Duccio Tessari

Duccio Tessari

Duccio Tessari was an Italian director, screenwriter and occasionally actor, considered one of the fathers of spaghetti westerns. Born in Genoa, Tessari started in the fifties as documentarist and as screenwriter of Peplum films. In 1964 he co-wrote Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars, one year later he gained an impressive commercial success and launched the Giuliano Gemma's career with A Pistol for Ringo and his immediate sequel, The Return of Ringo. He later touched different genres and worked in RAI TV, directing some successful TV-series. He died of cancer in Rome, at 68. He was married to actress Lorella De Luca.

  • Title: Duccio Tessari
  • Popularity: 2.267
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1926-10-11
  • Place of Birth: Genoa, Italy
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Duccio Tessari Movies

  • 1965
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    A Pistol for Ringo

    A Pistol for Ringo

    6.2 1965 HD

    Giuliano Gemma stars as a cool, cocky mercenary enlisted by a sheriff to infiltrate a ruthless gang of outlaws. Ennio Morricone provided the score to...

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  • 1968
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    Better a Widow

    Better a Widow

    1 1968 HD

    Tom Proby is a representative from a British engineering firm sent to Sicily to convince the landowners (all in the Mafia) to allow his company to...

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  • 1961
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    Hercules in the Haunted World

    Hercules in the Haunted World

    6.7 1961 HD

    Upon his return from battle in the previous film, the great warrior Hercules learns that his lover, Daianara, has lost her senses. Acording of the...

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  • 1971
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    The Bloodstained Butterfly

    The Bloodstained Butterfly

    6.147 1971 HD

    When a young female student is savagely killed in a park during a thunderstorm, the culprit seems obvious: TV sports personality Alessandro Marchi,...

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  • 1971
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    The Bloodstained Butterfly

    The Bloodstained Butterfly

    6.147 1971 HD

    When a young female student is savagely killed in a park during a thunderstorm, the culprit seems obvious: TV sports personality Alessandro Marchi,...

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  • 1965
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    The Return of Ringo

    The Return of Ringo

    6.302 1965 HD

    Once again billed as Montgomery Wood, Giuliano Gemma plays a civil war soldier who returns to his family land to find his family decimated, his...

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  • 1965
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    The Return of Ringo

    The Return of Ringo

    6.302 1965 HD

    Once again billed as Montgomery Wood, Giuliano Gemma plays a civil war soldier who returns to his family land to find his family decimated, his...

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  • 1990
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    There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs

    There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs

    5.9 1990 HD

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  • 1990
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    There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs

    There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs

    5.9 1990 HD

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  • 1975
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    Zorro

    Zorro

    6.594 1975 HD

    A newly arrived governor finds his province under the control of the corrupt Colonel Huerta. To avoid assassination by Huerta, he pretends to be weak...

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  • 1985
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    Tex and the Lord of the Deep

    Tex and the Lord of the Deep

    4.667 1985 HD

    Based on the adventures of the hero Tex from the comic strip by Bonelli. An interesting spaghetti-western/fantasy movie that blends magic and...

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  • 1985
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    Tex and the Lord of the Deep

    Tex and the Lord of the Deep

    4.667 1985 HD

    Based on the adventures of the hero Tex from the comic strip by Bonelli. An interesting spaghetti-western/fantasy movie that blends magic and...

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  • 1965
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    A Pistol for Ringo

    A Pistol for Ringo

    6.2 1965 HD

    Giuliano Gemma stars as a cool, cocky mercenary enlisted by a sheriff to infiltrate a ruthless gang of outlaws. Ennio Morricone provided the score to...

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  • 1965
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    A Pistol for Ringo

    A Pistol for Ringo

    6.2 1965 HD

    Giuliano Gemma stars as a cool, cocky mercenary enlisted by a sheriff to infiltrate a ruthless gang of outlaws. Ennio Morricone provided the score to...

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  • 1965
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    A Pistol for Ringo

    A Pistol for Ringo

    6.2 1965 HD

    Giuliano Gemma stars as a cool, cocky mercenary enlisted by a sheriff to infiltrate a ruthless gang of outlaws. Ennio Morricone provided the score to...

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  • 1974
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    Puzzle

    Puzzle

    5.685 1974 HD

    In London, A man who has amnesia attempts to uncover the truth about his identity. A menacing individual accuses him of betrayal, and soon more...

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  • 1973
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    Tony Arzenta

    Tony Arzenta

    6.157 1973 HD

    A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications - and many bloody shootouts - ensue.

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  • 1966
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    Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang

    Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang

    7.7 1966 HD

    Kirk Warren, a former spy, is to be executed because he tried to steal a million dollars. But he is saved by Colonel Smithson because Sir Wilcox has...

