Salvatore Basile Ferrara (Naples, May 18, 1940 – Cartagena de Indias, January 26, 2026), better known as Salvo Basile, was an Italian film and television actor and producer, who became a naturalized Colombian citizen, a country where he lived from 1968 until his death.
A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.
Release Date1980-02-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobAssistant Director
Charactersd Chaco Losojos
Vote Count1799
Bomber is an unemployed boat captain. One day he meets Jerry, a manager of boxers who are struck by the force of his fists. That is when they see the chance to win big money.
Release Date1982-08-05
DepartmentDirecting
JobFirst Assistant Director
Charactersd Spectator in the meetings (uncredited)
Vote Count286
Two missionaries come into conflict with the authorities when they turn their missionary into a parrot farm. The Bishop of Maracaibo calls them his 'black sheep' and the Monsignore has been called to check on their behavior. Like usual, our heroes help the poor to defend themselves and provoke some funny fist fights in the process.
Release Date1974-12-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobAssistant Director
Charactersd Monsignor Jimenez
Vote Count274
Muriel is beautiful, free-spirited and bed-ridden since a horrific accident. Leo is a drunk middle-aged ex-boxer. Desperate for work and unqualified, he interviews for Muriel, who hires him to cook and care for her against her better judgment. Initially out of his depth, Leo slowly wins Muriel's trust. As Muriel teaches him to read, he forces her to confront the joys beyond her window.
Release Date2009-11-18
Charactersd Le kinésithérapeute
Vote Count53
A fearsome 19th century bandit, Cobra Verde cuts a swath through Brazil until he arrives at the sugar plantation of Don Octávio Countinho. Not knowing that his new guest is the notorious bandit and impressed by his ruthless ways, Don Octávio hires Cobra Verde to oversee his slaves. But when Cobra Verde impregnates Don Octávio’s three daughters, the incensed plantation owner exiles the outlaw to Africa where he is expected to reopen the slave trade. Following his trans-Atlantic journey, Cobra Verde exploits tribal conflicts to commandeer an abandoned fortress and whips an army of naked warriors into a frenzied bloodlust as he vies for survival.
Release Date1987-12-03
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Charactersd Captain Fraternidade
Vote Count160
Release Date2003-03-03
Charactersd Salvatore Sabina
Episode Count130
Release Date2009-09-25
Charactersd Padre Salvatore
A Colombian miniseries that takes place in a rural environment, and the plot takes place in a dairy farm, hence its name. In this setting, a love story unfolds that will move the hearts of Colombians.
Release Date1996-10-24
Charactersd Cardenal Cheeseburger
Episode Count26
Vote Count3
Release Date2019-03-15
Charactersd Basilio
Vote Count12
Maqroll, Ilona, and Abdul all share a common dream: to sail the world in a tramp-steamer. But who could afford such a thing? Over the years they have become separated. Alone in Panama City, smuggler Maqroll is finding neither great success nor happiness — until the tropical rains come, bringing Ilona: friend, lover, and partner in crime. Abdul, in Morocco, has found a steamer to suit them. In Panama, Ilona and Maqroll begin a new scheme, in search of impossible wealth. But fate has further twists in store.
Release Date1996-09-05
Charactersd Yosip
Vote Count8
Alan gets a map to some war treasure which the Japanese army left behind on a small Pacific island at the end of World War II. But some gangsters try to steal the map from him and so he hides on Charlie's boat which just leaves the harbor. He manipulates the ship's compass so that Charlie is not aware that he is sailing to the treasure island. But when they step on the island, they discover that it is not as abandoned as they believed: there are some natives - and a Japanese soldier still defending the treasure
Release Date1981-12-09
Charactersd Frisco Joe (uncredited)
Vote Count661
In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years to the day Florentino Ariza, a telegraph boy, falls in love with Fermina Daza, the daughter of a mule trader.
Release Date2007-10-04
Charactersd Alcalde de la ciudad
Vote Count398
Release Date1997-08-07
Charactersd Luis Fiero 'El Diablo'
Episode Count110
Vote Count35
Island farmer Banana Joe helps the local community by trading his bananas for goods. When gangsters arrive with plans to construct a banana processing plant, Joe kicks them out, but the mob boss discovers that Joe is operating without a license. After the mob tips off the authorities and Joe's boat is impounded, he ventures into a big city for the first time to seek help.
Release Date1982-03-24
Charactersd Pedro
Vote Count488
Following the events of The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid, Sheriff Hall and H-725 (using the official identity of Charlie Warren) still get no rest from the military - because the little alien has not yet grasped the meaning of keeping a low profile. They are constantly on the move, and H-725's father has had to pick them out of a tight spot too many times already.
Release Date1980-12-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobAssistant Director
Charactersd Cop in Jail (uncredited)
Vote Count209
Luciana Rivas, famous TV personality has everything in life, except for love. Joaquin lives in a beautiful remote island, when he sees Luciana on tv he is stunned by her beauty. He never imagined that his dream of meeting her in person would come true very soon.
Release Date2005-06-29
Charactersd Massimo Nero
Episode Count9
Vote Count1
Medieval soldier of fortune Ettore is traveling through Europe with his partners looking for a fight where they can earn some money. When they come across a Spanish castle under siege by the French army, Ettore bides his time to determine which side is the winning one. This is at first the French, but the treatment he receives from them is unpleasant enough to make him change his mind and turn to the Spanish side. Somehow, Ettore must rally the weakened Spanish troops to battle their enemy long enough for reinforcements to arrive.
Release Date1976-02-19
Charactersd Popolano nella bisca (uncredited)
Vote Count75
Two brothers sneak into a circus in order to free their grandfather's horse and fulfill his last wish.
