noel Purcell Ramsay Ames Fernando Rey Juan José Menéndez
pilot wife insurance investigator thrilling suspenseful england malaga, spain gibraltar insurance fraud plane crash chase schemes new identity escape wretched excess 1960s
An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.
Adventure
USA
1940
93 Minutes
Tyrone Power Linda Darnell Basil Rathbone Gale Sondergaard Eugene Pallette J. Edward Bromberg Montagu Love Janet Beecher Robert Lowery Chris-Pin Martin George Regas
zorro governor captain niece wife thrilling spirited uplifting frenetic california mansion corruption heroism justice defending the helpless rescue quest sacrifice 19th century
A young Spanish aristocrat must masquerade as a fop in order to maintain his secret identity of Zorro as he restores justice to early California.