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  • 1966
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    Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang

    Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang

    7.7 1966 HD

    Kirk Warren, a former spy, is to be executed because he tried to steal a million dollars. But he is saved by Colonel Smithson because Sir Wilcox has...

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  • 1966
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    Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang

    Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang

    7.7 1966 HD

    Kirk Warren, a former spy, is to be executed because he tried to steal a million dollars. But he is saved by Colonel Smithson because Sir Wilcox has...

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  • 1965
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    The Woman from Beirut

    The Woman from Beirut

    4.5 1965 HD

    Isabel is a beautiful aspiring singer with great aspirations but persistent bad luck convicted of a crime she did not commit. Serving time in prison...

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  • 1970
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    Death Occurred Last Night

    Death Occurred Last Night

    6.283 1970 HD

    A chief police inspector investigates the disappearance of a 25-year-old woman, the daughter of a lonely widower. After she turns up dead, the cops...

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  • 1974
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    Three Tough Guys

    Three Tough Guys

    5 1974 HD

    Isaac Hayes plays as Lee in his feature film debut, as Father Charlie and himself solve a bank robbery mystery that stretches across the city. After...

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  • 1968
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    The Bastard

    The Bastard

    6.071 1968 HD

    A criminal (Giuliano Gemma) seeks vengeance when his double-dealing brother (Klaus Kinski) steals his jewels and mutilates his shooting hand.

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  • 1969
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    Alive or Preferably Dead

    Alive or Preferably Dead

    5.5 1969 HD

    Two brothers, Monty and Ted, will inherit $300,000 if they manage to live together for six months.

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  • 1969
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    Alive or Preferably Dead

    Alive or Preferably Dead

    5.5 1969 HD

    Two brothers, Monty and Ted, will inherit $300,000 if they manage to live together for six months.

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  • 1992
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    Beyond Justice

    Beyond Justice

    3.833 1992 HD

    A woman's ex-husband, who is the son of an Arab chieftain, kidnaps their teenage son and brings him back to Morocco, where the boy is to be made the...

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  • 1962
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    My Son, the Hero

    My Son, the Hero

    5.7 1962 HD

    Krios, the youngest of the Titans, may be the least strong of the seven brothers whose strength comes from their mother, earth-goddess Gaia, but is...

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  • 1976
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    La madama

    La madama

    4.5 1976 HD

    In the slang of the underworld or "mala" there is a special term for cop: "Madama". But if word were to get around that the "Madama" is Vito...

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  • 1961
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    Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World

    Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World

    5.8 1961 HD

    Samson must rescue a beautiful Chinese princess from a marauding horde of warriors.

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  • 1961
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    Duel of the Titans

    Duel of the Titans

    5.1 1961 HD

    Twin brothers were raised by wolves, revolt against tyranny in pre-Roman Italy and then come to a parting of the ways as they lead their people...

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  • 1966
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    Seven Guns for the MacGregors

    Seven Guns for the MacGregors

    5.1 1966 HD

    Ranch owner MacGregor has seven sons and oldest Gregor leads his brothers to Las Mesas, a small town where they want to sell horses. They get into...

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  • 1976
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    Safari Express

    Safari Express

    4.9 1976 HD

    John and Howard work in a company named Safari Express booking tourists on safaris. Their lives are turned upside down when they encounter a...

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  • 1968
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    A Train for Durango

    A Train for Durango

    5.192 1968 HD

    Two buddy adventurers witness a train-robbery and are then hunting the robbed gold and they also robbed Helen.

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  • 1968
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    A Train for Durango

    A Train for Durango

    5.192 1968 HD

    Two buddy adventurers witness a train-robbery and are then hunting the robbed gold and they also robbed Helen.

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  • 1971
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    Don't Turn the Other Cheek

    Don't Turn the Other Cheek

    5.5 1971 HD

    A spaghetti western in which three adventurers team up during the Mexican Revolution. Mary O'Donnell, a radical Irish journalist, wants to foment a...

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  • 1960
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    The Revolt of the Slaves

    The Revolt of the Slaves

    5.4 1960 HD

    A rich man's daughter (Rhonda Fleming) sides with a Christian rebel during the fall of the Roman Empire.

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  • 1966
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    Balearic Caper

    Balearic Caper

    4.4 1966 HD

    A scepter is stolen, and it's hunted for by various groups of international robbers and spies, for various reasons - in a parody of 007 movies.

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  • 1974
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    Puzzle

    Puzzle

    5.685 1974 HD

    In London, A man who has amnesia attempts to uncover the truth about his identity. A menacing individual accuses him of betrayal, and soon more...

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  • 1960
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    Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan

    Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan

    8 1960 HD

    Cathrine has been sentenced to the gas chamber but Police Lieutenant Sheridan does not believe she is guilty of the murder she has been accused of....

