# Mario Caiano

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Italian film director and archeologist (1933–2015)

Mario Caiano Born (1933-02-13)February 13, 1933 Rome, Italy Died September 20, 2015(2015-09-20) (aged 82) Occupations Director producer screenwriter Years active 1954–2002

**Mario Caiano** (February 13, 1933 – September 20, 2015)[1] was an Italian [film director](/source/Film_director), [screenwriter](/source/Screenwriter), [producer](/source/Film_producer), art director and [second unit director](/source/Second_unit_director).[2]

## Career

Born in [Rome](/source/Rome), he directed nearly 50 films between 1961 and 2001 and wrote some 27 films and TV scripts since 1954.[3]

He is primarily known for his work on [Spaghetti Westerns](/source/Spaghetti_Westerns),[4] [Pepla](/source/Sword_and_Sandal), [Euro Crime](/source/Euro_Crime) and to a slightly lesser degree on [horror films](/source/Horror_film).[5] Caiano directed (as Allen Grünewald) and wrote the script for *[Nightmare Castle](/source/Nightmare_Castle)* (*Amanti d'oltretomba*, 1965), which stars [Barbara Steele](/source/Barbara_Steele). *[Eye in the Labyrinth](/source/Eye_in_the_Labyrinth)* (1972) is a later film in the genre that he directed.

## Partial filmography

Title Year Credited as Notes Ref(s) Director Screenwriter Screen story writer Other The Pirate of the Black Hawk 1958 Yes [6] Pia of Ptolemy Yes Assistant director [7] The Loves of Salammbo 1960 Yes Yes [8] Journey Beneath the Desert 1961 Yes 2nd Unit Director [9][10] Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules 1962 Yes Yes Yes [11] Medusa Against the Son of Hercules 1963 Yes [12][13] Goliath and the Rebel Slave Yes [14] Bullets Don't Argue 1964 Yes [15][16] The Two Gladiators Yes [17] The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules Yes [18] Nightmare Castle 1965 Yes Yes Yes [19] Vengeance of the Vikings Yes Yes [20] A Coffin for the Sheriff —N/a Yes [21] Spies Strike Silently - Le spie uccidono in silenzio [it] 1966 Yes Yes [22] 7 pistole per un massacro 1967 Yes [23] Ringo the Lone Rider —N/a Yes Yes [24] Love Birds - Una strana voglia d'amare 1969 Yes Yes [25] Shadow of Illusion 197? Yes Yes Yes [26][27][28] Eye in the Labyrinth 1972 Yes Yes Yes [29][30] My Name Is Shanghai Joe —N/a Yes Yes Yes [31] Calling All Police Cars 1975 Yes [32] Bloody Payroll 1976 Yes Yes Yes [33][34] Nazi Love Camp 27 —N/a Yes Yes [35] Napoli spara! 1977 Yes [36] La malavita attacca... la polizia risponde! Yes Yes [37]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Mario Caiano"](https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/142140/mario-caiano). *en.unifrance.org*. Retrieved 2024-04-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Mario Caiano"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150923060434/http://dagostini.blogautore.repubblica.it/2015/09/20/mario-caiano/). *Corazzata Potemkin*. Archived from [the original](http://dagostini.blogautore.repubblica.it/2015/09/20/mario-caiano/) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-21.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Ercolani, Eugenio (2019-08-21). [*Darkening the Italian Screen: Interviews with Genre and Exploitation Directors Who Debuted in the 1950s and 1960s*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Ss2qDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Mario+Caiano%22+%22Rome%22). McFarland. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4766-6738-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4766-6738-6).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Wong, Aliza S. (2018-12-15). [*Spaghetti Westerns: A Viewer's Guide*](https://books.google.com/books?id=tUNvDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Mario+Caiano%22+%22Rome%22). Rowman & Littlefield. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4422-6904-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4422-6904-0).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Brizio-Skov, Flavia (2021-02-17). [*Ride the Frontier: Exploring the Myth of the American West on Screen*](https://books.google.com/books?id=j-MXEAAAQBAJ&q=%22Mario+Caiano%22+%22Pepla%22). McFarland. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4766-8306-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4766-8306-5).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKinnardCrnkovich2017129_6-0)** [Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017](#CITEREFKinnardCrnkovich2017), p. 129.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKinnardCrnkovich2017128_7-0)** [Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017](#CITEREFKinnardCrnkovich2017), p. 128.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKinnardCrnkovich2017110_8-0)** [Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017](#CITEREFKinnardCrnkovich2017), p. 110.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKinnardCrnkovich2017102_9-0)** [Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017](#CITEREFKinnardCrnkovich2017), p. 102.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKinnardCrnkovich2017103_10-0)** [Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017](#CITEREFKinnardCrnkovich2017), p. 103.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKinnardCrnkovich2017186_11-0)** [Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017](#CITEREFKinnardCrnkovich2017), p. 186.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKinnardCrnkovich2017115_12-0)** [Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017](#CITEREFKinnardCrnkovich2017), p. 115.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKinnardCrnkovich2017116_13-0)** [Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017](#CITEREFKinnardCrnkovich2017), p. 116.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKinnardCrnkovich2017183_14-0)** [Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017](#CITEREFKinnardCrnkovich2017), p. 183.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Las pistolas no discuten \[Le pistole non discutono\] (1964)"](http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1503). *Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it* (in Italian). Retrieved 24 September 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Die letzten Zwei vom Rio Bravo"](https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/die-letzten-zwei-vom-rio-bravo_ea43d4a6add95006e03053d50b37753d). *[Filmportal.de](/source/Filmportal.de)* (in German). Retrieved 24 September 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKinnardCrnkovich2017181_17-0)** [Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017](#CITEREFKinnardCrnkovich2017), p. 181.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKinnardCrnkovich2017172_18-0)** [Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017](#CITEREFKinnardCrnkovich2017), p. 172.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurti2015143_19-0)** [Curti 2015](#CITEREFCurti2015), p. 143.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKinnardCrnkovich2017187_20-0)** [Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017](#CITEREFKinnardCrnkovich2017), p. 187.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** ["Una bara per lo sceriffo (1965)"](http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1644) (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved December 29, 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** pp. 230-1 Blake, Matt *The Eurospy Guide* Luminary Press 2004

