The Italian Stallion (1970)

"The Italian Stallion" is the raunchy 1970 adult feature that gave a young Sylvester Stallone one of his earliest screen roles, long before Rocky Balboa turned him into a household name. Shot on a shoestring budget and steeped in the era's grindhouse sensibility, the film leans fully into its explicit content, putting Stallone front and center in scenes that leave little to the imagination. Fans curious about the actor's pre-fame years can find 2 scenes on the site showing him nude and engaged in unsimmed sex on camera. It's a curiosity piece as much as anything, a glimpse of a future icon of masculinity caught in a very different kind of spotlight.