Duccio Tessari
Known for: Writing
Born: October 11, 1926
Died: September 6, 1994
Place of birth: 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 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.
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Filmography
55 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
6.0
Italian Kings Of B
2003
3.8
Beyond Justice
1992
4.0
In camera mia
1992
8.0
The Law of the Desert
1991
6.8
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
1990
10.0
Please, Let the Flowers Live
19868.0
Baciami Strega
1985
4.8
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
1985
8.0
Un centesimo di secondo
1981
10.0
The Fifth Commandment
1978
6.2
La madama
1976
5.1
Safari Express
1976
6.6
Zorro
1975
5.8
Puzzle
1974
5.1
Three Tough Guys
1974
6.1
Tony Arzenta
1973
5.7
The Heroes
1973
3.7
Winged Devils
1972
5.6
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971
6.1
The Bloodstained Butterfly
1971
6.2
Death Occurred Last Night
1970
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Quella piccola differenza
1969
6.5
Alive or Preferably Dead
1969
5.8
The Bastard
1968
7.0
Better a Widow
1968
5.2
A Train for Durango
1968
7.0
Per amore... per magia...
1967
7.0
Dick Smart 2.007
1967
7.9
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
1966
4.8
Balearic Caper
1966
5.4
Seven Guns for the MacGregors
1966
6.3
The Return of Ringo
1965
5.4
The Woman from Beirut
1965
6.3
A Pistol for Ringo
1965
5.3
Dangerous Pleasures
1965
7.8
A Fistful of Dollars
1964
7.0
Secret of the Sphinx
1964
6.3
The Avenger of Venice
1964
6.4
The Scapegoat
1963
5.9
My Son, the Hero
1962
4.5
Marco Polo
1962
5.2
Romulus and Remus
1961
6.6
Hercules in the Haunted World
1961
6.3
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
1961
5.2
The Wonders of Aladdin
1961
6.3
Goliath and the Vampires
1961
4.3
Hercules and the Captive Women
1961
5.8
The Revolt of the Slaves
1960
4.4
Love, the Italian Way
1960
7.5
Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan
1960
4.8
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
1960
5.3
The Revenge of Hercules
1960
5.6
Messalina
1960
5.2
Carthage in Flames
1960
6.3
The Last Days of Pompeii
1959
7.0
Cannon Serenade
1958