Mario Caiano

Directing

Mario Caiano

Born — Died

1933-02-13 — 2015-09-20

Place of birth

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Known for

Directing

Credits

46 titles

Mario Caiano (February 13, 1933-September 20, 2015) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and second unit director. Born in Rome, he directed nearly 50 films since 1961 and 27 films and TV scripts since 1954. Caiano directed and wrote the script to the 1965 horror film starring Barbara Steele, Nightmare Castle (Amanti d'oltretomba) and for the 1972 horror film Eye in the Labyrinth. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Caiano, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

A Train for Durango poster
5.2

Two buddy adventurers witness a train-robbery and are then hunting the robbed gold and they also robbed Helen.

A Train for Durango

1968

Spies Kill Silently poster
7.2

Professor Freeman is an important English scientist that is investigating a method to treat cancer. His daughter is killed in the swimming pool of a hotel in Beirut. The case is confidential so that the mission is entrusted to the Special Agent Mikel Brown.

Spies Kill Silently

1966

Adios, Hombre poster
5.5

A man is arrested, tried and convicted for a robbery that was actually committed by someone else. After he gets out of prison, he goes in search of the real robbers.

Adios, Hombre

1967

Eye in the Labyrinth poster
5.7

Julie is disturbed by the disappearance of her psychiatrist boyfriend Luca following a bizarre dream where she witnessed him murdered. She travels to a seaside village where he might be and encounters Frank, who tells her Luca has indeed been there. Julie's investigation leads her to the house of Gerta, where the mystery deepens among the odd characters residing at this artists enclave.

Eye in the Labyrinth

1972

The Sexbury Tales poster
5.0

Series of tales. The framing story: a group of women are doing their laundry and begin to tell lusty tales.

The Sexbury Tales

1973

Lone and Angry Man poster
5.2

Shenandoah (Steffen) works his way into a band of highwaymen led by Rojo (Armando Calvo). His initiation consists of hunting down and killing a member of the gang who has 12 bullets while he is only given 2 bullets. When the bandits attempt to rob a wealthy rancher, whom Shenandoah knows, he warns him. The outlaws begin to suspect they were betrayed and commence to rough Shenandoah up. Shenandoah then reveals his true reason for joining the gang; one of them killed his wife and he is there for retribution.

Lone and Angry Man

1965

Film credits

2010s · 3 titles

Behind the camera

A Train for Durango poster
5.2

Two buddy adventurers witness a train-robbery and are then hunting the robbed gold and they also robbed Helen.

A Train for Durango

1968

A Train for Durango poster
5.2

Two buddy adventurers witness a train-robbery and are then hunting the robbed gold and they also robbed Helen.

A Train for Durango

1968

Spies Kill Silently poster
7.2

Professor Freeman is an important English scientist that is investigating a method to treat cancer. His daughter is killed in the swimming pool of a hotel in Beirut. The case is confidential so that the mission is entrusted to the Special Agent Mikel Brown.

Spies Kill Silently

1966

Spies Kill Silently poster
7.2

Professor Freeman is an important English scientist that is investigating a method to treat cancer. His daughter is killed in the swimming pool of a hotel in Beirut. The case is confidential so that the mission is entrusted to the Special Agent Mikel Brown.

Spies Kill Silently

1966

Adios, Hombre poster
5.5

A man is arrested, tried and convicted for a robbery that was actually committed by someone else. After he gets out of prison, he goes in search of the real robbers.

Adios, Hombre

1967

Adios, Hombre poster
5.5

A man is arrested, tried and convicted for a robbery that was actually committed by someone else. After he gets out of prison, he goes in search of the real robbers.

Adios, Hombre

1967

Eye in the Labyrinth poster
5.7

Julie is disturbed by the disappearance of her psychiatrist boyfriend Luca following a bizarre dream where she witnessed him murdered. She travels to a seaside village where he might be and encounters Frank, who tells her Luca has indeed been there. Julie's investigation leads her to the house of Gerta, where the mystery deepens among the odd characters residing at this artists enclave.

Eye in the Labyrinth

1972

The Sexbury Tales poster
5.0

Series of tales. The framing story: a group of women are doing their laundry and begin to tell lusty tales.

The Sexbury Tales

1973

The Sexbury Tales poster
5.0

Series of tales. The framing story: a group of women are doing their laundry and begin to tell lusty tales.

The Sexbury Tales

1973

Lone and Angry Man poster
5.2

Shenandoah (Steffen) works his way into a band of highwaymen led by Rojo (Armando Calvo). His initiation consists of hunting down and killing a member of the gang who has 12 bullets while he is only given 2 bullets. When the bandits attempt to rob a wealthy rancher, whom Shenandoah knows, he warns him. The outlaws begin to suspect they were betrayed and commence to rough Shenandoah up. Shenandoah then reveals his true reason for joining the gang; one of them killed his wife and he is there for retribution.

