Ernesto Gastaldi

Writing

Ernesto Gastaldi

Born

1934-09-10 (92)

Place of birth

Graglia, Piedmont, Italy

Known for

Writing

Credits

52 titles

Known for

My Name Is Nobody poster
7.3

Jack Beauregard, an aging gunman of the Old West, only wants to retire in peace and move to Europe, but a young gunfighter known as "Nobody" who idolizes Beauregard wants him to go out in a blaze of glory. So, he arranges for Jack to face the 150-man gang known as The Wild Bunch and earn his place in history.

My Name Is Nobody

1973

Torso poster
6.6

A masked serial killer with psychosexual issues strangles female coeds with scarves before dismembering them. When a wealthy student identifies one of the scarves and thinks she has a lead on a suspect, she becomes the killer's next target, retreating to her family's remote cliffside villa with three of her girlfriends.

Torso

1973

Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming poster
6.3

Wily roving gunslinger Sartana arrives in a small town and tries to find a hidden fortune of half a million dollars in gold and two million dollars in counterfeit money. Naturally, a bunch of other treacherous folks who include conniving widow Senora Manassas, shrewd fellow gunslinger Grand Full, and the vicious and unhinged General Monk are also looking to get their greedy hands on said fortune.

Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming

1970

Hands of Steel poster
5.2

A story about a cyborg who is programmed to kill a scientist who holds the fate of mankind in his hands.

Hands of Steel

1986

Day of Anger poster
7.0

A scruffy garbage boy becomes the pupil of famed gunfighter Talby, and the stage for confrontation is set when the gunman overruns the boy's town through violence and corruption.

Day of Anger

1967

The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh poster
6.8

When socialite and heiress Julie Wardh begins receiving blackmail letters attributed to a mysterious serial killer, she suspects her cruel and sadistic former lover Jean is behind them. With her husband Neil frequently out of town, she falls into the arms of her friend's cousin George, and as the unknown assassin begins to make his move, she fears that one of the three men in her life may be the killer.

The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh

1971

Film credits

2010s · 7 titles

All the Colors of Giallo poster
6.7

'Giallo' is Italian for 'yellow', the color of the lurid pulp novels that inspired one of the most intense, extreme and influential genres in movie history. In this unprecedented collection, experience the full chronological evolution of giallo with more than 100 rare and classic trailers from such masters as Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, Sergio Martino, Antonio Margheriti, Umberto Lenzi and many more. Then slip on black leather gloves and set the mood with a Bonus CD of legendary soundtrack music from composers that include Ennio Morricone, Riz Ortolani, Bruno Nicolai, Stelvio Cipriani and others, along with all-new featurettes that thrust even deeper into the genre. "But be warned," says Gizmodo.com, "Once you start going down the blood- slicked giallo rabbit hole, you may become dangerously obsessed."

All the Colors of Giallo

2019

The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti poster
6.0

Documentary on the life and films of Antonio Margheriti.

The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti

2013

No artwork available
8.0

Documentary about the making of the early Giallo "Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion".

Private Pictures

2018

Spaghetti alla Martino poster
NR

The film documentary by Daniele Ceccarini and Francesco Tassara tells the prolific career of the Italian director Sergio Martino.

Spaghetti alla Martino

2019

Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres… poster
8.0

French documentary on the Spaghetti Western genre, with numerous interviews.

Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…

2014

No artwork available
7.0

An analysis of Italian director Sergio Martino's Giallo films of the 1970s.

Jet Set Giallo

2018

No artwork available
NR

Screenwriter Gastaldi reflects on his career in the crime film-writing business, including a look at Death Walks at Midnight;

Crime Does Pay

2017

Behind the camera

My Name Is Nobody poster
7.3

Jack Beauregard, an aging gunman of the Old West, only wants to retire in peace and move to Europe, but a young gunfighter known as "Nobody" who idolizes Beauregard wants him to go out in a blaze of glory. So, he arranges for Jack to face the 150-man gang known as The Wild Bunch and earn his place in history.

My Name Is Nobody

1973

Torso poster
6.6

A masked serial killer with psychosexual issues strangles female coeds with scarves before dismembering them. When a wealthy student identifies one of the scarves and thinks she has a lead on a suspect, she becomes the killer's next target, retreating to her family's remote cliffside villa with three of her girlfriends.

Torso

1973

Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming poster
6.3

Wily roving gunslinger Sartana arrives in a small town and tries to find a hidden fortune of half a million dollars in gold and two million dollars in counterfeit money. Naturally, a bunch of other treacherous folks who include conniving widow Senora Manassas, shrewd fellow gunslinger Grand Full, and the vicious and unhinged General Monk are also looking to get their greedy hands on said fortune.

Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming

1970

Hands of Steel poster
5.2

A story about a cyborg who is programmed to kill a scientist who holds the fate of mankind in his hands.

Hands of Steel

1986

Day of Anger poster
7.0

A scruffy garbage boy becomes the pupil of famed gunfighter Talby, and the stage for confrontation is set when the gunman overruns the boy's town through violence and corruption.

Day of Anger

1967

The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh poster
6.8

When socialite and heiress Julie Wardh begins receiving blackmail letters attributed to a mysterious serial killer, she suspects her cruel and sadistic former lover Jean is behind them. With her husband Neil frequently out of town, she falls into the arms of her friend's cousin George, and as the unknown assassin begins to make his move, she fears that one of the three men in her life may be the killer.

The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh

1971

Kidnap Syndicate poster
6.8

After his son is kidnapped, a millionaire industrialist seeks revenge, in spite of the potential danger that his rash actions will bring about for his child and another kidnapped boy, the son of a poor mechanic.

Kidnap Syndicate

1975

Crypt of the Vampire poster
4.9

Count Karnstein sends for a doctor to help his sick daughter Laura. Her nurse believes she is possessed by the spirit of a dead ancestor, Carmilla. A young woman becomes intrigued by the mysterious deaths surrounding Laura after a carriage accident outside the castle forces her to stay. They become close friends until Laura becomes convinced the spirit of Carmilla is forcing her to kill.

Crypt of the Vampire

1964

Arizona Colt poster
6.4

Arizona Colt heads for Blackstone City where Gordon is planning a robbery. When one of Gordon's henchmen murders a saloon girl, Arizona offers to hunt down the killer.

Arizona Colt

1966

All the Colours of the Dark poster
6.6

After a car accident that caused the loss of her baby, Jane experiences an increasing amount of nightmares that shake her to her core. After seeking professional help, her haunting visions turn into an even more frightening reality, one full of black magic, blood orgies, and murder.

All the Colours of the Dark

1972

A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die poster
6.3

A dishonored Union Army officer leads a group of convicts to retake Fort Holman from the Confederate Army.

A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die

1972

The Whip and the Body poster
6.4

Disowned in the past by his father, Kurt Menliff, a cruel and sadistic nobleman, returns to the family castle to reclaim his inheritance.

The Whip and the Body

1963

The Suspicious Death of a Minor poster
6.1

Police detective Paolo Germi and the mysterious Marisa meet each other at a dance hall. Germi is unsuspecting of the secret Marisa is carrying with her: adverse conditions forced her into prostitution. As Germi finds the young girl brutally murdered, he decides to go after her killers. During his investigation, he enters a world of intrigue and obfuscation that leave an endless trail of blood.

The Suspicious Death of a Minor

1975

The Sweet Body of Deborah poster
5.5

A newlywed couple visits the husband's hometown of Geneva, where they are subjected to threats stemming from the death of his former fiancée.

The Sweet Body of Deborah

1968

$10,000 for a Massacre poster
5.4

After being hired to free a landowner's kidnapped daughter, a bounty hunter double-crosses his employer and joins the kidnapper's gang.

$10,000 for a Massacre

1967

Scorpion with Two Tails poster
4.7

An archeologist's wife has recurring nightmares about ritual killings in an Etruscan tomb while her husband is away excavating a lost temple. After a phone call where she is forced to listen to him being murdered, she travels to the excavation site to solve the mystery of his death.

Scorpion with Two Tails

1982

The Great Alligator poster
4.5

Tourists on a tropical island anger an island god, who turns himself into a giant alligator and stalks them.

The Great Alligator

1979

Puzzle poster
5.7

In London, A man who has amnesia attempts to uncover the truth about his identity. A menacing individual accuses him of betrayal, and soon more pieces of his puzzling past begin to fall in place.

Puzzle

1974

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot poster
6.3

Expert conman Joe Thanks teams up with half-breed Bill and naive Lucy to steal $300,000 from the Indian-hating Major Cabot. Their elaborate plan is full of disguises, double-crosses, and chases, but Joe always seems to know what he's doing.

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

1975

The Battle of El Alamein poster
5.2

June 1942. As Rommel swept toward the Nile, the fall of Egypt and the capture of the Suez Canal seemed inevitable. Italian and German advance units raced toward Alexandria. Mussolini had given explicit orders: The Italians must arrive first!

The Battle of El Alamein

1969

The Grand Duel poster
6.0

A grizzled ex-sheriff helps a man framed for murder to confront the powerful trio of brothers who want him dead.

