Duccio Tessari
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 | Writing |
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Most Rating | 2.908 |
Birthday | 1926-10-11 |
Place of Birth | Genoa, Italy |
Also Known As | ドゥッチオ・テッサリ, ドゥッチョ・テッサリ, |
1965
A Pistol for Ringo
6.2/64
Giuliano Gemma stars as a cool, cocky mercenary enlisted by a sheriff to infiltrate a ruthless gang of outlaws. Ennio Morricone provided the score to...
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A Pistol for Ringo
1968
Better a Widow
0/0
Tom Proby is a representative from a British engineering firm sent to Sicily to convince the landowners (all in the Mafia) to allow his company to bui...
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Better a Widow
2003
Italian Kings Of B
6/1
Documentary on Italian genre cinema.
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