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  • 1967
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    Dick Smart 2.007

    Dick Smart 2.007

    7 1967 HD

    Lady Lorraine Lister, a financer of expensive experiments, has discovered a way to obtain pure diamonds by the means of a radiation device. She hires...

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  • 1962
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    My Son, the Hero

    My Son, the Hero

    5.7 1962 HD

    Krios, the youngest of the Titans, may be the least strong of the seven brothers whose strength comes from their mother, earth-goddess Gaia, but is...

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  • 1962
    imgMovies

    My Son, the Hero

    My Son, the Hero

    5.7 1962 HD

    Krios, the youngest of the Titans, may be the least strong of the seven brothers whose strength comes from their mother, earth-goddess Gaia, but is...

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  • 1981
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    Un centesimo di secondo

    Un centesimo di secondo

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Scapegoat

    The Scapegoat

    6.3 1963 HD

    Il Fornaretto di Venezia (US TV title: The Scapegoat) is a 1963 Italian film directed by Duccio Tessari who co-wrote screenplay with Marcello...

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  • 1963
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    The Scapegoat

    The Scapegoat

    6.3 1963 HD

    Il Fornaretto di Venezia (US TV title: The Scapegoat) is a 1963 Italian film directed by Duccio Tessari who co-wrote screenplay with Marcello...

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  • 1972
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    Winged Devils

    Winged Devils

    1 1972 HD

    The real-life courage and audacity of aeronautic acrobats whose ground life is often as exciting as flight maneuvers.

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  • 1986
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    Please, Let the Flowers Live

    Please, Let the Flowers Live

    1 1986 HD

    A lawyer who survives a plane crash takes the opportunity to take a new identity and begin a new life.

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  • 1976
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    La madama

    La madama

    4.5 1976 HD

    In the slang of the underworld or "mala" there is a special term for cop: "Madama". But if word were to get around that the "Madama" is Vito...

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  • 1973
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    The Heroes

    The Heroes

    4.5 1973 HD

    Four soldiers and a beautiful Greek nurse, thrown together in North Africa during World War II, team up to pull off a heist of two-million pounds in...

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  • 1964
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    Secret of the Sphinx

    Secret of the Sphinx

    6.8 1964 HD

    Shot on location in Egypt, the story unfurls like an Italian Giallo as a group of people meet under strange circumstances, and one by one they are...

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  • 1964
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    Secret of the Sphinx

    Secret of the Sphinx

    6.8 1964 HD

    Shot on location in Egypt, the story unfurls like an Italian Giallo as a group of people meet under strange circumstances, and one by one they are...

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  • 1960
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    Carthage in Flames

    Carthage in Flames

    5.1 1960 HD

    Historical drama depicting the last of the Punic Wars between the Roman Republic and Carthage.

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  • 1972
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    Winged Devils

    Winged Devils

    1 1972 HD

    The real-life courage and audacity of aeronautic acrobats whose ground life is often as exciting as flight maneuvers.

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  • 1968
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    Better a Widow

    Better a Widow

    1 1968 HD

    Tom Proby is a representative from a British engineering firm sent to Sicily to convince the landowners (all in the Mafia) to allow his company to...

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  • 1968
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    The Bastard

    The Bastard

    6.071 1968 HD

    A criminal (Giuliano Gemma) seeks vengeance when his double-dealing brother (Klaus Kinski) steals his jewels and mutilates his shooting hand.

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  • 1959
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    The Last Days of Pompeii

    The Last Days of Pompeii

    6.1 1959 HD

    Glaucus, a demobilized centurion returns home to Pompeii to find his father murdered by a gang of black-hooded Christian robbers that terrorizes the...

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  • 1961
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    Hercules and the Captive Women

    Hercules and the Captive Women

    4.4 1961 HD

    King Androcles of Thebes commands a ship in search of a threat to Greece, predicted by an atmospheric oracle. Hercules is part of the crew, but the...

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  • 1961
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    Hercules and the Captive Women

    Hercules and the Captive Women

    4.4 1961 HD

    King Androcles of Thebes commands a ship in search of a threat to Greece, predicted by an atmospheric oracle. Hercules is part of the crew, but the...

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  • 1961
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    Hercules and the Captive Women

    Hercules and the Captive Women

    4.4 1961 HD

    King Androcles of Thebes commands a ship in search of a threat to Greece, predicted by an atmospheric oracle. Hercules is part of the crew, but the...

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  • 1965
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    Dangerous Pleasures

    Dangerous Pleasures

    4.5 1965 HD

    Two married women on vacation decide to see who the better seductress is. When the local authorities investigate the death of a local prostitute,...

