Writing

Sandro Continenza

Born — Died

1920-07-13 — 1996-11-21

Place of birth

Rome, Italy

Known for

Writing

Credits

40 titles

Known for

Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete poster
5.4

King Minos sacrifices the 'required' virgins to the Minotaur. As his wife lies dying, she confesses that her daughter has a twin she has secreted to avoid giving one of the girls to the Minotaur. The daughter raised by Minos tries to have her twin killed, but failing in her first attempt, continues to try to have her given to the Minotaur. Theseus, the Greek hero, tries to prevent it.

Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete

1960

The Inglorious Bastards poster
6.2

Set in Europe during WWII, a group of American soldiers on their way to military prison are beset upon by a German artillery attack, escaping with Switzerland in their sights. Before making it any farther, they volunteer to steal a V2 warhead for the French Underground - taking them deep into the heart of German territory.

The Inglorious Bastards

1978

The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue poster
6.4

When a series of murders hit the remote English countryside, a detective suspects a pair of travelers when it is actually the work of the undead, jarred back to life by an experimental ultra-sonic radiation machine used by the Ministry of Agriculture to kill insects.

The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue

1974

Gladiators 7 poster
3.8

Framed for the escape of five gladiators from the arena, the son of one of Sparta's leading citizens is sentenced to the arena as gladiator himself and forced to fight for his life in the Roman Colosseum. Years later he manages to escape and return to Sparta, only to find out that his father has been murdered--even though it was ruled a "suicide"--and the woman he loves is about to marry the evil king who has usurped the throne. He sets out to find six of his fellow gladiators and return to Sparta to save his woman and place the rightful king on the throne.

Gladiators 7

1962

The Sword and the Cross poster
3.4

Mary Magdalene, a notorious harlot, must choose between her lascivious lifestyle and the love and affection of her decent-minded brother.

The Sword and the Cross

1958

The Eroticist poster
5.7

Senator Pupis feels a strong and uncontrollable urge to grab women's bottoms, a habit than can lead to embarrassment, especially if the woman in question is head of another state and the occasion a state visit. In his desperation Pupis turns to the clergy for spiritual and psychological help.

The Eroticist

1972

Behind the camera

Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete poster
5.4

King Minos sacrifices the 'required' virgins to the Minotaur. As his wife lies dying, she confesses that her daughter has a twin she has secreted to avoid giving one of the girls to the Minotaur. The daughter raised by Minos tries to have her twin killed, but failing in her first attempt, continues to try to have her given to the Minotaur. Theseus, the Greek hero, tries to prevent it.

Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete

1960

The Inglorious Bastards poster
6.2

Set in Europe during WWII, a group of American soldiers on their way to military prison are beset upon by a German artillery attack, escaping with Switzerland in their sights. Before making it any farther, they volunteer to steal a V2 warhead for the French Underground - taking them deep into the heart of German territory.

The Inglorious Bastards

1978

The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue poster
6.4

When a series of murders hit the remote English countryside, a detective suspects a pair of travelers when it is actually the work of the undead, jarred back to life by an experimental ultra-sonic radiation machine used by the Ministry of Agriculture to kill insects.

The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue

1974

Gladiators 7 poster
3.8

Framed for the escape of five gladiators from the arena, the son of one of Sparta's leading citizens is sentenced to the arena as gladiator himself and forced to fight for his life in the Roman Colosseum. Years later he manages to escape and return to Sparta, only to find out that his father has been murdered--even though it was ruled a "suicide"--and the woman he loves is about to marry the evil king who has usurped the throne. He sets out to find six of his fellow gladiators and return to Sparta to save his woman and place the rightful king on the throne.

Gladiators 7

1962

The Sword and the Cross poster
3.4

Mary Magdalene, a notorious harlot, must choose between her lascivious lifestyle and the love and affection of her decent-minded brother.

The Sword and the Cross

1958

The Eroticist poster
5.7

Senator Pupis feels a strong and uncontrollable urge to grab women's bottoms, a habit than can lead to embarrassment, especially if the woman in question is head of another state and the occasion a state visit. In his desperation Pupis turns to the clergy for spiritual and psychological help.

