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

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.
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?
CommandosCommandos · 1968
Commandos
5.71968
MovieActionWar
Sgt. Sullivan puts together a group of Italian-Americans into disguise as Italian soldiers in order to infiltrate a North African camp held by the Italians. After the soldiers have knifed the Italians in their beds, they find a hooker living at the camp. Sullivan's commandos are to hold this camp and its weaponry until an American battalion arrives, all the while these Italian-Americans pretend to be Italian soldiers, often hosting the enemy. Lt. Valli is a young, "green," by-the-book officer who constantly argues with Sgt. Sullivan, who tells his superior that he has no idea what he is doing. One man on the base, probably a touch from Argento, is an entomologist who is needlessly killed. Things go terribly wrong after that.
Frankenstein: Italian StyleFrankenstein: Italian Style · 1975
Frankenstein: Italian Style
3.61975
MovieComedyHorror
Dr. Victor Frankenstein creates a monster to show his scientific theories, but soon leaves him. So the scientist tries to rebuild his life getting married with Janet, and retires to his castle with Igor. However the monster comes back to haunt Frankenstein, and so Victor finds out that the monster has ferocious sexual orientation to Janet. Frankenstein then calls the servant Igor to readjust the monster, but also Igor takes advantage of Janet...
AutopsyAutopsy · 1975
Autopsy
6.01975
MovieHorrorThriller
A series of random suicides in Rome, Italy are attributed to a heatwave, but a young pathologist named Simona—who is working on a thesis about murders disguised as suicides—suspects otherwise. When a young girl associated with Simona's playboy father ends up dead in another supposed suicide, Simona teams up with the girl's priest brother to prove she was murdered and track down the unknown serial killer.
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.
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.
Kill and PrayKill and Pray · 1967
Kill and Pray
6.41967
MovieActionWestern
A Mexican community is slaughtered by Confederate troops; the lone survivor, a boy, is taken in by a preacher. Years later, the boy is now a soft-spoken, devout young man with perfect shooting skills (despite being a pacifist). On his journey to help his half-sister out of a complicated situation, he crosses paths with the men who killed his family, unbeknownst to him.

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