Sergio Garrone (born 15 April 1925) is an Italian director, screenwriter and film producer.

Life and career

Born in

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, the brother of the actor

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, Garrone began his career in 1948 working as assistant director, documentary filmmaker, and production assistant. In 1953, he abandoned the cinema industry, but in 1965 he resurfaced as a producer of low-budget genre films. Starting from 1968, Garrone was also active as a director and a screenwriter, specializing in the

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genre. He was usually credited as Willy S. Regan.

Selected filmography

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A Noose for Django ''No Room To Die'' ( it, Una lunga fila di croci, also known as ''Hanging for Django'' and ''A Noose for Django'') is a 1969 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Garrone. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Spaghetti Westerns ...

'' (1969) * ''

Django the Bastard ''Django the Bastard'' ( it, Django il bastardo) is a 1969 Italian gothic horror Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Garrone who co-wrote the film with the star Anthony Steffen. In 1974 Herman Cohen released an edited American version of th ...

'' (1969) *''

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'' (1970) * '' Kill Django... Kill First'' (1971) * ''

Terrible Day of the Big Gundown ''Terrible Day of the Big Gundown'' ( it, Quel maledetto giorno della resa dei conti, also known as ''Vendetta at Dawn'') is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Garrone (here credited as Willy S. Regan). Cast * George Eas ...

'' (1971) * '' Lover of the Monster'' (1974) * ''

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'' (1974) * ''

SS Experiment Camp ''SS Experiment Camp'' (also known as ''SS Experiment Love Camp''; original release title: ''Lager SSadis Kastrat Kommandantur'') is a 1976 Nazi exploitation film directed by Sergio Garrone. The plot concerns non-consensual sexual experimenting w ...

'' (1976) ;Screenwriter * ''

Death Knocks Twice ''Death Knocks Twice'' ( it, La morte bussa due volte), german: Blonde Köder für den Mörder), is a 1969 Italian-German detective film directed by Harald Philipp and starring Dean Reed, Fabio Testi and Adolfo Celi. It also starred Anita Ekb ...

'' (1969) * ''

Five for Hell ''Five for Hell'' ( it, Cinque per l'inferno, also known as ''Five Into Hell'') is a 1969 Italian "macaroni combat" war film starring John Garko, Margaret Lee and Klaus Kinski. Italian cinema specialist Howard Hughes referred to it as a derivati ...

'' (1969) * ''

The Big Bust Out ''The Big Bust Out'' is the US title of an Italian women in prison film, ''The Crucified Girls of San Ramon'' ''(Io Monaca... per tre Carogne e Sette Peccatrici)''. The US rights were bought by Roger Corman for New World Pictures, who cut out 20 ...

'' (1972) * ''

La pagella ''La pagella'' (Italian for "The report card") is a 1980 Italian sceneggiata film directed by Ninì Grassia. It is based on the 1977 sceneggiata A paggella''. The film was a commercial success, grossing about one billion eight hundred million li ...

'' (1980)

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