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Duccio Tessari
Director 1926 - 1994

Duccio Tessari

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... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

13 titles
Safari Express

Safari Express

Duccio Tessari 1976 1h 33m

John and Howard work in a company named Safari Express booking tourists on safaris. Their lives are turned upside down when they encounter a beautiful blonde wandering in the jungle who doesn't know who she is. They also discover uranium and what appear to be some well-mannered simians.

Zorro

Zorro

Duccio Tessari 1975 1h 58m 6.5

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 and indecisive so Huerta will believe he poses no threat.

L'uomo senza memoria

L'uomo senza memoria

Duccio Tessari 1974 1h 32m 6.0

It was directed by Duccio Tessari, his previous giallo was The Bloodstained Butterfly. It stars Luc Merenda, Anita Strindberg, Senta Berger, Umberto Orsini, Bruno Corazzari, Manfred Freyberger and Rosario Borelli.

Tony Arzenta (Big Guns)

Tony Arzenta (Big Guns)

Duccio Tessari 1973 1h 53m 5.0

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

Gli eroi

Gli eroi

Duccio Tessari 1973

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 boxes marked "plasma."

¡Viva la muerte... tua!

¡Viva la muerte... tua!

Duccio Tessari 1971 1h 55m

A self-proclaimed Russian prince, a Mexican bandit and a radical Irish female journalist team up during the Mexican Revolution to find fortune and notoriety.

Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate

Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate

Duccio Tessari 1971 1h 39m 6.0

A girl is murdered in a park. The man is tried and convicted for the crime but the killings suddenly continue.

La morte risale a ieri sera

La morte risale a ieri sera

Duccio Tessari 1970 1h 33m 7.0

A chief police inspector investigates the disappearance of a 25-year-old, mentally retarded woman, the daughter of a lonely widower. After she turns up dead, the cops race to find the killers before the grieving father does

Vivi o preferibilmente morti

Vivi o preferibilmente morti

Duccio Tessari 1969 1h 37m 4.0

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

I bastardi

I bastardi

Duccio Tessari 1968 1h 42m

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

Una pistola per Ringo

Una pistola per Ringo

Duccio Tessari 1965 1h 38m 7.0

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 this early spaghetti western hit.

Il ritorno di Ringo

Il ritorno di Ringo

Duccio Tessari 1965 1h 35m 6.0

Dopo aver combattuto con l'esercito unionista durante la Guerra di Secessione, Ringo torna a casa e scopre che la città è in mano ai banditi che, nel frattempo, gli hanno anche rapito moglie e figlia.

Arrivano i titani

Arrivano i titani

Duccio Tessari 1962 1h 51m

An evil king makes a bargain with a devil in order to get away with murdering his wife.

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