Directing

Nick Nostro

Born — Died

1931-04-21 — 2014-06-15

Place of birth

Gioia Tauro, Calabria, Italy

Known for

Directing

Credits

15 titles

Nicola "Nick" Nostro was an Italian film director and screenwriter active during the 1960s. After earning a degree in literature, Nostro studied direction at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome. He began his career in the film industry as an assistant editor and script supervisor, later serving as an assistant director for Roberto Bianchi Montero and Giorgio Simonelli. In the 1960s, Nostro directed several films across popular genres of the time, including peplum, eurospy, Spaghetti Westerns, and adventure films. His filmography includes titles such as Blood and Defiance (1962), Triumph of the Ten Gladiators (1964), Operation Counterspy (1965), and Superargo Versus Diabolicu…

Known for

Behind the camera

Web of Violence poster
7.0

A journalist goes in search of his missing fiance.

Web of Violence

1966

One After Another poster
6.1

Bespectacled pistolero Stan Ross comes to Canyon City and becomes involved with two feuding factions, after a clerk has been killed by the banker Jefferson during a botched holdup, while robbing his own bank.

One After Another

1968

One After Another poster
6.1

Bespectacled pistolero Stan Ross comes to Canyon City and becomes involved with two feuding factions, after a clerk has been killed by the banker Jefferson during a botched holdup, while robbing his own bank.

One After Another

1968

Superargo vs Diabolicus poster
5.3

After accidentally killing an opponent in the ring, masked wrestler Superargo quits wrestling and, following the advice of his friend Col. Alex Kinski of the Secret Service, becomes a secret agent, using his superhuman abilities to stop villain Diabolicus' plans to wreck the global economy by turning uranium into gold.

Superargo vs Diabolicus

1966

Operation Counterspy poster
5.0

A secret agent is sent to infiltrate the heavily guarded fortress of a madman bent on taking over the world.

Operation Counterspy

1965

Operation Counterspy poster
5.0

A secret agent is sent to infiltrate the heavily guarded fortress of a madman bent on taking over the world.

Operation Counterspy

1965

Grazie zio, ci provo anch'io poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Grazie zio, ci provo anch'io

1971

Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators poster
6.4

The story of Spartacus and 10 other gladiators who rebelled against the bloody coliseum sports. They escape and are faced at every turn by Roman soldiers bent on taking them back to the Coliseum - dead or alive!

Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators

1964

Triumph of the Ten Gladiators poster
6.2

The ten gladiators are hired to travel to Arbela, a small country on the outskirts of the Roman Empire to learn if Parthia is planning to war with Rome. Upon arriving, the heroes decide to kidnap the beautiful Parthian queen and spirit her to Syria to serve as a hostage.

Triumph of the Ten Gladiators

1964

Triumph of the Ten Gladiators poster
6.2

The ten gladiators are hired to travel to Arbela, a small country on the outskirts of the Roman Empire to learn if Parthia is planning to war with Rome. Upon arriving, the heroes decide to kidnap the beautiful Parthian queen and spirit her to Syria to serve as a hostage.

Triumph of the Ten Gladiators

1964

Revenge of the Black Knight poster
6.0

La Cieca Di Sorrento (also known as Revenge of the Black Knight is a 1963 cloak and dagger film directed by Nick Nostro and based on the novel of the same name by Francesco Mastriani. Masked knights fight the cruel Tyrant Amedeo, tutor of the beautiful, rich and blind orphan Isabella. The knights are led by a young doctor who in the end will defeat Isabella's evil oppressor, give her her sight and marry her.

Revenge of the Black Knight

1963

Revenge of the Black Knight poster
6.0

La Cieca Di Sorrento (also known as Revenge of the Black Knight is a 1963 cloak and dagger film directed by Nick Nostro and based on the novel of the same name by Francesco Mastriani. Masked knights fight the cruel Tyrant Amedeo, tutor of the beautiful, rich and blind orphan Isabella. The knights are led by a young doctor who in the end will defeat Isabella's evil oppressor, give her her sight and marry her.

Revenge of the Black Knight

1963

Dollar of Fire poster
3.7

A sheriff fights against a band of thugs led by a rich banker.

Dollar of Fire

1966

Blood and Defiance poster
9.0

In a Latin American country, a rebel frees the prisoners of the local tyrant. Some traitors cause the death of many of his companions and he births the upcoming revolution.

Blood and Defiance

1962

Blood and Defiance poster
9.0

In a Latin American country, a rebel frees the prisoners of the local tyrant. Some traitors cause the death of many of his companions and he births the upcoming revolution.

Blood and Defiance

1962