
Mario Amendola
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Mario Natalino Concetto Amendola (8 December 1910 – 22 December 1993) was an Italian screenwriter, film director and dramatist. Amendola was born in Recco, which is located in Genova to parents from Rome. He began his career on stage in 1931 as a writer for avanspettacolo shows. During that time, he wrote dialogue for Erminio Macario, Totò and more. He ended this profession and moved to cinema in 1949. He wrote for 153 films between 1941 and 1987. He also directed 37 films between 1949 and 1975.[1] Amendola collaborated with Bruno Corbucci on conceiving the Nico Giraldi film series starring Tomas Milian.
Known for
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Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981)
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The Great Silence (1968)
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Banana Joe (1982)
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Rimini Rimini (1987)
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Thieves and Robbers (1983)
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Crime on the Highway (1982)
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Aladdin (1986)
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The Swindle (1977)
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Hit Squad (1976)
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The White, The Yellow, and The Black (1975)
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Messalina, Messalina! (1977)
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Sonny and Jed (1972)
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Africa Express (1975)
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Shoot, Gringo... Shoot! (1968)
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Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza (1975)
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Stuff for the Rich (1987)
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The Cop in Blue Jeans (1976)
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Days of Violence (1967)
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Dad Becomes Mom (1952)
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È arrivato l'accordatore (1952)
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Cop in Drag (1984)
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The Story of Romance and Knife (1971)
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Killer Adios (1968)
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Kamikaze (1987)
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Little Italy (1978)
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Abbiamo vinto! (1951)
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Three Tigers Against Three Tigers (1977)
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I Protect Myself Against My Enemies (1968)
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The Son of the Sheik (1978)
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Assassination on the Tiber (1979)
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Song That's Playing In My Head (Zum Zum Zum) (1969)
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Pirate of the Half Moon (1957)
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Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio (1983)
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I 4 tassisti (1963)
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I'm Getting a Yacht (1980)
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Night of Hate (1968)
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Crime in Formula One (1984)
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The Gang That Sold America (1979)
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The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules (1964)
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Crime at Porta Romana (1980)
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Soldiers and corporals (1964)
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The Black Duke (1963)
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The Haunted House (1982)
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Rimini, Rimini: A Year Later (1988)
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On the Day of the Lord (1970)
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Poppea: A Prostitute in Service of the Emperor (1972)
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A Soldier and a Half (1960)
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Crime at the Chinese Restaurant (1981)
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Tears of Love (1970)
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How I Lost the War (1947)
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I peggiori anni della nostra vita (1949)
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Pasqualino Cammarata... capitano di fregata (1974)
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Il vagabondo (1941)
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Le volpi della notte (1986)
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The Dream of Zorro (1952)
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Kill or Be Killed (1966)
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Milano miliardaria (1951)
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The Devil and Holy Water (1983)
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The Lucky Five (1952)
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Three Supermen in the Jungle (1970)
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The Noon Vigilante (1975)
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Story of Fear and a Knife (1972)
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Viaggio di nozze all'italiana (1966)
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Una bruna indiavolata! (1951)
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Three Supermen in Tokyo (1968)
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Arms of the Avenger (1963)
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Lady Barbara (1970)
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L'eroe della strada (1948)
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2 mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge (1964)
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Cacciatori di dote (1961)
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Prepotenti più di prima (1959)
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Il Terribile Ispettore (1969)
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The Sheriff (1959)
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Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge (1956)
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Trap for Seven Spies (1966)
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Franco, Ciccio and the Pirate Blackbeard (1969)
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Beauties on bicycles (1951)
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Pensiero d'amore (1969)
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I prepotenti (1958)
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Beauties in Capri (1951)
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Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici (1981)
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Caravan Petrol (1959)
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Serenatella Sciuè Sciuè (1958)
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The Passaguai Family Gets Rich (1952)
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The Third (1958)
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I, Hamlet (1952)
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Sailors on Deck (1967)
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Agenzia Riccardo Finzi... praticamente detective (1979)
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Shack and puppets (1954)
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The Mighty Anselmo and His Squire (1972)
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I ragazzi dell'Hully Gully (1964)
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Maskenball bei Scotland Yard (1963)
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La famiglia Passaguai (1951)
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Songs, Bullies and Chicks (1964)
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La paura fa 90 (1951)
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Amore formula 2 (1970)
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Le mille e una notte all'italiana (1972)
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Two Whites in Dark Africa (1970)
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The Rape of the Sabine (1945)
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Fermi tutti... arrivo io! (1953)
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Riderà! - Cuore matto (1967)
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Porta un bacione a Firenze (1955)
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I due compari (1955)
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Beauties on Motor Scooters (1962)
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L'innocente Casimiro (1945)
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La banda del buco (1960)
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Odds and Evens (1978)
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