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Duccio Tessari

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About

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 Dollars, one year later he gained an impressive commercial success and launched the Giuliano Gemma's career with A Pistol for Ringo and his immediate sequel, The Return of Ringo. He later touched different genres and worked in RAI TV, directing some successful TV-series. He died of cancer in Rome, at 68. He was married to actress Lorella De Luca.

Known for

A Fistful of Dollars posterA Fistful of DollarsMovie • 1964A Pistol for Ringo posterA Pistol for RingoMovie • 1965Romulus and Remus posterRomulus and RemusMovie • 1961Zorro posterZorroMovie • 1975The Return of Ringo posterThe Return of RingoMovie • 1965The Last Days of Pompeii posterThe Last Days of PompeiiMovie • 1959Puzzle posterPuzzleMovie • 1974Hercules and the Captive Women posterHercules and the Captive WomenMovie • 1961Hercules in the Haunted World posterHercules in the Haunted WorldMovie • 1961The Revenge of Hercules posterThe Revenge of HerculesMovie • 1960Tony Arzenta posterTony ArzentaMovie • 1973Don't Turn the Other Cheek posterDon't Turn the Other CheekMovie • 1971The Bloodstained Butterfly posterThe Bloodstained ButterflyMovie • 1971Death Occurred Last Night posterDeath Occurred Last NightMovie • 1970