
Birthday:
07-27-1920
Deathday:
03-16-2001 (80 years)
Birthplace:
Amelia, Umbria, Italy
Biography
Elio Scardamaglia was an Italian film and television producer and director. He began his career in the film industry in the 1950s, working as an assistant director and production manager. Scardamaglia produced several films, including The Last of the Vikings (1961) and Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964). He also directed films such as The Two Orphans (1965) and The Devil's Man (1967). In the 1970s and 1980s, Scardamaglia shifted his focus to television, producing and directing various TV series and movies. His contributions to Italian cinema and television spanned several decades, showcasing his versatility and dedication to the industry.
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They Called Him Bulldozer
Producer
event1978 star_border 6.8
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The "Bulldozer", a former football star, is now working as a fisherman. As a group of street-people arranges a football match against the local Armybase, he is asked to be their trainer. His boat was damaged by a submarine and he currently has no work, so he agrees.
Why Did You Pick On Me?
Producer
event1980 star_border 6.2
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Following the events of The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid, Sheriff Hall and H-725 (using the official identity of Charlie Warren) still get no rest from the military - because the little alien has not yet grasped the meaning of keeping a low profile. They are constantly on the move, and H-725's father has had to pick them out of a tight spot too many times already.
Arizona Colt
Producer
event1966 star_border 6.3
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Arizona Colt heads for Blackstone City where Gordon is planning a robbery. When one of Gordon's henchmen murders a saloon girl, Arizona offers to hunt down the killer.
Johnny Hamlet
Producer
event1968 star_border 6.3
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On his way back from the Civil War, Johnny Hamilton is visited in his sleep by the ghost of his father who lets him know that he has been murdered and who asks him to avenge him. Back in the family ranch, Johnny finds that not only has his father been killed but that Gertrude, his mother, has married her late husband's brother Claude. The latter is now the owner of the ranch and of all the properties of the deceased. Polonius, a ruthless bandit, is supposed to have killed Johnny's father. But couldn't it be Claude...?
The Murder Clinic
Director
event1966 star_border 6.3
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Patients and those working in an isolated mental hospitals are murdered, one by one, by a madman lurking in the corridors
We, the Women
Production Manager
event1953 star_border 6
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Five portraits of actresses in their "common" life, seen as women rather than movie stars.
The Deep End of the Ocean
Producer
event1998
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A recently retired psychologist takes on a gruesome murder case.
The Whip and the Body
General Manager
event1963 star_border 6.5
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Disowned in the past by his father, Kurt Menliff, a cruel and sadistic nobleman, returns to the family castle to reclaim his inheritance.
Goliath and the Sins of Babylon
Producer
event1963 star_border 5.3
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Goliath battles for the freedom of the Babylonian people.
The Protagonists
Producer
event1968 star_border 6.3
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An enterprising reporter takes along four willing adventurers to interview and photograph a young Sardinian criminal in hiding. Under intermittent gunfire, they make their way to the mountain hideout of the bandit. After a leisurely conversation and photo session, the encampment comes under fire from a group of armed citizens acting as police. Bullets fly and violence overtakes the criminal's two henchman, as the thrill-seeking group and the wanted criminal find themselves under attack.
Seven Slaves Against the World
Producer
event1964 star_border 9
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Tribune Marcus Aulus, out of favor in Rome because of his alleged sympathy for Christians, arrives to take charge of an aqueduct project on the hot, arid fringes of the Empire. Centurion Gaius, cruel and corrupt, resents being replaced by Marcus. He instigates a revolt by his slave-workers, then blames the situation on Marcus. During the revolt, five muscular slaves escape. They meet up with fellow escapee Balisten, a farmer unjustly condemned to the aqueduct project. Balisten, impressed by Marcus's enlightened attitudes, has rescued the Tribune from the revolt. The six slaves, with Marcus's advice, plan to gain their freedom using their prowess as gladiators. Marcus plans to clear his name and to re-unite with his fiancée, Claudia, recently arrived from Rome. Gaius plans to kill Marcus and thus hide the truth about the slave revolt. Brawls and fights both inside and outside the arena come thick and fast.
The Revenge of the Gladiators
Producer
event1964
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Friends of Spartacus achieve revenge on the plotter who tries to make political capital out of the rumor that he is still alive. It was shot back to back with Seven Slaves Against the World.
The Dream of Zorro
Production Manager
event1952 star_border 6
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An old gentleman, a direct descendant of Zorro, has a single son named Raimundo in whom there is no trace of proud pride.
The Clowns
Producer
event1970 star_border 7
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Fellini exposes his great attraction for the clowns and the world of the circus first recalling a childhood experience when the circus arrives nearby his home. Then he joins his crew and travel from Italy to Paris chasing the last greatest European clowns still live in these countries. He also meets Anita Ekberg trying to buy a panther in a circus.
The Widower
Producer
event1959 star_border 7.4
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Alberto Nardi is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe. Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi who has a no-nonsense attitude and barely tolerates the attempts of her husband to keep his factory afloat with her money.
The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid
Producer
event1979 star_border 6.4
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A young humanoid alien who gets stranded on earth hooks up with a grizzled old sheriff in a western town and tries to help him solve a tough case, but the sheriff doesn't want any help from a "kid."
