Writing

Sabatino Ciuffini

Born October 21, 1920 · L'Aquila, Italy

Died January 1, 2003 · aged 82

Sabatino Ciuffini was an Italian screenwriter and assistant director known for his work in various film genres, including comedy, drama, and action. Born in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, he began his career in the film industry in the early 1950s. Ciuffini contributed to films such as The Tartars (1961) and Gold for the Caesars (1963). He is perhaps best known for his work on Super Fuzz (1980), a comedy abou…

Known For

Super FuzzSuper Fuzz · 1980
Super Fuzz
6.51980
MovieFantasyAction
While delivering a parking ticket to a small village in the Florida everglades, Officer Dave Speed finds himself in the middle of a radiation experiment conducted by the American government and NASA, where a detonated nuclear missile gives him a multitude of superpowers.
The SpecialistsThe Specialists · 1969
The Specialists
5.71969
MovieWestern
Hud Dixon returns to his hometown when his brother is killed by a lynch mob.
CompañerosCompañeros · 1970
Compañeros
6.51970
MovieWesternAction
Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to guerilla Mongo, but the money is locked in a bank safe, the combination known only to Professor Xantos, a prisoner of the Americans. Yolaf agrees to free Xantos, accompanied by reluctant guerilla Basco, but a former business partner of Yolaf's- John 'The Wooden Hand', has other ideas.
Here We for Example...Here We for Example... · 1977
Here We for Example...
5.31977
MovieComedy
Poet Palmambrogio Guanziroli loses his wallet mere moments after arriving in Milan. He locates the culprit, a photographer nicknamed 'Click' and takes up residence with him until he either gets his money back or his poetry published.
Little Funny GuyLittle Funny Guy · 1973
Little Funny Guy
5.31973
MovieComedy
Movie starts with a small boy watching his father boarding a ship to America. Years later, all grown up and in colour, Pippolo Cavallo (Adriano Celentano) takes the same route (dressed as a woman) to search for his father and begin a new life.
Atrocious Tales of Love and DeathAtrocious Tales of Love and Death · 1979
Atrocious Tales of Love and Death
6.41979
MovieComedyThriller
Raphael, a restaurant mandolin player with a limp, a father to support, and a lot of debt, accepts a job offered by his friend, Giardino, to play a serenade under an apartment window at the behest of a mysterious blonde. As he’s playing, a man high up on a balcony is pushed to his death. Raffaele is compelled to conduct his own investigation and becomes embroiled in a mystery involving a macabre secret...
Sonny and JedSonny and Jed · 1972
Sonny and Jed
5.81972
MovieWesternComedy
As thoroughly unlikeable a robber as ever walked the West, Joe nonetheless robs from the rich and gives to the poor. Not only is he a murderous, ill-tempered sort, he is bad-mannered, too. When beautiful Sonny decides he should be her man and teach her how to be a proper outlaw, sparks fly.
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.

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What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution? · 1972
What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?
5.51972
MovieAdventureComedy
In the beginning of the 20th. century Italian actor Guido Guidi, more enthusiastic than talented, and his ensemble tour Texas. The mysterious and obviously rich Peppino Garibaldi gives them an offer, they can’t deny: For a large amount of dough they should play “Richard III.” in the Mexican town Vera Cruz. But Peppino is not really interested in cultural affairs: He supports “La Revolución” and “General” Carasco, who utilizes the feastful premiere of “Richard III.” to raid Vera Cruz for Comandante Zapata. But shortly after the Mexican Army shows up with some canons in tow to sort things out. Guidi and Padre Albino, Italian like him, succeed to flee and save Carasco accidentially from the firing squad. Whereas the latter coninues his revolutionary fight, Guidi and Albino start an odyssey through the struggling Mexico, which lets them fall one time in the hands of Carasco the other time in those of Herrera or even in the clutches of “hand-taking” bandidos.

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