Alberto Cardone (1920–1977) was an

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of the 1960s. Cardone is best known for his

Spaghetti Western The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most ...

films of the 1960s. He is best known for directing the films ''

Seven Dollars on the Red '' Sette dollari sul rosso '' (released in the United States as ''Seven Dollars on the Red'' or ''Seven Dollars to Kill'') is a 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Alberto Cardone. It stars Anthony Steffen as the main character. ...

'', ''

One Thousand Dollars on the Black ''Blood at Sundown'' ( it, 1000 dollari sul nero, lit=1000 dollars on the black) is a Spaghetti Western film directed by Alberto Cardone. The picture marks the first appearance of the character Sartana, played by Gianni Garko. It is not, howe ...

'' (1966) and '' Twenty Thousand Dollars for Seven'' (1969). In many of his films he worked with actor Anthony Steffen.

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