Seven Rebel Gladiators
Producer
event1965 star_border 6.5
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The ruthless Roman tribune, Vadio, joins forces with the evil Morakeb to take over the throne of Aristea, usurping King Krontal and stealing away his lovely daughter in the process. Meanwhile, Marco Aulo, now a Roman centurion, comes to Aristea to learn where his legions war funds have gone. Vadio has him framed for treason and is thrown into the arena to fight a group of six formidable gladiators. During the fights, Marco refuses to kill those he defeats until finally, he himself loses after exhaustion takes its toll. Admiring this man, the six warriors join him and together they escape Vadio's clutches and plot to free the kingdom from the two conspiring killers. Edited from Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules
The Tiger Is Still Alive: Sandokan to the Rescue
Producer
event1977 star_border 6
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The pirate Sandokan, the Bengal tiger and the East India Company's terror, fighting the British Empire and the ondeskefulla James Brooke, rahjan of Sarawak.
Altair
Production Manager
event1956
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In the military academy of the Nisida Air Force a new course begins which sees among the new recruits called "chicks": Giorgio, forced by his father after he squandered millions at the gaming table; De Montel son of a general, Mario who wants to follow in the footsteps of his father who died in combat; Antonio who declares himself Neapolitan while coming from the province and Ugo who comes from the north.
The Demon
Line Producer
event1964 star_border 7.3
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Purif is distraught when her lover is betrothed to another. When she summons the old ways to curse him, her erratic behavior is interpreted as demonic possession, and the villagers turn against her with physical and sexual violence.
100 Years of Love
Production Manager
event1954 star_border 7
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Six episodes (adapted from as many short stories: Gozzano, D'Annunzio, Guido Rocca, Marino Moretti, Alba de Céspedes and Oreste Biancoli), six love stories set in different moments in italian recent history.
Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules
Executive Producer
event1961 star_border 5.5
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Maciste arranges for himself and his new friend Bangor to be captured by a mysterious band of white-clad marauders and taken to an underground city. There the two are forced to turn an enormous wheel along with other captives as part of a gold-and-diamonds mining operation. The underground city's queen, Halis Mosab, takes note of the handsome, muscular Maciste and chooses him to be her consort if he can meet such challenges as saving the kidnapped Princess Saliura from a gigantic ape. Maciste kills the ape and carries Saliura back to the aboveground world. The white-clad marauders can't follow them if it means being caught in the sunlight which instantly dissolves them. Maciste then returns to the underground city to save the other captives. Meanwhile, high priest Kahab informs his son, Katar, that their queen is not one of them but, unbeknownst to her, was kidnapped as a small child from the "world above." If Katar can marry her...
Midnight Pleasures
Producer
event1975 star_border 5.7
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Tina is on trial for the murder of her lover, Gino. The violent nature of their relationship, revealed in the trial, seems to make obvious that she accidentally killed him during a fight. The lone female jury member compares her life to Tina's and, believing her to be innocent, sets out on her own to find a missing witness that can prove Tina's innocence.
Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil
Associate Producer
event1986 star_border 5.3
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A charming billionaire manager kidnaps a criminal and locks him up in her private villa in Sardinia.
Colossus of the Arena
Producer
event1962 star_border 4
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A powerful man posing as a gladiator in Rome's fourth century discovers a plan to put the beautiful Queen in prison, which he thwarts by exposing a sinister duke as a traitor.
Charleston
Producer
event1977 star_border 5.5
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Charleston is a 1977 Italian comedy film written and directed by Marcello Fondato. It reprises the style of the film The Sting.
Bomber
Producer
event1982 star_border 6.4
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Bomber is an unemployed boat captain. One day he meets Jerry, a manager of boxers who are struck by the force of his fists. That is when they see the chance to win big money.
Massacre Play
Producer
event1989 star_border 5
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Estranged childhood friends, both passionate filmmakers, find themselves on divergent paths: one an acclaimed Oscar winner, the other struggling in TV. Accusations of plagiarism further strain their relationship as one's success is built on the other's stolen ideas.
Twenty Thousand Dollars for Seven
Producer
event1969
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Fred Leinster, an alcoholic ex-sheriff, is paid to collect a ransom for the kidnapping of a young boy. When he finds out the particulars of the crime he turns the tables on the outlaws.
A Bullet for Sandoval
Producer
event1969 star_border 5.6
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After his girlfriend dies in childbirth, Confederate deserter John Warner travels to Mexico, where the woman's father, Don Pedro Sandoval, grudgingly hands over his child. But with no locals willing to provide milk, the baby dies. Rounding up a group of rebels, Warner goes on a rampage through northern Mexico, with the ultimate goal of taking down Sandoval in this gritty Western.
Sandokan
Producer (6 ep.)
event1976 star_border 7
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In this mini-series in six parts from 1976 the Indian actor Kabir Bedi plays the lead role. Carol Andre plays Lady Marianna Guillonk and as Sandokans best friend Yanez de Gomera we see Phillipe Leroy. The noble prince Sandokan is a fighter of the first rank who are cruel to their enemies, but always loyal to his friends.
Quo Vadis?
Producer (6 ep.)
event1985 star_border 5.4
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Drama about love and intrigues in ancient Rome during the times of Nero.
Eneide
Producer (7 ep.)
event1971 star_border 8.3
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A 7 part adaptation of the epic tale of Aeneas, written by Virgil as the Roman sequel to Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
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