Sergio Martino
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| Sergio Martino | |
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| Born | 19 July 1938 Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Producer, Film director, Writer |
Sergio Martino (born 19 July 1938 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian film director and producer, notable for his contributions to the giallo genre.
Martino is the brother of producer Luciano Martino. They collaborated frequently in their respective professions. Their grandfather was director Gennaro Righelli.
Martino worked for both the big screen as well as for Italian television where he does most of his current work.
He often worked with actress Edwige Fenech who in the 1970s was married to his brother Luciano. He also worked with a lot of genre actors such as George Hilton, Ivan Rassimov and Claudio Cassinelli, as well as famed Italian screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi.
Martino's pseudonyms include: Julian Barry, Martin Dolman, Serge Martin, Christian Plummer, George Raminto.
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[edit] Selected filmography
[edit] Giallo films
- Lo strano vizio della signora Wardh/ The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (1971) aka Blade of the Killer, aka Next!, aka The Next Victim, starring George Hilton, Edwige Fenech and Ivan Rassimov; written by Ernesto Gastaldi
- La coda dello scorpione/ Tail of the Scorpion (1971) aka The Case of the Scorpion's Tail, starring George Hilton and Anita Strindberg; written by Ernesto Gastaldi
- Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave/ Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972) aka Eye of the Black Cat, aka Gently Before She Dies, aka Excite Me!, starring Edwige Fenech and Ivan Rassimov; written by Ernesto Gastaldi
- Tutti i colori del buio/ All the Colors of the Dark (1972) aka They're Coming to Get You, aka Day of the Maniac, starring George Hilton, Ivan Rassimov, Edwige Fenech; written by Ernesto Gastaldi
- I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale/ The Bodies Bear Traces of Carnal Violence (1973) aka Torso, starring Suzy Kendall; written by Ernesto Gastaldi
- Assassinio al cimitero etrusco/ Murder in the Etruscan Cemetery (1982) aka The Scorpion With Two Tails, starring Claudio Cassinelli, Marilù Tolo, John Saxon, Van Johnson
[edit] Exploitation and Sci-Fi Works
- Mille peccati... nessuna virtù (1969) (released as Mondo Sex) narrated by Edmund Purdom
- La montagna del dio cannibale/ The Mountain of the Cannibal God (1978) aka Slave of the Cannibal God, aka Primitive Desires, with Ursula Andress and Stacy Keach (featured real animal mutilation)
- L'isola degli uomini pesce/ Island of the Fishmen (1979) starring Barbara Bach, Claudio Cassinelli and Richard Johnson; U.S. prints were retitled Something Waits in the Dark or Screamers) and were heavily cut with added American footage
- Il fiume del grande caimano/ River of the Great Alligator (1979) starring Barbara Bach and Mel Ferrer
- 2019—Dopo la caduta di New York/ 2019: After the Fall of New York (1983) starring Michael Sopkiw and Luigi Montefiore
- Vendetta dal futuro/ Vendetta From the Future (1986) aka Hands of Steel, aka Fists of Steel, aka Atomic Cyborg, starring Luigi Montefiore, John Saxon and Claudio Cassinelli. (*Note: Claudio Cassinelli was killed in a helicopter crash during the making of this film.)
- La regina degli uomini pesce/ Queen of the Fish Men (1995) made for Italian TV; never shown in the USA
[edit] Spaghetti westerns
- Mannaja (A Man called Blade) (1977)
[edit] Crime dramas
- Milano trema—La polizia vuole giustizia (1973) (aka The Violent Professionals) starring Luc Merenda and Richard Conte
[edit] War films
[edit] External links
- Sergio Martino at the Internet Movie Database
- Sergio Martino at AllRovi
- Sergio Martino - Italy's Unsung Exploitation King an article on the director's varied genre work.
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