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NoShame Films

NoShame’s mission was to bring new life into hard-to-find classics and Italian genre films. Special screenings with filmmakers was presented in selected cities to promote theatrical re-releases of some of the most important films. NoShame Films’ devotion to Italian cinema was extrodinary and missed are the passion they put into each release with huge amounts of extra material. NoShame went bust April 2008.

Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
03/29/2009
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key

NS0001DVD OUT OF PRINT

Oliviero is an angry alcoholic writer--and murder suspect--who abuses his wife. Soon Floriana, a sexy young cousin, comes to stay with the unhappy couple. She is a happy-go-lucky and sexually adventurous beauty--until she is viciously murdered.

 

Street date: 9/27/2005

UPC: 882853000198

Catalog: NS0001DVD

A Whisper in the Dark
03/29/2009
A Whisper in the Dark

NS0002DVD OUT OF PRINT

A young mother is horrified to discover that her son's imaginary friend is the child she lost during her last pregnancy. Horrified, she turns for help to a famous psychiatrist--only to learn that the ghost of her dead child is a very naughty boy.

 

Street date: 9/27/2005

UPC: 882853000297

Catalog: NS0002DVD

The Big Alligator River
03/29/2009
The Big Alligator River

NS0003DVD OUT OF PRINT

A true classic which skillfully combines the genre of animal horror with the typical wild excesses of Mondo films. In the middle of the wilderness a tourist-hotel is established, which can be reached only by helicopter. The local natives, Kumas, want their revenge on the white man and call upon the holy beast, a crocodile as big as a bus.

 

Street date: 9/27/2005

UPC: 882853000396

Catalog: NS0003DVD

Partner
03/29/2009
Partner

NS0004DVD OUT OF PRINT

Jacob's lonely existence is shattered by the appearance of his exact double at the moment he contemplates suicide. While his doppelganger urges Jacob towards a greater commitment to protest against the Vietnam War, the young teacher falls in love...

 

Street date: 10/25/2005

UPC: 882853000495

Catalog: NS0004DVD

Love And Anger
03/29/2009
Love And Anger

NS0005DVD OUT OF PRINT

Like the visions of a fickle television viewer switching channels from escapist violence to newscast genocide to political debate, LOVE AND ANGER brings together the talents of world class filmmakers to tell five thematically linked stories.

 

Street date: 10/25/2005

UPC: 882853000594

Catalog: NS0005DVD

Emergency Squad
03/29/2009
Emergency Squad

NS0006DVD OUT OF PRINT

Ravelli is an Interpol agent haunted by the slaying of his wife and relentlessly stalking the gang responsible. When shell casings from a heist match slugs taken from the scene of his wife's murder, Ravelli throws away his badge to exact his revenge.

 

Street date: 10/15/2005

UPC: 882853000693

Catalog: NS0006DVD

A Man Called Magnum
03/29/2009
A Man Called Magnum

NS0007DVD OUT OF PRINT

Euro-hunk Luc Merenda stomps the terra as Dario Mauri, a Milanese cop transferred to Naples, where his only clues to stopping a range war between an aging Mafiosi and a merciless independent operator are the strange, violent drawings of a child.

 

Street date: 8/29/2006

UPC: 882853000792

Catalog: NS0007DVD

The Last Round
03/29/2009
The Last Round

NS0008DVD OUT OF PRINT

THE LAST ROUND is gritty mid-70s updating of a plot dating back to Dashiell Hammett's 1927 novel RED HARVEST. Luc Merenda stars as a stranger who puts himself between two rival gangs. Revenge is the motive; and hell to pay for both guilty and innocent.

 

Street date: 8/29/2006

UPC: 882853000891

Catalog: NS0008DVD

Desert Of The Tartars
03/29/2009
Desert Of The Tartars

NS0009DVD OUT OF PRINT

BEAU GESTE meets WAITING FOR GODOT in this haunting adaptation of renowned Italian writer Dino Buzzati 's controversial 1938 novel about life, honor, mystery, paranoia and death during wartime.

 

Street date: 1/31/2006

UPC: 882853000990

Catalog: NS0009DVD

Secrets Of A Call Girl
03/29/2009
Secrets Of A Call Girl

NS0010DVD OUT OF PRINT

After Anna is forced into an abyss of depravity, violence and prostitution, she escapes from her pimp Guido and seeks a new life. But Guido finds her and wants revenge. In the end, Anna has no choice but to fight her tormenter with all her strength.

