Duccio Tessari
Writing · Born 1926-10-11 · 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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Beyond Justice 1992
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There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs 1990
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Please, Let the Flowers Live 1986
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Baciami Strega 1985
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Tex and the Lord of the Deep 1985
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Un centesimo di secondo 1981
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The Fifth Commandment 1978
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La madama 1976
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Safari Express 1976
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Zorro 1975
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Puzzle 1974
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Three Tough Guys 1974
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Tony Arzenta 1973
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The Heroes 1973
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Winged Devils 1972
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Don't Turn the Other Cheek 1971
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The Bloodstained Butterfly 1971
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Death Occurred Last Night 1970
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Quella piccola differenza 1969
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Alive or Preferably Dead 1969
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The Bastard 1968
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Better a Widow 1968
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Per amore... per magia... 1967
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Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang 1966
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The Return of Ringo 1965
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A Pistol for Ringo 1965
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Dangerous Pleasures 1965
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Secret of the Sphinx 1964
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The Scapegoat 1963
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My Son, the Hero 1962
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