The Eroticist

1972

Mid-Century Loves poster
5.2

Anthology of tragic love. A noblewoman falls for a commoner. A doctor keeps quiet about his patients' infidelities. Expectant father is sent to fight in WWI. A 1920s fascist enjoys Rome's nightlife. WWII airman falls for a girl in Naples.

Mid-Century Loves

1954

Fort Yuma Gold poster
6.2

Near the end of the Civil War, an imprisoned Confederate raider is sent under guard to warn both his men and the Army at Fort Yuma that an impending rebel raid is really nothing but a ruse by scoundrels from both sides, in cahoots to take the fort's gold for themselves during the chaos. Soon he slips his treacherous escort and attempts to complete the mission himself.

Fort Yuma Gold

1966

An American in Rome poster
7.1

Nando Moriconi is a young Italian living in Rome obsessed with all-things American.

An American in Rome

1954

The Loves of Hercules poster
3.5

Hercules decides to avenge the death of his wife, murdered at the hands of Éurito, king of Ecalia, but everything is a plot of an ambitious courtier. Hercules ends up falling in love with Deyanira, who is now a good queen.

The Loves of Hercules

1960

Five Thousand Dollars on One Ace poster
10.0

Jeff Clayton, who has already won $5,000 at poker when the game’s big loser returns, asking for one last hand. This time, the stranger will wager his portion of a ranch. He loses, tries to gun down Clayton in despair, and loses again, winding up dead on the floor of the saloon.

Five Thousand Dollars on One Ace

1965

The Bachelor poster
6.4

Paolo Anselmi is a happily single man. He lives in a flat with a friend but is forced to leave when the friend gets married. He then goes to a boarding house where he flirts with a girl but ditches her when she proposes marriage. When he goes and visits his mother he finds out that she is also trying to find the right girl for him. Is he going to surrender this time?

The Bachelor

1955

Hercules in the Haunted World poster
6.6

Upon his return from battle in the previous film, the great warrior Hercules learns that his lover, Daianara, has lost her senses. According to the oracle Medea, Dianara's only hope is the Stone of Forgetfulness which lies deep in the realm of Hades. Hercules, with two companions, Theseus and Telemachus, embarks on a dangerous quest for the stone, while he is unaware that Dianara's guardian, King Lico, is the one responsible for her condition and plots to have the girl for himself as his bride upon her revival.

Hercules in the Haunted World

1961

Hannibal poster
5.6

A Carthaginian general attempts to cross the Alps with an army of elephants in order to conquer Rome.

Hannibal

1959

Special Mission Lady Chaplin poster
6.5

Lady Chaplin is a beautiful woman, she is a fashion stylist and she owns an atelier in Paris. Zoltan is a rich American specialized in submarine researches. Dick Malloy is an American secret agent. What have the three in common? Perhaps a sunk American atomic submarine with sixteen missiles still on board? And why every other scene one, two, ten or more men are trying to kill Malloy in every conceivable way?

Special Mission Lady Chaplin

1966

Love in 4 Easy Lessons poster
3.7

Four stories focused on the fair sex, dealing with the most varied and improbable sentimental and non-sentimental situations.

Love in 4 Easy Lessons

1976

The Anatomy of Love poster
6.4

Nine episodes about life in Italy in the period just before its economic boom.

The Anatomy of Love

1954

Mission Bloody Mary poster
5.6

An American secret agent is tasked with recovering a nuclear bomb stolen by spies.

Mission Bloody Mary

1965

Murder by Music poster
7.5

Katharine Milford commits suicide by jumping out the window. Her brother, Richard refuses to believe the police story about suicide, and when it is discovered that more people had contact with Katharine died in the same way he starts a private investigation, which leads the man into Londons 'dirtiest hippie clubs. It seems that music is the common factor in all suicide - or was it murder?

Murder by Music

1969

Samson and His Mighty Challenge poster
4.3

Four muscular heroes fight the evil ruler of an oppressed people.

Samson and His Mighty Challenge

1964

March on Rome poster
7.5

March on Rome (Italian: La marcia su Roma) is a 1962 comedy film by Dino Risi with Vittorio Gassman and Ugo Tognazzi, aimed at describing the March on Rome of Benito Mussolini's black shirts from the point of view of two newly recruited, naïve black shirts

March on Rome

1962

The Day the Sky Exploded poster
4.3

Scientists discover that a group of meteors are hurtling on a collison course with Earth, and if they hit, the planet will be destroyed.

