Armando Crispino

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Armando Crispino

Born October 18, 1924 · Biella, Italy

Died October 6, 2003 · aged 78

Armando Crispino (18 October 1924 – 6 October 2003) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He was born in Biella, Piedmont. He directed nine films between 1966 and 1975. He also wrote for nine films between 1965 and 1975. He also directed two Italian horror films, Autopsy and The Dead Are Alive.

Known For

The BachelorThe Bachelor · 1955
The Bachelor
★ 6.41955
MovieComedy
Paolo Anselmi is a happily single man. He lives in a flat with a friend but is forced to leave when the friend gets married. He then goes to a boarding house where he flirts with a girl but ditches her when she proposes marriage. When he goes and visits his mother he finds out that she is also trying to find the right girl for him. Is he going to surrender this time?
It Happened in RomeIt Happened in Rome · 1957
It Happened in Rome
★ 5.81957
MovieRomanceComedy
Three girls are on a hitchhiking trip through northern Italy, the riviera, Venice, Pisa and Rome.
The Dead Are AliveThe Dead Are Alive · 1972
The Dead Are Alive
★ 5.81972
MovieHorrorMystery
A photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead.
The BoxerThe Boxer · 1972
The Boxer
★ 8.11972
MovieDramaThriller
Boxer Teddy Wilcox leaves his manager and relocates. He finds Nick, a manager/trainer. Before Wilcox's first fight, Nick receives a threat-- Wilcox loses, or Nick will die.
Seduction Of The SouthSeduction Of The South · 1961
Seduction Of The South
★ 5.31961
MovieHistoryDrama
Based on the events from the Italian civil war. In 1860's, a member of a guerrilla force captures a colonel from the opposing army and later leads one of the sides to victory.
Sex Can Be DifficultSex Can Be Difficult · 1962
Sex Can Be Difficult
★ 6.31962
MovieComedy
A journalist could marry the daughter of a tycoon, but prefers a relationship with a married woman. An attorney renounces her lover by greed. A soldier tries to approach a widow on a train. A German couple looking for adventure mistakingly aim for the wrong target, yet find love.
March's ChildMarch's Child · 1958
March's Child
★ 6.41958
MovieComedy
Francesca and Sandro meet, falls for each other and get married. But the differences between them are too many and the separation is around the corner.
PucciniPuccini · 1953
Puccini
★ 6.71953
MovieDramaMusic
The biographical story of Puccini spans his creative life from early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madama Butterfly and his incomplete Turandot. Along the way he encounters three women who change his life, including an attractive, beautiful singer whom he drops for a small town girl, and a servant girl who commits suicide over him.

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