 

Street date: 8/30/2005

UPC: 882853001096

Catalog: NS0010DVD

Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow
03/29/2009
Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow

NS0011DVD OUT OF PRINT

Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni star in three comic tales which showcase Loren as an Italian woman who uses sex to get what she wants.

 

Street date: 4/26/2005

UPC: 850752001196

Catalog: NS0011DVD

Boccaccio '70
03/29/2009
Boccaccio '70

NS0012DVD OUT OF PRINT

Contains the following four short films, each with its own director: "Renzo & Luciana" by Mario Monicelli; "The Temptation Of Doctor Antonio" by Federico Fellini; "The Job" by Luchino Visconti; and "The Raffle" by Vittorio De Sica.

 

Street date: 4/26/2005

UPC: 850752001295

Catalog: NS0012DVD

The Case Of The Scorpion's Tail
04/28/2009
The Case Of The Scorpion's Tail

NS0013DVD OUT OF PRINT

Lisa Baumer's husband dies in a dramatic airplane crash and the widow soon collects on his million-dollar insurance policy. As a suspicious insurance agent investigates the case, the inevitable corpses start piling up.

 

Street date: 5/13/2005

UPC: 850752001394

Catalog: NS0013DVD

The Strange Vice Of Mrs. Wardh
03/29/2009
The Strange Vice Of Mrs. Wardh

NS0014DVD OUT OF PRINT

Fenech portrays Julie Wardh; a restless woman embroiled in a horrifying mystery that threatens to drive her to the brink of madness...or worse. Which of the men in her life is the vicious serial killer and will Julie become his next victim?

 

Street date: 5/31/2005

UPC: 850752001493

Catalog: NS0014DVD

The Railroad Man
03/29/2009
The Railroad Man

NS0015DVD OUT OF PRINT

Unable to handle his family troubles alone, Andrea turns to drinking. But it interferes with his work and he causes a serious accident. Desperately trying to hold onto his job, he goes to work on a strike day, further alienating himself from his friends.

 

Street date: 6/28/2005

UPC: 850752001592

Catalog: NS0015DVD

Story of a Love Affair
03/29/2009
Story of a Love Affair

NS0016DVD OUT OF PRINT

Enrico Fontana hires a private detective to follow his wife; but his suspicions unintentionally bring his wife Paola together with Guido, her former lover. Paola and Guido's passion rekindled once again, the lovers even consider murdering Enrico...

 

Street date: 7/5/2005

UPC: 850752001691

Catalog: NS0016DVD

Almost Human
03/29/2009
Almost Human

NS0017DVD OUT OF PRINT

Serial killer Giulio Sacchi kidnaps a local billionaire's daughter for ransom. Now, the police are racing to find the kidnapped girl and stop the ticking time bomb that is Giulio Sacchi before he explodes and leaves more death and carnage in his wake.

 

Street date: 7/26/2005

UPC: 882853001799

Catalog: NS0017DVD

Gambling City
03/29/2009
Gambling City

NS0018DVD OUT OF PRINT

Luca is the fastest card shark in town. But when he falls in love with the gorgeous girlfriend of the local gang boss' son, he has to admit that the cards are stacked against him. Can Luca make off with the girl and his winnings without getting killed?

 

Street date: 7/26/2005

UPC: 882853001898

Catalog: NS0018DVD

Devil In The Flesh
03/29/2009
Devil In The Flesh

NS0019DVD OUT OF PRINT

Giulia's fiancée is behind bars because of his political activities. Restless in her appetites begins a passionate affair with a young student named Andrea. But when she has to choose between Andrea and her fiancee, Giulia takes a surprising decision.

 

Street date: 8/30/2005

UPC: 882853001997

Catalog: NS0019DVD

The Sensuous Nurse
03/29/2009
The Sensuous Nurse

NS0020DVD OUT OF PRINT

Count Leonida's heir hires him an incredibly sexy nurse in the hopes that her presence might over-arouse and thus kill him. But the plans of the old man's heirs go completely astray when the sensuous nurse falls for the decrepit old count!

