- In 1984, after a string of financially unsuccessful pictures, losing a messy divorce and recovering from a serious illness, he took several million dollars from the accounts of his company, Film Ventures International, and disappeared. He has not been seen or heard from to this day.
- Left the United States sometime in 1987 and was believed to have fled to South America to avoid many law-suits filed against him. (1987)
- He considered Grizzly (1976) the best picture he ever produced. It was also the top-grossing independent film of 1976, earning more than $39 million worldwide.
- Had previously worked as an industrial printer, and later an airline pilot. After he had barely survived a major plane crash outside of Cleveland, Ohio, Montoro decided that his next career move was to make movies, and thus was able to start Film Ventures International (FVI) through private capitalists in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Son Michael Montoro works as a production assistant.
- Notorious producer and distributor who was known for releasing exploitation and "B" pictures--often Italian imports--that were highly derivative (and in several instances direct rip-offs) of Hollywood blockbusters.
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