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Massimo De Rita
Writer 1934 - 2013 Would have turned 92 today

Massimo De Rita

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

18 titles
Stanno tutti bene

Stanno tutti bene

Giuseppe Tornatore 1990 2h 1m 7.5

Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat, a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit and finds none as he imagined.

La maschera del demonio

La maschera del demonio

Lamberto Bava 1990 1h 34m 4.0

Skiers in Northern Italy unwittingly awaken an ancient witch after removing her mask in a crevasse. Their actions unleash a curse, leading to terrifying consequences.

Il segreto del Sahara

Il segreto del Sahara

1988 1h 30m 10.0

In 1925, Desmond Jordan, an American archaeologist, tries to find the mysterious Speaking Mountain that is supposed to be in the middle of the Sahara desert, where he meets a bunch of deserters from the French Foreign Legion, who are pursued by the ruthless Lieutenant Ryker.

Il camorrista

Il camorrista

Giuseppe Tornatore 1986 2h 51m 7.0

An imprisoned murderer carries out a violent bid for control of Naples' underworld crime syndicate.

Blastfighter

Blastfighter

Lamberto Bava 1984 1h 27m 5.0

An ex-cop, fresh out of prison, returns home to find it ruled by violent rednecks and must fight to protect himself and his daughter, using his combat skills and a powerful grenade launcher.

Porca vacca

Porca vacca

Pasquale Festa Campanile 1982 1h 34m 1.0

When a stage artist is send to fight he met a lovely girl.

L'uomo puma

L'uomo puma

Alberto De Martino 1980 1h 37m 4.0

Thousands of years ago, aliens visited Earth and fathered the Pumaman, a man-god with supernatural powers entrusted by a gold mask with the ability to control people's minds, which in present-day London, falls into the wrong hands.

La via della droga

La via della droga

Enzo G. Castellari 1977 1h 32m 6.0

An Italian policeman goes undercover to break up an international heroin smuggling ring, and butts heads with a hot-tempered Interpol agent assigned to the same task.

Il grande racket

Il grande racket

Enzo G. Castellari 1976 1h 44m 7.3

Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles against hoodlums terrorising a sleepy Italian village, extorting cash from the locals.

Vai Gorilla

Vai Gorilla

Tonino Valerii 1975 1h 40m 5.0

Young Marco Sartori is hired as a bodyguard of the manufacturer Gaetano Sampioni who is blackmailed by mysterious criminals.

Il cittadino si ribella

Il cittadino si ribella

Enzo G. Castellari 1974 1h 43m 7.0

A martial arts-trained lawyer (Jeff Wincott) is forced to fight in illicit matches after he is framed for a crime, is dismissed from his firm, and all his assets are tied up, including his clothing and furniture after he is evicted from his apartment.

Valdez il mezzosangue

Valdez il mezzosangue

John Sturges, Duilio Coletti 1973 1h 38m 6.0

A runaway teenager and a mixed-race horse breeder strike an unlikely friendship in the context of common hardships.

Revolver

Revolver

Sergio Sollima 1973 1h 50m 7.0

An Italian prison warden is forced to exchange a French criminal for his kidnapped wife, but they soon find themselves on the trail of a larger conspiracy.

Bisturi, la mafia bianca

Bisturi, la mafia bianca

Luigi Zampa 1973 1h 43m 4.0

Portraits of a pushy surgeon and a nurse with many secrets, in a big city hospital.

¡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.

L'istruttoria è chiusa: dimentichi

L'istruttoria è chiusa: dimentichi

Damiano Damiani 1971 1h 46m 7.0

Because of a violation of traffic regulations an architect is put in prison. There he witnesses the grim reality of life behind bars: corrupt staff, corrupt inmates, an inhuman judicial system and the power of the Mafia.

Vamos a matar, compañeros

Vamos a matar, compañeros

Sergio Corbucci 1970 2h 6.5

Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to guerilla Mongo, but the money is locked in a bank safe, the combination known only to Professor Xantos, a prisoner of the Americans. Yolaf agrees to free Xantos, accompanied by reluctant guerilla Basco, but a former business partner of Yolaf's- John 'The Wooden Hand', has other ideas.

Città violenta

Città violenta

Sergio Sollima 1970 1h 43m 6.5

A hitman is double-crossed by his girlfriend and barely escapes a murder attempt. He then sets out to take his revenge on the woman and the gang boss who put her up to it.

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