The Grand Duel

1972

Gun Moll poster
5.2

A happy-go-lucky prostitute gets mixed up with the Mafia.

Gun Moll

1975

Vengeance Is Mine poster
6.8

Johnny Forest, bounty hunter, attempts to carry out his mother's dying wish that he bring in his outlaw brother, Clint, alive. On the run from Jurago, a former partner he has crossed, Clint accepts Johnny's help, and agrees to surrender ..... for now.

Vengeance Is Mine

1967

2019: After the Fall of New York poster
5.4

After a nuclear war society breaks down into two groups, the evil Euraks, and the rebel Federation. A mercenary named Parsifal is hired by the Federation to infiltrate New York City, which is controlled by the Euraks, to rescue the only fertile woman left on Earth.

2019: After the Fall of New York

1983

Death Walks on High Heels poster
6.5

Exotic dancer Nicole finds herself terrorized by a black-clad assailant determined on procuring her murdered father's stolen gems. Fleeing Paris in hopes of evading her knife-wielding pursuer, Nicole arrives in England only to discover that death stalks her at every corner.

Death Walks on High Heels

1971

Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key poster
6.5

Oliviero is a drunk, burned-out writer who amuses himself by hosting orgies at his grand country manor and humiliating his wife Irina. When a number of women are murdered in grisly fashion, Oliviero becomes a prime suspect.

Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key

1972

The Case of the Scorpion's Tail poster
6.3

After her husband dies in a freak plane accident, a woman leaves London for Athens to collect his generous life insurance policy. She soon discovers that others besides herself are keen to get their hands on the money - and are willing to kill for it. Meanwhile, a private investigator arrives to investigate irregularities in the claim, teaming up with a beautiful reporter.

The Case of the Scorpion's Tail

1971

Killers Are Challenged poster
6.0

When a trio of scientists who have discovered an alternative energy source starts dying mysteriously Bob Fleming goes to Casablanca to solve the mystery.

Killers Are Challenged

1966

The Case of the Bloody Iris poster
6.4

A high-rise apartment populated by models, nightclub dancers and call girls becomes the focus of a mysterious serial killer. When a young model named Jennifer and her friend Marilyn move into one of the victims' former apartments, Jennifer becomes the next target and the pair try to identify the killer.

The Case of the Bloody Iris

1972

$1,000 on the Black poster
5.1

Johnny Liston has just been released from prison where he has wrongly served twelve years for a murder. He returns to Campos, the village of his birth, where the whole town is terrorized by Johnny's brother, Sartana, who has taken Manuela, Johnny's fiancèe to be his lover. With his only friend a mute, Johnny must seize all opportunity to find out why he was framed, who was involved and why he is not welcome. source: SWDB www.spaghetti-western.net

$1,000 on the Black

1966

So Sweet... So Perverse poster
5.6

An industrialist's affair with a troubled woman entangles him in a dangerous situation with her abusive boyfriend. His glamorous life spirals into unexpected peril.

So Sweet... So Perverse

1969

The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion poster
6.5

The wife of a financially struggling businessman is blackmailed by a mysterious man into having a sadistic relationship with him, or he will release damning evidence that suggests that her husband is a murderer.

The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion

1970

Horror Castle poster
5.7

Women are being tortured to death with various devices in the dungeon of an old castle by a mysterious, hooded figure who may be a notorious executioner from medieval times.

Horror Castle

1963

Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment poster
5.0

A beautiful but poor young girl finds all the money and material goods she never had when she becomes the girlfriend of a crime boss, but soon learns that there is a price to be paid for that kind of life.

Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment

1973

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

The Violent Professionals poster
6.1

With or without help from law enforcement officers, a lone individual decides to crack down on the syndicate.

The Violent Professionals

1973

Sahara Cross poster
5.0

Jean Bellard and Carl Mank, two Western engineers supported by Hamid are in search of a terrorist group that murdered their colleague in the Tunisian desert.

Sahara Cross

1977

I'm Getting a Yacht poster
5.0

A dentist buys a small yacht and takes his two children on a cruise of the Mediterranean. His ex-wife stows away to keep an eye on the children and the inevitable happens.

I'm Getting a Yacht

1980

The Revenge of the Gladiators poster
7.0

Friends of Spartacus achieve revenge on the plotter who tries to make political capital out of the rumor that he is still alive. It was shot back to back with Seven Slaves Against the World.

The Revenge of the Gladiators

1964

The Horrible Dr. Hichcock poster
5.9

In late 19th century London, a woman weds a necrophiliac doctor whose first wife died under mysterious circumstances - and who might be returning from the grave to torment her successor.

The Horrible Dr. Hichcock

1962