Mario Amendola

Writing

Mario Amendola

Born 1910-12-08 · Recco, Liguria, Italia

Mario Natalino Concetto Amendola (8 December 1910 – 22 December 1993) was an Italian screenwriter, film director and dramatist. Amendola was born in Recco, which is located in Genova to parents from Rome. He began his career on stage in 1931 as a writer for avanspettacolo shows. During that time, he wrote dialogue for Erminio Macario, Totò and more. He ended this profession and moved to cinema in 1949. He wrote for 153 films between 1941 and 1987. He also directed 37 films between 1949 and 1975.[1] Amendola collaborated with Bruno Corbucci on conceiving the Nico Giraldi film series starring Tomas Milian.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Great Silence poster
7.5

A mute gunslinger fights in the defense of a group of outlaws and a vengeful young widow, against a group of ruthless bounty hunters.

The Great Silence

1968

Il Terribile Ispettore poster
6.6

The ambition of a simple porter to become a real doctor, even though he has no diploma or degree, pushes him to enter the environment he likes so much.

Il Terribile Ispettore

1969

Il Terribile Ispettore poster
6.6

The ambition of a simple porter to become a real doctor, even though he has no diploma or degree, pushes him to enter the environment he likes so much.

Il Terribile Ispettore

1969

Messalina, Messalina! poster
4.2

Adventure comedy directed by Bruno Corbucci.

Messalina, Messalina!

1977

Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure poster
6.9

Alan gets a map to some war treasure which the Japanese army left behind on a small Pacific island at the end of World War II. But some gangsters try to steal the map from him and so he hides on Charlie's boat which just leaves the harbor. He manipulates the ship's compass so that Charlie is not aware that he is sailing to the treasure island. But when they step on the island, they discover that it is not as abandoned as they believed: there are some natives - and a Japanese soldier still defending the treasure

Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure

1981

Banana Joe poster
6.7

Island farmer Banana Joe helps the local community by trading his bananas for goods. When gangsters arrive with plans to construct a banana processing plant, Joe kicks them out, but the mob boss discovers that Joe is operating without a license. After the mob tips off the authorities and Joe's boat is impounded, he ventures into a big city for the first time to seek help.

Banana Joe

1982

Rimini Rimini poster
4.8

Funny, entertaining comedy with a few storylines. All of them have one thing in common - a resort town of Rimini in Italy.

Rimini Rimini

1987

Thieves and Robbers poster
6.1

A Lothario, in trouble for fooling around with a Senator's wife, becomes an unwitting witness to a mob murder. Police Lieutenant Parker tries to solve the case in enough time to take his long-suffering family on vacation.

Thieves and Robbers

1983

The White, The Yellow, and The Black poster
5.8

The White, the Yellow, and the Black (Italian: Il bianco, il giallo, il nero, also known as Shoot First… Ask Questions Later) is a 1975 Spaghetti Western comedy film. It is the last spaghetti western directed by Sergio Corbucci. Differently from his previous western films, this is openly parodic.

The White, The Yellow, and The Black

1975

The Swindle poster
6.5

A rude Roman policeman Nico Giraldi and an English detective team up in search of a gang that has carried out an enormous fraud against the Lloyd's of London.

The Swindle

1977

Finalmente libero poster
7.0

Enrico Rossi is accused of polygamy for having married six different women over the years.

Finalmente libero

1953

Finalmente libero poster
7.0

Enrico Rossi is accused of polygamy for having married six different women over the years.

Finalmente libero

1953

Battle of the Amazons poster
4.2

A tribe of vicious female warriors terrorizes the countryside, and especially the males, until one day the men and some local villagers decide to fight back.

Battle of the Amazons

1973

Aladdin poster
5.6

A teenager in modern-day Miami finds a magic lantern and out pops a genie, who's been asleep for 200 years and in his gratitude grants the boy several wishes.

Aladdin

1986

Tutto Totò - Totò a Napoli poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Tutto Totò - Totò a Napoli

1967

Hit Squad poster
6.6

A gang of thieves are robbing luxury apartments in Rome, but after emptying the villa of the wealthy Mr. Douglas, the thieves are beginning to die.

Hit Squad

1976

È arrivato l'accordatore poster
6.3

Achille Scorzella, a poor, unemployed and hungry devil, having been mistaken for a piano tuner, happens in the home of some new riches.

È arrivato l'accordatore

1952

Days of Violence poster
5.8

During the last months of the Civil War, Joe's brother is killed unjustly by Clifford, a captain in the Northen army. Joe decides to join a group of Southerners determined to resist till the end. Joe is considered an outlaw and a reward is posted for his capture. When the war ends, Joe returns to the farm where he used to work only to find Christine, the owner's daughter and his sweetheart, engaged to the hated Captain Clifford.

Days of Violence

1967

Tutto Totò - Totò Ye Ye poster
4.8

No synopsis available yet.

Tutto Totò - Totò Ye Ye

1967

Totò sexy poster
5.2

Two strange street musicians end up in jail and exchange sexy stories to while away time.

Totò sexy

1963

Abbiamo vinto! poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Abbiamo vinto!

1951

Man Only Cries for Love poster
3.8

Tony and some friends put together a rock band to do some concerts and earn some money. Unfortunately the military service is incumbent, but fortunately the boys will find themselves in the same barracks.

Man Only Cries for Love

1968

The Son of the Sheik poster
5.9

The old Emir of the Qudmar discovers he has a natural son in Italy. Secret agents and oil companies involve the man, an aspiring gas station, in the fight for the succession to the emirate.

The Son of the Sheik

1978

The Cop in Blue Jeans poster
6.2

A top undercover cop finds and arrests a series of purse snatchers until he discovers an American at the top of an evil ring of thieves.

The Cop in Blue Jeans

1976