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  • 1962
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    Marco Polo

    Marco Polo

    4.2 1962 HD

    Italian explorer rescues the daughter of the Mongol leader Kublai Khan, meets a hermit who has invented gunpowder and builds a cannon.

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  • 1960
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    Goliath and the Dragon

    Goliath and the Dragon

    5.2 1960 HD

    A warrior returning home to his country must battle giant bats, three-headed dogs and a vicious dragon to save his wife, and his people, from the...

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  • 1968
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    Better a Widow

    Better a Widow

    1 1968 HD

    Tom Proby is a representative from a British engineering firm sent to Sicily to convince the landowners (all in the Mafia) to allow his company to...

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  • 1991
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    Desert Law

    Desert Law

    5.4 1991 HD

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  • 1961
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    Hercules in the Haunted World

    Hercules in the Haunted World

    6.7 1961 HD

    Upon his return from battle in the previous film, the great warrior Hercules learns that his lover, Daianara, has lost her senses. Acording of the...

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  • 1960
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    Colossus and the Amazon Queen

    Colossus and the Amazon Queen

    4.409 1960 HD

    Two muscle-men come up against a tribe of Amazon women.

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  • 1960
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    Colossus and the Amazon Queen

    Colossus and the Amazon Queen

    4.409 1960 HD

    Two muscle-men come up against a tribe of Amazon women.

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  • 1960
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    Messalina

    Messalina

    5.5 1960 HD

    Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of...

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  • 1960
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    Messalina

    Messalina

    5.5 1960 HD

    Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of...

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  • 1960
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    Messalina

    Messalina

    5.5 1960 HD

    Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of...

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  • 1961
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    Goliath and the Vampires

    Goliath and the Vampires

    5.2 1961 HD

    Maciste's village is attacked by pirates. The women, including Maciste's fiancee Guja, are carried off to Salmanak, where dwells the lair of the...

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  • 1961
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    Goliath and the Vampires

    Goliath and the Vampires

    5.2 1961 HD

    Maciste's village is attacked by pirates. The women, including Maciste's fiancee Guja, are carried off to Salmanak, where dwells the lair of the...

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  • 1960
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    Love, the Italian Way

    Love, the Italian Way

    4.4 1960 HD

    A group of passengers traveling around the Mediterranean on a luxury liner enjoy various adventures and become romantically involved with each other.

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  • 1985
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    Baciami Strega

    Baciami Strega

    1 1985 HD

    A beautiful witch is sent to Earth by the devil to capture the souls of a group of ambitious men.

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  • 1959
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    The Last Days of Pompeii

    The Last Days of Pompeii

    6.1 1959 HD

    Glaucus, a demobilized centurion returns home to Pompeii to find his father murdered by a gang of black-hooded Christian robbers that terrorizes the...

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  • 1958
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    Cannon Serenade

    Cannon Serenade

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1981
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    Un centesimo di secondo

    Un centesimo di secondo

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1965
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    Dangerous Pleasures

    Dangerous Pleasures

    4.5 1965 HD

    Two married women on vacation decide to see who the better seductress is. When the local authorities investigate the death of a local prostitute,...

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  • 1967
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    Per amore... per magia...

    Per amore... per magia...

    6 1967 HD

    There was once upon a time the Grand Duchy of Forilalì where Aladdin lived. After taking part in many robberies, he decided to turn honest for...

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  • 1969
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    Quella piccola differenza

    Quella piccola differenza

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1967
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    Per amore... per magia...

    Per amore... per magia...

    6 1967 HD

    There was once upon a time the Grand Duchy of Forilalì where Aladdin lived. After taking part in many robberies, he decided to turn honest for...

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  • 1969
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    Quella piccola differenza

    Quella piccola differenza

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Fifth Commandment

    The Fifth Commandment

    1 1978 HD

    A notorious gang of robbers threaten the Ruhr region of Germany in the 1920s.

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  • 1978
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    The Fifth Commandment

    The Fifth Commandment

    1 1978 HD

    A notorious gang of robbers threaten the Ruhr region of Germany in the 1920s.

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  • 1970
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    Death Occurred Last Night

    Death Occurred Last Night

    6.283 1970 HD

    A chief police inspector investigates the disappearance of a 25-year-old woman, the daughter of a lonely widower. After she turns up dead, the cops...

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  • 1964
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    A Fistful of Dollars

    A Fistful of Dollars

    7.8 1964 HD

    The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter....

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  • 1961
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    The Wonders of Aladdin

    The Wonders of Aladdin

    5.1 1961 HD

    Young Aladdin has a series of wild adventures after he discovers a magic lamp containing a genie.

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  • 1964
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    The Avenger of Venice

    The Avenger of Venice

    6 1964 HD

    Rolando, who was close to marrying the daughter of the Doge, is condemned after a highly unfair judicial process and locked up in Venice. Digging a...

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