Lone and Angry Man

1965

Bullets Don't Argue poster
6.2

On his own wedding day, sheriff Pat Garrett must leave and try to arrest two bank robbers.

Bullets Don't Argue

1964

Nightmare Castle poster
5.3

A sadistic count tortures and murders his unfaithful wife and her lover, then removes their hearts from their bodies. Years later, the count remarries and the new wife experiences nightmares and hauntings.

Nightmare Castle

1965

Nightmare Castle poster
5.3

A sadistic count tortures and murders his unfaithful wife and her lover, then removes their hearts from their bodies. Years later, the count remarries and the new wife experiences nightmares and hauntings.

Nightmare Castle

1965

Ride and Kill poster
7.0

A small town in Arizona is oppressed by the tyranny of a powerful rancher. The owner of a farm, fed up with constant abuse, decides to hire a former gunslinger, as the town sheriff is recognized powerless to stand against the tyrant.

Ride and Kill

1964

The Sign of the Coyote poster
4.7

California, 1847. The territory is about to be incorporated into the United States. Parker, the new governor, is a cruel man who believes that the time has come to get rich regardless of the means, but he will soon find a mysterious opponent driven to end his tyranny.

The Sign of the Coyote

1963

The Sign of the Coyote poster
4.7

California, 1847. The territory is about to be incorporated into the United States. Parker, the new governor, is a cruel man who believes that the time has come to get rich regardless of the means, but he will soon find a mysterious opponent driven to end his tyranny.

The Sign of the Coyote

1963

The Son of Captain Blood poster
6.7

The son of a notorious pirate is placed on the path of righteousness by his love for a beautiful young woman.

The Son of Captain Blood

1962

The Loves of Salammbo poster
4.8

During the 3rd century B.C. a horde of barbarians are hired by the Phoenian city of Carthage to fight against the Roman empire, but when the city's ruler is unable to fulfill the promised payment made to the mercenaries, they attack the African settlement, where Salammbô --the king's daughter and high priestess of goddess Tanit- tries to settle the matter when the Barbarian leader who has fallen for her steals the sacred veil of Carthage from the temple, without taking into account the evil schemes of a powerful member of the council of wise men.

The Loves of Salammbo

1960

Calling All Police Cars poster
6.0

Story about a young girl, the daughter a prominent doctor. When the girl goes missing her father gets the police to jump into action because of his class status and wealth.

Calling All Police Cars

1975

Nazi Love Camp 27 poster
4.7

When World War II breaks out, two German lovers are cruelly separated. While he is sent to fight at the front, she, a Jewish girl, is sent to a concentration camp where humiliation and death have been elevated to a sinister art.

Nazi Love Camp 27

1977

Nazi Love Camp 27 poster
4.7

When World War II breaks out, two German lovers are cruelly separated. While he is sent to fight at the front, she, a Jewish girl, is sent to a concentration camp where humiliation and death have been elevated to a sinister art.

Nazi Love Camp 27

1977

The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe poster
5.1

A Chinese immigrant, recently arrived in America, fights to free Mexican slaves from their cruel master.

The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe

1973

The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe poster
5.1

A Chinese immigrant, recently arrived in America, fights to free Mexican slaves from their cruel master.

The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe

1973

The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules poster
5.6

In this sword and sandal fantasy, a gladiator named Poseidon must battle a quartet of combatants in ancient Rome. If he wins, the son of Hercules will have his life and anything else he wants. Sure enough, he wins and asks that the life of a Christian girl be spared. But the girl refuses her liberty until all of her fellow believers are also released.

The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules

1964

Ringo: The Lone Rider poster
5.6

A town is being terrorized by a gang of marauders led by Bill Anderson, a clever bandit boss. The town's leadership is deciding to do something against the problem, but it does not believe bringing in the military will be a solution. It is agreed upon that they will request help from the well-known Pinkerton agency. At the same time, Ringo, a gunslinger, is chasing after the bandits. He suspects a deeper-sitting conspiracy than random bandit assaults. He joins forces with the newly arrived under cover Pinkerton agent, to uncover a plot between a local businessman, the Mexican revolution and bandit's heist loot of gold. But the bandits have long planned to move on. Disguised as Mormons, they are moving west to start a new life of farming during the day and robbing stage coaches at night. Ringo and the agent track them down....

