Writing

Mario Guerra

Born — Died

1922-01-01 — 1991-01-01

Place of birth

Rome, Italy

Known for

Writing

Credits

34 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

The Maniacs poster
5.2

An anthology of brief comic sketches based on manias, mainly sexual, featuring several figures of Italian society.

The Maniacs

1964

Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life poster
6.8

Antonio goes to Rome to represent his fellow peasants, to request a highway that will be built in their region. But the guy is mastered by 'la dolce vita' and wastes the money entrusted to him for his mission. When Peppino is sent to to find out what happened, he lets himself be trapped by the gentle grip of 'la dolce vita'

Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life

1961

The Sword and the Cross poster
5.4

Sold as slaves to a wealthy Roman, Lea and Esther, two Carthaginian sisters, are offered as gifts to the ambitious daughter of a proconsul and end up involved in spite of themselves in a dangerous game of power.

The Sword and the Cross

1956

Robbery Roman Style poster
7.2

After scoring big in a high-profile bank robbery, a gang of Milanese criminals has to hide in a monastery.

Robbery Roman Style

1964

Ringo and Gringo Against All poster
5.7

Two bumbling southern soldiers are still trying to fight the Civil War unaware of its conclusion and encouraged by two southern belles who are trying to hope those who wish to continue the conflict.

Ringo and Gringo Against All

1966

Son of Hercules vs. Medusa poster
5.6

To avenge his father's death and free the people of Seriphos from the evil King Galinor of Argus, the noble Perseus must defeat a dragon -- and the monster Medusa, whose steely gaze has cast the kingdom's best soldiers into stone.

Son of Hercules vs. Medusa

1963

Messalina poster
5.6

Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of terror that shook the empire to its very foundations. The subject of countless film treatments, Rome's most villified empress is herein played by British actress Belinda Lee.

Messalina

1960

Sins of Casanova poster
4.0

1760 Spain provides the setting for Giacomo Casanova's romantic escapades, every woman he encounters unable to resist his disarming charm, be they single, engaged, or even married.

Sins of Casanova

1954

The Viking Who Became a Bigamist poster
4.4

The Italian Vittorio Coppa works as a sleeper car commuter and commutes regularly between Munich and Rome. Because he believes that true love exists only in connection with marriage, he is secretly married twice.

The Viking Who Became a Bigamist

1969

Gli onorevoli poster
6.8

Some political candidates are determined to win the electors' preference during an election campaign in Italy.

Gli onorevoli

1963

He Who Hesitates Is Lost poster
7.0

After their boss' death, two clerks eagerly await the arrival of the next one, each one of them hoping to become the apple of his eye. They compete in every possible way to impress him, which causes lots of trouble and many misunderstandings.

He Who Hesitates Is Lost

1960

James Tont Operation T.W.O. poster
4.8

A dangerous criminal group wants to destroy St. Peter's Basilica and the secret agent James Tont is the only one who can help it.

James Tont Operation T.W.O.

1966

Una grande ombra poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Una grande ombra

1957

For a Few Dollars Less poster
4.2

A bank clerk and his cousin, a "general", join forces to track down a Mexican outlaw.

For a Few Dollars Less

1966

Spia spione poster
6.2

Carlo Barlozzetti, a silly waiter, lives alone in an apartment located across a bank which a Professor and his followers try to robe. While The Professor intends to steal a ring packed with a precious and secret metal alloy guarded in A safety deposit box, his men want to take the money from the safe.

Spia spione

1967

The Girl of San Pietro Square poster
8.0

Armando Conforti, his family and his friends have a business: they sell souvenirs near St. Peter's, in Rome, they change dollars, in short they get along.

The Girl of San Pietro Square

1958

Un dollaro di fifa poster
5.7

Two conmen, Alamo and Mike, find shelter in Paradise City, which is full of jokers like themselves, who assume them to be lawmen and are almost hanged.

Un dollaro di fifa

1960

Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die poster
5.7

Durango, a debt collector, arrives in the town of Tucson, where he is hired by a bank director called Ferguson, who refuses to pay him his fee afterwards. Durango is thrown in jail on a false accusation but manages to escape and teams up with a Mexican bandit to get even with Ferguson, who has concocted a complicated plan to rob a shipment of gold belonging to the people of Tucson.

Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die

1971

Men and Noblemen poster
6.5

Nicola Peccoli has always nurtured his niece Giovanna, an orphan since the age of two and now of age, but he does not look favorably on her beloved Mario because he is just a simple employee and a lower class of society.

Men and Noblemen

1959

I soliti rapinatori a Milano poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

I soliti rapinatori a Milano

1961

The Betrothed poster
8.3

Renzo Tramaglino and Lucia Mondella are two poor farmers who are in love, but they are hampered by the wickedness of the powerful Don Rodrigo, who secretly loves Lucia. The two run away from Lake Como where they live, and take refuge inland.

The Betrothed

1964

Rangers Attack at Hour X poster
5.6

A special forces operative is smuggled into a German POW camp with orders to blow up a nearby villa being used by the Nazis to house a secret weapons program.

Rangers Attack at Hour X

1970

The Awakening poster
6.9

Directed by the incredibly prolific Mario Camerini, Suor Letizia was released in English-speaking regions as When Angels Don't Fly and The Awakening. In her first film appearance since The Rose Tattoo, Anna Magnani plays a feisty nun named Sister Letizia. Believing herself above such earthly trivialities as a maternal instinct, Sr. Letizia changes her way of thinking when an abandoned child is placed in her care. Unofficially adopting the boy, the good sister eventually comes to realize that even she cannot provide the care and guidance of a biological mother. Carefully constructed to accommodate all the surefire box-office elements inherent in Camerini's earlier films, Suor Letizia was almost guaranteed to be a hit.

The Awakening

1956

I baccanali di Tiberio poster
5.7

Cassio, a tourist guide, and Primo, his bus driver, are taking a bus load of tourists to visit villa Jovis, at Capri island. Then they have an accident, and they knock their heads hard, losing conscience. They come awake in the times of the Roman Empire in Tiberius' villa.

I baccanali di Tiberio

1960

Heroes of the West poster
7.7

Two stage robbers impersonate the heirs to a gold mine but end up defending the families they intended to rip-off.

Heroes of the West

1963

Dying as Hierarchs poster
5.9

Now in bankruptcy, the industrialist Merletti seeks the help of Mr. Frioppi, a rich ex-fascist with a real mania for ancient castles.

Dying as Hierarchs

1961

The Swindlers poster
6.2

A day in a tribunal where the defendants are: the manager of a soccer team, charged with bribery, two Sicilians who have sold fake archaeological findings, two nuns who have offended a public servant and an industry manager.

The Swindlers

1963

Il cielo brucia poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il cielo brucia

1958

Two Against All poster
10.0

Two brothers, Bull and Jonathan Bullivan, witness the murder of bandit Black Boy who had been terrorizing Golden City. The bandit had been put in place by the city mayor, who wants the local residents to leave so that he can keep their land, where there is oil. The two brothers eat a chicken that has been fed with a strong tonic and they become sort of invincible for a few minutes. The mayor, pressured by the villagers, appoints the Bullivan Brothers as sheriffs and tasks them with the arrest of Black Boy.

Two Against All

1962

I magnifici tre poster
5.4

Pablo, Domingo and Jose, three idiots, gunmen exchanged for large liberate a village in the republic of "Nonduras" from the oppression of dictator Bonarios. Parody of The Magnificent Seven, five writers got together for an anemic script that exploits a repertoire mixture with the song "A man alive"by Gino Paoli.

I magnifici tre

1961

All on the Red poster
7.5

With the help of two accomplices an underhanded gambler prepares a rigged roulette wheel with which they quickly accumulate money hand over fist. But then greed forges a wall between the three and the intrusion of ruthless competitors result in a massacre.

All on the Red

1968

The Inveterate Bachelor poster
7.0

Marcello is engaged to Gina, the daughter of the boarding house where he lives, but he is undecided whether to marry her or not.

The Inveterate Bachelor

1958

Il bandolero stanco poster
6.0

A comedy centered on the character of Pepito. It is an Italian western made before the Spaghetti western era and it is at the same time a parody of the western genre.

Il bandolero stanco

1952

Sunstroke poster
10.0

One Sunday in summer a mixed crowd pours on to a beach near Rome. A few tourists who had hoped to spend a relaxing day, find themselves involved in a series of unpleasant experiences instead.

Sunstroke

1968