Sergio Corbucci: Western Maker

1926 - 1990.
Aka: Stanley Corbett ja Gordon Wilson Jr.

Sergio Corbucci is one of the most succesfull Italian directors. He has worked in many genres. But he is most known from his westerns like Il grande silenzio, Navajo Joe and Gli specialisti.

Sergio Corbucci.


Corbucci started his career as a film critic (as Dario Argento), then Roberto Rossellini's assistand director. In 1951 he directed his first movie called Salvate mia figlia.

Peplumstar Steve Reeves starring in The Slave/The Son of Spartacus (1962).


In 1961 Corbucci made Totō-comedy Totō, peppino e la dolce vita. He also made sword and sandal movie The Slave/The Son of Spartacus with Sergio Leone. These peplum -movies were very popular in sixties.


Totō (1898 - 1967) was one of most famous Italian comedians.


Sergio Corbucci's wery first western was Minnesota Clay (1964). In 1966 he made his most famous Spaghetti Western starring Franco Nero: Django. Very different western was The Great Silence/Suuri hiljaisuus (1968), starring Jean-Louis Trintignant and Klaus Kinski. This movie was unusual and brutal. White, Yellow, Black/Valkoinen, keltainen ja nero (1974) was a comedy western starring Tomas Milian.


Franco Nero is Django.


Sergio Corbucci is also worked with Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. Odds and Events/Senkka nenästä pojat (1978) and Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure/Banaanipojat hula-hula saarilla (1981) were very funny movies. In movie Supersnooper/Superkyttä (1981) Terence Hill is a police, who has supernatural power. The movie is real entertainer.

Odds and Events/Senkka nenästä pojat (1978).




Sergio Corbucci's movies:
SALVATE MIA FIGLIA - 1951

THE ISLAND SINNER/Intohimoja ja rikoksia (La PECCATRICE DELL'ISOLA) - 1952

CAROVANA DI CANZONI - 1954

ACQUE AMARE - 1954

SUPREMA CONFESSIONE (DIE GROSSE SUNDE/The Big Sin) - 1956

Il RAGAZZO DAL CUORE DI FANGO - 1957

I RAGAZZI DEI PARIOLI - 1959

CHI SE FERMA E PERDUTO - 1960

TWO COLONELS (I DUE MARESCIALLI) - 1961

TOTO, PEPPINO E LA DOLCE VITA - 1961

DUEL OF THE TITANS/Romulus ja Remus (ROMOLO E REMO) - 1961

GOLIATH AND THE VAMPIRES (MACISTE CONTRO IL VAMPIRO) - 1961 co-director with Giacomo Gentilomo

THE SLAVE/Rooman kotkat (Il FIGLIO DI SPARTACUS) - 1962

THE UNIVERSE BY NIGHT (UNIVERSO DI NOTTE) - 1962

Il MONACO DI MONZA - 1963

Il GIORNO PIU CORTO - 1963

CASTLE OF BLOOD (DANZA MACABRA) - 1964 Finished by Antonio Margheriti

MINNESOTA CLAY/Minnesota-Clay - 1964

THE MAN WHO LAUGHS/Miekka ja naamio (L' UOMO CHE RIDE; AKA. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN MASK) - 1965

RINGO AND HIS GOLDEN PISTOL/Ringo ja kultainen pistooli (JOHNNY ORO) - 1966

DJANGO/Django - kostaja - 1966

THE HELLBENDERS/Rio Hondon kuolemanloukku (I CRUDELI) - 1966

NAVAJO JOE/Navajo Joe - 1 dollari päänahasta (UN DOLLARO A TESTA) - 1966

DEATH ON THE RUN (BERSAGLIO MOBILE) - 1967

THE GREAT SILENCE/Suuri hiljaisuus (Il GRANDE SILENZIO) - 1968

THE MERCENARY/Ammattitappaja (Il MERCENARIO; AKA. A PROFESSIONAL GUN) - 1968

THE SPECIALISTS/Lännen spesialisti (GLI SPECIALISTI; AKA.DROP THEM OR I'LL SHOOT) - 1969

COMPANEROS/Petturit hirteen, companeros! (VAMOS A MATAR, COMPANEROS!) - 1970

ER PIU' STORIA D'AMORE E DI COLTELLO/Pomo - 1971

WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE REVOLUTION? (CHE C'ENTRIAMO NOI CON LA RIVOLUZIONE?) - 1972

SONNY & JED/Lännen karhukopla (LA BANDA J. & S. CRONACA CRIMINALE DEL FAR WEST; AKA. BANDERA BANDITS) - 1973

WHITE, YELLOW, BLACK/Valkoinen, keltainen ja nero (Il BIANCO, IL GIALLO, IL NERO) - 1974

THE 8 - WHEEL BEAST/Asfalttipeto (Il BESTIONE; DEUX GRANDES GUEULES) - 1975

SIGNS OF ZODIAC (DI CHE SEGNO SEI?) - 1975

BLUFF - STORIA DI TRUFFE E DI IMBROGLIONI - 1976

MR. ROBINSON (Il SIGNOR ROBINSON) - 1976

THE CON ARTISTS/Kokopäivägangsterit - eli kuinka rikastuin huijaamalla/Huijarit (TRE TIGRI CONTRO TRE TIGRI; AKA. THREE TIGERS AGAINST THREE TIGERS) - 1977

ECCO NOI, PER ESEMPIO - 1977

THE PAYOFF (LA MAZZETTA) - 1978

ODDS AND EVENS/Senkka nenästä, pojat (PARI E DISPARI) - 1978

NEAPOLITAN DETECTIVE STORY (GIALLO NAPOLETANO) - 1979

I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU ANYMORE (NON TI CONOSCO PIU AMORE ) - 1980

SUPERSNOOPER/Superkyttä (POLIZIOTTO SUPERPIU; AKA. SUPERFUZZ) - 1980

WHO FINDS A FRIEND, FINDS A TREASURE/Banaanipojat hula-hula saarella (CHI TROVA UN AMICO TROVA UN TESORO) - 1981

I'M GETTING MYSELF A BOAT (MI FACCIO LA BARCA; AKA. THE BOAT) - 1981

BELLO MIO BELLEZZA MIA - 1982

ICOUNT TACCHIAl (CONTE TACCHIA) - 1983

SING-SING - 1983

THIS AND THAT (QUESTO E QUELLO) - 1983

ON A FIRST-NAME BASIS (A TU PER TU) - 1984

I AM A PARANORMAL PHENOMENA (SONO UN FENOMENO PARANORMALE) -1985

RIMINI RIMINI - 1987

MONTECARLO FOR THE RICH (ROBA DA RICCHI) - 1987

NIGHT CLUB - 1988

THANKS COMMISSIONER (GRAZIE, COMMISSARIO) - 1988

WOMEN IN ARMS (DONNE ARMATE) - 1990

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