Duccio Tessari
Writing · Born 1926-10-11 · age 67 at death · Genoa, Italy
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.
Titles
A Fistful of Dollars
The Return of Ringo
Zorro
Hercules in the Haunted World
A Pistol for Ringo
Tony Arzenta
The Bloodstained Butterfly
The Last Days of Pompeii
Hercules and the Captive Women
Puzzle
Romulus and Remus
Death Occurred Last Night
The Revenge of Hercules
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
Alive or Preferably Dead
The Wonders of Aladdin
Seven Guns for the MacGregors
A Train for Durango
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
My Son, the Hero
Three Tough Guys
The Bastard
Beyond Justice
Messalina
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
Safari Express
The Revolt of the Slaves
Carthage in Flames
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
Love, the Italian Way
Balearic Caper
Secret of the Sphinx
Marco Polo
Goliath and the Vampires
The Avenger of Venice
The Woman from Beirut
The Scapegoat
In camera mia
La madama
Winged Devils
The Heroes
Dangerous Pleasures
Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan
Dick Smart 2.007
Per amore... per magia...
Better a Widow
Un centesimo di secondo
Please, Let the Flowers Live
Baciami Strega
Cannon Serenade
The Fifth Commandment
The Law of the Desert
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