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Biography

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.

Acting (3 movies)

6.2

A Pistol for Ringo

1965

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Better a Widow

1968

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Italian Kings Of B

2003

Directing (30 movies)

6.1

The Bloodstained Butterfly

1971

6.3

The Return of Ringo

1965

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There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs

1990

6.6

Zorro

1975

4.6

Tex and the Lord of the Deep

1985

6.2

A Pistol for Ringo

1965

5.6

Puzzle

1974

6.0

Tony Arzenta

1973

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Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang

1966

6.1

Death Occurred Last Night

1970

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Three Tough Guys

1974

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The Bastard

1968

5.6

Alive or Preferably Dead

1969

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Beyond Justice

1992

5.7

My Son, the Hero

1962

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Safari Express

1976

5.3

Don't Turn the Other Cheek

1971

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Un centesimo di secondo

1981

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The Scapegoat

1963

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Winged Devils

1972

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La madama

1976

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Please, Let the Flowers Live

1986

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The Heroes

1973

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Secret of the Sphinx

1964

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Better a Widow

1968

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Baciami Strega

1985

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Dangerous Pleasures

1965

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Quella piccola differenza

1969

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Per amore... per magia...

1967

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The Fifth Commandment

1978

Title	Year	Job
Cannon Serenade	1958	Writer
The Last Days of Pompeii	1959	Writer
Messalina	1960	Screenplay
Goliath and the Dragon	1960	Screenplay
Colossus and the Amazon Queen	1960	Screenplay
The Revolt of the Slaves	1960	Screenplay
Hercules and the Captive Women	1961	Screenplay
Goliath and the Vampires	1961	Screenplay
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World	1961	Screenplay
Hercules in the Haunted World	1961	Screenplay
Duel of the Titans	1961	Screenplay
Marco Polo	1962	Writer
My Son, the Hero	1962	Screenplay
The Scapegoat	1963	Writer
The Avenger of Venice	1964	Screenplay
Secret of the Sphinx	1964	Writer
A Fistful of Dollars	1964	Screenplay
Dangerous Pleasures	1965	Screenplay
A Pistol for Ringo	1965	Screenplay
The Return of Ringo	1965	Screenplay
Seven Guns for the MacGregors	1966	Screenplay
Balearic Caper	1966	Writer
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang	1966	Screenplay
Dick Smart 2.007	1967	Writer
Per amore... per magia...	1967	Screenplay
A Train for Durango	1968	Screenplay
Better a Widow	1968	Writer
The Bastard	1968	Writer
Alive or Preferably Dead	1969	Screenplay
Quella piccola differenza	1969	Screenplay
Death Occurred Last Night	1970	Screenplay
The Bloodstained Butterfly	1971	Writer
Winged Devils	1972	Screenplay
Puzzle	1974	Screenplay
La madama	1976	Screenplay
The Fifth Commandment	1978	Writer
Un centesimo di secondo	1981	Screenplay
Tex and the Lord of the Deep	1985	Screenplay
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs	1990	Screenplay