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Duccio Tessari

Duccio Tessari

filmmaker (1926-1994)
October 11, 1926 (September 6, 1994)

Desert Law

V.O.: Il Principe del deserto
It. 1991. Adventures by Duccio Tessari with Rutger Hauer, Carol Alt, Omar Sharif. A New York businesswoman hires a mercenary to retrieve her young son, whom her Arab ex-husband has taken by force to Morocco.
Runtime: 300 min.
Runtime: 92 min.

Tex and the Lord of the Deep

V.O.: Tex e il Signore degli Abissi
It. 1985. Western by Duccio Tessari with Giuliano Gemma, William Berger, Carlo Mucari. In search of a shipment of stolen guns, a ranger runs afoul of a warlike Indigenous community that worships an Aztec god and wants revenge on the whites.
Runtime: 104 min.
It. 1977. Adventures by Duccio Tessari with Giuliano Gemma, Ursula Andress, Jack Palance. A young tour guide fights an arms dealer in Africa.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1974. Adventures by Duccio Tessari with Alain Delon, Stanley Baker, Ottavia Piccolo. A masked vigilante borrows the identity of a murdered governor.
Runtime: 91 min.

Puzzle

V.O.: L'Uomo senza memoria
It. 1974. Crime drama by Duccio Tessari with Luc Mérenda, Senta Berger, Umberto Orsini. Having become amnesiac following an accident, a man gradually discovers his criminal past.
Runtime: 91 min.

Tough Guys

V.O.: Uomini Duri
It. 1973. Crime drama by Duccio Tessari with Lino Ventura, Isaac Hayes, Fred Williamson. With the help of a former police officer, a priest undertakes an investigation into the death of a friend who was killed by the mob.
Runtime: 92 min.

Big Guns

V.O.: Tony Arzenta
It. 1973. Crime drama by Duccio Tessari with Alain Delon, Richard Conte, Umberto Orsini. A professional killer sets out to take revenge after his wife and young son are murdered.
Runtime: 92 min.

The Heroes

V.O.: Gli Eroi
It. 1973. Adventures by Duccio Tessari with Rod Steiger, Claude Brasseur, Rosanna Schiaffino. In the North African desert, during the war, a Frenchman, an American, a Greek woman, and some Germans fight over a fabulous loot.
Runtime: 105 min.

Don't Turn the Other Cheek

V.O.: ¡Viva la muerte... tua!
It. 1971. Western by Duccio Tessari with Franco Nero, Eli Wallach, Lynn Redgrave. The misadventures of two men and a woman in search of a treasure in Mexico.
Runtime: 103 min.

The Cats

V.O.: I Bastardi
It. 1969. Crime drama by Duccio Tessari with Giuliano Gemma, Klaus Kinski, Rita Hayworth. Two criminal brothers come into conflict after a successful diamond robbery.
Runtime: 90 min.

Alive or Preferably Dead

V.O.: Vivi o preferibilmente morti
It. 1969. Western by Duccio Tessari with Giuliano Gemma, Nino Benvenuti, Antonio Casas. In order to receive an uncle's inheritance, a young man must live with a brother he hates for at least six months.
Runtime: 102 min.

Better a Widow

V.O.: Meglio Vedova
It. 1967. Comedy by Duccio Tessari with Peter McEnery, Virna Lisi, Gabriele Ferzetti. The tribulations of an expert from an English oil company who comes to Sicily to install a refinery.
Runtime: 90 min.

Seven Guns for the MacGregors

V.O.: Sette Pistole per i MacGregor
It. 1966. Western by Franco Giraldi with Robert Wood, Agata Flori, Leo Anchoriz. Scottish people living in Texas are fighting a Mexican bandit.
Runtime: 93 min.

Dangerous Pleasures

V.O.: Una Voglia da morire
It. 1966. Drama by Duccio Tessari with Annie Girardot, Raf Vallone, Alberto Lionello. Two young women of the Milanese bourgeoisie embark on an adventure out of boredom that leads to tragedy.
Runtime: 98 min.

Secret of the Sphinx

V.O.: La Sfinge sorride prima di morire - stop - Londra
It. 1965. Crime drama by Duccio Tessari with Tony Russel, Maria Perschy, Ivan Desny. A police inspector is assigned to recover gold bars stolen in Cairo.
Runtime: 95 min.

Balearic Caper

V.O.: Zarabanda Bing Bing
Esp. 1965. Police comedy by José Maria Forqué with Mireille Darc, Jacques Sernas, Marilu Tolo. Various people with more or less bad intentions are competing for a very valuable scepter.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Scapegoat

V.O.: Il Fornaretto di Venezia
It. 1963. History by Duccio Tessari with Michèle Morgan, Enrico Maria Salerno, Jacques Perrin. In 15th century Venice, a young baker is unjustly accused of a count's murder, a crime he confesses to under torture.
Runtime: 93 min.

Hercules in the Haunted World

V.O.: Ercole al centro della terra
It. 1962. Adventures by Mario Bava with Reg Park, Giorgio Ardisson, Christopher Lee. Hercules descends to the underworld to seize a marvelous stone that will cure his fiancee, who is suffering from a mysterious illness.
Runtime: 80 min.

My Son, the Hero

V.O.: Arrivano i Titani
It. 1962. Adventures by Duccio Tessari with Giuliano Gemma, Jacqueline Sassard, Pedro Armendariz. The adventures of a young Titan who was given the mission to correct the king of Crete.
Runtime: 111 min.

Goliath and the Vampires

V.O.: Maciste contro il vampiro
It. 1961. Adventures by Giacomo Gentilomo with Gordon Scott, Gianna Maria Canale, Jacques Sernas. A giant fights the Sultan of Salmanak who wants to dominate the world with an army of human automatons.
Runtime: 91 min.

Hercules and the Captive Women

V.O.: Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide
It. 1961. Adventures drama by Vittorio Cottafavi with Reg Park, Fay Spain, Ettore Manni. Hercules enters the fight against the queen of Atlantis who threatens to invade Greece.
Runtime: 90 min.

Goliath and the Dragon

V.O.: La Vendetta di Ercole
It. 1961. Adventures by Vittorio Cottafavi with Mark Forest, Broderick Crawford, Gaby Andreu. The king of Mycenae has sworn to murder the demigod Hercules.
Runtime: 87 min.

Duel of the Titans

V.O.: Romolo e Remo
It. 1961. Adventures by Sergio Corbucci with Steve Reeves, Virna Lisi, Gordon Scott. The story of the founding of Rome by the brothers Romulus and Remus.
Runtime: 89 min.

Carthage in Flames

V.O.: Cartagine in fiamme
It. 1959. History by Carmine Gallone with Daniel Gélin, Anne Heywood, Jose Suarez. As Carthage is under siege, a young warrior attempts to save the woman he loves.
Runtime: 95 min.

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