The Day the Sky Exploded

1958

The Widower poster
7.4

Alberto Nardi is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe. Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi who has a no-nonsense attitude and barely tolerates the attempts of her husband to keep his factory afloat with her money.

The Widower

1959

Totò Looking for Wife poster
6.3

Aunt Agatha writes to Toto, informing him that she won't send him another penny until he is married.

Totò Looking for Wife

1950

Times Gone By poster
5.2

A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.

Times Gone By

1952

Love and Larceny poster
7.2

Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy, is involved, due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant.

Love and Larceny

1960

The Amazing Doctor G poster
5.6

Nefarious villain Goldginger is thwarted by bumbling secret agents Franco and Ciccio in his scheme to spark an international war by zombifying all government employees in this Italian spoof of the James Bond movies.

The Amazing Doctor G

1965

Tiffany Memorandum poster
4.6

A journalist and secretary get involved in espionage.

Tiffany Memorandum

1967

The Cheerful Squadron poster
6.1

The Cheerful Squadron is a 1954 Italian war-comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and Interpreted by movie stars like Paolo Stoppa, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Sordi and Silvana Pampanini. Based on the military environment novel The Allegro Squadron by Georges Courteline (1886), this film presents a series of sketches on military life in the late nineteenth century.

The Cheerful Squadron

1954

The Crimes of the Black Cat poster
5.5

In Copenhagen, a blind pianist hunts the culprit in string of murders, each linked by the presence of a yellow shawl and a black cat.

The Crimes of the Black Cat

1972

Too Bad She's Bad poster
6.9

When young and attractive Lina Stroppiani, a thief like the rest of her family, tries to steal the taxi of Paolo, together with two accomplices, she can't possibly know that this will have far reaching consequences.

Too Bad She's Bad

1954

A Day in Court poster
6.3

A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters.

A Day in Court

1954

Hector the Mighty poster
6.0

A pimp named Horny Hector operates a brothel on property coveted by Cardinal Giove. The Cardinal comes up with a plan to force Hector into selling him the land by kidnapping Helen, triggering a small gang war.

Hector the Mighty

1972

Django Shoots First poster
5.2

Django's father is framed by his business partner Clusker and shot by a bounty Killer. Django inherits his fathers part of the business and a score to settle with Clusker.

Django Shoots First

1966

Sex Can Be Difficult poster
6.3

A journalist could marry the daughter of a tycoon, but prefers a relationship with a married woman. An attorney renounces her lover by greed. A soldier tries to approach a widow on a train. A German couple looking for adventure mistakingly aim for the wrong target, yet find love.

Sex Can Be Difficult

1962

From the Orient with Fury poster
6.4

A scientist who has invented a weapon capable of disintegrating solid matter is kidnapped by a criminal gang, which intends to sell the scientist and his weapon to the highest bidder. A secret agent and the scientist's daughter set out to track down the kidnappers and rescue the scientist.

From the Orient with Fury

1965

White Slave Ship poster
6.0

The Albatross travels from England to the New World in 1675, with a number of passengers, a couple of political prisoners along with a dozen other women convicts, these to be sold into slavery on arrival. The woman activist frees the dozen of low-cast women, and they take over the ship. After a storm, the captain takes back control of his ship. Since mutiny is punishable by death in the New World, the mutineers try to reroute the course, tossing Desny and Purdom in the brig. A practical male mutineer wants to throw the women overboard to save rations, but the women free Purdom and the captain to battle the mutineers. A British warship comes to the rescue, and the captain pardons Angeli and Purdom for having saved his life.

White Slave Ship

1961

Uncle Was a Vampire poster
5.6

Baron Osvaldo Lambertenghi is forced to sell his ancestral castle, staying on as a bellboy when it's converted into a hotel. However he becomes vampirized when his mysterious uncle comes to stay.

Uncle Was a Vampire

1959

Bread, Love and Andalucia poster
6.3

Determined to postpone his own wedding, a former marshal leaves his bride-to-be and participates in an international music festival in Spain, where he falls for a young dancer.

Bread, Love and Andalucia

1958

Where Are You Going on Holiday? poster
5.8

In three vignettes, two exes, a tour guide and a married couple struggle to overcome a series of misadventures during their vacations.

Where Are You Going on Holiday?

1978