
Acting
Apr 1, 1943
Montelepre, Palermo, Italy
Antonio Sabàto
Acting
Biography
Antonio Sabato was born on April 2, 1943 in Montelepre, Italy as Antonio Sabato Sr. He is known for his work on Grand Prix (1966), Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972) and War of the Robots (1978). He is married to Yvonne Sabato. They have one child.
Feature Films (44)

A Milan pimp faces off against a ruthless and greedy French gangster whom wants to unite organized crime in Italy.
Gang War in Milan

Young adventurer Gipo owns one fifth of a rock illustrating the location of a rich gold mine. Risking his life more than once and with the help of the beautiful hooker, Lulu Belle, our hero sets out to recover the missing pieces.
Where the Bullets Fly

The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races, American wheelman Pete Aron is dropped by his sponsor. Refusing to quit, he joins a Japanese racing team. While juggling his career with a torrid love affair involving an ex-teammate's wife, Pete must also contend with Jean-Pierre Sarti, a French contestant who has previously won two world titles.
Grand Prix

A thief takes the job as a town sheriff in order to rob a silver shipment before his ex-partner can grab it.
Beyond the Law

A diamond robber, who was left behind in the hands of the police, gets out of prison and teams up with the man who funded the robbery, but who never saw the loot, to get even with the other members of the gang.
Eye of the Spider

In this prehistoric adaptation of Aristophanes' 'Lysistrata' and 'Women at the Thesmophoria,' a frustrated wife convinces the women of warring tribes to abstain from sex with their male partners in an attempt to end the fighting.
When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong

A man gets caught up in a criminal organization and finds that once in, you can't get out.
Gangsters

Hit man Antonio Mancuso travels to Italy to make the big time. He meets and befriends Mafia boss Don Vincenzo. Mancurso becomes part of the organization and the more he gets to know Vincenzo the more he wants his job but Mancurso will learn that success can come at a severe cost.
Crime Boss

Luke Barrett, having lost his memory due to an accident, does not realize that Dingus had killed his wife and brother to take possession of the Barretts' land and money. At first Luke trusts him, but while looking for his forgotten identity he discovers the truth.
Twice a Judas

A gang of young and ruthless bikers terrorizes the streets of Rome for no other reason than kicks and to kill their copious amounts of spare time. They purposelessly gang-rape random girls, beat up pedestrians, deal hard drugs, organize illegal street races, menace witnesses, murder city employees and commit violent heists even though they don't need any money as they're all the offspring of rich & eminent citizens. The tough police inspector De Gregori rapidly becomes very frustrated because each time he arrests the arrogant gang leader Stefano, his daddy's attorneys arrange a release warrant the exact same day. But when the gang's aggressions gradually become viler and De Gregori's own wife becomes the target of an assault, he decides to enforce the law slightly more drastic.
Violence for Kicks

Major Paolo Altieri of the Paratroopers Corps foils the kidnapping of child, but becomes the victim himself of a violent assault by the bandits. He realises that the criminals have used an experimental machine gun that's used only in his own Corps. Altieri begins to take part in police raids on criminal activities, and ultimately discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the democratic government.
Crimebusters

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 which really address Italian issues like the Sicilian Mafia and red terrorism. Perhaps even more interesting than the films themselves were the rushed methods of production (stars performing their own stunts, stealing shots, no live sound) and the bleed-over between real-life crime and movie crime.

