Armando Crispino (18 October 1924 – 6 October 2003) was an Italian

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and

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. He was born in

Biella Biella (; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the northern Italy, Italian region of Piedmont, the capital of the Province of Biella, province of the same name, with a population of 44,324 as of 31 December 2017. It is located about northeast of ...

Piedmont Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the ...

. He directed nine films between 1966 and 1975. He also wrote for nine films between 1965 and 1975. He also directed two Italian horror films, ''

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'' and '' The Dead Are Alive''.

Selected filmography

* ''

Pleasant Nights ''Pleasant Nights'' () is a 1966 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Armando Crispino and Luciano Lucignani and starring Vittorio Gassman and Gina Lollobrigida. Premise The film comprises three comedic tales set in the Middle Ages. Cas ...

'' (1966 - director) * ''

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'' (1968 - director) * '' The Dead Are Alive'' (1972 - director) (aka "The Etruscan Kills Again") * ''

'' (1975 - director) (aka "Macchie Solari"/ "Sunspots")

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* 1924 births 2003 deaths People from the Province of Biella Italian film directors Giallo film directors Italian male screenwriters 20th-century Italian male writers 20th-century Italian screenwriters {{Italy-film-director-stub