Skip to main content
Fernando Di Leo
Writer 1932 - 2003

Fernando Di Leo

San Ferdinando di Puglia, Italy

Fernando Di Leo (11 January 1932 – 2 December 2003) was an Italian film director and script writer. He made 17 films as a director and about 50 scripts from 1964 to 1985. Fernando Di Leo was born on 11 January 1932 in San Ferdinando di Puglia. After briefly working in Rome's... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

28 titles
Vacanze per un massacro

Vacanze per un massacro

Fernando Di Leo 1980 1h 29m 6.0

An escaped convicted murderer invades the cottage of a man, his wife and the wife's sister, whereupon he proceeds to torment this already dysfunctional trio with rape and violence.

Avere vent'anni

Avere vent'anni

Fernando Di Leo 1978 1h 34m 6.0

Two young women hitchhike to Rome seeking a free commune and sexual freedom, but instead get entangled with prostitution, police, and a dangerous gang.

Diamanti sporchi di sangue

Diamanti sporchi di sangue

Fernando Di Leo 1977 1h 39m 6.5

A man is arrested and condemned to five years in jail for robbery. After serving his term, he is out for revenge on the gang members he considers were to blame for his arrest. The prize for this deadly fight is a large cache of diamonds.

Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore

Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore

Ruggero Deodato 1976 1h 36m 5.0

Fred and Tony are members of an elite 'special squad' of police in Rome, Italy who are licensed-to-kill, undercover cops and who love to live dangerously.

Liberi armati pericolosi

Liberi armati pericolosi

Romolo Guerrieri 1976 1h 40m 7.0

Paul, Joe and Louie are three young men from good families who decide to go on a bloodthirsty and pointless crime spree, much to the dismay of paul’s girlfriend (Eleonora Giorgi) and the local police commissioner (Tomas Milian). the group starts by robbing a gas station where paul guns down three innocent bystanders.

I padroni della città

I padroni della città

Fernando Di Leo 1976 1h 36m 5.0

Tony, a mob loan collector, is dissatisfied with his station in life. Though he dreams of one day being rich, he is stuck with the dead-end job of beating up borrowers who fall behind in their payments. After meeting up with Napoli, another mob enforcer who's just been fired from his job, the two hatch a plan.

La città sconvolta: caccia spietata ai rapitori

La città sconvolta: caccia spietata ai rapitori

Fernando Di Leo 1975 1h 40m 7.0

After his son is kidnapped, a millionaire industrialist (James Mason) seeks revenge, in spite of the potential danger that his rash actions will bring about for his child and another kidnapped boy, the son of a poor mechanic (Luc Merenda).

Colpo in canna

Colpo in canna

Fernando Di Leo 1975 1h 36m 6.0

An air hostess gets involved in Naples, against her will, in the in-fighting amongst rival gangs.

Il poliziotto è marcio

Il poliziotto è marcio

Fernando Di Leo 1974 1h 34m 6.0

When mobsters try to put an honest policeman on the payroll, he seeks revenge on the mob. But, he soon learns that his actions, however honest, have dire consequences.

La seduzione

La seduzione

Fernando Di Leo 1973 1h 39m 6.0

Giuseppe commits to love a woman he hasn't seen in 15 years, amid dangers of seduction from her daughter.

Il boss

Il boss

Fernando Di Leo 1973 1h 49m 7.0

A hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians.

Milano calibro 9

Milano calibro 9

Fernando Di Leo 1972 1h 42m 7.3

Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden $300,000 that should have gone to an American drug syndicate boss.

La mala ordina

La mala ordina

Fernando Di Leo 1972 1h 36m 7.5

When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him to eliminate any chance of them finding out he's the wrong man.

La bestia uccide a sangue freddo

La bestia uccide a sangue freddo

Fernando Di Leo 1971 1h 37m 4.5

A masked killer stalks an institution for mentally disturbed rich women.

I ragazzi del massacro

I ragazzi del massacro

Fernando Di Leo 1969 1h 32m 7.0

Some youngsters kill their teacher; but they won't tell their motivation. The police detective on the case feels some sinister influence behind the young murderers.

Ognuno per sé

Ognuno per sé

Giorgio Capitani 1968 1h 40m

After years of hard work, old Sam Cooper has finally found a gold mine. Since he cannot take everything he has found with him, he blows up the entrance. To help him exploit his discovery, he calls on his godson Manolo Sanchez. But Manolo is accompanied by "the blond," a strange man who seems to dominate him.

Al di là della legge

Al di là della legge

Giorgio Stegani 1968 1h 49m 7.5

A thief takes the job as a town sheriff in order to rob a silver shipment before his ex-partner can grab it.

Wanted

Wanted

Giorgio Ferroni 1967 1h 44m

Giuliano Gemma, elected sheriff by his small town, is unjustly accused of murder and forced to flee. The man behind the false charge is a lurid figure who leads a band of cattle rustlers. Our hero tries to prove his innocence by getting rid of his enemies one by one. -From http://www.spaghetti-western.net

Omicidio per appuntamento

Omicidio per appuntamento

Mino Guerrini 1967 1h 45m 5.0

Vince Dreyser, an American detective in Rome, agrees to meet an old chemist friend, who is also in the city to marry a woman named Lidia. When his friend fails to show up, Dreyser begins searching for him, only to be attacked by two gangsters.

I lunghi giorni della vendetta (Faccia d'angelo)

I lunghi giorni della vendetta (Faccia d'angelo)

Florestano Vancini 1967 1h 30m 5.0

After suffering three years of hard labor in a prison camp, former sheriff Ted Barnett escapes. Now he seeks revenge.

7 donne per i Mac Gregor

7 donne per i Mac Gregor

Franco Giraldi 1967 1h 33m

Seven brothers team up to rescue their gold and their women from a ruthless bandit.

Sugar Colt

Sugar Colt

Franco Giraldi 1966 1h 46m

A former government spy disguises himself as an eccentric doctor to investigate the disappearance of an entire platoon of Union Army troops, whom he discovers are being held for ransom.

Navajo Joe

Navajo Joe

Sergio Corbucci 1966 1h 33m 5.7

The sole survivor of a bloody massacre vows revenge on his attackers and on the men who killed his wife.

Le colt cantarono la morte e fu... tempo di massacro

Le colt cantarono la morte e fu... tempo di massacro

Lucio Fulci 1966 1h 32m 5.0

A prospector and his drunkard brother must fight against the insane and sadistic son of a wealthy rancher, who has dispossessed them of their family farm.

Johnny Yuma

Johnny Yuma

Romolo Guerrieri 1966 1h 40m 5.0

Infidelity, murder, and betrayal lies at the center of this violent Spaghetti western. A scheming wife does away with her husband, causing the man's heir to seek revenge. A number of double-crosses and bloody gun battles follow, eventually driving the woman to flee into the desert.

7 pistole per i MacGregor

7 pistole per i MacGregor

Franco Giraldi 1966 1h 47m

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 trouble with local people who are related with evil Santillana. After getting imprisoned and losing their horses they decide to go after Santillana's gang.

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.

Per un pugno di dollari

Per un pugno di dollari

Sergio Leone 1964 1h 39m 7.8

A Fistful of Dollars is the 1964 Sergio Leone film starring Clint Eastwood and the first Spaghetti Western to take place in the United States. The film was the first in a trilogy that referenced Akira Kurosawa’s ‘Yojimbo’ and became an international success and founded the Spaghetti Western genre.

Discussion

Loading the discussion…