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Maurizio Lucidi

Born January 1, 1932 · Firenze, Toscana, Italia

Died July 16, 2005 · aged 73

Maurizio Lucidi was an Italian director, screenwriter, and editor, sometimes credited as Mark Lender. He started his career as a film editor in the early 1960s and served as an assistant director for Pier Paolo Pasolini on The Gospel According to St. Matthew in 1964. Lucidi made his directorial debut in 1966 with Hercules the Avenger and later directed several genre films, especially Spaghetti We…

Known For

The Gospel According to St. MatthewThe Gospel According to St. Matthew · 1965
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
★ 7.41965
MovieDrama
Along a rocky, barren coastline, Jesus begins teaching, primarily using parables. He attracts disciples; he's stern, brusque, and demanding. His parables often take on the powers that be, so he and his teachings come to the attention of the Pharisees, the chief priests, and elders. They conspire to have him arrested, beaten, tried, and crucified, just as he prophesied to his followers.
Street PeopleStreet People · 1976
Street People
★ 5.01976
MovieDramaAction
A Mafia boss is enraged when he is suspected of smuggling a heroin shipment into San Francisco. He dispatches his nephew, a hotshot Anglo-Sicilian lawyer, to identify the real culprit. The lawyer also enlists the aid of his best friend, a grand prix driver with an adventurous streak.
It Can Be Done AmigoIt Can Be Done Amigo · 1972
It Can Be Done Amigo
★ 5.81972
MovieComedyWestern
An outspoken boy and a gunfighter-pimp save a drifter's life from hanging. The boy's uncle dies, leaving a house and some dry, useless land to the boy. The dying uncle has obtained the drifter's promise to help the boy get what is his. Meanwhile the gunfighter has decided that the drifter should marry his daughter after being with her previously. The two get into a series of brawls and shoot-outs until they arrive in the town and find the boy's inheritance -which turns out not to be as useless as it first appears.
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love YouPussycat, Pussycat, I Love You · 1970
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
★ 4.31970
MovieComedy
An American playwright living in Rome consults a quack psychiatrist to combat his fears of balding and save his failing marriage.
Il SorpassoIl Sorpasso · 1962
Il Sorpasso
★ 8.21962
MovieDramaComedy
Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.
My Name Is PecosMy Name Is Pecos · 1966
My Name Is Pecos
★ 6.51966
MovieWestern
Pecos Martinez rides into Houston looking to settle an old score with gang leader Clane, who is after the money that disappearred from a recent robbery. The hunt for the loot and Pecos' quest become intertwined with the efforts of the locals to stay alive long enough for help to arrive.
The TartarsThe Tartars · 1961
The Tartars
★ 6.01961
MovieActionAdventure
The Tartars and the Vikings maintain a fragile peace in the harsh landscape of the Russian Steppe. When the leader of the Vikings, Oleg, declines to accompany the Tartars on a campaign against the Slavs, there is an explosion of violence. After Oleg kills the Tartar leader and kidnaps his daughter, the dead man's brother, Burandai, retaliates by holding Oleg's wife, Helga, hostage. The stalemate can be resolved only on the battlefield.
Stateline MotelStateline Motel · 1973
Stateline Motel
★ 5.31973
MovieDramaCrime
After robbing a jewelry shop in Canada, two Americans arrange a meeting near the US borders in order to split the loot. One of them has an accident with his car on his way there and gets stuck in an isolated motel until his car is fixed. The owner of the motel, a sexy woman in her thirties, falls in love with him, but her suspicions about him begin to multiply, as the police arrive at the motel...

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