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Pino Mercanti
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Giuseppe Mercanti, best known as Pino Mercanti (16 February 1911 – 3 September 1986), was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Born in Palermo, Sicily, Mercanti was a pioneer of the Sicilian cinema as the leading filmmaker and the artistic director of the production company O.F.S. (a.k.a. Organizzazione Filmistica Siciliana), founded by the brothers Francesco and Girolamo Gorgone with the purpose of promoting the production of films on Sicilian soil. Following the bankruptcy of the company, Mercanti moved to Rome, where he directed a number of melodramas, adventure films, Spaghetti Westerns and other genre films, often international co-productions. He was sometimes credited as Joseph …
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Giuseppe Mercanti, best known as Pino Mercanti (16 February 1911 – 3 September 1986), was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Palermo, Sicily, Mercanti was a pioneer of the Sicilian cinema as the leading filmmaker and the artistic director of the production company O.F.S. (a.k.a. Organizzazione Filmistica Siciliana), founded by the brothers Francesco and Girolamo Gorgone with the purpose of promoting the production of films on Sicilian soil. Following the bankruptcy of the company, Mercanti moved to Rome, where he directed a number of melodramas, adventure films, Spaghetti Westerns and other genre films, often international co-productions. He was sometimes credited as Joseph Trader.
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The Underground
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Special Code: Assignment Lost Formula
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Gentlemen of the Night
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Three Dollars of Lead
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The Black Duke
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Knight of 100 Faces
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Ricordati di Napoli
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Primo applauso
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Ambush on the Sea
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Lacrime d'amore
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I cinque dell'Adamello
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La carovana del peccato
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Serenata amara
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La voce del sangue
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La vendetta di una pazza
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Il principe ribelle
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I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (I beati paoli)
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Malacarne
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All'ombra della gloria
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