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Piero Regnoli

{{short description|Italian screenwriter}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Piero Regnoli

| image =

| birth_date = 1921

| birth_place =

| other_names = Dean Craig{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=168}}

| death_date = {{death year and age|2001|1921}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

| occupation = Screenwriter, film director

| yearsactive = 1953–1994

}}

Piero Regnoli (1921–2001) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.

Career

Born in 1921, Regnoli worked in the film industry between 1953 and 1991 where he wrote over 110 screenplays and directed 11 films.{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=57}}{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=150}} Regnoli's work ranged from sword-and-sandal films, westerns, horror and sexy comedies.{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=57}} His final film where he was officially credited as a director was La principessa sul pisello in 1976.{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=151}} Regnoli did uncredited direction on the 1986 melodrama Giuro che ti amo starring Nino D'Angelo.{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=151}}

Regnoli was also employed as the film critic for the Vatican's daily newspaper L'Osservatore Romano.{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=57}} Regnoli died in 2001.{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=57}}

Style

Piero Regnoli's work as writer often dealt with themes of eroticism, such as in Brunello Rondi's Tecnica di un amore (1973), Roberto Bianchi Montero's Caligula's Hot Nights (1977) and Mario Bianchi's Satan's Baby Doll (1983).{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=150}}{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=111}} When Regnoli worked as a director, his work still contained these themes but was often toned down.{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=150}}

Selected filmography

:Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

! width="15%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title !! width="4%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year!! colspan="4" scope="col" | Credited as !! width="10%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes !! width="1%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}

width=6% |Directorwidth=6% | Screenplaywidth=6% |Storywidth=6% | Other
scope="row"|{{sort|Vampiri|It's Never Too Late}}

|1953

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| {{yes}}

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Glavin|2003|p=208}}

scope="row"|{{sort|Vampiri|I Vampiri}}

|1957

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|Acting role as Mr. Bourgeois; Assistant director

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=21}}

scope="row"|Anche l'inferno trema

|{{n/a}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6ebed167|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015051206/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6ebed167|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 October 2015|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=31 October 2015|title=Anche l'inferno trema (1958)}}

scope="row"|{{sort|Playgirls and the Vampire|The Playgirls and the Vampire}}

|1960

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=56}}

scope="row"|I'll See You in Hell

|{{n/a}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Paul|2004|p=313}}

scope="row"|Caribbean Hawk

|rowspan="2"|1962

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=33}}

scope="row"|The Defeat of the Barbarians

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=46}}

scope="row"|Maciste in King Solomon's Mines

|1964

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Paul|2004|p=312}}{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=146}}

scope="row"|{{sort|Third Eye (1966 film)|The Third Eye}}

|rowspan="3"|1966

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=168}}

scope="row"|{{sort|Hills Run Red|The Hills Run Red}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Hughes|2006|p=70}}{{sfn|Hughes|2006|p=78}}

scope="row"|Navajo Joe

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Hilger|2015|p=234}}

scope="row"|{{sort|Seven Red Berets|The Seven Red Berets}}

|1969

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b769b0fa5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913103930/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b769b0fa5|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 September 2012|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=31 October 2015|title=Sette baschi rossi (1969)}}

scope="row"|Gangster's Law

|1969

|

| {{yes}}

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|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=28}}

scope="row"|Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman

|1971

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|title=Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/142479/La-Spada-Normanna/details|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120052731/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/142479/La-Spada-Normanna/details|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2015|archive-date=2015-11-20}}

scope="row"|And They Smelled the Strange, Exciting, Dangerous Scent of Dollars

|rowspan="2"|1973

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Pitts|2012|p=91}}

scope="row"|White Fang

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Paul|2004|p=141}}{{sfn|Pitts|2012|p=395}}

scope="row"|Cry of a Prostitute

|1974

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=109}}

scope="row"|{{sort|Black Ribbon for Deborah|A Black Ribbon for Deborah}}

|1974

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=119}}

scope="row"|Season for Assassins

|1975

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=148}}

scope="row"|La principessa sul pisello

|1976

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=149}}{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=151}}

scope="row"|Honor and "Guapparia"

|1977

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=227}}

scope="row"|Malabimba – The Malicious Whore

|1978

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=208}}

scope="row"|Naples ... the Camorra Defies, the City Replies

|1979

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=265}}

scope="row"|{{sort|New Godfathers|The New Godfathers}}

|1979

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=266}}{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=267}}

scope="row"|Your Life for My Son

|1980

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=279}}

scope="row"|Nightmare City

|{{n/a}}

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Paul|2004|p=154}}

scope="row"|Patrick Still Lives

|{{n/a}}

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Paul|2004|p=292}}

scope="row"|Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror

|{{n/a}}

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Paul|2004|p=243}}{{sfn|Kay|2008|p=118}}

scope="row"|The Sword of the Barbarians

|rowspan="2"|1982

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=198}}

scope="row"|Gunan, King of the Barbarians

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=201}}

scope="row"|Satan's Baby Doll

|1983

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=111}}

scope="row"|The Bronx Executioner

|{{n/a}}

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7f5c7d9f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917093346/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7f5c7d9f|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 September 2012|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=31 October 2015|title=Il giustiziere del bronx (1989)}}

scope="row"|Demonia

|{{n/a}}

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Paul|2004|p=136}}

scope="row"|Voices from Beyond

|{{n/a}}

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Paul|2004|p=141}}

scope="row"|{{sort|Smile on the Fox|The Smile of the Fox}}

|{{n/a}}

|

| {{yes}}

|

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Paul|2004|p=298}}

scope="row"|Hot Laps

|{{n/a}}

|

| {{yes}}

|

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Paul|2004|p=242}}

scope="row"|La ragazza di cortina

|{{n/a}}

|

| {{yes}}

|

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b8a9a8e8c|archive-url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130805080145/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b8a9a8e8c|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 August 2013|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=31 October 2015|title=La ragazza di cortina (1994)}}

References

=Footnotes=

{{reflist}}

=Sources=

{{Refbegin}}

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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 | last= Curti | first= Roberto | title= Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989 |publisher= McFarland |year= 2019 |isbn= 978-1476672434}}
  • {{cite book | last= Glavin | first= John | title= Dickens on Screen |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year= 2003 |isbn=0521001242}}
  • {{cite book |last=Hughes |first=Howard |title=Once Upon a Time in the Italian West |year=2006 |publisher=I B Tauris |ISBN=0857730452}}
  • {{cite book | last= Kay | first= Glenn | title= Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide |publisher= Chicago Review Press |year= 2008 |isbn= 978-1569766835}}
  • {{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

}}

  • {{cite book | last= Paul | first= Louis | title= Italian Horror Film Directors |publisher= McFarland |year= 2004 |isbn= 978-0-7864-8749-3}}
  • {{cite book | last= Pitts | first= Michael R. | title= Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films |publisher= McFarland |year= 2012 |isbn= 978-0786463725|edition=2}}
  • {{cite book | last= Hilger | first= Michael | title= Native Americans in the Movies: Portrayals from Silent Films to the Present |publisher= Rowman & Littlefield |year= 2015 |isbn= 978-1442240025|edition=2}}

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0716701|Piero Regnoli}}

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