1. **[^](#cite_ref-23)** Weisser, Thomas (22 August 2005). [*Spaghetti Westerns--the Good, the Bad and the Violent: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961-1977*](https://books.google.com/books?id=-RE5AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA286). [McFarland Publishing](/source/McFarland_Publishing). p. 286. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780786424429](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780786424429).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-24)** ["Dos hombres van a morir \[Ringo, il cavaliere solitario\] (1968)"](http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG2435). *Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it* (in Italian). Retrieved December 29, 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-25)** ["Liebesvögel"](https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/liebesvogel_ea43d4a6c98c5006e03053d50b37753d) (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved December 29, 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurti201717_26-0)** [Curti 2017](#CITEREFCurti2017), p. 17.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurti201718_27-0)** [Curti 2017](#CITEREFCurti2017), p. 18.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurti201719_28-0)** [Curti 2017](#CITEREFCurti2017), p. 19.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-29)** ["L'Occhio nel labirinto"](https://www.filmportal.de/film/locchio-nel-labirinto_cf48e91719f94742ac7d8a55dcd14aa7) (in German). [Filmportal.de](/source/Filmportal.de). Retrieved December 29, 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-30)** ["L'occhio nel labirinto (1972)"](http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG3327). *Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it* (in Italian). Retrieved December 29, 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-31)** ["Il mio nome è Shangai Joe (1973)"](http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG3527). *Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it* (in Italian). Retrieved December 29, 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurti2013128_32-0)** [Curti 2013](#CITEREFCurti2013), p. 128.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurti2013161_33-0)** [Curti 2013](#CITEREFCurti2013), p. 161.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurti2013162_34-0)** [Curti 2013](#CITEREFCurti2013), p. 162.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-35)** ["La svastica nel ventre (1976)"](http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG4245). *Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it* (in Italian). Retrieved December 29, 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurti2013235_36-0)** [Curti 2013](#CITEREFCurti2013), p. 235.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurti2013224_37-0)** [Curti 2013](#CITEREFCurti2013), p. 224.

## Works cited

- Curti, Roberto (2013). *Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980*. McFarland. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0786469765](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0786469765).

- Curti, Roberto (2015). *Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957–1969*. [McFarland](/source/McFarland_%26_Company). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4766-1989-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4766-1989-7).

- Curti, Roberto (2017). *Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979*. [McFarland](/source/McFarland_%26_Company). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1476629605](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1476629605).

- Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). *Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990*. McFarland. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1476662916](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1476662916).

## External links

- [Mario Caiano](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0128764/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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