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Mario Caiano

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| name = Mario Caiano

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|02|13}}

| birth_place = Rome, Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|9|20|1933|02|13}}

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| yearsactive = 1954–2002

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| occupation = Film director, producer, screenwriter, art director

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Mario Caiano (February 13, 1933 – September 20, 2015){{Cite web |title=Mario Caiano |url=https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/142140/mario-caiano |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=en.unifrance.org}} was an Italian film director, screenwriter, producer, art director and second unit director.{{cite web|url=http://dagostini.blogautore.repubblica.it/2015/09/20/mario-caiano/|title=Mario Caiano|work=Corazzata Potemkin|access-date=2015-09-21|archive-date=2015-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923060434/http://dagostini.blogautore.repubblica.it/2015/09/20/mario-caiano/|url-status=dead}}

Career

Born in Rome, he directed nearly 50 films between 1961 and 2001 and wrote some 27 films and TV scripts since 1954.{{Cite book |last=Ercolani |first=Eugenio |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ss2qDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Mario+Caiano%22+%22Rome%22 |title=Darkening the Italian Screen: Interviews with Genre and Exploitation Directors Who Debuted in the 1950s and 1960s |date=2019-08-21 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-6738-6 |language=en}}

He is primarily known for his work on Spaghetti Westerns,{{Cite book |last=Wong |first=Aliza S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tUNvDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Mario+Caiano%22+%22Rome%22 |title=Spaghetti Westerns: A Viewer's Guide |date=2018-12-15 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-6904-0 |language=en}} Pepla, Euro Crime and to a slightly lesser degree on horror films.{{Cite book |last=Brizio-Skov |first=Flavia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j-MXEAAAQBAJ&q=%22Mario+Caiano%22+%22Pepla%22 |title=Ride the Frontier: Exploring the Myth of the American West on Screen |date=2021-02-17 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-8306-5 |language=en}} Caiano directed (as Allen Grünewald) and wrote the script for Nightmare Castle (Amanti d'oltretomba, 1965), which stars Barbara Steele. Eye in the Labyrinth (1972) is a later film in the genre that he directed.

Partial filmography

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! width="15%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title

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! width="1%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}

width=6% | Director

! width=6% | Screenwriter

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scope="row" | {{sort|Pirate of the Black Hawk|The Pirate of the Black Hawk}}

| rowspan="2" | 1958

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| style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=129}}

scope="row" | Pia of Ptolemy

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| rowspan="2" | Assistant director

| style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=128}}

scope="row" | {{sort|Loves of Salammbo|The Loves of Salammbo}}

| 1960

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| {{yes}}

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| style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=110}}

scope="row" | Journey Beneath the Desert

| 1961

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| {{yes}}

| 2nd Unit Director

| style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=102}}{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=103}}

scope="row" | Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules

| 1962

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=186}}

scope="row" | Medusa Against the Son of Hercules

| rowspan="2" | 1963

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| style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=115}}{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=116}}

scope="row" | Goliath and the Rebel Slave

| {{yes}}

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| style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=183}}

scope="row" | Bullets Don't Argue

| rowspan="3" | 1964

| {{yes}}

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| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1503|website=Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Las pistolas no discuten [Le pistole non discutono] (1964)|access-date=24 September 2018|language=Italian}}{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/die-letzten-zwei-vom-rio-bravo_ea43d4a6add95006e03053d50b37753d|website=Filmportal.de|title=Die letzten Zwei vom Rio Bravo|access-date=24 September 2018|language=German}}

scope="row" | {{sort|Two Gladiators|The Two Gladiators}}

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| style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=181}}

scope="row" | {{sort|Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules|The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules}}

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| style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=172}}

scope="row" | Nightmare Castle

| rowspan="2" | 1965

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| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=143}}

scope="row" | Vengeance of the Vikings

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| style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=187}}

scope="row" | {{sort|Coffin for the Sheriff|A Coffin for the Sheriff}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{yes}}

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| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1644|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Una bara per lo sceriffo (1965)|access-date=December 29, 2018|language=Italian}}

scope="row" | {{ill|Spies Strike Silently - Le spie uccidono in silenzio|it}}

| 1966

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| {{yes}}

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| style="text-align:center;"|pp. 230-1 Blake, Matt The Eurospy Guide Luminary Press 2004

scope="row" | 7 pistole per un massacro

| 1967

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| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-RE5AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA286 |title=Spaghetti Westerns--the Good, the Bad and the Violent: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961-1977 |first=Thomas |last=Weisser |publisher=McFarland Publishing |date=22 August 2005 |page=286 |isbn=9780786424429}}

scope="row" | Ringo the Lone Rider

| {{n/a}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG2435|website=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Dos hombres van a morir [Ringo, il cavaliere solitario] (1968)|access-date=December 29, 2018|language=Italian}}

scope="row" | {{ill|Love Birds - Una strana voglia d'amare|it}}

| 1969

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| {{yes}}

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| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/liebesvogel_ea43d4a6c98c5006e03053d50b37753d|publisher=Filmportal.de|title=Liebesvögel|access-date=December 29, 2018|language=German}}

scope="row" | Shadow of Illusion

| 197?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=17}}{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=18}}{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=19}}

scope="row" | Eye in the Labyrinth

| 1972

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| {{yes}}

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/film/locchio-nel-labirinto_cf48e91719f94742ac7d8a55dcd14aa7|publisher=Filmportal.de|title=L'Occhio nel labirinto|access-date=December 29, 2018|language=German}}{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG3327|website=Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=L'occhio nel labirinto (1972)|access-date=December 29, 2018|language=Italian}}

scope="row" | My Name Is Shanghai Joe

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG3527|website=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Il mio nome è Shangai Joe (1973)|access-date=December 29, 2018|language=Italian}}

scope="row" | Calling All Police Cars

| 1975

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| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=128}}

scope="row" | Bloody Payroll

| 1976

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=161}}{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=162}}

scope="row" | Nazi Love Camp 27

| {{n/a}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG4245|website=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=La svastica nel ventre (1976)|access-date=December 29, 2018|language=Italian}}

scope="row" | Napoli spara!

| rowspan="2" | 1977

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| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=235}}

scope="row"|{{sort|Malavita attacca|La malavita attacca... la polizia risponde!}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=224}}

References

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Works cited

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  • {{cite book|last=Curti|first=Roberto|title=Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0786469765|year=2013}}
  • {{cite book|last=Curti|first=Roberto|title=Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957–1969|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-1989-7|year=2015}}
  • {{cite book|last=Curti|first=Roberto|title=Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1476629605|year=2017}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Kinnard|first1=Roy|last2=Crnkovich|first2=Tony|title=Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1476662916|year=2017}}

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External links

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Category:1933 births

Category:Italian horror film directors

Category:Italian screenwriters

Category:2015 deaths

Category:Writers from Rome

Category:Poliziotteschi directors

Category:Spaghetti Western directors

Category:Italian male screenwriters

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