Ringo: The Lone Rider

1968

The Pirate of the Black Hawk poster
4.0

Manfred, backed by Saracen pirates, deposes the Duke of Montfort, takes over the throne and kidnapped the Duke's young son. Capt. Riccardo, the leader of a pirate band on the ship Black Hawk, sets out to defeat Manfred and his Saracens and restore the Duke to his rightful place on the throne.

The Pirate of the Black Hawk

1958

Man Who Cried for Revenge poster
4.3

A Civil War veteran is amnesic after being shot in the head. When he returns to his hometown, he finds out that he has been declared a deserter. The local judge offers him a chance to clear his name, but he only wants to send him against some dangerous outlaw and his gang.

Man Who Cried for Revenge

1968

Man Who Cried for Revenge poster
4.3

A Civil War veteran is amnesic after being shot in the head. When he returns to his hometown, he finds out that he has been declared a deserter. The local judge offers him a chance to clear his name, but he only wants to send him against some dangerous outlaw and his gang.

Man Who Cried for Revenge

1968

Sign of Zorro poster
6.0

General Gutierrez, the evil governor of Mexico, terrorizes the people and demands high taxes. The young Ramon Martiney, after discovering that his father was murdered by Gutierrez, dons the mask of Zorro and starts fighting against the injustice.

Sign of Zorro

1963

The Nights of Lucretia Borgia poster
5.5

Federico, a virtuous nobleman from an impoverished family, is brought into service by autocrat Cesare Borgia. His promiscuous sister Lucrezia seems to have an amorous interest in Federico and wants him as her lover though Federico is in love with Diana, the Duke of Alva's daughter, whom he has saved from being raped. When he learns about Diana's feud against the Borgia clan, he becomes aware of their infamous deeds.

The Nights of Lucretia Borgia

1959

Ringo, the Mark of Vengeance poster
6.6

Story of two friends who rescue bumbling bandit Fidel from a shootout. While patching him up, they discover half of a treasure map tattooed on his back. Learning that the other half is tattooed on the back of someone else, they set about trying to put the two halves together while being joined by card sharp and all round trickster who discovers their secret and wants in on the deal.

Ringo, the Mark of Vengeance

1966

Ringo, the Mark of Vengeance poster
6.6

Story of two friends who rescue bumbling bandit Fidel from a shootout. While patching him up, they discover half of a treasure map tattooed on his back. Learning that the other half is tattooed on the back of someone else, they set about trying to put the two halves together while being joined by card sharp and all round trickster who discovers their secret and wants in on the deal.

Ringo, the Mark of Vengeance

1966

Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules poster
5.2

Ulysses offends the gods so they send Hercules to capture him and bring him to them.

Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules

1962

Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules poster
5.2

Ulysses offends the gods so they send Hercules to capture him and bring him to them.

Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules

1962

Erik the Viking poster
6.8

Viking chief Thorvald dies from a mortal combat wound. He realizes his son Erloff is not a worthy successor, but his will divides his property equally between him and Erik, the valiant son of his sister, who also gets his weapons and the mission to lead a sea-faring expedition to find new land for a settlement, crucial as their Scandinavian home village won't be able to resist the might of the Danish kingdom.

Erik the Viking

1965

Erik the Viking poster
6.8

Viking chief Thorvald dies from a mortal combat wound. He realizes his son Erloff is not a worthy successor, but his will divides his property equally between him and Erik, the valiant son of his sister, who also gets his weapons and the mission to lead a sea-faring expedition to find new land for a settlement, crucial as their Scandinavian home village won't be able to resist the might of the Danish kingdom.

Erik the Viking

1965

Suleiman the Conqueror poster
9.0

Historical film, telling the story of Turkish Sultan Suleiman's attempts to conquer Vienna. The advance of his army was checked on Yugoslav territory.

Suleiman the Conqueror

1961

Weapons of Death poster
6.0

When a crime boss sends out his thugs to terrorize an entire city, they do whatever they want, which includes anything from petty theft to robbing the police station in broad daylight. Napoli spara! (internationally released as Weapons of Death and Naples shoots) is a "poliziottesco" film directed by Mario Caiano in 1977. It is an unofficial sequel of Napoli violenta, of which reprises the character of Gennarino (still played by Massimo Deda).

Weapons of Death

1977

Shadow poster
4.8

Renato, a depressed man with a troubled past, thinks his luck has finally changed when he meets the wonderful Monica. Unfortunately, Monica currently occupies a home she believes is haunted by the malicious spirit of her dead grandfather. This psychological horror / drama was a flop in theaters and, to date, has only been issued a single time on a home viewing format (a VHS release in Italy).

Shadow

1980

Please Don't Shoot Your Gun poster
8.0

A criminal organization commits to the highly skilled thief Paul Lefèvre the theft of a revolutionary invention.

Please Don't Shoot Your Gun

1967