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