Mario Amendola
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.
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
(Screenplay)
Banana Joe
(Screenplay)
Odds and Evens
(Screenplay)
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure
(Screenplay)
Thieves and Robbers
(Screenplay)
Aladdin
(Screenplay)
The Great Silence
(Screenplay)
Cacciatori di dote
(Director)
Caravan Petrol
(Director)
4 Crazy Draftees at the Army
(Writer)
The Cop in Blue Jeans
(Screenplay)
Toto at Night
(Director)
The Rape of the Sabine
(Story)
La campana di San Giusto
(Writer)
La campana di San Giusto
(Director)
È arrivato l'accordatore
(Screenplay)
Beauties on Motor Scooters
(Screenplay)
The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules
(Story)
The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules
(Screenplay)
Di che segno sei?
(Writer)
Killer Adios
(Story)
Killer Adios
(Screenplay)
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
(Screenplay)
Battle of the Amazons
(Writer)
Beauties in Capri
(Screenplay)
Una bruna indiavolata!
(Screenplay)
Una bruna indiavolata!
(Dialogue)
Rimini, Rimini: A Year Later
(Story)
Rimini, Rimini: A Year Later
(Screenplay)
Song That's Playing In My Head (Zum Zum Zum)
(Screenplay)
Days of Violence
(Screenplay)
Shoot, Gringo... Shoot!
(Screenplay)
Safari Express
(Writer)
Sonny and Jed
(Screenplay)
I Protect Myself Against My Enemies
(Director)
Totò Sexy
(Director)
Isabella, Duchess of the Devils
(Writer)
I'm Getting a Yacht
(Screenplay)
Sailors on Deck
(Screenplay)
The Third
(Director)
The Third
(Screenplay)
Vacation on the Esmeralda Coast
(Writer)
Story of Fear and a Knife
(Director)
Sword of Damascus
(Writer)
Sword of Damascus
(Director)
Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno
(Screenplay)
Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno
(Director)
Terror of Oklahoma
(Director)
Terror of Oklahoma
(Writer)
Cuore matto... matto da legare
(Director)
The Dream of Zorro
(Screenplay)
Sword of Zorro
(Story)
Due sul pianerottolo
(Director)
Amore formula 2
(Director)
Pensiero d'amore
(Screenplay)
Amore formula 2
(Screenplay)
Pensiero d'amore
(Director)
Tears of Love
(Director)
Tears of Love
(Screenplay)
L'innocente Casimiro
(Screenplay)
How I Lost the War
(Screenplay)
Come scopersi l'America
(Writer)
Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera
(Director)
I dritti
(Writer)
I dritti
(Director)
The Son of the Sheik
(Screenplay)
Zum Zum Zum 2
(Writer)
The Two Gladiators
(Writer)
Kill or Be Killed
(Story)
Kill or Be Killed
(Screenplay)
Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio
(Screenplay)
Beauties on bicycles
(Screenplay)
Agenzia Riccardo Finzi... praticamente detective
(Story)
Agenzia Riccardo Finzi... praticamente detective
(Screenplay)
The Story of Romance and Knife
(Story)
The Story of Romance and Knife
(Screenplay)
La famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna
(Screenplay)
La famiglia Passaguai
(Screenplay)
L'eroe della strada
(Screenplay)
Trap for Seven Spies
(Director)
On the Day of the Lord
(Screenplay)
Dance Music
(Writer)
Prepotenti più di prima
(Story)
Prepotenti più di prima
(Screenplay)
The World's Gold
(Idea)
I prepotenti
(Screenplay)
Song That's Playing In My Head (Zum Zum Zum)
(Story)
The Lucky Five
(Screenplay)
Assassination on the Tiber
(Story)
Assassination on the Tiber
(Screenplay)
Hit Squad
(Story)
Little Italy
(Story)
Little Italy
(Screenplay)
Sexy Sinners
(Story)
Three Supermen in Tokyo
(Story)
Man Only Cries for Love
(Writer)
The Swindle
(Screenplay)
The Swindle
(Story)
Un militare e mezzo
(Screenplay)
Story of Fear and a Knife
(Story)
Story of Fear and a Knife
(Screenplay)
Due bianchi nell'Africa nera
(Story)
Due bianchi nell'Africa nera
(Screenplay)
The Son of the Sheik
(Story)
Il tallone di Achille
(Writer)
Il tallone di Achille
(Director)
2 mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge
(Screenplay)
2 mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge
(Story)
Canzoni, bulli e pupe
(Screenplay)
Canzoni, bulli e pupe
(Story)
Shack and puppets
(Screenplay)
Tutto Totò - Totò Ye Ye
(Writer)
Tutto Totò - Totò a Napoli
(Writer)
Ma chi t'ha dato la patente?
