Mario Caiano — Director (9)

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The Sign of the Coyote (1963) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Il segno del Coyote
other title: Mit Colt und Maske / El vengador de California …
California, 1847. The territory is about to be incorporated into the United States. Parker, the new governor, is a cruel man who believes that the time has come to get rich regardless of the means, but he will soon find a mysterious opponent driven to end his tyranny.

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Spies Kill Silently (1966) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Le spie uccidono in silenzio
director: Mario Caiano actor: Lang Jeffries / Emma Danieli …
other title: Leise töten die Spione / Los espías matan en silencio …
Professor Freeman is an important English scientist that is investigating a method to treat cancer. His daughter is killed in the swimming pool of a hotel in Beirut. The case is confidential so that the mission is entrusted to the Special Agent Mikel Brown.

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Ringo, the Mark of Vengeance (1966) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Ringo, il volto della vendetta
director: Mario Caiano actor: Frank Wolff / Anthony Steffen …
other title: Es geht um deinen Kopf, Amigo / La Vengeance de Ringo …
Story of two friends who rescue bumbling bandit Fidel from a shootout. While patching him up, they discover half of a treasure map tattooed on his back. Learning that the other half is tattooed on the back of someone else, they set about trying to put the two halves together while being joined by card sharp and all round trickster who discovers their secret and wants in on the deal.

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Weapons of Death (1977) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Napoli spara!
director: Mario Caiano actor: Leonard Mann / 伊妲·伽利 …
other title: Die Killer-Meute / Assaut sur la ville …
When a crime boss sends out his thugs to terrorize an entire city, they do whatever they want, which includes anything from petty theft to robbing the police station in broad daylight. Napoli spara! (internationally released as Weapons of Death and Naples shoots) is a "poliziottesco" film directed by Mario Caiano in 1977. It is an unofficial sequel of Napoli violenta, of which reprises the character of Gennarino (still played by Massimo Deda).

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A Coffin for the Sheriff (1965) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Una bara per lo sceriffo
other title: 怒侠追魂夺命枪 / Una bara per lo sceriffo …
Spaghetti Western icon Anthony Steffen stars as Shenandoah, a man of mystery who joins a vicious band of highwaymen after passing a near impossible and death defying initiation. When the gang begins to suspect Shenandoah may be a traitor in their midst; they learn the real reason he joined their degenerate gang of thieves: retribution.

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Nightmare Castle (1965) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Amanti d'oltretomba
director: Mario Caiano actor: Barbara Steele
other title: 梦魇城堡 / Amanti d'oltretomba …
Stephen Arrowsmith (Paul Muller), a scientist experimenting with the possibility of regenerating blood through electricity has his home and laboratory in the castle owned by his wife Muriel (Barbara Steele). Arrowsmith finds her later having sex with a gardener and disfigures him with a hot poker and burns Muriel's face with acid before electrocuting both of them. Arrowsmith hides their hearts in an urn and then uses their blood to rejuvenate the aged servant Solange (Helga Liné).
Later, Arrowsmith realizes that he is not Muriel's heir, but that the estate has been willed to her sister Jenny (Barbara Steele). Jenny is mentally unstable, and Arrowsmith marries her, later planning to have Solange drive her to the brink of sanity. Jenny begins having nightmares which include the sound of beating hearts and Muriel's voice urging her to murder Stephen. Arrowsmith brings Jenny to the doctor Derek Joyce (Marino Masé) who is convinced that supernatural forces are at work. Arrowsmith later tries to give Solange another blood transfusion, the doctor then discovers the hidden hearts of Muriel and the gardener. The two return as ghosts with Muriel burning Stephen alive while David reduces Solange to a skeleton by sucking her blood. The doctor and Jenny leave the castle and consign the two found hearts to a fire.