Giuseppe Colizzi

Directing

Giuseppe Colizzi

Born — Died

1925-06-28 — 1978-08-23

Place of birth

Rome, Italy

Known for

Directing

Credits

15 titles

Giuseppe Colizzi was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and producer, best known for his work in the Spaghetti Western genre. He began his career as a production manager and assistant director before making his directorial debut with God Forgives... I Don't! (1967), which introduced the successful pairing of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill. Colizzi continued to work with the duo in Ace High (1968) and Boot Hill (1969), forming a trilogy that became iconic in the genre. His films are noted for their dynamic action sequences and engaging storytelling, contributing to the popularity of Spaghetti Westerns in the late 1960s.

Known for

God Forgives... I Don't! poster
6.6

In this violent spaghetti western a murderous robber hijacks a payroll train, murders everyone aboard and then stashes his loot. A gunslinger learns about it and decides he wants the money for himself and so hatches an elaborate plot to get at it. He lures the crook into a rigged poker game, and afterward a gunfight ensues. The quick-drawing gunman makes short work of the robber, then teams up with an insurance agent to look for the hidden fortune. Unbeknownst to them, the robber had an ace up his sleeve...

God Forgives... I Don't!

1967

Ace High poster
6.5

After Cacopoulos manages to save himself from being hung on a false charge, he robs Cat Stevens and Hutch Bessy of a lot of money and steals their horses. This results in a merry chase and Stevens and Bessy become unwilling allies in Cacopoulus' revenge against the people who deserted him and framed him to get their money back.

Ace High

1968

Boot Hill poster
5.9

Victims of oppressive town boss Honey are offered help by an unusual alliance of gunmen and circus performers

Boot Hill

1969

All the Way Boys poster
6.8

The "Trinity" crew makes another modern era film. Plata and Salud are pilots ditching aircraft for insurance money. They wind up crashing for real in the jungles of South America. The plot involves "Mr. Big", who is buying the diamonds from the miners for much too little, and has thugs who keep the price down. Of course, Plata and Salud side with the miners

All the Way Boys

1972

Run, Run, Joe! poster
6.0

When a don who they were suppose to protect ends up dead, his bodyguard and bodyguard's friend must go under cover to escape the wrath of mob.

Run, Run, Joe!

1974

Pandemonio (Switch) poster
7.0

Depicts the birth of an independent TV station.

Pandemonio (Switch)

1979

Behind the camera

God Forgives... I Don't! poster
6.6

In this violent spaghetti western a murderous robber hijacks a payroll train, murders everyone aboard and then stashes his loot. A gunslinger learns about it and decides he wants the money for himself and so hatches an elaborate plot to get at it. He lures the crook into a rigged poker game, and afterward a gunfight ensues. The quick-drawing gunman makes short work of the robber, then teams up with an insurance agent to look for the hidden fortune. Unbeknownst to them, the robber had an ace up his sleeve...

God Forgives... I Don't!

1967

God Forgives... I Don't! poster
6.6

In this violent spaghetti western a murderous robber hijacks a payroll train, murders everyone aboard and then stashes his loot. A gunslinger learns about it and decides he wants the money for himself and so hatches an elaborate plot to get at it. He lures the crook into a rigged poker game, and afterward a gunfight ensues. The quick-drawing gunman makes short work of the robber, then teams up with an insurance agent to look for the hidden fortune. Unbeknownst to them, the robber had an ace up his sleeve...

God Forgives... I Don't!

1967

Ace High poster
6.5

After Cacopoulos manages to save himself from being hung on a false charge, he robs Cat Stevens and Hutch Bessy of a lot of money and steals their horses. This results in a merry chase and Stevens and Bessy become unwilling allies in Cacopoulus' revenge against the people who deserted him and framed him to get their money back.

Ace High

1968

Ace High poster
6.5

After Cacopoulos manages to save himself from being hung on a false charge, he robs Cat Stevens and Hutch Bessy of a lot of money and steals their horses. This results in a merry chase and Stevens and Bessy become unwilling allies in Cacopoulus' revenge against the people who deserted him and framed him to get their money back.

Ace High

1968

Ace High poster
6.5

After Cacopoulos manages to save himself from being hung on a false charge, he robs Cat Stevens and Hutch Bessy of a lot of money and steals their horses. This results in a merry chase and Stevens and Bessy become unwilling allies in Cacopoulus' revenge against the people who deserted him and framed him to get their money back.

Ace High

1968

Boot Hill poster
5.9

Victims of oppressive town boss Honey are offered help by an unusual alliance of gunmen and circus performers

Boot Hill

1969

Boot Hill poster
5.9

Victims of oppressive town boss Honey are offered help by an unusual alliance of gunmen and circus performers

Boot Hill

1969

Boot Hill poster
5.9

Victims of oppressive town boss Honey are offered help by an unusual alliance of gunmen and circus performers

Boot Hill

1969

All the Way Boys poster
6.8

The "Trinity" crew makes another modern era film. Plata and Salud are pilots ditching aircraft for insurance money. They wind up crashing for real in the jungles of South America. The plot involves "Mr. Big", who is buying the diamonds from the miners for much too little, and has thugs who keep the price down. Of course, Plata and Salud side with the miners

All the Way Boys

1972

All the Way Boys poster
6.8

The "Trinity" crew makes another modern era film. Plata and Salud are pilots ditching aircraft for insurance money. They wind up crashing for real in the jungles of South America. The plot involves "Mr. Big", who is buying the diamonds from the miners for much too little, and has thugs who keep the price down. Of course, Plata and Salud side with the miners

All the Way Boys

1972

Run, Run, Joe! poster
6.0

When a don who they were suppose to protect ends up dead, his bodyguard and bodyguard's friend must go under cover to escape the wrath of mob.

Run, Run, Joe!

1974

Run, Run, Joe! poster
6.0

When a don who they were suppose to protect ends up dead, his bodyguard and bodyguard's friend must go under cover to escape the wrath of mob.

Run, Run, Joe!

1974

Pandemonio (Switch) poster
7.0

Depicts the birth of an independent TV station.

Pandemonio (Switch)

1979

Pandemonio (Switch) poster
7.0

Depicts the birth of an independent TV station.

Pandemonio (Switch)

1979

Beautiful Families poster
6.7

The film's theme is four episodes that offer the public a glimpse into the lives of rich and poor families in Italy in the 1960s.

Beautiful Families

1964