(Story)
Cop in Drag
(Story)
Crime on the Highway
(Story)
Crime at Porta Romana
(Story)
Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno
(Story)
The Haunted House
(Screenplay)
The Haunted House
(Story)
Viuuulentemente mia
(Story)
The Gang That Sold America
(Story)
The Gang That Sold America
(Screenplay)
The Devil and Holy Water
(Screenplay)
The Devil and Holy Water
(Story)
Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici
(Screenplay)
Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici
(Story)
Il Terribile Ispettore
(Story)
Il Terribile Ispettore
(Screenplay)
Porta un bacione a Firenze
(Screenplay)
Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
(Screenplay)
The Dream of Zorro
(Story)
Fermi tutti... arrivo io!
(Screenplay)
Fermi tutti... arrivo io!
(Story)
L'amore nasce a Roma
(Director)
Hit Squad
(Screenplay)
Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera
(Screenplay)
Riderà! - Cuore matto
(Story)
Riderà! - Cuore matto
(Screenplay)
I due compari
(Screenplay)
The Black Duke
(Story)
The Black Duke
(Screenplay)
Pasqualino Cammarata... capitano di fregata
(Story)
Pasqualino Cammarata... capitano di fregata
(Screenplay)
The Rape of the Sabine
(Screenplay)
Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
(Dialogue)
Il Terribile Ispettore
(Director)
Milano miliardaria
(Story)
Milano miliardaria
(Screenplay)
Panhandle 38
(Writer)
Finalmente libero
(Director)
Finalmente libero
(Writer)
A qualcuna piace calvo
(Writer)
Cuore matto... matto da legare
(Writer)
Poppea: A Prostitute in Service of the Emperor
(Screenplay)
Nights of Boccaccio
(Writer)
Viaggio di nozze all'italiana
(Story)
Viaggio di nozze all'italiana
(Director)
Viaggio di nozze all'italiana
(Screenplay)
Helen, Yes... Helen of Troy
(Writer)
Stuff for the Rich
(Screenplay)
Rimini Rimini
(Story)
Rimini Rimini
(Screenplay)
La paura fa 90
(Screenplay)
Hate for Hate
(Writer)
The Sheriff
(Screenplay)
The Sheriff
(Story)
The Third
(Story)
Pirate of the Half Moon
(Screenplay)
Cacciatori di dote
(Story)
Cacciatori di dote
(Screenplay)
I prepotenti
(Director)
I ragazzi dell'Hully Gully
(Story)
I ragazzi dell'Hully Gully
(Screenplay)
Caravan Petrol
(Screenplay)
Soldati e caporali
(Story)
Soldati e caporali
(Screenplay)
I Protect Myself Against My Enemies
(Screenplay)
I Protect Myself Against My Enemies
(Story)
Storia de fratelli e de cortelli
(Director)
The Forbidden Decameron
(Writer)
I 4 tassisti
(Story)
I 4 tassisti
(Screenplay)
Three Tigers Against Three Tigers
(Screenplay)
Three Tigers Against Three Tigers
(Story)
Lady Barbara
(Director)
Lady Barbara
(Writer)
Lady Barbara
(Screenplay)
I, Hamlet
(Screenplay)
I, Hamlet
(Story)
Dove Sta Zaza?
(Story)
Bertoldo, Bertoldino and Cacasenno
(Writer)
L'amore nasce a Roma
(Writer)
Crime at Porta Romana
(Screenplay)
Cop in Drag
(Screenplay)
Crime on the Highway
(Screenplay)
Crime in Formula One
(Screenplay)
Serenatella Sciuè Sciuè
(Screenplay)
Messalina, Messalina!
(Screenplay)
Il trafficone
(Writer)
Africa Express
(Screenplay)
Soldati e caporali
(Director)
Trap for Seven Spies
(Screenplay)
Trap for Seven Spies
(Story)
Sailors on Deck
(Story)
Crime at the Chinese Restaurant
(Story)
Crime at the Chinese Restaurant
(Screenplay)
Bertoldo, Bertoldino and Cacasenno
(Director)
Three Supermen in Tokyo
(Screenplay)
The Mighty Anselmo and His Squire
(Screenplay)
Vino, whisky e acqua salata
(Writer)
Vino, whisky e acqua salata
(Director)
Trouble in Istamboel
(Writer)
Arms of the Avenger
(Screenplay)
Arms of the Avenger
(Story)
The Funny Face of the Godfather
(Writer)
Addio, mamma!
(Director)
Addio, mamma!
(Writer)
Le mille e una notte all'italiana
(Screenplay)
Odds and Evens
(Story)
Maskenball bei Scotland Yard
(Screenplay)
A qualcuna piace calvo
(Director)
Simpatico mascalzone
(Writer)
Simpatico mascalzone
(Director)
Dad Becomes Mom
(Screenplay)
La vuole lui... lo vuole lei
(Director)
Il vagabondo
(Screenplay)
La banda del buco
(Screenplay)
La banda del buco
(Story)
La banda del buco
(Director)
Three Supermen in the Jungle
(Screenplay)
Le mille e una notte all'italiana
(Story)
Pasqualino Cammarata... capitano di fregata
(Director)
Night of Hate
(Screenplay)
La bisarca
(Writer)