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