Release Date2016-08-04
Charactersd Sr. Pavon
Vote Count4
In the 21th century getting hold of natural resources of emerging countries, is no matter of war--it is a matter of complex financial actions. And the power of governments behind the events has been replaced by the power of holding companies. Nowadays you don't conquer a country. You buy it. "Short story of long betrayals" is again set in the Republic of Queimada, where in the "Salar de Queimada" (a salt lake) lies 50% of lithium in the whole world. Not surprisingly, there is an international interest in its fate and a breathless fight to seize it.
Release Date2015-07-27
Charactersd Presidente Vargas
Vote Count6
A group of tenants facing eviction due to a city renovation unite to fight back, but as they clash with the landlord and his ruthless attorney, they each transform into the opposite of who they once were.
Release Date1993-12-25
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Charactersd Matatigres
Vote Count85
At the end of the vacations Alvaro Crespo plans the best return home with his peculiar family, but instead of being a quiet and pleasant trip, it becomes an odyssey when the family is involved in a robbery and will have to flee from the police, while they manage to prove their innocence.
Release Date2013-12-25
Charactersd Antonio
Vote Count12
A bumbling government agent recruits a trucker whose gambling knowledge can help crack an illegal Florida operation.
Release Date1978-10-28
Charactersd Gangster with Cigar
Vote Count430
Barabbas or Jesus Barabbas (literally "son of the father" or "Jesus, son of the father" respectively) is a figure in the account of the Passion of Christ, in which he is the insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of Jesus Christ.
Release Date2012-12-28
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count16
Legendary "devil violinist" Niccolo Paganini sets all of 19th century Europe into frenzy.
Release Date1990-05-25
DepartmentDirecting
JobAssistant Director
Vote Count27
Release Date2011-05-18
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count4
The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they have seized too much power that now threatens British sugar interests.
Release Date1969-12-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobFirst Assistant Director
Vote Count127
The investigations and adventures of the Forestry Corps of San Candido.
Release Date2011-04-10
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count18
Vote Count21
Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio 'The Wolf' Perrini.
Release Date2002-02-06
DepartmentSound
JobMusic
Vote Count1447
After they're arrested, the horrific crimes of two serial killers are revealed via confiscated videotapes. These tapes contain brutal murders displaying pure human wickedness, the background, paraphilias and psyche of these murderers.
Release Date2018-10-26
DepartmentCrew
JobThanks
Vote Count86
When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.
Release Date1986-09-06
DepartmentDirecting
JobAssistant Director
Vote Count1498
Forbidden love blossoms in the city of Pompeii, which until the eruption of volcano Vesuvius in 79 AD, is one of the empire's most powerful cities.
Release Date2007-03-05
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count7
Release Date1998-11-17
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count10
Vote Count14
Trinity series star Bud Spencer returns to the Wild West in director Michele Lupo's comic tale of an outlaw drifter, Buddy, who is mistaken for a doctor after his Indian companion inadvertently steals a bag of surgical instruments. When a band of murderous outlaws attempts to overrun the small town Buddy is passing through, the presumed medico shows that his true talent is cracking skulls. Music is composed by Ennio Morricone.
Release Date1981-05-14
DepartmentDirecting
JobAssistant Director
Vote Count135
Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.
Release Date2004-10-04
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count2
Vote Count5
A meeting of two world famous climbers, one an experienced mountaineer the other a sport climber, and a journalist (Ivan) results in a bet on which of the two is the best climber. Roger (the mountaineering expert) states that Martin (the sport climber) wouldn't survive a day on a 'real' climbing expedition, although he is considered to be the world's best sport climber (having just won an indoor 'world championship,' an event depicted in the opening scene). They plan to climb 'Cerro Torre,' in the Patagonia region of South America, near the Argentinian/Chilean border, one of the world's most difficult mountains, especially considering the extreme weather conditions common to the area.
Release Date1991-10-03
DepartmentDirecting
JobAssistant Director
Vote Count33
This suspenseful Italian crime drama is set in a Colombian river town and chronicles the series of events that led up to murder. Based on a novel by distinguished author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the tale begins in the present as a middle-aged doctor returns to the village after a twenty-year absence to investigate the murder that occurred just before he left.
Release Date1987-05-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobFirst Assistant Director
Vote Count83
Release Date2006-01-02
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count2
The life of Saint Peter, a reluctant but passionate leader, from the crucifixion of Jesus to his own.
Release Date2005-10-24
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Non lasciamoci più is an Italian television series.
Release Date1999-09-19
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count14
Release Date2003-02-24
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
An army cadet returns to his home village in order to find out what had happened years ago between his father and the schoolmaster.
Release Date1994-12-25
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
An elderly gangster just released from prison plans one last job, and gathers a small crew to do the job, but the plan goes sour when one of the crew betrays the details of the operation to a rival gangster.
Release Date1968-04-29
Vote Count5
Stuck in a dream world of his own, Italian sculptor Albert Saporito, sometimes has difficulty separating truth from fiction. When he dreams that his gangster neighbor has been murdered, he reports the crime to the police, only to involve himself in a complicated situation.
Release Date1966-10-26
Vote Count8
Upon arriving in Cartagena, Colombia, American pilot Benjamin Grey's passport and money are stolen leaving him stranded. Shortly after he receives a call from his son's doctor, who informs him that he is his Leukemia-stricken son's only chance for survival, and the clock is ticking
Release Date2016-05-08
Vote Count1
Release Date2019-07-26
A thinly-disguised biography of African leader Patrice Lumumba, here called Lalubi. Lalubi, a Christ-like leader determined to save his people, by passive resistance, from the dictatorial regime propped up by European colonialists, is imprisoned and tortured, along with a thief who comes to a greater understanding through his contact with Lalubi.
Release Date1968-05-16
Vote Count12