 

Street date: 8/30/2005

UPC: 882853002093

Catalog: NS0020DVD

Massacre In Rome
03/29/2009
Massacre In Rome

NS0021DVD OUT OF PRINT

Torn from the pages of history comes the true account a man who must choose whether to defy the Pope's orders and aid the resistance or remain true to his vows and watch his countrymen slaughtered by the SS.

 

Street date: 1/31/2006

UPC: 882853002192

Catalog: NS0021DVD

The Luciano Ercoli Death Box
03/29/2009
The Luciano Ercoli Death Box

NS0022DVD OUT OF PRINT

Includes the films "Death Walks On High Heels" and "Death Walks At Midnight", plus an audio CD, "The Sound Of Love & Death: The Very Best Of Stelvio Cipriani", a collection of classic giallo and poliziotteschi film scores.

 

Street date: 2/28/2006

UPC: 882853002291

Catalog: NS0022DVD

Double Game
03/29/2009
Double Game

NS0023DVD OUT OF PRINT

With a gang war about to erupt, police inspectors Moretti and Danieli have their hands full. Plus, unknown to Danieli, Moretti moonlights as a vigilante killer calling himself "The Avenger" and working outside the law as judge, jury and executioner!

 

Street date: 3/28/2006

UPC: 882853002390

Catalog: NS0023DVD

Uno Bianca
03/29/2009
Uno Bianca

NS0024DVD OUT OF PRINT

Two police detectives on the trail of a criminal gang targeting banks, supermarkets and gas stations go beyond the reach of the law to bring the killers to justice...only to find that the identities of these masked men are as shocking as their crimes.

 

Street date: 3/28/2006

UPC: 882853002499

Catalog: NS0024DVD

The Emilio Miraglia Killer Queen Box Set
03/29/2009
The Emilio Miraglia Killer Queen Box Set

NS0025DVD OUT OF PRINT

Contains the films "The Night Evelyn Came Out Of The Grave" and "The Red Queen Kills 7 Times" in a special collector's box, along with a Red Queen Action Figure. Emilio P. Miraglia, writer-director of two of the most mindbending psycho-sexual thrillers of the Italian giallo cycle.

 

Street date: 4/25/2006

UPC: 882853002598

Catalog: NS0025DVD

Padre Pio, Miracle Man
03/29/2009
Padre Pio, Miracle Man

NS0026DVD OUT OF PRINT

Director Carlo Carlei manages to get to the core of the truth with this touching biopic that relives the tradition of religious filmmaking that benefits too from a powerhouse performance by Sergio Castellitto, one of Italy most beloved contemporary stars.

 

Street date: 5/30/2006

UPC: 882853002697

Catalog: NS0026DVD

St. Francis
03/29/2009
St. Francis

NS0027DVD OUT OF PRINT

Raoul Bova stars as Francesco Bernardone, the son of a cloth merchant in 12th Century Italy whose humility, piety and charitable works would see him canonized as the beloved St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals.

 

Street date: 5/30/2006

UPC: 882853002796

Catalog: NS0027DVD

The Valerio Zurlini Box Set
03/30/2009
The Valerio Zurlini Box Set

NS0028DVD OUT OF PRINT

This deluxe 2-DVD collector's edition from NoShame Films offers a pair of early works by Valerio Zurlini, one of the great unsung maestri of Italian cinema. Includes the films "Violent Summer" and "Girl With A Suitcase".

 

Street date: 5/30/2006

UPC: 882853002895

Catalog: NS0028DVD

Convoy Busters
03/30/2009
Convoy Busters

NS0029DVD OUT OF PRINT

Caught between the mob who want him dead and the press who have branded him a sadist for the use of excessive force, Roman cop Olmi transfers to a quieter beat on the Adriatic coast, where a gang of gun smugglers draw him back into a world of pain.

 

Street date: 6/27/2006

UPC: 882853002994

Catalog: NS0029DVD

Colt 38
03/30/2009
Colt 38

NS0030DVD OUT OF PRINT

When his wife becomes the latest innocent victim of a merciless Marseilles crime lord, police captain Vanni goes beyond the law to form a secret squad of rogue cops, each armed with an unlicensed 38 Colt revolver.

