Mario Amendola
Writing · Born 1910-12-08 · age 83 at death · Recco, Liguria, Italia
Mario Natalino Concetto Amendola (8 December 1910 – 22 December 1993) was an Italian screenwriter, film director and dramatist. Amendola was born in Recco, which is located in Genova to parents from Rome. He began his career on stage in 1931 as a writer for avanspettacolo shows. During that time, he wrote dialogue for Erminio Macario, Totò and more. He ended this profession and moved to cinema in 1949. He wrote for 153 films between 1941 and 1987. He also directed 37 films between 1949 and 1975.[1] Amendola collaborated with Bruno Corbucci on conceiving the Nico Giraldi film series starring Tomas Milian.
Titles
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure
Banana Joe
The Great Silence
Odds and Evens
Aladdin
The Haunted House
Thieves and Robbers
Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio
Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
Rimini Rimini
Stuff for the Rich
Crime at the Chinese Restaurant
Viuuulentemente mia
Assassination on the Tiber
The Cop in Blue Jeans
Crime on the Highway
Crime in Formula One
Crime at Porta Romana
Cop in Drag
Di che segno sei?
Hit Squad
Three Tigers Against Three Tigers
The Swindle
Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici
Little Italy
The White, The Yellow, and The Black
The Story of Romance and Knife
The Gang That Sold America
Agenzia Riccardo Finzi... praticamente detective
Rimini, Rimini: A Year Later
The Rape of the Sabine
La famiglia Passaguai
The Devil and Holy Water
I'm Getting a Yacht
Africa Express
4 Crazy Draftees at the Army
Killer Adios
Franco, Ciccio and the Pirate Blackbeard
Toto at Night
Totò sexy
The World's Gold
Who Gave You the License?
Sonny and Jed
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
The Two Gladiators
Days of Violence
Isabella, Duchess of the Devils
Shoot, Gringo... Shoot!
Battle of the Amazons
Story of Fear and a Knife
The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules
The Passaguai Family Gets Rich
Safari Express
2 mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge
Tutto Totò - Totò a Napoli
Pasqualino Cammarata... capitano di fregata
Poppea: A Prostitute in Service of the Emperor
Messalina, Messalina!
Il trafficone
The Son of the Sheik