Directing

Franco Lo Cascio

Born August 29, 1946 · Rome, Lazio, Italy (age 79)

Luca Damiano (born Franco Lo Cascio; 29 August 1946) is an Italian film director. Born in Rome, Lo Cascio started his career as the assistant director of Fernando Di Leo in almost all the films he directed between 1967 and 1974. In 1974, he made his directorial debut with the parody film 'Piedino il questurino' starring Franco Franchi. After having directed a number of comedies and the supernatura…

Known For

Loaded Guns

Loaded Guns · 1975

MovieActionComedy

An air hostess gets involved in Naples, against her will, in the in-fighting amongst rival gangs.

Caliber 9

Caliber 9 · 1972

MovieCrimeThriller

Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden $300,000 that should have gone to an American drug syndicate boss.

Slaughter Hotel

Slaughter Hotel · 1971

Slaughter Hotel

MovieHorrorMystery

A masked killer stalks an institution for mentally disturbed rich women.

The Italian Connection

The Italian Connection · 1972

The Italian Connection

MovieCrimeAction

When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him to eliminate any chance of them finding out he's the wrong man.

The Boss

The Boss · 1973

MovieCrimeAction

A hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians.

Guardami

Guardami · 1999

An independent porn actress, diagnosed with cancer, reconnects with her father and finds love with a fellow patient. Despite her illness, she continues her career, but her path takes a tragic turn.

Shoot First, Die Later

Shoot First, Die Later · 1974

Shoot First, Die Later

MovieActionCrime

When mobsters try to put an honest policeman on the payroll, he seeks revenge on the mob. But, he soon learns that his actions, however honest, have dire consequences.

Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi

Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi · 1972

Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi

A member of the party opposed to the one in which he is mistakenly listed as a candidate, a citizen with a somewhat murky private life becomes a senator.

Filmography

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Loaded Guns

Loaded Guns · 1975

MovieActionComedy

An air hostess gets involved in Naples, against her will, in the in-fighting amongst rival gangs.

Assistant Director

Caliber 9

Caliber 9 · 1972

MovieCrimeThriller

Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden $300,000 that should have gone to an American drug syndicate boss.

First Assistant Director

Slaughter Hotel

Slaughter Hotel · 1971

Slaughter Hotel

MovieHorrorMystery

A masked killer stalks an institution for mentally disturbed rich women.

Assistant Director

The Italian Connection

The Italian Connection · 1972

The Italian Connection

MovieCrimeAction

When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him to eliminate any chance of them finding out he's the wrong man.

Assistant Director

The Boss

The Boss · 1973

MovieCrimeAction

A hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians.

Assistant Director

Guardami

Guardami · 1999

An independent porn actress, diagnosed with cancer, reconnects with her father and finds love with a fellow patient. Despite her illness, she continues her career, but her path takes a tragic turn.

Luca

Shoot First, Die Later

Shoot First, Die Later · 1974

Shoot First, Die Later

MovieActionCrime

When mobsters try to put an honest policeman on the payroll, he seeks revenge on the mob. But, he soon learns that his actions, however honest, have dire consequences.

First Assistant Director

Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi

Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi · 1972

Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi

A member of the party opposed to the one in which he is mistakenly listed as a candidate, a citizen with a somewhat murky private life becomes a senator.

Assistant Director

Why

MovieDramaComedy

Giuseppe Di Noi, an Italian surveyor living in Swiden, gets arrested at the border while going back to Italy with his family for a vacation. But can someone tell the man why?

First Assistant Director

The Return of the Exorcist

The Return of the Exorcist · 1975

The Return of the Exorcist

An archaeology student photographs a mysterious naked woman by a waterfall, unaware that she is a female demon called Haggia, who soon takes possession of him via a cursed amulet.

Director

Who's Afraid of Zorro

Who's Afraid of Zorro · 1975

Who's Afraid of Zorro

MovieComedyAdventure

Spain, occupied by the French. Zorro, the intrepid swordsman, has an accident. As a result, his friend, Father Donato, is forced by oath to find a temporary replacement for him.

Director

The Schoolgirl

The Schoolgirl · 1975

MovieComedyRomance

18-year-old Patrizia and her three friends learn the art of seduction from the local prostitute, Marilena, and seduce the members of town council to stop a shady lawyer from demolishing their favorite hangout place.

Director

The Lady of the Orient-Express

The Lady of the Orient-Express · 1989

The Lady of the Orient-Express

The spectacular amorous adventures of Lady Gloria in the famous Orient Express.

Director

Littlefoot the Policeman

Littlefoot the Policeman · 1974

Littlefoot the Policeman

Petralia, a Neapolitan policeman casually makes friends with Maria, a girl engaged in the smuggling of cigarettes and belonging to the family of Ferdinando Il Barone.

Director

All the Gold in the World

All the Gold in the World · 1968

All the Gold in the World

MovieComedyMusic

The son of a rich industrialist forces a woman to become his fiancée by threatening to bankrupt her parents — until an unlikely hero steps in.

First Assistant Director