 

Street date: 6/27/2006

UPC: 882853003090

Catalog: NS0030DVD

Open Letter to the Evening News
03/30/2009
Open Letter to the Evening News

NS0031DVD OUT OF PRINT

When a leftist group sends a prank letter to an Italian newspaper declaring their intention to volunteer to fight American troops in Vietnam, the paper prints the letter and they have to choose between honoring their vow or declaring the incident a hoax.

 

Street date: 7/25/2006

UPC: 882853003199

Catalog: NS0031DVD

Roma Città Libera
03/30/2009
Roma Città Libera

NS0032DVD OUT OF PRINT

In a war-shattered Rome newly freed by the Allies, a rainy night brings together four strangers who take refuge in a bar. Inside the bar, they encounter a group of jewel smugglers, whose leader has stolen one of the strangers' girlfriend.

 

Street date: 7/25/2006

UPC: 882853003298

Catalog: NS0032DVD

Dark Waters (Limited Edition 2-Disc)
03/30/2009
Dark Waters (Limited Edition 2-Disc)

NS0033DVD OUT OF PRINT

Traveling to a remote island to investigate the nuns of a medieval convent, Elizabeth discovers that the secretive sisterhood stands guard over an aquatic demon, kept captive only as long as the fragments of an ancient stone amulet remain separated.

 

Street date: 9/26/2006

UPC: 882853003397

Catalog: NS0033DVD

Story Of A Cloistered Nun
03/30/2009
Story Of A Cloistered Nun

NS0034DVD OUT OF PRINT

Sex and Violence behind monastery walls! It is the dark Middle Ages in the Italian epoch, year 1632. Young Carmelia's parents stick her into a nunnery. There sexual excesses abound, followed by relentless torture that almost costs her her life.

 

Street date: 8/29/2006

UPC: 882853003496

Catalog: NS0034DVD

The Ultimate Crime Box Set Al l'ltaliana
03/30/2009
The Ultimate Crime Box Set Al l'ltaliana

NS0035DVD OUT OF PRINT

Includes the following two Italian crime flix on 3 discs (also available individually): "A Man Called Magnum" and "The Last Round" (Special Edition 2-Disc Set).

 

Street date: 8/29/2006

UPC: 882853003595

Catalog: NS0035DVD

Nude in the Dark: The Ultimate Italian Exploitation Experience
03/30/2009
Nude in the Dark: The Ultimate Italian Exploitation Experience

NS0036DVD OUT OF PRINT

Includes the following two films on 2 discs (also available individually): "Secrets Of A Call Girl" and "A Whisper In The Dark".

 

Street date: 8/29/2006

UPC: 882853003694

Catalog: NS0036DVD

Dark Waters
03/30/2009
Dark Waters

NS0038DVD OUT OF PRINT

Traveling to a remote island to investigate the nuns of a medieval convent, Elizabeth discovers that the secretive sisterhood stands guard over an aquatic demon, kept captive only as long as the fragments of an ancient stone amulet remain separated.

 

Street date: 9/26/2006

UPC: 882853004295

Catalog: NS0038DVD

Last Days Of Mussolini
03/30/2009
Last Days Of Mussolini

NS0039DVD OUT OF PRINT

A violent thriller/biopic by Carlo Lizzani depicting the last four days of Benito Mussolini while he was escaping the Allied forces and the Partisans.

 

Street date: 11/14/2006

UPC: 882853004394

Catalog: NS0039DVD

Ubalda, All Naked And Warm
03/30/2009
Ubalda, All Naked And Warm

NS0040DVD OUT OF PRINT

A bumbling knight is torn between his unfaithful wife and the comely Ubalda, the bored bride of the local miller who has the local men in a state of arousal despite her ample charms being constrained in an iron chastity belt.

 

Street date: 10/10/2006

UPC: 812592010226

Catalog: NS0040DVD

Giovannona: Long-Thigh
03/30/2009
Giovannona: Long-Thigh

NS0041DVD OUT OF PRINT

Threatened with the stink of a pollution scandal, the Straccolone Cheese Company hires a gaudy streetwalker to sway the vote of an influential cabinet minister, whose roving eye all but guarantees a favorable ruling in Parliament.

 

Street date: 11/14/2006

UPC: 882853004592

Catalog: NS0041DVD

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