Manly, chiseled, exceedingly handsome, very agile Massimo Girotti was an engineering student and polo/swimming star before entering films in 1939. He began auspiciously in serious leads, most notably Roberto Rossellini's _Desiderio (1943)_ , Luchino Visconti's Ossessione (1943) and Vittorio De Sica's _Gate of Heaven, The (1946)_ , while his physical stature and all-round athletism were put to good use in actioneers such as _Sins of Rome (1952)_ in which he played the pre-Kirk Douglas slave-t ...[Read Story]